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The Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) is one of seven current organizational divisions of
DARPA The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military. Originally known as the Adva ...
, an agency responsible for the development of new technology for the
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. It is sometimes referred to as the Microelectronics Technology Office. The office focuses on the development of
microelectromechanical systems MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) is the technology of microscopic devices incorporating both electronic and moving parts. MEMS are made up of components between 1 and 100 micrometres in size (i.e., 0.001 to 0.1 mm), and MEMS devices ...
(MEMS), electronics,
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s,
systems architecture A system architecture is the conceptual model that defines the structure, behavior, and view model, views of a system. An architecture description is a formal description and representation of a system, organized in a way that supports reasoning ...
, and
photonics Photonics is a branch of optics that involves the application of generation, detection, and manipulation of light in the form of photons through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and sensing. E ...
.


History

MTO was established by Arati Prabhakar. It is currently led by Director Dr. Mark Rosker.


Projects

A detailed description of each project is available on the DARPA/MTO website * Adaptive radar Countermeasures (ARC) https://www.darpa.mil/program/adaptive-radar-countermeasures * Adaptive Focal Plane Array (AFPA) * Adaptive RF Technologies (ART) https://www.darpa.mil/program/adaptive-rf-technologies * Advanced Wide FOV Architectures for Image Reconstruction and Exploitation (AWARE) https://www.darpa.mil/program/advanced-wide-fov-architectures-for-image-reconstruction-and-exploitation * Advanced X-Ray Integrated Sources (AXiS) * Analog Logic (AL) * Analog-to-Information (A-TO-I) Look Through * Architecture for Diode High Energy Laser Systems (ADHELS) * Black Diamond * Carbon Electronics for RF Applications (CERA) * Casimir Effect Enhancement (CEE) * Centers in Integrated Photonics Engineering Research (CIPHER) * Chip to Chip Optical Interconnects (C2OI) * Chip-Scale Atomic Clocks (CSAC) * Chip-Scale Vacuum Micro Pumps (CSVMP) * Compact Mid-Ultraviolet Technology (CMUVT) * Compact Ultra-Stable Gyro for Absolute Reference (COUGAR) * DARPA/ONR Field-Reversible Thermal Connector (RevCon) Challenge * Data in Optical Domain Network (DOD-N) * Dialysis-Like Therapeutics (DLT) * Discharge Excited Catalytic Oxygen Iodine Laser (DECOIL) * Diverse Accessible Heterogeneous Integration (DAHI) https://www.darpa.mil/program/diverse-accessible-heterogeneous-integration * Dynamic Range-enhanced Electronics and Materials (DREaM) https://www.darpa.mil/program/dynamic-range-enhanced-electronics-and-materials * Efficient Linearized All-Silicon Transmitter ICs (ELASTx) * Electric Field Detector (E-FED) * EXCALIBUR https://www.darpa.mil/program/excalibur * Focus Center Research Program (FCRP) * Gratings of Regular Arrays and Trim Exposures (GRATE) * Guaranteed Architecture for Physical Security (GAPS) * Hemispherical Array Detector for Imaging (HARDI) * High Frequency Integrated Vacuum Electronics (HIFIVE) * High Operating Temperature Mid Wave Infrared (HOTMWIR) * High Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS) * Hybrid Insect Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (Hi-MEMS) * In Vivo Nanoplatforms (IVN) * Integrity and Reliability of Integrated Circuits (IRIS) * Intrachip/Interchip Enhanced Cooling (ICECool) https://www.darpa.mil/program/intrachip-interchip-enhanced-cooling * Leading Edge Access Program (LEAP) * Living Foundries * Low Cost Thermal Imager (LCTI-M) https://www.darpa.mil/program/low-cost-thermal-imager-manufacturing * Maskless Nanowriter * Mesodynamic Architectures (Meso) * Micro Cryogenic Coolers (MCC) * Micro Isotope Power Sources (MIPS) * Microscale Plasma Devices (MPD) * Micro-Technology for Positioning, Navigation and Timing (Micro-PNT) * Nano Electro Mechanical Computers (NEMS) * Nanoscale Architecture for Coherent Hyper-Optic Sources (NACHOS) * NEMS MEMS Science and Technology Fundamentals * Nitride Electronic NeXt-Generation Technology (NEXT) * Non Volatile Logic (NV LOGIC) * Optical Radiation Cooling and Heating in Integrated Devices (ORCHID) * Photon Counting Arrays (PCAR) * Photonically Optimized Embedded Microprocessors (POEM) https://www.darpa.mil/program/photonically-optimized-embedded-microprocessors * Power Efficiency Revolution for Embedded Computing Technologies (PERFECT) https://www.darpa.mil/program/power-efficiency-revolution-for-embedded-computing-technologies * Quantum Entanglement Science and Technology (QUEST) * Reliable Neural-Interface Technology (RE-NET) * RF Photonic Technologies (RPT) * Self HEALing Mixed Signal Integrated Circuits (HEALICS) * Sensor Tape * Short-Range, Wide Field-of-View Extremely agile, Electronically Steered Photonic Emitter (SWEEPER) * Spin Torque Transfer Random Access Memory (STT-RAM) * Thermal Management Technologies (TMT) * THz Electronics * Tip Based Nanofabrication (TBN) * Trusted Integrated Circuits (TRUST) * Ubiquitous High Performance Computing (UHPC) * Ultrabeam


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External links

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