Nitronex Corporation, Durham, NC Nitronex designs and produces Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor devices for wireless communications and data storage. Nitronex’s technology enables the integration of high quality GaN with silicon, which extends silicon technology for high-frequency and high-power wireless applications and can be manufactured in fabrication facilities that are currently configured for silicon semiconductors. Deal Lead: Rami Elkhatib
Waveguide Solutions Inc., Charlotte, NC Waveguide Solutions was established in 1999 with a mission to develop a proprietary manolithic platform that enables multiple innovative products based on a substance called Sol-gel. This material uniquely suited to meet the ever-increasing demand for bandwidth by delivering customizable, fully integrated optical circuits for optical communications networks. Waveguide’s Optical Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (“OASIC”) integrates multiple active and passive functions into a single multi-function optical circuit that will enable sophisticated fiber optic telecommunications networks for the Metropolitan Area Network (“MAN”) market. Deal Lead: Rami Elkhatib, Steve Rakes
