The focus of APPLAUSE has been on advanced assembly and packaging technologies for combined electronics, optics and photonics, targeting high-volume, low-cost manufacturability. The concept was based on:
1. Developing the key technological building blocks, leveraging and extending the current capabilities and the cutting-edge know-how for competitiveness
2. Developing industrial need-based Use Cases, which utilize the building blocks, and take them towards manufacturability, assuring short time-to-market.
3. Supporting the ecosystem and communication across the value chains by tailored communication, exploitation, dissemination, IP protection, and specific ecosystem-engagement actions as well as with efficient project management.
The APPLAUSE project workplan was structured in eight work packages (WP). WP1 management took care of the coordination and management of the whole project, supported by a separate task that described the activities of the subcontracted service provider for the daily admin support.
The R&D activities started under WP2 - for requirements and specifications and WP3 design, modelling and simulation activities, both including tasks for each of the Use Cases. WP4 delivered the needed equipment, process and software components. All these inter-related and fed to WP5 packaging and integration. WP5 fed to both WP6 for testing, metrology and reliability issues, and to WP7 for pilot production of Use Case demonstrators. All the results then fed to WP8, which took care of exploitation, dissemination and communication.
The technology developed within the WPs fed into five industry partner driven demonstration use cases (UC):
- A substantially smaller 3D integrated ambient light sensor for mobile and wearable applications
- A high-performance, low-cost, uncooled thermal IR sensor for automotive and surveillance applications
- High-speed datacom transceivers with lower manufacturing costs
- A flexible cardiac monitoring patch
- Miniaturized cardiac implants with advanced monitoring capabilities
Commercialization timeline for industrial partners were mapped during the project including market entries expected within the next five years. There were several patent applications made during the project by partners. Follow-on projects related to aspects of APPLAUSE developments are either planned or ongoing in several newer projects.
In short, the APPLAUSE project results may be quantified as follows:
• 55 Deliverables (incl. 6 public), 6 Milestones
• 5 use case demonstrators
• 30+ advanced packaging related technology developments
• 10+ use case related technology developments
• 17 Publications (more to come), PhD school & dissemination day, online presence.
• Joint development and exploitation trajectories
