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Microdevices Lab (MDL)

The Microdevices Lab (MDL), part of the Center for Space Microelectronics, concentrates on innovative high-risk, high-payoff concepts and devices with the potential to enable future space missions and to significantly enhance current and planned missions. MDL conducts research and development in four technical areas: solid-state devices, photonics, custom microcircuits, and advanced computing. Research and development are pursued through proof-of-concept demonstration, and successes are transferred to engineering development for government mission applications and to industry for commercialization.

The lab consists of cleanrooms with vibration isolated floors. It has the capability to provide end-to-end fabrication/ characterization of devices based on silicon, geranium, semiconductors and superconductors and ultraviolet sensor, photonics and infrared technologies.