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Innovations for Society

Who we are? What we do?

Prof. Thomas SkotnickiVice-Director of the Centre for Advanced Materials and Technologies CEZAMAT

Director of the CEZAMAT ConsortiumFellow and Vice President of STMicroelectronics

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Centre for Advanced Materials and Technologies – CEZAMAT

Central Laboratory

TRL 4 - 9

• Simulation & Design

• Prototyping

• Characterization

• System integration

• Pilot production

MASS PRODUCTION

FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH

Industrial Groups

Research CEZAMAT

PROTOTYPING

PILOT PRODUCTION

COMMERCIALIZATION

Offices & Conference Centre

Technology Building

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• Investment> 100 mln EUR

• Offices5.500 m2

• Laboratories19.800 m2

• Clean-rooms 4.000 m2

• Conference center~ 650 people

• Personnel~ 250 people

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CEZAMAT Central Laboratory infrastructure is fully complementary with network of laboratories located in consorted research institutions:

• Laboratory of quantum nitride structures and advanced characterization methods (IHPP PAN)

• Specialized laboratory for spectroscopy and magnetic measurements (Warsaw University)

• Specialized laser technology laboratory (Military University of Technology)

• Specialized laboratory for chromium masks and microoptical structures fabrication (ITME)

CEZAMAT Consortium – Networked laboratories

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Technology Building

CEZAMAT – Central Laboratory

• Modelling and simulation platform

• Platform for the technology of structures, devices and circuits

• Platform for development of new materials

• Bio-engineering Platform

• Platform for diagnostics and characteristics of materials, structures, devices and circuits

• Printed Electronics Platform

Interdisciplinary Research Platforms

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Platform of chemical technology and bio-med.-engineering

Diagnostics and characterization platform

Solid state technology platform

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CEZAMAT – Central Laboratory

• Modelling and simulation platform

• Platform for the technology of structures, devices and circuits

• Platform for development of new materials

• Bio-engineering Platform

• Platform for diagnostics and characteristics of materials, structures, devices and circuits

• Printed Electronics Platform

Interdisciplinary Research Platforms

Nanolithography

Ion implantation

Technology of devices and

integrated circuits based on Si

Technology of devices and integrated circuits

based on GaN

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Organization of research work and space at theCentral Laboratory is conducive to carrying outinterdisciplinary research and provides highflexibility as regards the topics of work in:

• Nanotechnology

• Micro- and nano-electronics

• Micro- and nano-photonics

• Microsystems (MEMS/MOEMS)

• Nanomaterials and functional materials

• Bio-med-chem engineering

• Space technology

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CEZAMAT – Key Technologies

CEZAMAT is searching for Partners to set up a pilot production line of GaN and SiC power transistors and to establish domestic production of transistors and HF devices on GaN substrates

CEZAMAT – GaN-based power and high frequency transistors

Dedicated company created –CEZAMAT-Terahertz

In house THz detectors production for miniaturized THz scanners:

• Non-invasive and safe

• Remote shape recognition

• Remote chemical composition recognition

• Real time inspection systems; identification of illegal or hazardous substances; quality control, spectroscopy and material characterization; fast medical imagining

THz Scanners

Satellite technologies

Radiolocation

Spacecraft is a model carrier of Internet of Things solutions based on GaN components.

Durability of electronics circuits and sensors for space applications makes this field one of CEZAMAT’s priorities.

CEZAMAT – leader in integration of subsystems of active radars comprising GaN-based components.

CEZAMAT provides state-of-the-art signal processing and pattern recognition solutions for civic and military applications

GaN power transistors technology are key element enabling realization of Intelligent power distribution

Smart Power

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CEZAMAT – Key Technologies

CEZAMAT is searching for Partners to set up a pilot production line of GaN and SiC power transistors and to establish domestic production of transistors and HF devices on GaN substrates

CEZAMAT – Application-Specific Integrated Circuits

Current projects:

• Design of Polish integrated GNSS receiver

• Design of the integrated system for monitoring live signs of soldiers – Health Chips technology

• Idea, design and fabrication od integrated radar (MMIC) for missile guiding system

GWCZ

Antena

GMIX

GPCZ

FPGA

Outstanding competences and experience in:

• Simulation and design of system on Chip circuits comprising analogue, digital, RF and microprocessor modules

• Supervision of manufacturing, verifications and testing of integrated circuits

• Development of embedded software for integrated electronic systems

GNSS receiver selected parameters of operation:

• Galileo-GPS

• Precission <20 cm

• Velocity up to 1000 km/h, 10 Hz

• Hot start < 2 s, cold start < 35 s

• UART, SPI, I2C, RS-485

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CEZAMAT – Key Technologies

Split-Manufacturing project is supervised by prof. Andrzej Strojwas and prof. Thomas Skotnicki, its objective is to establish European capabilities of safe production of VLSI circuits for critical security applications

CEZAMAT – Split Manufacturing

• To prevent hardware Trojan attacks for secure applications

• Essential concept for establishing Trusted Foundry program

• Chips are manufactured from the FEOL level to M1 in one foundry

• Remaining BEOL metallization levels are processed in a secure Trusted Foundry

• Chip obfuscation methods are employed to disguise chip function in the FEOL processes

