Biomedical
Built for breakthroughs in human health.
Advancing Technology for Medical + Life Sciences
Advances in medical semiconductors and semiconductor technologies for medical devices are enabling smaller, faster, and more capable biomedical systems, from diagnostic platforms and medical imaging to implantable devices and laboratory instrumentation.
SkyWater partners with healthcare and life sciences innovators to develop, qualify, and manufacture custom semiconductor technologies through collaborative engineering, medical-device quality systems, and trusted U.S. production.
Application areas:
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Biomedical Devices — Custom semiconductor technologies supporting patient monitoring, therapeutic systems, wearable devices, and other connected healthcare applications.
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Implantables — Semiconductor manufacturing for implantable systems where reliability, miniaturization, power efficiency, and long-term performance are critical.
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Diagnostics — Custom structures and semiconductor technologies supporting rapid diagnostics, molecular detection, genetic analysis, and point-of-care testing.
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Medical Imaging Systems — CMOS, readout integrated circuits, sensor interfaces, and radiation-tolerant technologies supporting medical imaging and image-guided systems.
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Lab Instrumentation — Semiconductor technologies supporting laboratory automation, analytical instruments, genomic sequencing, drug-discovery platforms, and lab-on-chip systems.
MEMS, Microfluidics & Nanofluidics
Custom wafer processing supports microfluidic channels, nanofluidic structures, sensing elements, and other highly differentiated device architectures. These capabilities can enable lab-on-chip systems, diagnostic consumables, genetic-sequencing platforms, and analytical instruments requiring precise feature formation and repeatable wafer-scale production.
Mixed-Signal CMOS
Analog and mixed-signal CMOS technologies support sensor interfaces, data conversion, signal processing, low-power control, and application-specific integrated circuits for biomedical systems. SkyWater can modify established CMOS platforms to integrate specialized functions and address application-specific performance requirements.
CMOS + X Integration
Biomedical systems often require more than a standard CMOS process. CMOS + X combines conventional CMOS with application-specific materials, structures, or sensor functions to improve system-level performance. SkyWater has experience adding specialized materials, including platinum and other noble materials, to established CMOS process flows, enabling customers to integrate sensing and electronic functionality within differentiated device architectures.
Custom Sensors
SkyWater develops custom process flows for photonic, chemical, biological, and biopotential sensing technologies used in patient monitoring, diagnostics, and analytical systems. Rather than relying solely on standard process building blocks, these platforms can be tailored around the sensing mechanism and performance requirements of the application.
Radiation-Hardened CMOS
Radiation-hardened CMOS can support implantable devices and imaging systems where uptime, reliability, and resistance to ionizing radiation are important. SkyWater offers scalable 90 nm CMOS process technology with different levels of radiation tolerance for highly reliable ASIC applications.
Why BioMedical Innovators Choose Skywater
Biomedical technologies must move through a demanding development process before reaching patients, laboratories, or clinical environments. SkyWater works alongside customers to mature qualified manufacturing processes into production.
Technologies Supporting Biomedical Innovation
Explore Our Technologies
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CMOS
Learn MoreMixed-signal CMOS platforms support sensor interfaces, low-power electronics, ASICs, data conversion, and the integration of specialized biomedical functions.
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Custom Processing
Learn MoreCustom microfluidic, nanofluidic, and materials-processing capabilities enable differentiated sensors, diagnostic structures, lab-on-chip devices, and biomedical consumables.
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Rad-Hard
Learn MoreRadiation-tolerant CMOS processes support highly reliable imaging and implantable-device applications where resilience and uptime are essential.
BioMedical Built Here,
Trusted Everywhere
Progress in diagnostics, medical devices, and life sciences increasingly depends on semiconductor technologies that combine precision with biological and chemical functionality. SkyWater brings together collaborative development, ISO 13485-certified quality management at its Minnesota facility, custom process expertise, and domestic manufacturing to help biomedical innovators translate complex ideas into manufacturable devices.
EMBEDDED IN THE FUTURE
Advance Biomedical Technology
Whether you are developing a diagnostic platform, implantable device, medical imaging system, or laboratory instrument, SkyWater can help transform your technology into a qualified, scalable manufacturing solution.