The KDT JU co-funded project SHIFT started in 2022 12 01 with the aim of reaching four main objectives:

1) Develop new Semiconductor and packaging Technologies for very high frequencies, achieving better energy efficiency and output power;

2) Develop new Semiconductor Technology platforms associated with these semiconductor technologies, with corresponding tests, characterization, and modelling methodologies needed for very high frequencies;

3) Demonstrate the progress of the new semiconductor technologies by innovative and competitive System Demonstrators that will integrate MMICs designed with the developed and proposed semiconductor technologies, covering domains for:

- Wireless (network access and backhaul) and Fiber optics Telecommunication systems;

- Satellite telecommunication and Earth Observation systems;

4) Demonstrate the economic and operational impact of these systems while reducing their

environmental impact. 

Duration: from 01-12-2022 to 30-11-2025. 

The DRAGON project, through the exploitation of the radio spectrum in D-band (130-174.8 GHz)1, will overcome the constraints of current E-band wireless backhaul solutions to achieve a small-form factor and high-capacity radio solution, suitable for massive deployment, that will enable bringing the speed of optical systems to backhaul systems in a cost effective way.

The DRAGON consortium has a well-balanced and complementary know-how in the relevant areas for designing and demonstrating the feasibility of a small cell cellular network architecture based on meshed Dband backhaul links. DRAGON will therefore secure Europe’s industrial leadership and pave the way towards innovative 5G telecommunications networks.

Duration: from 01-12-2020 to 30-11-2023. 

Moore4Medical will accelerate innovation in electronic medical devices.

The project addresses emerging medical applications and technologies that offer significant new opportunities for patients as well as for industry including: bioelectronic medicines, organ-on-chip, drug adherence monitoring, smart ultrasound, radiation free interventions and continuous monitoring. The new technologies will help fighting the increasing cost of healthcare by: reducing the need for hospitalisation, helping to develop personalized therapies, and realising intelligent point-of-care diagnostic tools.

Duration: from 01-06-2020 to 31-05-2023

Delivering the rapid, secure and reliable data access anywhere and anytime that will be required of the Internet of Things and beyond 5G wireless networks will require significant advances in today’s medium-range wireless infrastructure. The EU-funded DREAM project intends to deliver this, combining advanced semiconductor nanotechnology and a robust infrastructure-based wireless mesh network with unparalleled fibre performance. DREAM will develop a low-cost beam-steerable antenna array to exploit the radio spectrum in D-band with a power-efficient bipolar complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor transceiver analogue front end. It will enable wireless links with data rates at least 10 times faster than current solutions. 

Duration: from 01-09-2017 to 28-01-2021

The TARANTO project targets to break the technological barriers to the development of the next BiCMOS technology platforms, allowing the improvement of the performance of the HBT (Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors) with a much higher level of integration. This new generation of transistors HBT will be a key factor to meet the needs of high-speed communications systems and high data rate required for the integration of heterogeneous intelligent systems as well as for intelligent mobility systems that will be used in future fully automated transport systems. The main objectives of this project will be to develop transistors HBT offering high maximum frequency (Fmax: 600GHz) built to very high density CMOS processes: 130 / 90nm for IFX, 55 / 28nm to ST, while IHP will work on the project to achieve maximum frequencies of 700GHz remaining compatible with IFX and ST BiCMOS processes.

Duration: from 01-04-2017 to 28-02-2021

The COSMICC consortium gathers key industrial and research partners with world-leading positions in the fields of Silicon Photonics, CMOS electronics, Packaging, Optical transceivers and Data center player around a strong vision: mass commercialization of Silicon photonics based transceivers is possible starting in 2019 by enhancing the existing photonic integration platform of ST-Microelectronics. COSMICC will develop optical transceivers that will be packaged on-board (Figure1). Combining CMOS electronics and Si-photonics with innovative-high-throughput fiber-attachment techniques, the developed solutions are scalable to meet the future data-transmission requirements in data-centers and Super computing systems. With performances improved by an order of magnitude as compared with current VCSELs transceivers, COSMICC developed technology will answer tremendous market needs with a target cost per bit that the traditional WDM transceivers cannot meet. The early setting up of a new value chain will enable exploitation of the developed technologies.

Duration: from 01-12-2015 to 30-11-2019

There is an increase in diagnosing and treating patients already carrying active implanted medical devices and brain computer interfaces. No neuro- modulation system available in the market is currently ‘MRI’ safe. The Denecor project will demonstrate coexistency between nano- electronics based diagnosis and therapy systems, thus enabling market acceptance of electromagnetic therapy by removing the main roadblock of incompatibility between the neuromodulation therapy (DBS & TMS) and the neurological diagnostic systems (EEG, MRI & US) inducing a higher preference rate among clinicians.

Duration: from 01-06-2013 to 31-03-2016

The ENIAC JU project MIRANDELA is building a complete digital, mixed-signal, analogue, radio frequency (RF) and millimetre-wave (MMW) platform for the design and production of chips for future wireless communications to address the challenge of transferring anything, from/to anybody, anywhere, at any time and through any path. Components in core CMOS technology and other processes will be characterised, optimised and modelled in the RF and MMW range as well as for analogue operation targeting very low power design of RF blocks and functions. Solutions will be developed to cut costs and time to market.

Duration: from 01-05-2010 to 01-04-2013