• New verification methods are developed to ensure that no malicious circuitry has been added during fabrication

Trusted Fab (Vx)

Untrusted Fab (FEOL+Mx)

• Low cost and state-of-the-art technology of ICs

• ICs manufactured in professional high-yield commercial Fab, may be also competitive on open civil market

• Our IP is secured since obfuscated FEOL and/or non-disclosed BEOL

• Secure ICs available quickly – perspective of 2-3 years

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CEZAMAT – Key Technologies

CEZAMAT – IoT mesh network

CEZAMAT in cooperation with ST Microelectronics develops dispersed monitoring systems: self-organizing networks of communicating sensors

General use applications:

• Home automation

• Office automation

• Building automation – e.g. hotels

• Large area automation – e.g. airports

• Warehouses automation – e.g. indoor condition monitoring, occupancy monitoring

• Smart cities – e.g. parking lots

• Small satellite constellations

• UAV constellations

• Deployable, autonomous monitoring systems with functionality defined by applied sensors

Each sensor node may be customized to have several sensors:

light sensor, humidity sensor, temperature sensor, CO2 sensor, pressure sensor, accelerometer.

• 802.15.4 communication standard

• Ultra-low power devices: sensor nodes and edge routers

• Wireless operation without batteries

• Fast network expansion

• 20 years without battery replacement and 14 days in darkness

WSN General view

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CEZAMAT – Key Technologies

CEZAMAT – Printed Electronics

11 patents, 9 patent applications, TRL of projects: 4-5

Main competences in printed electronics:

• Elastic displays

• Printed light sources

• Transparent electrodes od glass, foil

• Textronics – sensors of pressure and temperature

• Biomedical applications: glucose sensors, neurostimulation electrodes, DNA-based sensors

• RF: RFID with state memory, EM shielding

• nanomaterial based technological solutions enhancing performance of printed elements

Main research focus:

• Elastic and transparent photovoltaics

• Elastic substrates for SMD mount, antennas, sensors

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CEZAMAT – Key Technologies

CEZAMAT – Energy Harvesting

Energy harvesting to replace batteries – for the reason of number (TRILIONS), cost of maintenance (technicians) and inaccessibility

HEATec technology – 1st novel approach to Thermal Energy Harvesting:

• Delivers thin and/or flexible thermal energy harvesters for smart and autonomous sensors applications

• It is disruptive and promising, while simple (28 patents)

• It shortly answers to identified customers needs

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EVERGY harvester – converts temperature- or pressure-induced displacement into electric energy through piezoelectric effect:

• Produce energy regardless of its location

• Sufficient for modern IoT nodes

• Compatible with CMOS technologies –full monolithic

OPTITERM thermoelectric -generator– 2nd novel approach to Thermal Energy Harvesting:

• Silicon based – price reduction due mass production

• Flexibility - Separate device or full integration in the electronics devices and circuits

• Flexible – extended application potential

• Safety – non-toxic materials

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CEZAMAT – Key Technologies

CEZAMAT – Bio-materials and Bio-sensors

Miniaturized Chemical Systems

• Designing and development of integrated bioanalytical microfluidic systems

• Development of mTAS and Lab-on-a-chip systems for bio-analytics and biochemistry

• Development of microfluidic systems

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Biosensors And Their Application

• Design and synthesis of novel receptors

• New receptors and polymer materials

• Design, fabrication and integration of novel solid-state transducers

• Development of selective sensors and biosensors -application in flow-through analytical systems

• Development of selective receptor layers sensitive towards selected (bio)analytes

• New architectures of (bio)sensor arrays in electronic tongues systems

Biomaterials

• Antibacterial coatings

• Biomedical polymers

• Bio-metallic surfaces

• Tissue engineering

• Cells encapsulation

• Nanoparticles for therapy and diagnosis

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Partnership in consortiums around strategic R&D programs

• CEZAMAT as R&D backup for industrial partners in consortium

• EC founded programs and national programs

• Setting up dedicated spin-off companies for IP commercialization

Research on demand – full IP transfer to industrial partner

• Solution of specific engineering problems

• Design and pilot production of microelectronic and electro-optical components and system integration

Long term strategic industrial partnership

• Joint development laboratories, teams and programs

• Joint R&D centres, pilot production and integration centres

• Dedicated spin-off, spin-out companies for joint development of particular technologies

CEZAMAT – Partnership models

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Ensuring commercialization of developed technologies and swift cooperation with industrial partners:

• Joint R&D centres with industrial groups focused on:

• Internet of Things solutions

• Dual use technologies including GaN-based components

• Space technologies – components and satellite platform integration

• Spin-off companies production and R&D

• Open laboratories for start-ups and shared pilot production lines

CEZAMAT – Investment Areas – Technology Park

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We are looking forward to collaboration with scientific as well as industrial partners!

Prof. Thomas SkotnickiE-mail: T.Skotnicki@cezamat.euAddress: Poleczki 19 Street, 02-822 Warsaw,POLAND

www.cezamat.eu

Innovations for Society

CEZAMAT – Invitation for Cooperation

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