Für die Herstellung vieler Produkte, wie z. B. von Halbleitern, sind Reinräume eine zwingende Voraussetzung für hohe Qualität und Produktsicherheit, da schon kleinste Verunreinigungen das Endprodukt beschädigen können. Damit die Systeme zukünftig auch in Reinräumen verwendet werden können…

Due to the increasing miniaturization and complexity in the semiconductor industry, but also in many other technical sectors and industries, high-precision and effective ways of projecting light, processing materials or sending optical signals are required - with precision in the nanometer range and…

The concept of using strongly attenuated, randomly polarized light pulses for secure quantum communication has been around since the mid-1980s. Most commercial light sources for quantum communication are still based on this idea today. The biggest challenge here is to generate indistinguishable and…

The Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM announces its active contribution to the APECS pilot line launched as part of the EU Chips Acts. APECS intends to promote the development and integration of chiplet technologies as a means of making Europe’s semiconductor industry m…

Particularly in medicine and bioanalytics, results must be determined precisely and reliably. The optical systems of Fraunhofer IPMS enable position control and gentle analysis options, which realize precise results in the shortest amount of time. The versatile applications of micro scanners in medi…

As part of the Research Fab Microelectronics Germany (FMD), the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems (IMS) is playing a crucial role in the development of the Advanced Packaging and Heterogeneous Integration for Electronic Components and Systems (APECS) pilot line. By contri…

Researchers at DESY have developed a millimeter-sized high-power amplifier with an output power of more than one watt on silicon-based optical microchips. This output power is a many times higher than what was previously achievable on this tiny scale and enables the use of high-power on-chip amplifi…

Die Halbleiterfertigung ist auf Wachstumskurs. Wie realisiert man die dafür benötigten Reinräume am besten?

Ob Smartphones, Herzschrittmacher, Industrieroboter oder Alarmsysteme: Zahlreiche moderne Produkte sind auf Mikrochips angewiesen. Für die Gewährleistung eines fehlerfreien Betriebs erfolgt die…

Imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, has announced a significant milestone in silicon photonics with the successful demonstration of electrically-driven GaAs-based multi-quantum-well nano-ridge laser diodes fully, monolithically fabricated on…

The pilot line for “Advanced Packaging and Heterogeneous Integration for Electronic Components and Systems” (APECS) marks a major leap forward in strengthening Europe’s semiconductor manufacturing capabilities and chiplet innovation as part of the EU Chips Act. By providing large industry play…