On the last day of the Leti Innovation Days 2024, AIDA CCI and PCI, representing the Microelectronics Agenda, had the opportunity to attend specialized panels, take guided tours and establish contacts with various entities and companies. The “Sense & Act” and “RF & Telecommunications” panels were the highlights of the day, accompanied by the “Best of Tour: Get the most out of the Leti Innovation Days exhibitions”.
Sense & Act” panel
The Sense & Act panel, with the theme “MEMS sensors for mobility & consumer”, featured leading companies such as STMicroelectronics, TDK, Philips and the start-up NG.Sense. The speeches focused on the urgent need to reduce the time to market for emerging devices, responding to the increase in global demand for smaller, smarter and less energy-intensive sensors. This need is driven by growing social demand and environmental pressure to make electronics more sustainable.
RF & Telecommunications” panel
In the RF & Telecommunications panel, under the theme “Technologies for a connected world”, organizations such as CEA-Leti, ITRI, Murata, Spectronic and Stellantis discussed the exponential growth in the number of connected devices and the challenges ahead. The main points addressed included reducing energy consumption, increasing device performance and reliability, and speeding up time to market. In addition, the discussion highlighted the challenges posed by the coexistence of various networks, new communication protocols and constantly increasing connection frequencies, which complicate the work of wireless system designers.
Guided Tour and Networking
In between taking part in the panels, there was the opportunity to take part in the “Best of Tour: Get the most out of the Leti Innovation Days exhibitions”. This visit allowed AIDA CCI and PCI to learn more about CEA-Leti’s capabilities in the areas of safety and security, and health technologies. Live demos and prototypes were presented by CEA-Leti experts, highlighting innovative projects from various startups.
During the day, important contacts were made, including with NANOELEC, the Technological Research Institute of Grenoble. NANOELEC presented the European project RITIFI, which aims to improve the integration and structure of the European R&D landscape by mapping R&D and information technology services. There was also the opportunity to meet SCINTIL Photonics, a fabless company that develops and markets silicon photonics with integrated lasers and optical amplifiers; INFICON, a leading supplier of innovative instrumentation, critical sensor technologies and advanced process control software; and TECHNIC, a global leader in specialty chemistry, analytical control equipment and tools.
The Microelectronics Agenda was created as part of the mobilizing agendas of the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan with the aim of strengthening the production and innovation capacity of the national semiconductor and microelectronics industry. It involves a group of 17 partners and seeks to help position Portugal at the forefront of the semiconductor management, production, distribution and recycling market, capable of supplying Europe and other countries worldwide.
The 25 new products, processes and services resulting from the Agenda aim to transform the microelectronics sector and contribute to its resilience, competitiveness and ecological sustainability, and will enable the Portuguese ecosystem to monitor and anticipate the sector’s needs.
The “Microelectronics Agenda” project runs from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024 and is co-financed on a non-repayable basis for a total eligible amount of 6,749,3749.13 by the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan through Next Generation EU.
