Konsortium vil udvikle mere pålidelig mikroelektronik

Et nyt konsortium vil med EU-støtte arbejde på at udvikle mere pålidelige mikroelektroniksystemer (in english).

A consortium of leading companies in microelectronics has announced a European initiative to improve the efficiency of engineering reliable electronic components as miniaturization reaches the nanoscale.

The project, called NanoInterface won funding under the Seventh Framework Program for Research and Technological Development (FP7) of the European Union (NMP3-SL-2008-214371) in the Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies program.

A number of scientific, technological and societal advances are expected, including the development of a multi-scale approach, a shorter time-to-market and fewer redesign cycles for micro-electronic materials, contributions towards the ‘zero-defect’ objectives of the industry and facilitate the implementation of environmentally friendly materials.

In this multi-scale approach, models at atomic level will be explicitly coupled to state-of-the-art macroscopic (finite element) models. In this ‘bottom-up’ approach, a user-friendly software tool will be realized which incorporates chemical, physical and mechanical information from the atomic level directly into the macroscopic models thereby enabling computational design towards highly reliable metal-oxide-polymer systems for so-called System in Package products: complex micro- and nano-electronic systems with applications in various industries, such as microelectronics, health and transportation.

The consortium is led by Philips Applied Technologies and also comprises the following members: Accelrys Inc., AMIC GmbH, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Delft University of Technology, Fraunhofer IZM, Georgia Institute of Technology, Honeywell, Infineon Technologies AG, NXP Semiconductors and St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University

For additional information: www.nanointerface.eu.