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Inventing the future.
MTO is leading pioneering research in Integrated Microsystems as "platforms-on-a-chip" to enable revolutionary performance and functionality for future DoD systems. The core functionality of an Integrated Microsystems is the ability to sense, process, and act on data in the battlespace in order to give the US warfighter an asymmetric advantage. In an effort to develop such Integrated Microsystems while satisfying demanding DoD requirements, MTO programs address numerous technical challenges including chemical, biological, and electromagnetic spectrum detection from DC-to-optical, signal processing at both the sensor front-end and at the back-end of analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits, data communication through novel devices and circuits, and power production and conversion matched to system needs. MTO programs span five core technology areas, while many of the most revolutionary capabilities result from technical synergies at the interfaces of these categories.
Electronics
The manipulation of electrons in digital, analog, and mixed-signal circuits for sensing, processing, and communications.
Photonics
The generation, detection, and modulation of photons (light) for imaging, communications, and sensing.
MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)
Exploitation of the processing tools and materials from semiconductor technology to build electro-mechanical structures at the micro- and nano- scales.
Architectures
Exploitation of new arrangements of materials, devices, and circuits to improve system performance or power efficiency.
Algorithms
The exploitation of insights into mathematical constructs for data storage and manipulation in order to complement or impact hardware performance and requirements.