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Project Portfolio
Sixth Research and Development

F r a m e w o r k Pr o g r a mm e 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 6
European Commission
I nfor mation S oc i et y and M edi a
Micro & Nanosystems
6th Framework Programme

Information Society Directorate-General
Directorate G Information Society Technologies: Components and Systems
Unit G2 Micro and Nanosystems
Head of Unit
Augusto de Albuquerque
Scientific staff
Francisco Ibanez (deputy Head of Unit)
Marc Boukerche
Marcel Hugen
Andreas Lymberis
Gordana Popovic
Thomas Reibe
Jorge Santos
Thomas Sommer
Griet Van Caenegem
Isabel Vergara Ogando
Former scientific staff members involved in FP6 activities
Dirk Beernaert (Head of Unit)
Alejandro Snchez Grueso
Leonello Dori
Administrative and support staff

Hanne Carnol
Joelle Delmeiren
Saro Derderian
Carine Heyvaert
Torben Runge Johansen
Mairead Kenehan
Anne Morgan
Sofie Verhoeft
Roseline Verhoeven
Former administrative and support staff
Sonja Lenotte
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Micro & Nanosystems

Project Portfolio
European Commission
I nfor mation S oc i et y and M edi a
Sixth Research and Development

Foreword
T
he Information Society and Media Directorate General aims to support the development and
use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for the benefit of all citizens as
a way to carry forward the Commissions general policy objectives, in particular the Lisbon
strategy and goals. One of the targeted actions to fulfil the proposed objective
is to support innovation and competitiveness in Europe through excellence
in ICT research and development.
During the implementation of the IST priority of the 6th Framework
Programme (2002-2006), we have contributed to promote European excellence
in developing the components and systems of next generation Information
and Communication Technologies. In particular one of our main objectives
is to strengthen Europes leadership and industrial competitiveness in the
area of integrated micro/nanosystems and interfaces as a key ingredient of
Ambient Intelligence Systems and Assistive Environments.
This report provides information on the portfolio of projects funded under
the 6th Framework Programme in the area of Micro and Nanosystems. The
projects have successfully covered a complementary set of activities, ranging
from technologies and systems development (e.g. MEMS, RF microsystems,
plastic and organic micro-nanosystems), to product innovation and new
manufacturing processes. The use of micro- nanosystems to support
applications, such as health and biomedicine, food chain management,
displays and robotics, have also been largely covered by the portfolio of
projects.
A total of 79 projects have been funded, representing a budget of about
500 million, of which the European Commission contributes more than
300 million. The projects have brought together researchers and industries
from both end users and suppliers from some 500 different organisations
representing all member states, associated countries and other countries
outside the EU, building a large research community contributing to the
European Research Area.
...support the
development and
use of Information
and Communication
Technologies (ICTs)
for the benefit of all
citizens...
The 7th Framework Programme (2007 2013) largely draws on the work
carried out and the results obtained under 6th Framework Programme. Research on higher
performance and reliable micro and nanosystems is a key technology challenge of the FP7 ICT
work program which will be implemented with the objective to ensure industrial leadership of
Europe in the next ten years.
Rosalie Zobel
Director
Components and Systems
Table of
contents
Foreword
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1. Introduction
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6th Framework Programme for Research and

Technological Development (2002-2006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Micro and Nano systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Organic and Large Area Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Display Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Technological Development (2007-2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Micro and Nano systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Organic and Large Area Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Display Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2. Project Portfolio and Rationale
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Statistics on all proposals received and retained in the different calls for proposal in which the
Unit has been involved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Statistics on the whole portfolio of projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Statistics on projects by thematic cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3. List of Projects
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Nano Bio ICT (NBIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Sensor based Systems and Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Organic/Large area electronics and Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Micro/Nanosystems for AmI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Manufacturing/Process Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Smart fabrics/Interactive textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Support and Coordination Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
1Introduction
This report shows a summary of the activities of the Micro and Nanosystems Unit during the 6th EU Framework Programme
for Research and Technological Development (2002-2006)1. The Unit is one active part of the IST Programme of the General
Direction for the Information Society and Media inside the European Commission.
he mission of the Micro and Nanosystems Unit is to strengthen Europes leadership and industrial competitiveness by making the European Research Area progress in integrated micro/nanosystems and interfaces as key ingredients of Ambient Intelligence Systems and Assistive Environments and by moving RTD towards innovation.
In order to achieve this, the activities of the Unit are based on three pillars:
Technologies and systems development with the objective of pushing further miniaturisation, integration, variety, interfaces and exploring the convergence of bio-nano-ICT competencies;
Manufacturing and product innovation aiming at increasing performance, functionality and manufacturability;
Use of Micro and Nano systems and technologies to support applications.

