In a ceremony at the University of Arkansas (UA), U.S. Representative Steve Womack, Arkansas State Attorney General Tim Griffin, Dean of the College of Engineering Dr. Kim Needy, Chancellor Charles Robinson, and the UA Power Group’s founding director, Dr. H. Alan Mantooth, unveiled the nation’s first multi-user silicon carbide (SiC) fabrication research facility, called MUSiC (see Figure 1). Establishing the country’s next semiconductor manufacturing center of excellence, the UA Power Group’s new facility positions Arkansas at the forefront of America’s drive for technology sovereignty.
Funded in part by the National Science Foundation’s Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Program, with support from ARL/ARO and XFAB, the MUSiC Fab offers an open-access, multi-project wafer development and fabrication model that enables collaborative prototyping and research across academia, government, and industry. Features of the facility include a state-of-the-art 8-bay cleanroom, expandable to 10 bays in Phase 2, within a 2,000-square-foot building.
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