EU programs in Large Area Electronics Form research to innovation funding Henri Rajbenbach European Commission DG CONNECT (Communications Networks, Content and Technology) Not legally binding presentation
Millions Large Area Electronics - What? - 77 projects (FP7: 57, H2020: 20) 344 M funding M 100 80 60 40 20 0 FP7 H2020
Large Area Electronics Where? - Manufacturing techniques & processes Sensors Lighting Smart textiles Displays & microdisplays Electronic devices & circuits Energy sources & storage Coordination & promotion
Large Area Electronics Application sectors - Displays Lighting Sensors Automotive Medical Entertainment Smart home manufacturing LOMID - flexible OLED-CMOS large microdisplays Wafer thinning 200 mm wafers Optintegral - LED displays for advertisement In-mould hybrid integration 10 M HAPPINESS Haptic interface for automotive dashboards with EAP Electo Active Polymers - Printed LORIX Large area organic X-Ray Flat-Panel detectors Printed Organic Photo Diode (OPD) + Thin Film Transistors active matrices (TFT), PING Flexible NFC techno embedded in paper Game cards and Packaging 18,3 M LUMENTILE PHEBE Efficient blue emitters for white OLEDs LEO Lighting and sensing tiles Low cost energy efficient OLEDs for lighting SOLEDLIGHT Solution processed OLEDs for lighting FLEXOLIGHTING Flexible OLEDs for lighting 66 M RIA IA TransFlexTeg large area distributed sensors transparent thin film thermoelectric devices and sensors Smart windows ALABO - Laser scribing OPV ROLL-OUT - Roll-to-Roll automotive, packaging, textile 7.7 M
Large Area Electronics - An example - Thin-film based RFID in printed objects Interact with standard NFC and RFID reading devices No alteration of the feeling of the object Started 1-Jan-2015 EU Funding: 3,3 M www.pingproject.eu
Electronics: The nuts and bolts of Digital transformation Digital world Data Data Unconventional nanoelectronics Electronic Smart Systems Large Area Electronics Physical world Wish list: Good, accurate data Real-time, reliable Miniaturised - functions/cm 3, /cm 2 - ppi Low power Autonomy Secured operation
What's next? Electronics Technologies in WP2018-20 Reinforcing the Electronics sector in Europe Unconventional Nanoelectronics Electronic Smart Systems Large Area Electronics
Electronic Technologies in WP2018-20 Research and Innovation Unconventional Nanoelectronics (ICT-08-2019) TRL 4 beyond-cmos devices (eg, quantum, spintronic, steep-slope devices 30 M Energy efficient architectures (eg, neuromorphic and other hardware implementation) Specific technological developments eg, 3-D stacks (sequential / monolithic) compactness, heat dissipation Cryogenic electronics (for advance computing (supercomputing, quantum computing Design for advance nanoelectronics (energy efficiency, reliability, robustness) Electronic Smart Systems(ICT-09-2020) 40 M Technological breakthroughs (miniaturisation, functionalities, power consumption, autonomy, reliability & secure operation) TRL 4 Bioelectronics Smart Systems (Prototypes validated in relevant environments) TRL 5 Large Area Electronics (ICT-02-2019) enhancing manufacturability (combine printing and existing technologies) MRL 4 40 M Integration Technologies (transducers, energy storage, logic, interconnects) TRL 4-5 Device demonstration Prototypes for specific applications (flexible, wearable) TRL 4-5
Innovation actions in WP2018-20 Smart Anything Everywhere SAE (DT-02-2019) Digital Innovation Hubs Phase 3 - Strenghten SMEs and mid-caps Technology areas: 1. CPS and embedded systems 2. Low energy computing (for CPS and IoT) 3. Nanoelectronics and Electronic Smart Systems 4. Large area Electronics Maturing, innovating and validating products: Access to design, technology and prototyping Application experiments (user requirement and business cases
More Innovation actions in WP2018-20 - more opportunities - In the NMBP: Nanotechnologies and advanced Materials Materials, manufacturing processes and devices for organic and large area electronics (NMBP-18-2019) Focus on Materials Organic electronic material improvement: Electrical performance, mobility Processibility, Stability, Environmental stability Lifetime during operation Cost reduction for structuring and processing into device structures TRL 5 Market introduction 2-4 years after project completion SMEs participation suitable