Project description
Strengthening the European silicon photonic supply line
The increasing damage to people and properties caused by climate-based catastrophes worldwide has prompted organisations and countries, including the EU, to advocate for a swift and efficient transition to greener energy sources. While there are numerous promising innovations, the matter of silicon photonic supply has yet to be addressed. The EU-funded photonixFAB project will bring together key European photonics and semiconductor stakeholders to establish a robust and reliable silicon photonic supply chain. To achieve this goal, the project will leverage several innovations such as the silicon-on-insulator platform, the integration of indium phosphide active components into manufacturing and the incorporation of silicon nitride technology. The end result will be a robust silicon photonic supply.
Objective
photonixFAB brings together key European photonics and semiconductor players, to establish a strong and sovereign European supply chain for silicon photonics. The consortium leverages the volume capacity of X-FAB, the European More-than-Moore foundry, and addresses the work program with six key objectives: (1) Transferring IMEC's world-renowned silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform to X-FAB, to achieve industrial manufacturing capacity. The SOI platform addresses a variety of high-speed and sensing applications. (2) Extending the industrial manufacturing capability of LIGENTEC's silicon nitride (SiN) technology at X-FAB, to become the industry standard for SiN photonics. The low-loss, and broad transparency of SiN are perfect for sensing, quantum computing, amongst others. (3) Increasing maturity of heterogeneous integration with SMART Photonics' Indium Phosphide (InP) active components such as lasers, modulators and detectors. These components are integrated on top of the SOI and SiN platforms by transfer-printing. This is an X-FAB associated technology, forming a key innovation differentiator for photonixFAB. The leading European RTOs, IMEC and CEA, are supporting photonixFAB with various technologies, developed in Horizon Europe activities, such as prototype transfer-printing, LiNbO3 modulators and Ge detectors on SiN. (4) Strengthening the European ecosystem with design automation (Luceda), innovative packaging solutions (PHIX), and increased testing capabilities. (5) Demonstrating the viability of the new supply chain and technologies through six application-oriented demonstrators in a wide array of markets. (6) Setting up pilot line and multi-project wafer access to serve innovation by start-ups, SMEs and large entities, and opening photonixFAB for direct feedback on competitiveness and capabilities. Thereby the relationships between the supply chain partners and prospective end-users, as well as between the photonics and the ECS worlds will be strengthened.
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HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space
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HORIZON-JU-IA - HORIZON JU Innovation Actions
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91100 Corbeil Essonnes Cedex
France
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