The successful development and validation of a gigabit POF transceiver that can demonstrate functional, performance, and reliability compliance for automotive applications may well represent a major breakthrough in the implementation of a new communication standard in the automotive industry.
Desing and develop a chip and its production processes to meet the specific requirements of the car industry, such as low failure rates and ensuring that it is designed to meet the particular in-vehicle environment, pre-qualify the chip in an automotive environment, and integrate and demonstrate the chip within a full data communication solution for the automotive industry.
All objectives have been completely achieved, all tasks, milestones and deliverables have been finished and submitted to the Agency as planned
The ASIC design, development, validation, characterization and pre-qualification process are totally carried out.
The work carried out follow the plan detailed in the CarNet project, enhance innovation capacity, create new markets opportunities, strengthen competitiveness and growth of companies, address issues related to climate change or the environment, address industrial and/or societal needs at regional level or bring other important benefits for society as automotive security.
Potential customers have been able to evaluate the new technology with respect to automotive requirements, and Carnet's promoter has been able to improve their evaluation board based on customer feedback. Communication with at least 11 automotive customers (including both OEM as well as Tier-1) has taken place.
KDPOF have disseminated project results in scientific publications and by other means than scientific publications (social media, press-release, the project web site, video/film…).
The plan for exploitation of results, have been appropriately planned and executed in particular as regards intellectual property rights. In this sense, during the development of the standard KDPOF has identified Intellectual Property and has taken actions to protected it in form of a European patent. This European patent relates to the Forward Error Correction (FEC) technique approved to integrate the core of P802.3bv.
The European, Japanese and Korean patent applications are already granted. There has been no Office Action so far in Brazil, China, and India. However, in view of the grants in other countries, it seems to be likely that a patent will also be granted in these countries at least within the scope corresponding to the European claims.
KDPOF has engaged in 3 different standardization projects: •OPEN Alliance •IEEE: P802.3-bv •ISO 21111 standard series.
The advancements and achievements in this task constitute one of the most challenging and significant contributions to the project, as all efforts are devoted to providing target markets with a broad standardization of the developed technology.
The resources were used as described in the DoA and they achieve its objectives.
KDPOF have aimed at a gender balance at all levels of personnel assigned to the action.
The project is finished in line with the budget approved.
