Company Profile

MicroLink Devices Inc
Profile last edited on: 8/19/2021      CAGE: 1TQQ7      UEI: DHJPU2QYVQK7

Business Identifier: Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD): growth of semiconductor structures
Year Founded
2000
First Award
2001
Latest Award
2022
Program Status
Active
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Location Information

6457 West Howard Street
Niles, IL 60714
   (847) 588-3001
   info@mldevices.com
   www.mldevices.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 09
County: Cook

Public Profile

Specializing in metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) growth of semiconductor structures for use in wireless communications devices and in the growth and fabrication of advanced solar cells for space, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and terrestrial use. MicroLink Devices is an epi-wafer company providing specialized substrates to various customers (mostly chip manufacturers). Customers request specially designed layer stacks to be deposited on various substrates. These wafers, also known as "epi-wafers," are then fabricated into commercial devices, used as various critical components in the high-speed communication industry. These are used in microwave and optical communication products. Current product line is used in the manufacture of heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs). Microlink also manufactures solar cells and solar sheets for a variety of applications including powering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), spacecraft, and terrestrial collectors. The high-efficiency, single- and multi-junction GaAs-based solar cells are manufactured using MicroLink’s proprietary epitaxial lift-off (ELO) technology, in which the solar cell structure is removed from the substrate on which it is grown.

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
25-49
Revenue Range
2.5M-5M
VC funded?
Yes
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
15-19

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2022 2 AF $800,000
Project Title: High Efficiency IMM solar cells using digital nano patterning
2022 2 AF $5,250,001
Project Title: Surface Texturing of Flexible Solar Array Blankets for Stratosonde
2022 1 NASA $150,000
Project Title: Array for High Efficiency Power Beaming
2022 1 Navy $140,000
Project Title: Heteroepitaxy of QCL lasers
2021 1 AF $150,000
Project Title: Advanced High Specific Energy Power Systems for EVTOL

Key People / Management

  Noren Pan -- President and CEO, Co-Founder

  Jessica Adams

  Keun-Yong Ban -- Senior MOCVD scientist

  Drew Cardwell -- Senior Engineer

  Ray Chan -- Director of Solar Sheet Products

  Victor C Elarde -- Senior R&D Engineer

  Kamran Forghani

  Glen Hiller -- Manager of Design and Development

  Glen C Hillier -- Manager of Design and Development

  Matt Kim -- former President

  Alex Kirk

  David McCallum -- Vice President of Business Development

  Robert Mccarthy -- Senior Engineer

  Mark Osowski -- Director of Engineering

  Nick Pastor

  Christopher Stender

  Rao Tatavarti -- Director of Solar Cell Development

  Andree Wibowo -- MOCVD Production Director

  Christopher Youtsey -- Chief Technology Officer