Founded in 2000, Ridgetop Group Inc. was established to develop advanced tools, IP libraries, and design services for mission-critical applications operating in harsh environments. Achieving functionality in harsh environments, whether it stems from extreme temperatures or intense radiation exposure, requires "best of class" solutions. These solutions involve "Radiation Hardening" for microelectronics, and/or "Prognostic-enabling" critical systems.
As the firm has grown, commercial firms have also realized the value of engaging Ridgetop design capabilities for less-severe environmental conditions as well. Ridgetop has designed high speed CMOS and SiGe ICs, Digital to Analog Converters (DAC) for MP3 players, to laser range finders.
Ridgetop History
2000 |
Ridgetop Group, Inc is founded in Tucson, Arizona by Doug Goodman, a designer of critical FADEC flight control systems at Honeywell. |
2001 |
Ridgetop provides prognostic cell designs to US Department of Energy (DOE) for particle strip detector applications for TDDB, HCI, and radiation. |
2002 |
Ridgetop introduces Rincon™ Harmonic Balance Simulator for Rad Effects Simulations of RF
and wireless circuits Ridgetop expands and relocates to Oracle Road site. |
2003 |
Ridgetop wins contract to examine effects of radiation on built-in self test (BIST) structures for Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) |
2004 |
Ridgetop receives contracts from NAVAIR, NASA and Missile Defense Agency in the field of radiation-hardening and electronic prognostics / PHM |
2005 |
Ridgetop introduces Sentinel Silicon™ Library of in-situ, prognostic cells for microelectronic applications. |
2006 |
Ridgetop wins prestigious "SBIR Company of the Year" award from Raytheon Missile Systems. Ridgetop introduces PDKChek™ a die-level mismatch measurement IP core for fabless semiconductor firms. |
2007 |
Ridgetop introduces RingDown™ for power system prognostics and degradation analysis |
2008 |
Ridgetop receives Seaport-e Contract from Navy. Ridgetop receives AMCOM Express Contract from Army. |
2009 |
Ridgetop forms a strategic alliance with Altera, through Altera's IP Partnership program. |
2010 |
Ridgetop Group is 1 A Certified under DMEA's Trusted Foundry Program DO-178b Compliant design delivered to aerospace customer for use on commercial aircraft. European Aerospace and Defense Systems (EADS) (now Cassidian) signs agreement to represent and market Ridgetop Prognostics/CBM tools in Europe Ridgetop introduces Sentinel Network™ Prognostics Analysis Platform Ridgetop invests in Q-Star Test n v, Brugge, Belgium, a technology leader in precision, low- level current measurements and instrumentation. Major market strength in semiconductor test applications. |
2011 |
Ridgetop relocates to new, expanded facilities in Marana, Arizona Ridgetop acquires majority stake in Q-Star Test to establish Ridgetop Europe in Brugge, Belgium. This transaction adds approximately 70 commercial semiconductor firms to Ridgetop's installed base of customers. Raytheon exclusively licenses TopAct© Rad Effects Shielding Design Tool to Ridgetop For its Quality Management System, Ridgetop receives AS9100 Rev C Compliance |
Ridgetop is very fortunate to have a powerful technical staff with impressive credentials and experience. Our staff
members hail from leading firms such Intel, IBM, Honeywell, and Burr-Brown (now Texas Instruments).
Over the years, Ridgetop has maintained strong linkages with leading universities that add depth and leverage to our internal capabilities in research. This relationship provides a true "win-win" situation for developing new and advanced techniques in dealing with difficult problems.
The Future
Ridgetop continues to grow and prosper. Our mantra of "Engineering Innovation" will continue to propel the company forward!
