Public Funded Projects

KaSiLi

In-situ Raman investigations on protective anodic layers of silicon- and lithium-based anode materials (in cooperation with 3 German partners, finished)

Nitrides 4-6G

Nitride-based dispersion-lean and efficient millimeter wave devices for future radiation-hard satellite communication technology

Started in 2022 in cooperation with 6 German partners:

Ferdinand Braun Institut Berlin, Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Festkörperphysik (IAF) Freiburg, Fraunhofer -Institut für Integrierte Systeme und Bauelementtechnologie (IISB) Erlangen, Freiberger Compound Materials GmbH Freiberg, Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG Backnang, United Monolithic Semiconductors GmbH Ulm)

ReDesign

Reconfigurable open source libraries and design tools for novel transistor technologies

Started in 2024 in cooperation with 6 German partners:
GlobalFoundries Fab1  LLC & Co.KG Dresden, Universität Bremen, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.V. München, Technische Universität Berlin, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen Gießen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

KI-IoT

Holistische Open-Source-platform for embedded system-on-chip

Started in 2021 in cooperation with 6 German partners:
TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG Hamburg, Universität zu Lübeck, X-FAB Global Services GmbH Erfurt, NXP Semiconductor Germany GmbH Hamburg, IHP GmbH Leibnitz-Institut für innovative Mikroelektronik Frankfurt (Oder), Infineon Technologies AG, finished

CirroStrato

Novel reconfigurable transistors for know-how protection of electronic components Started in 2021 in cooperation with 3 German partners:
Technische Universität Dresden, GLOBALFOUNDRIES Fab 1 LLC & Co.KG Dresden, Universität Bremen, finished

GaNESIS

AIN/GaN epitaxy on silicon using reactive plus magnetron sputtering (in cooperation with 6 German partners, finished)

Ecsel All2GaN

Affordable smart GaN IC solutions as enabler of greener applications (in cooperation with 10 European partners) https://www.all2gan.eu/home

Ecsel UltimateGaN

Research for GaN technologies, devices, packages and applications to address the challenges of the future GaN roadmap (in cooperation with 26 partners from 9 countries, started May 2019, finished) www.ultimategan.eu

Crossbrain

Distributed and federated cross-modality actuation through advanced nanomaterials and neumorphic learning

Started in 2022 in cooperation with 9 partners from 5 European countries: Universita Degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata (Italy), Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati di Trieste (Italy),

University of Glasgow (United Kingdom), Friedrich-Alexander- Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg (Germany), Asociacion Centro de Investigacion Cooperativa en Biomateriales- CIC biomaGUNE (Spain), Fondazione Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy), Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de nvestigaciones Cientificas, M.P. (Spain), International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (Portugal), Universita’ Degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Italy)

https://www.crossbrain.eu

FvllMonti

Ferroelectric Vertical low energy low latency low volume Modules for Neural network transformers In 3D

Started in 2021 in cooperation with 5 partners from 3 European countries: Université de Bordeaux (France), Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems – CNRS-LAAS (France), Ecole Centrale de Lyon / Lyon Institute of Nanotechnology – ECL-INL (France), Global TCAD Solutions GmbH – GTS (Austria), École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL (Switzerland)

https://www.fvllmonti.eu

Sensoteric

Smart Sensor Analog Front-End powered by Emerging Reconfigurable Devices

Started in 2024 in cooperation with 7 partners from 5 European countries:

Technische Universität Dresden (Germany), Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany), Technische Universität Wien (Austria), GLOBAL TCAD SOLUTIONS GmbH (Austria), Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (Netherlands), Universite de Bordeaux (France), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)

https://www.sensoteric.eu

FIXIT

Scaled FerroelectrIc X-bars for AI-driven sensors and actuaTors

Started in 2023 in cooperation with 9 partners from 5 European countries:

Technische Universität Dresden (Germany), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GMBH (Germany), Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per la Nanoelettronica (Italy), National Center for Scientific Research“DEMOKRITOS“, NCSRD (Greece), Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (Germany), APPLIED MATERIALS Italia SRL (Italy),  X-FAB DRESDEN GMBH & CO. KG (Germany), MELEXIS Bulgaria EOOD, MLX (Bulgaria),  IBM Research GmbH, IBM (Switzerland))

https://www.fixit-project.eu

Ferro4Edge Al

Scalabale, ferroelectric based accelerators for energy efficient edge AI (Started in 2024 in cooperation with 6 partners from 4 European countries:

Commisariat a l`Energie atomique et aux Energies alternatives (France), Technische Universiteit DELFT (Netherlands), Ecole Centrale de Lyon  (France), STMicroelectronics Crolles 2 SAS (France), Ferroelectric Memory GmbH (Germany), SynSense AG (Switzerland))
https://www.ferro4edgeai.eu

ARCHYTAS

ARCHitectures based on unconventional accelerators for dependable/1ffici 1fficient AI Systems, (in cooperation with 16 partners from 9 countries) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7308420880320061440

Memriness

Memristive Neurons and Synapses for Neuromorphic Edge Computing, finished

BeFerroSynaptic

BEOL technology platform based on ferroelectric synaptic devices for advanced neuromorphic processors (in cooperation with 13 partners from 5 european countries, finished) https://www.beferrosynaptic.eu

FreiGaN

Development of free-standing GaN wafers with improved homogeneous properties (in cooperation with 1 German partner, finished)

GaNHOCH – VFT

Equipment GaN on GaN high voltage and high frequency transistors development (finished)

SecureFET II

Secure circuits through inherent reconfigurable FET II

Started in 2024 in cooperation with 1 German partner:

Technische Universität Dresden

NeuoMCross

Neurotransistor-based memristive crossbar memcomputing

Started in 2024 in cooperation with 2 German partners:

Technische Universität Dresden 

Active-3D

Pioneering electronics through active components in three dimensions Started in 2025 in cooperation with 1 German partner:

RWTH Aachen

SIDFEM

Stress and interface design to optimize ferroelectricity in the Hf1-xZrxO2 material system,

Started in 2025 in cooperation with 1 German partner:

Hochschule München

D3PO

Dopant and Defect Physics for Device Opitimization for Hafnium Oxide based Devices

Started in 2023 in cooperation with 1 German and 1 French partner:
München AUS (Germany); CEA Leti (France)

BioMCross

Bio inspired Memcomputing via Crossbar Structures (in cooperation with 2 German partners)

ReLoFeMris

Reconfigurable logic and multi-bit in-memory processing with ferroelectric memristors

Started in 2021 in cooperation with 1 German partner:
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

PARFAIT II

Power-aware AmbipolaR FPGA Architecture II

Started in 2022 in cooperation with 2 German partners:
TU Darmstadt IES, Institut für Technik der Informationsverarbeitung (ITIV), KIT partners)

FeDiBiS

Polarization Switching Kinetics in Ferroelectric/Dielectric Bi-Layer Structures

Started in 2021 in cooperation with 1 German partner: Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) Berlin, finished

MADSINano

Modulation-Acceptor Doping of SiO₂ as Novel Doping Method for Silicon Nanowires

Started in 2022 in cooperation with 1 German partner:
Technische Universität Dresden, finished

SecuReFET

Secure circuits through inherent reconfigurable FET

Started in 2021 in cooperation with 1 German partner:
Technische Universität Dresden

Homer

Ferroelectric Hafnium Oxide Material Enhanced Reliability

Started in 2020 in cooperation with 1 Russian partner:
ISP SB RAS, finished

SOGraph

Spin Orbit functionalized Graphene for resistive-magnetic Memories (in cooperation with 6 European partners, finished)

Zeppelin

Ferroelectric zirconium oxide for piezo- and pyroelectric devices

Started in 2020 in cooperation with 2 German partners:

RWTH Aachen, Hochschule München

WUMM

Wurtzite Solid Solutions as a New Material Class for Ferroelectric Microelectronics Started in 2021 in cooperation with 1 German partner: Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, finished

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TemCrysT

GaN templates and manufactured GaN crystals and GaN wafers produced for the development of vertical GaN transistors Started in 2023 in cooperation with 2 German partners:
Freiberger Compound Materials GmbH & Co.KG, Freiberg Instruments GmbH

LeistungsSchaltER

Power transistors as a switch set (in cooperation with 2 German partners)

BEoL4Future

Back-End of line Integration of multifunctional technologies enabling scaling paradigms for an environment aware future

Startet in 2024