Descrizione del progetto
Una nuova tecnologia per i dispositivi di comunicazione fotonici
Dall’ottica all’assistenza sanitaria, il settore della fotonica sta migliorando la nostra vita quotidiana. In tale contesto, il progetto ULTRAPHO, finanziato dall’UE, si propone di convalidare e lanciare sul mercato un nuovo concetto di fotonica che rafforzerà il settore dei semiconduttori europeo a un livello di rilievo globale nell’ambito delle tecnologie e dei dispositivi fotonici che impiegano il grafene per aumentare la capacità di trasmissione dei dati della fibra ottica. In particolare, attraverso l’impiego della nuova tecnologia di fabbricazione e degli strumenti sviluppati, il consorzio immetterà sul mercato un fotorilevatore in grafene a banda larga ultrarapido che è fondamentale per i centri di elaborazione dati e le infrastrutture 5G.
Obiettivo
Goal of the ULTRAPHO FTI project is to change the market for photonic communication devices by bringing a groundbreaking technology to the market. The final goal is to establish a novel world leading enterprise in the semiconductor industry in the EU. Supported by major players like Nokia, Sony, and GLOBALFOUNDRIES, the consortium members will become worldwide leaders in the emerging field of photonic technologies and devices.
The fundamentally new high-speed photonic devices use graphene to increase data transmission capacity of optical fibers. Together with novel fabrication and characterization tools and technology developed and marketed by the consortium the whole value chain from fabrication to the final product is covered. The consortium markets an ultrafast and broadband graphene photodetector which is of increasing importance for datacenters or 5G infrastructure. Moreover, the fabrication technology and tools for automated assembly and characterization will also be commercialized by the consortium.
The ULTRAPHO objectives are:
• To create a novel ultrafast photodetector that increases the data transmission capacity of optical fibers and validate it for industrial acceptance
• Market a mass production process for graphene-on-wafer fabrication
• Increase yield of the fabrication process and optimize quality control
• Market tools for automated assembly and characterization on wafer level of high-speed photonic devices
• Scale the production capacity to 10,000 wafers per year
Consortium members patented world-leading technology and with the help of the ULTRAPHO project get the final boost to bring the novel technology to a market worth 41 B€ in 2022 (CAGR 37%).
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringfibers
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksmobile network5G
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialstwo-dimensional nanostructuresgraphene
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensors
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsfibre optics
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
Argomento(i)
Meccanismo di finanziamento
IA - Innovation actionCoordinatore
20009 Donostia
Spagna
L’organizzazione si è definita una PMI (piccola e media impresa) al momento della firma dell’accordo di sovvenzione.