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EU funding (€12M): Advanced Technologies for High value imagiNg Applications Hor 20 May 2024 EU Research and Innovation programme "Horizon"
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Advanced Technologies for High value imagiNg Applications
New strategic and growing markets related to connectivity, mobility, automotive, health and earth monitoring call for improved imaging solutions in visible, LWIR and VLWIR offering advanced functionalities and cost effectiveness. Visible imagers market is currently largely dominated by non-European countries. LWIR µbolometers imagers, fabricated above-IC, have not yet been democratized for high volume markets due to the difficulty to solve performance versus cost equation. However, Asian providers are making important progress to tackle this challenge. ATHENA aims at strengthening European economy in high-tech imaging technologies: - by taking advantage of 3D stacking technologies, improved sensor-processing integration, multimodal 2D/3D functionalities - by preparing the manufacturing of µbolometers from 200mm to 300mm CMOS wafers for productivity gain and access to more advanced CMOS nodes for improved functionalities, developing cost effective LWIR wafer level optic solutions - by using new methods of growing and doping materials for future VLWIR imager manufacturability. This will foster new applications related to automated systems (in industry, border and security management), health and consumer markets, and earth & climate monitoring. ATHENA gathers a strong European consortium composed of highly renowned Research Technological Organizations, big industrial players in imaging technologies and end-users to specify, design, develop, test these technologies in use cases and set common specifications for the imagers to support their industrialization and widespread adoption. In line with both the European Union’s Chips Act and the Electronics, Components and Systems Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, ATHENA will not only address the development of new sensors and chips, but also their integration in larger systems to pave the way to promising applications. ATHENA will strongly contribute to Europe leadership, industrial competitiveness and sovereignty.
Funded Companies:
| Company name | Funding amount |
| Admir | €122,912 |
| Carl Zeiss AG | €275,781 |
| Catuav SL | €146,147 |
| Commissariat a L Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives | €4,259,001 |
| Fotonation Ltd. | €255,570 |
| Fullscale | €268,581 |
| Idemia Public Security France | €217,340 |
| In Smart Identity France | €8,159.61 |
| Instituto de Fisica de Altas Energias | €311,806 |
| ISD Lyseis Olokriromenon Systimatonanonymos Etaireia | €439,093 |
| Lynred | €88,738 |
| Magna Electronics Romania Srl | €0.00 |
| Magna Electronics Sweden AB | €130,313 |
| Sensia Solutions SL | €609,372 |
| Silicon Austria Labs GmbH | €680,000 |
| Stmicroelectronics Crolles 2 SAS | €3,038,202 |
| Stmicroelectronics Grenoble 2 SAS | €129,343 |
| The Provost, Fellows Foundation Scholars & the Other Members of Board, of the College of the Holy & Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth Near Dublin | €124,058 |
| Tobii Technologies Ltd. | €0.00 |
| Tusas-Turk Havacilik VE Uzay Sanayii AS | €72,148 |
| Umicore IR Glass SAS | €40,156 |
| Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya | €434,000 |
| University of Galway | €130,371 |
| Youbiquo Srl | €227,150 |
Source: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101139941
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