MICROELECTRONICS RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Colorado Springs, CO · Semiconductors · Private

Radiation-hardened integrated circuit (IC) design cells and technology for space electronics

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · micro-rdc.com

Sector: Semiconductors
Headquarters: Colorado Springs, CO
Total capital: $52M

Federal grants: $4.5M; 8 awards · 2015–2019; Rank in peer group#5 of 17
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $47.5M; 37 awards · Defense, NASA; Rank in Semiconductors#6 of 707
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Aug 2019Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Low Cost Methodology to Radiation Hardening of Legacy Integrated Circuits$125K
Aug 2019Federal contractDefense · This Requirement Is To Perform Research And Development To Improve The Density, Performance And Power Consumption Of Future Space-system Memory By Adapting And Hardening Advanced State-of-art Technologies.$13.4M
Jul 2018Federal contractNASA · A Novel Data Processing Accelerator Intellectual Property (ip) Radiation-hardened-by-design (rhbd) Core For Use In NASA Future Missions Is Proposed. The Core Is An Artificial Neural Network Accelerator Based Upon Work Done At Google, Ibm, And Others. The Ip Core Is Known As A Tensor Core And Follows An Architecture Of Matrix Multipliers, Accumulators, Register Files, And Fast And Abundant Memory Access. The Tensor Core Will Be Developed To Be Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (amba) Bus $125K
Jul 2018Federal contractNASA · Microelectronics Research Development Corporation (micro-rdc) Proposes A Novel Data Security Application Specific Integrated Circuit (asic) Demonstration Of A Radiation-hardened-by-design (rhbd) Encryption Engine For Use In National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) Future Missions. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Developed Encryption Engine Will Be Researched, Developed And Implemented On Micro-rdc S Existing 90NM Qualified Manufacturing List (qml-q) Structured Asic (sas$125K
Jun 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Innovative Mitigation of Radiation Effects in Advanced Technology Nodes$1.0M
Apr 2018Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Double Data Rate 3 Controller for Use in Radiation Environments$750K
Jun 2017Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Miniaturized Spacecraft Platform for Command, Data Handling and Electronics$125K

