Great Lakes Crystal Technologies, an East Lansing-based provider of single-crystal high-performance diamond plates, substrates, and epitaxial wafers for high-technology applications, has been awarded $2.7 millions from National Security Innovation Capital.
The award will allow the company to advance the manufacturing readiness level of the world’s first large-area high-performance single-crystal diamond substrate for applications in quantum sensing, thermal management in microchip packaging, and advanced (high-speed, radiation-hard, and power) electronics. And all within 18 months.
“High-performance diamond is a major new platform materials technology that will impact all future defense systems, as well as a multitude of national security and commercial applications,” says Timothy Grotjohn, co-founder and CEO of Great Lakes Crystal Technologies.
“Success of this project will give (our company) and our nation a first-mover advantage in the supply of the world’s first large-area electronic device-capable high-performance diamond substrates.”
Founded in 2019 as a Michigan State University technology startup, GLCT has been awarded more than $20 million of federal investments to expand its product roadmap for target applications in electronics, quantum sensors, advanced packaging, and detection.
The company designs and builds proprietary CVD diamond crystal growth reactors entirely in the U.S., holding a licensed portfolio of 10 issued and four pending diamond materials technology patents from Michigan State University. Additionally, GLCT is the only 100 percent U.S.-based device-ready single-crystal diamond material manufacturer of its kind.
For more information, visit glcrystal.com.
