Project description Core and disruptive photonic technologies Show the project objective Hide the project objective ESSenTIAL will bring silicon photonics within reach of European small and medium sized enterprises, thereby building on the track record of the Silicon Photonics Platform ePIXfab (www.epixfab.eu) and its integration into Europractice. To this end, ESSenTIAL offers affordable access to standardized active and passive silicon photonic IC and packaging technology, a path from design to manufacturing and hands-on training.Based on a consortium of major research institutes with silicon photonics expertise, ESSenTIAL will reach out to European industry and will support them to evaluate silicon photonics in the context of concrete applications and markets. To ensure low-cost early access and scalability to manufacturing, the maturity of silicon photonic IC technology will be enhanced by setting up a library of generic devices, a level of process and device benchmarking and a well maintained design flow. For the first time, devices in a standard package will be offered to allow easy testing. Training on the IC and packaging services will be offered, including hands-on design training. Maturity, standardization and sustainability will be driven by a steadily growing user base, from Europe and elsewhere.ESSenTIAL will ensure that ePIXfab will keep Europe's lead in fabless silicon photonics and will turn it into and industry-relevant platform. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.3.5 - Core and disruptive photonic technologies Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-7 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM Address Kapeldreef 75 3001 Leuven Belgium See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Arr. Leuven Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Christine Van Houtven (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CANADIAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION Canada EU contribution € 0,00 Address Princess street 945 building 50 queen s university innovatio K7L 3N6 Kingston See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Dan Gale (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data IHP GMBH - INNOVATIONS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE MICROELECTRONICS Germany EU contribution € 132 399,00 Address Im technologiepark 25 15236 Frankfurt oder See on map Region Brandenburg Brandenburg Oder-Spree Activity type Other Administrative Contact Uwe George Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT Finland EU contribution € 108 438,00 Address Tekniikantie 4 a 02044 VTT Espoo See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Tarja Tuominen (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES France EU contribution € 183 338,00 Address Rue leblanc 25 75015 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Liliane Secourgeon (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK Ireland EU contribution € 132 945,00 Address Western road T12 YN60 Cork See on map Region Ireland Southern South-East Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Conor Delaney (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO Netherlands EU contribution € 57 704,00 Address Anna van buerenplein 1 2595 DA Den haag See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jose Pozo (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data