Intelligent power management integrated circuits for a greener, more efficient Internet of Things

Project Information

NANOPOWER

Grant agreement ID: 101145204

DOI 10.3030/101145204

EC signature date 9 February 2024

Start date 1 January 2024

End date 31 December 2025

Funded under

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Total cost € 3 552 500,00

EU contribution € 2 486 750,00

Coordinated by

NANOPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR AS
Norway

Objective

The Internet of Things (IoT) offers great potential to monitor and manage complex systems, yet remains hindered by excessive use, size, and replacement of batteries in IoT nodes. Decreasing power use is essential to fulfil the IoT promise for smart, sustainable, and green societies. We have developed a unique Intelligent Power-Management Integrated Circuit (IPMIC) using silicon-proven subthreshold technology that can autonomously manage any sensor, microcontroller, wireless chip, or peripheral to reduce energy consumption by ~50-99%. This grants novel capabilities to all designers of battery-powered devices to optimize for increased performance and reduced product size/cost, while eliminating replacement cost/operational barriers for new applications in critical parts of the value chain and environmental impacts of disposal. With EIC support, Nanopower will address the IoT battery bottleneck and become a Europe-based, world-leading ultra-low-power specialist.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › internet › internet of things
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors

Keywords

• Energy efficiency
• Environmental and green technologies
• Internet of Things
• embedded
• pervasive systems
• Network infrastructures
• Micro (system) engineering
• Semiconductors

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme

Topic(s)

• HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 - EIC Accelerator Open 2023

Call for proposal

HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOR-01

Funding Scheme

HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF - HORIZON EIC Accelerator Blended Finance

Coordinator

NANOPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR AS

• Net EU contribution: € 846 781,25
• Address: ANDOYFARET 15 ; 4623 KRISTIANSAND ; Norway
• SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes:
  Region
  Norge › Agder og Sør-Østlandet › Agder
• Region: Norge › Agder og Sør-Østlandet › Agder
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 3 552 500,00

Participants (1)

Third-party

Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.

NANOPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR UNIPESSOAL LDA

Portugal

• Net EU contribution: € 1 639 968,75
• Address: RUA DA LIONESA 446 C25 ; 4465-671 LECA DO BALIO
• SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes:
  Region
  Continente › Norte › Área Metropolitana do Porto
• Region: Continente › Norte › Área Metropolitana do Porto
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data