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Jun 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Manned And Robotic Space Missions Require High-performance Electronic Control Systems Capable Of Operating For Extended Periods In Harsh Environments That Are Subject To Radiation, Extreme Temperatures, Vibration And Shock. Semiconductor Technologies Capable Of Meeting These Demanding Requirements Tend To Have Limited Capabilities, Are Expensive, And Are Not Easily Configured For Specific Mission Requirements. Leading-edge Applications Will Benefit From The Ability To Implement Hig$125K
Sep 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Portable and Automated Radiation Effects Test Structures for Advanced Technology Nodes$150K
Jun 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf - Affordable Integrated Circuit Packaging And Assembly For High-temperature Intelligent Components$150K
Jun 2016Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Radiation Hardened High Speed Integrated Circuits SERDES I/O for Extreme Operating Environments$125K
Aug 2015Federal contractNASA · Circuit Board$8K
Jun 2015Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Radiation Hardened Structured ASIC Platform for Rapid Chip Development for Very High Speed System on a Chip (SoC) and Complex Digital Logic Systems$1.5M
Apr 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Multi-GHz Bandwidth Radiation Hardened 32nm SOI Delta Sigma Modulation ADC/DACfor E-Band Satellite Communications$750K
Jun 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Radiation Hardened Application Specific Integrated Circuits (asics) Provide For The Highest Performance, Lowest Power And Size For Space Missions. In Order To Dramatically Reduce The Development Cycle And Reduce The Cost To Tapeout Rad Hard Asics, We Propose A Structured Asic Approach. In This Approach We Fix An Array Of Complex Logic Cells And Provide A Fixed Area Array For I/o Pads Supporting In Excess Of 400 Cmos Gpio Pins. In Addition, We Fix The Power Grid And The Pins Associa$125K
Jun 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf 64MB+ Radiation-hardened, Non-volatile Memory For Space$150K
Jun 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Radiation Hardened Cache Memory$150K
May 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR I - Multi-ghz Bandwidth Radiation Hardened 32NM$150K
Dec 2012Federal contractDefense · See In SUB-100NM Technology$2.5M
Sep 2011Federal contractDefense · Low Power Radiation Hardend Embedded Memory Compiler$750K
Feb 2011Federal contractDefense · Strategically Radiation-hardened Star Tracker$100K
Feb 2011Federal contractNASA · The Objective Of The Phase-i Research Is To Design A Multi-ghz High Bandwidth Delta Sigma Analog-to-digital And Digital-to-analog Converter Using A Deep Sub-micron Cmos Process. Since The Delta Sigma Modulation Adc Samples In The Multi-ghz Range, Direct Sampling And Conversion To Digital Of Post Lna Microwave Signals Is Possible. By Targeting The Adc On A Cmos Technology Node (90NM, 65NM Or 45NM), A Complete All Digital Radio Receiver And Demodulator Can Be Implemented On The Same System On A Ch$100K
Feb 2011Federal contractNASA · Two Primary Paths Are Available For The Creation Of A Rad-hard Asic. The First Approach Is To Use A Radiation Hardened Process Such As Existing Rad-hard Foundries. These Foundries Use Special Processing Steps To Decrease The Total Ionizing Dose Issues, But Do Not Reduce The Single Event Effects. The Second Approach Is To Use A Special Standard Cell Library Containing Hardening Techniques That Can Be Built On A Standard State-of-the-art Commercial Foundry. This Cell Library Must Compensate For Th$100K
Nov 2010Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II - Basic Effort$1.5M
Apr 2010Federal contractDefense · Deep Submicron Radiation Hardened Logic For Communications$749K
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · Low Power, Radiation Hardened Embedded Memory Compiler$100K
May 2009Federal contractDefense · Novel Mitigation Techniques For Reconfigurable Computers For Space Based Applications$741K
Mar 2009Federal contractDefense · Basic Effort-sbir Phase I$100K
Mar 2009Federal contractDefense · Baa Phase II "SUB-100NM See "$3.1M
Feb 2009Federal contractDefense · Reliable And Rad-hard Microelectronics$100K
Feb 2009Federal contractDefense · New Algorihmic Hardening Schemes And Multi-bit Error$100K
Feb 2009Federal contractDefense · Deep Submicron Radiation Hardened Logic For Communications$100K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Multi-cluster Network On A Chip Reconfigurable Radiation Hardened Radio The Objective Of The Phase-i Research Is To Architect, Model And Simulate A Multi-cluster Network On A Chip (noc) Reconfigurable Radio In Systemc Rtl, With Throughput Up To 1GBPS. The Architecture Is Based On Mapping Key Radio Dsp Operations Onto Clusters Of 2D-GRID Networks Of Primitive Computation Agents. The Primitives In Each Cluster Consists Of Multiply, Accumulate And Cordic Operations. Risc Agents And A Primary Risc$100K
Dec 2008Federal contractDefense · Design-hardened Radiation Tolerant Microelectronics$1.2M
Sep 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II$750K
Jun 2008Federal contractDefense · Novel Mitigation Techniques For Reconfigurable Computers For Space Based Applications$100K
Jan 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$100K
Jan 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$100K
Jun 2007Federal contractDefense · Advanced Concepts For Evolving Space Systems$7.8M
Jun 2007Federal contractDefense · SBIR II Dual Chip Approach To Radiation Hardened Logic$1.5M
May 2007Federal contractDefense · Monthly Progress Reports$100K
Feb 2007Federal contractDefense · Basic Effort - SBIR Phase 1$100K
Feb 2007Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I - Basic Effort$100K
Oct 2006Federal contractDefense · Radiation Hardened By Design$9.6M
Apr 2006Federal contractDefense · 200607!000513!5700!FA9453!DET 8 AFRL/PKV8 !FA945306C0227 !a!n! !y! ! !20060410!20070706!619085371!619085371!619085371!N!MICROELECTRONICS Research DEVE!4775 Centennial Blvd Ste 1!COLORADO Sprin !CO!80919!16000!041!08!COLORADO Springs !el Paso !colorado !+000000100000!N!N!000000595104!AC22!RDTE/MISSILE And Space Systems-applied Research !A2 !missile And Space Systems !000 !not Discernable !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$1.2M

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Semiconductors · Material

Federal grants#5 · top 29%

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What it has protected

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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.