In order to make quantum computers usable, developing the control technology is at least as important for scaled systems, yet it is still in its infancy. Project ARCTIC brings together 36 international partners from industry, academia and leading RTOs to establish a complete and comprehensive Europe…

For DUV lithography, Steinmeyer has developed an ultra-compact, highly precise positioning solution for wafer exposure in a dry, oxygen-free nitrogen atmosphere at its Dresden location, Europe's largest ICT/microelectronics center. The innovative assembly is designed as an optional add-on for integr…

Imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, today announced the demonstration of high quality 300mm-Si-based quantum dot spin qubit processing with devices resulting in a statistically relevant, average charge noise of 0.6µeV/√Hz at 1Hz. In view…

In high-end applications in semiconductor technology, electronics, or research and development, miniaturization and automation are continuously advancing. Positioning and drive systems must operate precisely, cleanly, reliably, and with low maintenance under extreme environmental conditions. The Fei…

The BIOSYNTH project is funded by the Fraunhofer Society and aims to develop a new microchip platform that enables efficient and digitally controllable cell-free biosynthesis. The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS leads the consortium and collaborates with the Institute for Toxicol…

The packaging of wafers into so-called FOSB, an acronym for Front Opening Shipping Boxes, is an elaborate process that must take place under cleanroom conditions. To completely avoid human intervention, a Bavarian company has developed a fully automatic solution that is unmatched. Two Stäubli clean…

The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS develops and manufactures individual heatable test chips for the characterization of new gas sensor materials. Deposited sensing layers and their application-specific parameters, such as sensitivity and selectivity, can thus be specifically eva…

This week, at the 2024 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology & Circuits (2024 VLSI), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, presents for the first time electrically functional CMOS CFET devices with stacked bottom and top source/drain contacts…

EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, and Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID (All Silicon System Integration Dresden), a division of Fraunhofer IZM that provides world-leading applied research in semiconductor 3D wafer…

Due to their stability and resistance to water and grease, PFAS chemicals (short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are used in a wide range industries, but they are harmful to health and the environment. Membranes containing PFAS are used in many semiconductor manufacturing processes, for exa…