Technological Development (2002-2006)
Micro and Nano systems
The European Commission started to pay attention to
the area of Micro and Nanosystems already during the
4th Framework Programme ESPRIT (1994-1998). In
those years the R&D focused on Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), and nowadays the area has grown
into Micro and Nanosystems (MNS) and Micro and Nanotechnologies (MNT) which are already able to offer a
broad band of solutions. The transition started during
the 5th Framework Programme (1998-2002) in which the
IST Programme emphasized the industrial applications
of these devices and MEMS and MOEMS (Micro-Opto-
Electro-Mechanical Systems) shifted towards the notion

of Microsystems. In the 6th Framework Programme the
attention has kept in the industrial applications of the
systems emphasizing the novel applications and phenomena expected from the emerging Nanotechnologies,
but not forgetting that most industrial applications are
still to be expected in the micro dimension.
The evolution of the research on Microsystems during the
last years can be summarized with the following quotes:
From small structures and MEMS devices towards

Micro and Nano Systems and Smart Systems Integration.
From single silicon devices towards a multitude of

materials and integrated systems.
From single disciplines to a very multidisciplinary

activity.
This period (2002-2006) corresponds to the project launch. The actual running of FP6 projects will be up to 2010.
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Microsystems and Micro-Nano Technology A decade of European
progress and future outlook. D. Beernaert, F.J. Ibaez, and G. Van Caenegem.
MST news, 6/05, 34-37 (2005).
From single technology devices driven development

towards application driven integration of technologies.
From small structures and MEMs devices

towards Micro and Nano Systems and Smart
Systems Integration.
The research area originally started with MEMS, and it

focused later on Micro and Nano systems giving more
emphasis to the industrial applications of the devices.
The area has progressed towards the achievement of even
more miniaturised systems with increased performance
and functionality, going from micro and nanosystems using single sensing capabilities to multi-sensing miniaturised systems. Currently the research is focused to achieve
new functionalities and to include these small systems
into different objects to make them smarter.
From single silicon devices towards a multitude of materials and integrated systems.
Originally the research on Microsystems was mainly focused on silicon technology. The first devices investigated
were, among others, inertial sensor based microsystems,
pressure sensors, accelerometers, inkjet printing devices
and gyroscopes using surface micromachining or other
add-on processes on silicon. Today, several generations
of these devices are being industrially exploited.
Nowadays, still a lot of research is based on silicon technology. However at the beginning of the 6FP the use of
other materials in micro and nanosystems, especially organic materials for low cost flexible and even printable
applications, has reached a remarkable interest. Examples
of applications using polymer technology are bio-medical sensors, e-paper, smart tags, and smart textiles.
From single disciplines to a very
multidisciplinary activity.
A particular feature of micro and nanosystems is their

interdisciplinarity. Systems combining sensing, processing and actuating are increasingly complex, involving a
variety of disciplines and principles from physics, chemistry, engineering, biology and so on. The systems may
also integrate mechanical, electrical and biological functions in order to get new features like uninterrupted access to information, security and ease of use.
Organic and Large

