Atomera

Atomera Incorporated is a materials engineering company and is engaged in the development, commercialization and licensing of processes and technologies for the semiconductor industry.

Atomera Incorporated
ATOM
Formerly
Mears Technologies
Public
Traded asNASDAQ: ATOM
Russell Microcap Index component
IndustryIP Licensing, Semiconductors
Founded2001
FounderRobert J. Mears
HeadquartersLos Gatos, California, United States
ProductsMears Silicon Technology
Websitewww.atomera.com

Overview

Atomera was founded by Robert J. Mears in 2001 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.[1] It was formerly known as Mears Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Atomera Incorporated in January 2016. It is traded on NASDAQ as ATOM.[2][3]

Atomera used atomic level material science to develop a material called Mears Silicon Technology™ (MST®) in response to the slowdown in the advancement of Moore's law.[4][5] MST enhances transistors to deliver significantly better performance in today's electronics by inserting a layer of oxygen in between the silicon lattice as the latter forms [6][7] MST is a thin film of typically 100 to 300 angstroms (or approximately 20 to 60 silicon atomic unit cells) thick which is a reengineered silicon.[8][5] In 2018, Atomera Licensed MST Technology to Asahi Kasei Microdevices and STMicroelectronics.[9][10]

See also

Materials science

References
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  2. Editorial, Reuters. "Atomera Inc (ATOM.C)". U.S. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  3. "Atomera Incorporated (ATOM) Company Profile & Facts". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  4. "Oxygen Layer May Extend Moore's Law". EE-Times.
  5. "Moore's Law: The Rule That Really Matters in Tech". Scientific American. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  6. "Thin films could boost semiconductor performance". www.newelectronics.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  7. "Why one small company thinks it has the key to extending Moore's Law - ExtremeTech". www.extremetech.com. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  8. Moore, Samuel K. (2018-06-04). "Atomera Plans to Breathe New Life into Older Chip Manufacturing". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  9. "ST licenses Atomera manufacturing technology". eeNews Analog. 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  10. "Atomera Licenses MST Technology to Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM)". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2019-04-17.


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