Department of Electrical and Information Technology

LUND UNIVERSITY
Sweden

About the Nanoelectronics Group
The Nanoelectronics  group focus  on science and technology for nanoelectronics with a particular emphasis on applications in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). III-V MOSFETs in various geometries  are studied targeting optimized device layouts to be used in future applications in radio communication, radar, and imaging. The work combines basic materials studies with device technology development performed in cross-disciplinary collaborations. Nanotechnology is used for integration of III-V materials on Si substrates, and the physics of tunneling is employed to implement novel device functionality. Key applications include transceiver technologies aiming at high bit-rates and low-power operation in the millimetre-wave  frequency range.

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics

Germany

The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid-State Physics IAF is a leading research and technology center for compound semiconductors and their application in microelectronics and optoelectronics. Fraunhofer IAF is a gateway between state-of-the-art research and industrial implementation of novel micro- and nanoelectronic circuits. The IAF focuses on III-V compound semiconductors and their heterostructures for advanced transistors and optoelectronic devices. Fraunhofer IAF performed its expertise epitaxial growth in atomic dimensions and device structures, chip design, technology and the manufacturing of devices and modules. The Institute was founded in 1957 and now has a total staff of 280 scientists, engineers and technicians with an annual budget of 28 million Euros.

The Institute of Microelectronics, Electromagnetism and Photonics

The Institute of Microelectronics, Electromagnetism and Photonics (IMEP/INPG), with staff of 140 persons, is one of France's top micro and nanotechnology research academic laboratories, particularly for micro- and nanoelectronics, microphotonics, microsystems and microwaves. IMEP/INPG is focusing on CMOS and post-CMOS nanoelectronics, as well as new materials and smart devices:

• Advanced CMOS components on bulk silicon, SOI, SiGe and strained Si.
• Nanometric devices: single-electron components, quantum devices.
• Advanced device eletrical characterization techniques.

IBM Research GMBH

Switzerland

About IBM Research
Now in its 71st year, IBM Research continues to define the future of information technology with more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across six continents. Scientists from IBM Research have produced six Nobel Laureates, 10 U.S. National Medals of Technology, five U.S. National Medals of Science, six Turing Awards, 19 inductees in the National Academy of Sciences and 20 inductees into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. For more information, please visit www.research.ibm.com.

IBM Research – Zurich is the European branch of the IBM Research Division. Scientific and industrial research activities are conducted in three departments with ca. 400 researchers. It has made major contributions to the advancement of knowledge in material science, nanoscience and nanoscale physics stimulated by problems relevant to technology. Research in the Science & Technology department is concentrated in the fields of nano­technology and future emerging devices, advanced chip technology and materials science. IBM Research – Zurich is the first industrial research lab, which received the Historic Site Award of the European Physical Society for its contributions to physics including the Nobel prizes of 1986 and 1987, and the Kavli prize in nanoscience in 2016.

CEA-DRT/LETI/DCOS,  Silicon Components Division

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
France

About Leti (France)

CEA-LETI, the Laboratory for Electronics & Information Technology is operated by “Direction de la Recherche Technologique”, (DRT), at CEA, the French Atomic and Alternative Energies Commission. It mainly aims at helping companies to increase their competitiveness through technological innovation and transfer of its technical know-how to industry. Major Player in the MINATEC Micro-Nano technologies innovation centre, CEA-LETI benefits from 8000 m2 SOA clean rooms, with equipment worth some 160 million euros. It is currently employing some 1600 people among whom 1100 CEA employees and co-workers of various status including 100 people from industrial partners, working in the CEA-LETI premises within the framework of bilateral collaborations. Overall, research contracts with industry are worth 75% of CEA-LETI annual income. It has a very important patents portfolio, and filed last year more than 200 patents and 700 publications. The laboratory is structured into six departments, with a specific department operating 24-7 the technological facilities of the silicon technology platform, and five program-oriented departments covering the fields of microelectronics, Microsystems, Optronics, system design and telecommunications, and technologies for bio and health.

School of Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
United Kingdom

The Energy Efficient Electronics team is part of the research division of electronics and nanoscale engineering at the University of Glasgow.  The 10 strong group has expertise in compound semiconductor transistor realisation for low power
(<0.5V) logic; mm-wave (> 100 GHz); and high power switching (> 600V) applications using nitride, arsenide, phosphide and antimonide based materials.  The team
is active in molecular beam epitaxy growth; electron beam lithography with 10 nm critical dimensions; and low damage plasma etching and materials deposition with atomic layer precision.  The team makes extensive use of the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre in Glasgow www.jwnc.gla.ac.uk

Tyndall National Institute

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND
Ireland

The Tyndall National Institute is a research centre of University College Cork (www.ucc.ie) and is one of Europe’s leading centres for Information and Communications Technology research and is the largest facility of its kind in Ireland. Its mission is to deliver new opportunities for Ireland’s economic growth through excellence in research, post-graduate education & training, and by delivering innovative solutions to society’s grand challenges. Research is Tyndall’s core activity, with research centres in the areas of photonics, nano-electronics, and Microsystems which area underpinned by a large central fabrication facility and a centre focused on theory modelling and design. Tyndall is host to some 125 PhD students who make a major contribution to Tyndall’s research.

About NMD
The Nanoelectronic Materials and Devices group (NMD) is part of the Micro & Nanoelectronics centre of the Tyndall National Institute. The group focuses on the investigation of new materials and novel device architectures for future Information and Communication Technologies, and is comprised of ten PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, visiting students and Tyndall Research staff. The current research of the group is focussed on the formation, characterisation and understanding of gate stacks and contacts to III-V, Ge and 2D semiconductor materials intended for use in future energy efficient logic devices. The group are also exploring the use of MOS systems in energy applications. In project SEQUENCE, the NMD group will mainly focus on the gate stack development on III-V channel materials.

C2Amps

C2Amps is a Lund based SME started in 2016. The company develops In(Ga)As nanowire transistors on Si-substrates that combine high operation speed with high breakdown voltages. The technology is based on more than 20 years research at Lund University by the Nanoelectronics group at the department of Electrical- and Information Technology. C2AMPS will offer customers a process design kit including models for both active and passive devices for the process developed in the Lund Nano-lab. The models will be developed based on prototypes fabricated in the Lund lab.

Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

EPFL is a leading engineering university in Europe. With an annual budget of 950 MCHF (2017) and a student body (Bachelor, Master, PhD and PostDoc) of 11'134 students from over 116 countries, EPFL counts 7 schools in all major fields of science, engineering, and management. With 1’350 full-time equivalent employees, the School of Engineering (STI) has been developing rapidly over the past few years to become the largest school at EPFL, home to more than 100 laboratories. During the last years, the School has put renewed focus on cutting edge research, which resulted in a continued increase in the number of scientific publications, helping to rank EPFL among the top 5 academic institution in engineering in Europe and top 10 in the world.

The Integrated Circuits Laboratory (ICLAB) operates as part of the Institute of Microengineering (IMT) in the EPFL Microcity site in Neuchâtel. It is focused on the design of low-power and low-voltage analog and RF CMOS integrated circuits and on the modeling of advanced semiconductor devices with a particular focus on MOSFETs. The ICLAB has acquired a solid reputation over the years in compact modeling of the MOSFET with the EKV model and its related design methodology applied to analog and RF circuits. More recently, ICLAB has worked on the modeling of the MOSFET operating at cryogenic temperatures in the frame of the MOSQUITO EU project.