Descrizione del progetto
Rafforzare la linea di fornitura della fotonica del silicio europea
L’aumento dei danni alle persone e alle proprietà causati dalle catastrofi climatiche in tutto il mondo ha spinto organizzazioni e paesi, tra cui l’UE, a sostenere una transizione rapida ed efficiente verso fonti energetiche più verdi. Sebbene vi siano numerose innovazioni promettenti, la questione della fornitura della fotonica del silicio non è ancora stata affrontata. Il progetto photonixFAB, finanziato dall’UE, riunirà i principali portatori di interesse europei della fotonica e dei semiconduttori per creare una catena di approvvigionamento della fotonica del silicio solida e affidabile. Per raggiungere questo obiettivo, il progetto si avvarrà di diverse innovazioni come la piattaforma di silicio su isolante, l’integrazione di componenti attivi di fosfuro di indio nella produzione e l’incorporazione della tecnologia del nitruro di silicio. Il risultato finale sarà una robusta fornitura della fotonica del silicio.
Obiettivo
photonixFAB brings together key European photonics and semiconductor players, to establish a strong and sovereign European supply chain for silicon photonics. The consortium leverages the volume capacity of X-FAB, the European More-than-Moore foundry, and addresses the work program with six key objectives: (1) Transferring IMEC's world-renowned silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform to X-FAB, to achieve industrial manufacturing capacity. The SOI platform addresses a variety of high-speed and sensing applications. (2) Extending the industrial manufacturing capability of LIGENTEC's silicon nitride (SiN) technology at X-FAB, to become the industry standard for SiN photonics. The low-loss, and broad transparency of SiN are perfect for sensing, quantum computing, amongst others. (3) Increasing maturity of heterogeneous integration with SMART Photonics' Indium Phosphide (InP) active components such as lasers, modulators and detectors. These components are integrated on top of the SOI and SiN platforms by transfer-printing. This is an X-FAB associated technology, forming a key innovation differentiator for photonixFAB. The leading European RTOs, IMEC and CEA, are supporting photonixFAB with various technologies, developed in Horizon Europe activities, such as prototype transfer-printing, LiNbO3 modulators and Ge detectors on SiN. (4) Strengthening the European ecosystem with design automation (Luceda), innovative packaging solutions (PHIX), and increased testing capabilities. (5) Demonstrating the viability of the new supply chain and technologies through six application-oriented demonstrators in a wide array of markets. (6) Setting up pilot line and multi-project wafer access to serve innovation by start-ups, SMEs and large entities, and opening photonixFAB for direct feedback on competitiveness and capabilities. Thereby the relationships between the supply chain partners and prospective end-users, as well as between the photonics and the ECS worlds will be strengthened.
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- social sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomation
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrypost-transition metals
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcomputer hardwarequantum computers
- natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssemiconductivity
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids
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