STAR CRYOELECTRONICS, LLC
Superconducting tunnel junction quantum sensors for X-ray detection and sterile neutrino searches
- Sector
- Quantum
- Headquarters
- Santa Fe, NM
- Total capital
- $8.5M
- Federal grants
- $6.5M
- 15 awards · 2015–2023
- Rank in peer group#8 of 19
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $2M
- 26 awards · Commerce, NASA, Defense
- Rank in Quantum#24 of 112
- Granted patents
- 0
- 1 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractCommerce · 8 Channel Squid Readout Upgrade$74K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Aluminum-based Superconducting Tunnel Junction Radiation Detectors for a Sterile Neutrino Search$200K
- Federal contractCommerce · Squid Readout System$79K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Hafnium-based Superconducting Tunnel Junction Radiation Detectors for a Sterile Neutrino Search$200K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Laboratory Bench-Top EXAFS with STJ Spectrometer$644K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Development of Miniature, Ultra-Low Loss Superconducting Resonator Arrays$200K
- Federal contractCommerce · Hts Squid Magnetometer System$73K
Show 34 earlier federal awards
- Federal contractDefense · Superconducting Metal Films$171K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Laboratory Bench-Top EXAFS with STJ Spectrometer$640K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Continuous Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator for Large Arrays of Superconducting Bolometers$987K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · MgB2-coated Superconducting Radio-frequency Cavities for Next-generation Accelerators$150K
- Federal contractCommerce · Upgrade To Microcalorimeter X-ray Detector Components$15K
- Federal contractCommerce · Adiabatic Cryostat$197K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Low-Noise Amplifiers and Superconducting Flex Circuits for Frequency Domain Multiplexed Readout of Detector Arrays$1.0M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Continuous Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator for Large Arrays of Superconducting Bolometers$150K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Development of High Volume Manufacturing Technologies for Superconducting Bolometer Array Production$150K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Superconducting Magnesium Diboride Thin Films for Ground Receiver Detectors$750K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Laboratory Bench-Top EXAFS with STJ Spectrometer$150K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Low-Noise Amplifiers and Superconducting Flex Circuits for Frequency Domain Multiplexed Readout of Detector Arrays$150K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · High-Temperature Superconducting Thin Films for IR Detectors$125K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Superconducting Films Of Magnesium Diboride (MGB2) Are Very Attractive For A Range Of Detector And Telecommunications Applications Owing To The High Critical Temperature Of These Films, ~40 K, Which Greatly Simplifies The Cooling Requirements. We Propose To Develop A Reactive Evaporation Technique For The Deposition Of MGB2 Thick Films On Wafers Up To At Least 4" Diameter, And An Etch Back And Passivation Process To Produce High-quality Thin Films That Are Needed For The Developmen$125K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Notch Filter$7K
- Federal contractNASA · Acquisition Of Heat Switch Assemblies For Adiabatic Demagetization Refrigerator (adr) Cryostat. Freight Charges.$4K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Superconducting Tunnel Junction Detectors for High-Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy$1.0M
- Federal contractCommerce · Dc Squid Detector$11K
- Federal contractNASA · Modified Cadiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator (adr), Heat Switch Drive Assembly, Two-stage Assembly And Freight And Crating.$70K
- Federal contractCommerce · Paramagnetic Salt Pills$21K
- Federal contractCommerce · Upgrade Of Thermal Mounting, Shielding, And Electronics For 16 Element Microcalorimeter X-ray Detector (hpd 102)$184K
- Federal contractCommerce · SBIR Phase II Award To Star Cryoelectronics Igf::ot::igf$300K
- Federal contractDefense · LAALO3 Substrate (001) 3 Inch 10, 5 CEO2$7K
- Federal contractCommerce · SBIR Phase 1 Award Proposal #32-68 Improved Microcalorimeter Detectors For X-ray Chemical Shirt Mapping$90K
- Federal contractDefense · 4-LAYER Pcb Junction$9K
- Federal contractDefense · Wafers$15K
- Federal contractNASA · Multichannel Squid Series Array Amplifier$12K
- Federal contractDefense · PC-100 Single Channel Dc Squid Electr$14K
- Federal contractCommerce · Lithographed Niobium$4K
- Federal contractNASA · An Innovative Thin-film Magnetic Thermometer With Integrated Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (squid) Readout Is Described For Fast, Precision Temperature Measurements In The 10 Mk Range. The Compact Thermometer Consists Of A Miniature Dc Squid Susceptometer With A Dilute Paramagnetic Alloy Deposited In One Of The Two Series-configured Gradiometric Squid Pickup Loops That Form The Squid Inductance. Directly Sensing The Magnetic Signal With The Squid Eliminates Losses That Would Otherw$100K
- Federal contractCommerce · Custom Process Wafer Fabrication$10K
- Federal contractCommerce · SBIR Phase II Award - Recovery Act (arra) TAS::13 0549::TAS Arra::yes::arra$300K
- Federal contractCommerce · SBIR Phase 1 Award$90K
- Federal contractCommerce · Custom Four Layer Bolometer Fabrication On 100 Mm Si Wafer$20K
Federal awards are summed by year (41 awards); hover a bar for the split. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 19 peers
Line = medianQuantum · Device
- Federal grants#8 · top 42%
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USPTO · 0 granted of 1- PendingCharge Dissipative Dielectric For Cryogenic DevicesUSPTOApplication PCTUS2004034899
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Regulatory activity · Quantum
- Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology
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Sources
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