Partners
Idaho National LaboratoryINL is the nation’s leading center for nuclear energy research and development. INL works in each of the strategic goal areas of DOE: energy, national security, science and environment.
Ridgetop Group of Tucson, Ariz., has partnered with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in the expansion of CellSage and its integration into Ridgetop’s Sentinel Suite™ family of diagnostic and prognostic tools for electronic systems.
“While it can be used in electric vehicles, CellSage also may be used for applications in the military, space, medicine, electric utilities, telecommunications, some consumer electronics, and specific uses by selected other federal agencies.” According to Idaho National Laboratories.
Service Providers
The Aerospace CorporationAs a nonprofit corporation that operates in the public interest, Aerospace possesses a large staff of some of the space industry’s top scientists and engineers, representing every conceivable discipline in space systems engineering. Aerospace has also amassed comprehensive databases of space system design data, and employs unique facilities and tools designed and developed based on experience working with space and space-based systems dating back to the 1960s. These tools, and the experts who use them, allow The Aerospace Corporation to innovate and present an array of options that encompass the full tradespace of practical solutions, identify the risks of each, and estimate their likely cost.
The Aerospace Corporation serves the public interest by utilizing our world-class scientific and engineering expertise to solve complex systems problems and bring new technology to bear in order to:
- Improve the quality of life by repurposing space technology to non-space endeavors
- Advance the state of the art in the fields of health, energy, transportation, and the environment
- Inspire future generations of engineers and scientists
- Foster innovation in military, civil, and commercial systems and technologies
Research Collaborators
- University of Arizona
- Arizona State University
- University of Tennessee
- Auburn University
- Université de Montpellier
Industry Affiliates
- Altera
- Global Semiconductor Alliance
- Accelerating Growth and Increasing the Return on Invested Capital of the Global Semiconductor Industry
- Arizona Nanotechnology Cluster
- Providing Lectures and Science Education on Nanotechnology throughout Arizona
- DSI International
- A 40-Year Legacy of Setting and Raising the Standard for Industry
- CANEUS Micro-Nano-Technologies
- Micro-Nano-Technologies: From Concepts to Systems
- ChipEstimates.com
- Your IP Ecosystem: The world’s leading IP portal
- Design & Reuse
- Tezzaron Semiconductor
- The World Leader in 3d-ICs
- Tiatech
- OPS A La Carte
- Providing Confidence in Reliability
- Microsemi
- Offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and systems solutions for the industry.
- Rand Star Rocket Sci-Tech
- WaterStone Technology
- SiliconAid Solutions
- Providing expert consulting services for all aspects of semiconductor DFT development and implementation.
- ALLVIA
- The Leader in TSV development
- Air Logistics and Engineering Consultants
- Large Business Experience and Results with Small Business Responsiveness and Focus
- SE Technologies
- Kingsly Instrumentation and Communication
- Offering avant-garde solutions across industrial sectors
Alliances
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Electronic System Design Alliance
Since 2016, Ridgetop has become a voting member of the ESD Alliance, an international association of companies providing goods and services throughout the semiconductor design ecosystem, noting several initiatives that correspond with the organizations needs.
“Ridgetop is an impressive company with a portfolio of equally impressive solutions and tools to improve performance and reliability of mission-critical electronic systems for companies in North America, Europe and Asia,” comments Bob Smith, the ESD Alliance’s executive director. “It is with great pleasure that the Alliance welcomes Ridgetop Group.”
Ridgetop is certified as category 1A under the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) as part of the Trusted Supplier Program. Ridgetop has history of designing analog and mixed signal ICs for demanding applications in space satellites that are subjected to extreme temperatures and radiation. Our designs have utilized bulk CMOS, CMOS-SOI, and SiGe at process geometries down to 28 nm channel lengths. Radiation hardness is also a concern, and Ridgetop has addressed those requirements as well. A recent Ridgetop design was delivered to ON Semiconductor for the U.S. Air Force STELLAR Star Tracker.
Under contract to NASA, Ridgetop designed an effective 3-axis wireless acceleration and temperature sensor for use in a helicopter gearbox system. The initial implementation was designed to detect wear and damage in the helicopter gearbox. This innovative smart sensor design was later commercialized under the Sentinel Motion product line, and is packaged as an Internet-of-Things (IoT) smart sensor, RotoSense™.