Area Electronics
Since the early 80sa new class of potentially disruptive
electronic technologies based on R&D on organic materials is now emerging and could reach a market size
equivalent to that of silicon in 20 years from now. EU
companies own key IPR relating to materials and processes.
The drivers for this new technology are the devices that
can be cost effective even for large area (unlike silicon).
Further the whole technology can be made on flexible
plastic foils.
Today all basic functionalities have been demonstrated,
e.g. logic gate integration, efficient light emission, photovoltaic energy conversion, sensors. Work is being done
on thin film polymer batteries.
The technology is compatible with printing, currently a
strong (traditional) EU industry. This has been demonstrated for most of the necessary process steps individually; however a full system entirely printed does not yet
exist. EU companies own key IPR relating to materials
and processes. Low investment in-line manufacturing
seems feasible unlike for silicon or LCD displays. It offers
a unique opportunity for custom device manufacturing
close to the system builders, and therefore in the EU for
the EU market. This is essential to EU business because
EU industries are the best to conceive new designs, and
large area devices like flexible displays or lighting are the
most visible part taking advantage of it. It should therefore promote local manufacturing and jobs.
Key technology breakthroughs happened in the last year
so that the first niche applications will come out within
2 years: e-paper, e-tags, smart packages, smart labels
and tags. The concept is potentially expandable to systems in foils, integrating other components like silicon
ICs and Micro-Nano systems into flexible substrates. It
could stimulate the convergence of traditional interconnects with flexible substrates and large area active organic electronics.
In FP6 the EC has invested over 100 Mio Euro within
the organic and larger area electronics. Only a small portion of the projects are supported by the unit Micro and
Nanosystems.
From single technology devices driven

development towards application driven
integration of technologies.
Display Systems
The integration of different technologies is another characteristic of the area. Once the capabilities and feasibility
of MEMS devices were demonstrated, the research has
been oriented to the development of more industrial oriented technologies and to speed up the industrialisation
phase of products in order to better capitalise the innovation offered by these devices. Severe international competition requires rapid product change and shorter time
to market. Therefore, a large variety of technologies have
to be developed and integrated in order to bring a family
of processes into an application driven industrialisation.
Quality of life depends on how well we perceive visual information because vision is our main sensory channel to
interact with the surrounding world. The same holds for
interfacing with the Information Society through displays
and visualisation engines. They can already adapt the information to the needs of the user, changing character font
and zooming according to his/her perception needs. In the
future high performance 2D displays and intelligent signage will be integrated in our surrounding, adapting our
environment to our needs and to our mood. E-books will
prevent young children from carrying heavy text books.
Zero power foldable e-paper technology will be used for

large image delivery on small portable devices, and for
letters and reports of time-limited interest, saving energy
and forestry reserves. Plastic displays are light, flexible and
safer than glass in portable devices and cars. Simple plastic
electronics and signs printed on packaging will allow full
traceability of the goods and visual warning. High resolution e-glasses will provide a lightweight everywhere available high quality visual interface to information and the
virtual world, also allowing augmented reality applications
like navigation information super-imposed over the natural view of our surrounding.
The use of the 3rd dimension to realise visual representations much closer to reality will be the next media revolution, now about to happen thanks to the convergence of
the necessary enabling technologies. Surgeon will review
3D scanners data with 3D displays for simulation before
surgery, or for assistance during operation. Professionals
will share and interact with realistic 3D models of the objects that they are designing as a team. Immersive 3D
movies with near holographic presence will happen next
when compatible technologies for real-world image acquisition and display will be demonstrated together and
standardised.

Technological Development (2007-2013)
tegrated systems for specific applications, such as
environmental monitoring, agriculture and food
quality management, safety, security, biomedical
and lifestyle applications. Innovative bioMEMS,
biosensors, lab-on-chip microsystems and autonomous implants and bio-robots. Research will also
address packaging, multilevel interfacing, manufacturing, as well as ethical and societal issues.
Micro and Nano systems

