Evaluation of FinFET Technology for Extreme Environments

FinFET technology has become the semiconductor industry's answer to continued scaling beyond planar CMOS to achieve tomorrow's low-power, high-density microelectronics. Following the industry roadmap, FinFET technologies will become increasingly relevant to obsolescence-avoidance within NASA programs as the long-standing CMOS technologies run out of life and may be an important technology for robotic explorers designed to operate in extreme environments.

This is a mature technology (TRL 7+) — the realistic path in is usually NASA's Technology Transfer Program: licensing an existing NASA patent, or a Space Act Agreement to use NASA facilities/expertise directly. NASA also runs a startup licensing program with no upfront fee for companies formed to commercialize a specific NASA technology.

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