VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

Contact persons:

Jouni Ahopelto

VTT

P.O. Box 1000

FI-02044 VTT

Finland

Equipment / Facilities

Processing platform

2600 m² class ISO4-ISO6 cleanroom (national research infrastructure status) for active devices, RF-MEMS, photonics, superconducting devices and nanofabrication. Wafer size 150 and 200 mm.

Modelling platform

Silvaco process and device modelling tools, RF modelling tools: Keysight ADS, AWR MWO, HFSS, Sonnet, IE3D

Characterization platform

Characterization tools for structural (SEM, AFM, X-ray), electrical (10 mK-RT), including Millimetre wave laboratory of Finland (MilliLab, an ESA external laboratory on millimetre wave technology, frequencies up to 3 THz), and optical properties.

Expertise

		Main Expertises
Beyond CMOS	Neuromorphic Computing	x
	Phonon engineering	x
	Small slope switches-NW/TFET/NEMS	x
	Alternative materials-2D layers	x
	Novel devices for ultra-low power	Silicon nanofabrication
	1D	x
	Quantum Technologies & Very low temperature electronics	Superconducting devices
More Moore	Logic Nanodevices& circuits	Nano CMOS and FDSOI circuits, sub- and near threshold ULP circuits, neural processing units
	Memories	Memristors
	Very low power devices	x
	High temperature electronics	x
More than Moore	micro-nano-bio Sensors & Systems	MEMS, bolometers, superconducting sensors, biosensors
	Energy Harvesting	Thermoelectrics, work function harvesting, supercapacitors
	RF devices & circuits	Active and passive components and circuits in RF, mm-wave and THz range, antennas
	Photonics devices	Silicon photonics
	Power devices	x
	Flexible electronics	Printed intelligence, roll-to-roll fabrication
Smart systems& Systems design	Smart systems	Wireless and zero power systems, multi-modal systems
Smart systems& Systems design	Systems design	Sensor systems and networks, RF and communication systems

Research interests

		Research interests
Beyond CMOS	Neuromorphic Computing	x
	Phonon engineering	Nanophononics and optomechanics for new information tokens.
	Small slope switches-NW/TFET/NEMS	x
	Alternative materials-2D layers	x
	Novel devices for ultra-low power	x
	1D	x
	Quantum Technologies & Very low temperature electronics	quantum technologies based on superconductors.
More Moore	Logic Nanodevices& circuits	Neural signal and data processing circuits
	Memories	Distributed memories
	Very low power devices	x
	High temperature electronics	x
More than Moore	micro-nano-bio Sensors & Systems	Hyperspectral cameras, extremely sensitive bolometers, medical and diagnostics.
	Energy Harvesting	Thermal sensors, integrated harvesting systems on-chip.
	RF devices & circuits	5G and beyond, low power wireless, space applications
	Photonics devices	Information processing, routing, optomechanics
	Power devices	x
	Flexible electronics	Embedded solutions, light emission
Smart systems& Systems design	Smart systems	Integration of optical, electrical, biological and molecular sensing
Smart systems& Systems design	Systems design	Energy optimized information transmission and processing, zero/low power and autonomous systems

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

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