--- title: Accel-RF Wins Phase II SBIR with The Air Force Research Laboratory to Complete a Millimeter-Wave Accelerated Life Test System description: Accel-RF Wins Phase II SBIR with The Air Force Research Laboratory to Complete a Millimeter-Wave Accelerated Life Test System --- [![Accel-RF](https://info.accelrf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AccelRf_June2017/Images/xlogo.png.pagespeed.ic.WbqwkXd119.webp?width=118&name=xlogo.png.pagespeed.ic.WbqwkXd119.webp)](http://www.accelrf.com/) [Contact Us](http://www.accelrf.com/contact/) [PRESS](https://info.accelrf.com/press) » Latest Articles [ Categories ](https://info.accelrf.com/press/accel-rf-wins-phase-ii-sbir-with-the-air-force-research-laboratory-to-complete-a-millimeter-wave-accelerated-life-test-system#) ## **Browse All Categories** - [5G](https://info.accelrf.com/press/topic/5g) - [News](https://info.accelrf.com/press/topic/news) - [Press Releases](https://info.accelrf.com/press/topic/press-releases) - [Uncategorized](https://info.accelrf.com/press/topic/uncategorized) # Accel-RF Wins Phase II SBIR with The Air Force Research Laboratory to Complete a Millimeter-Wave Accelerated Life Test System 2 minute read [Press Releases](https://info.accelrf.com/press/topic/press-releases), [News](https://info.accelrf.com/press/topic/news), [Uncategorized](https://info.accelrf.com/press/topic/uncategorized) San Diego, CA November 7th, 2018 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – **Accel-RF Wins Phase II SBIR with The Air Force Research Laboratory to Complete a Millimeter-Wave Accelerated Life Test System** [Accel-RF](http://www.accelrf.com) has won a follow-on contract with The Air Force Research Laboratory through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The phase II SBIR will continue development efforts for millimeter-wave accelerated life test systems and span 27 months, from September 2018 – December 2020. The object of the Phase II effort is to demonstrate a system platform capable of performing end-of-life (EOL) reliability analysis on multiple individual test devices at V- and W-band frequencies.   “AFRL continues to be a strong advocate for advancing development of state-of-the-art reliability and performance-degradation testing on semiconductor technologies used in cutting-edge system applications. Reliability testing of evolving semiconductor technologies is difficult enough, but reliability testing of a significant sample size of discrete devices or MMICs from DC through millimeter-wave frequencies and at controlled channel-temperatures for thousands of hours, compounds the problem exponentially”, says Roland Shaw, President and co-founder of Accel-RF.   “We anticipate the result of this development and collaboration will significantly improve the capability of manufacturers, system designers, and end-users to measure, quantify, and improve reliability predictions for Wide Band-Gap devices such as Gallium-Nitride (GaN) at millimeter-wave frequencies.  The commercial markets that this equipment will support include: automotive short- and long-range radar, automotive vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, Gbps WLAN, and 5G mobility short-range communication, and numerous industrial sensor networks.   The primary goal is to increase confidence levels in long-term reliability for a wide range of semiconductor technologies as quickly as possible”, concludes Shaw.   Under the new contract Accel-RF will develop, design, and produce a test system breadboard capable of performing Arrhenius-type reliability prediction measurements at high temperatures (≥250⁰C) on a group of devices at V-band and W-band. The Phase II work will also investigate packaging and MMIC mounting processes used at these high frequencies in order to develop a robust, extremely high temperature manufacturing capability. -- [Accel-RF Instruments Corporation](https://www.accelrf.com/about-accel-rf/) is the world leader in supplying equipment for performing high temperature, long duration reliability testing on compound semiconductors, such as Gallium-Nitride (GaN) and Silicon-Carbide (SiC). These platforms are capable of identifying device wear-out and performance degradation to end-of-life (EOL) expectations, usually measured in millions of hours. 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