FP7 will keep paying attention to the area of Micro and
Nanosystems and smart systems integration. This is still
an emerging area with applications in many industrial
sectors and it is one of the most important drivers of the
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). It
covers all steps needed to form systems out of components, systems that are able to take information from the
environment through sensors, to process it electronically,
to communicate it and to close the loop by taking an appropriate action.
The main driving lines of the research in this area under
the 7FP will be:
Next-generation smart systems3: Major breakthroughs in intelligent sensor and actuator systems regarding complexity, miniaturisation, networking, and
autonomy. Micro/nanoscale smart systems with higher performance at lower cost and lower power consumption for specific applications. Energy-management, scavenging and storing techniques. Design and
packaging technologies for new sensors, actuators and
macrosystems, their combination and integration. Innovative devices and integrated systems with very high
density mass storage capacity building on progress in
solid-state semiconductors, micro/nanodevices, mechanics, optics, electronics and magnetism.
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Integration of smart materials: Integration of micro-nano technologies and smart systems into new
and traditional materials, e.g. textiles, glass, paper,
etc. Major outcomes are the adoption of advanced
polymeric, biocompatible, bioconnective, flexible or
very durable materials and the integration of such
materials with e.g. conductive fibres and materials
at the fibre core, microelectronics components, user
interfaces, power sources, software, all-in-one fabric,
for personal (wearable) or other applications. Issues
such as user-friendliness, quality, cost and comfort
should be considered.
From smart systems to viable products: Advanced

microsystems manufacturing technologies for the
whole value chain (design, materials, processes, micro-/nano-scale devices, packaging testing and reliability) with a focus on cost-effective sensor/actuator and system integration technologies, supported
by alternative fabrication and testing processes for
short time-to-markets. Pre-industrial validation of
new manufacturing concepts suitable for large-scale
production will also be addressed.
Smart systems for communication technologies

and data management: Integration of smart micro/nanosystems into the network domain with
emphasis on the communication hardware required
and the management of information emerging from
smart devices. This includes solutions for adaptable
Micro/nano/biotechnologies convergence: Converging micro/nano, bio and information technologies for the development and production of in-
Smart Systems are able to sense, diagnose, describe and qualify a situation
and to mutually address and identify each other. They are predictive, enable
the system to interface, interact and communicate with the environment and
with other smart systems.
RF and HF technologies. Data management, storage and processing contributing to the functionality
of smart systems will also be addressed.
Support actions will ensure broad access to micro/nanosystems manufacturing technologies, in

particular by SMEs, identify training and education
needs of the area proposing appropriate measures
and establish specific measures aiming at coordination and dissemination of smart systems integration
R&D at European level.
Organic and Large

area Technologies
Research activities aim at integrating organic semiconductors and light emitting components in a cost effective
method into new systems. Especially the focus is on new
or cost effective manufacturing technologies with a roadmap to all wet printable processes including adaptation
of existing semiconductor materials, device characterisation, design rules, clean & flexible substrates and more
effective encapsulations, Interconnects and functional
foils lamination, lab-on-chip, energy scavenging, power
control and storage, processing, sensing, visualisation
and interfaces. The heterogeneous integration of organic
electronics within standard microsystems will be also
addressed by this objective.
Attention should be paid to the overall manufacturing
aspects including cost, capital investment and environmental impact.
Support measures will include access to advanced manufacturing and design competences, training and edu-
cation for organic and large area electronics, joint user

assessment of prototype equipment from European suppliers and will develop synergies between the electronics
and the printing sectors on circuit design, manufacturing
equipment and standardisation.
The funding will be mainly allocated to Streps, but minimum 2 IPs, 1 NoE and 4-5 CSA should be funded.
Display Systems
New technologies for high performance visualisation systems taking perceptual and usability issues into account.
Research will address innovative enabling components
like microdisplays/imaging valves, intelligent light sources,
image processing and sensor feedback, for extended colour gamut, high contrast and resolution, and new means
of user interaction. Further outcome will be for portable
display systems (e.g. zero-power and ruggedized displays,
flexible/transparent devices, energy efficient micro-projectors, and lightweight high-performance wearables) and
new design opportunities. 3D content capture, information
processing and display to multiple users with unrestrained
viewing is an important emerging topic for both professional and consumer applications.
Activities in immersive visualisation systems and ergonomic multi-viewer 3D imaging will:
Contribute to strengthen Europes scientific and

business position in these areas and lead to breakthrough and innovative solutions for professional
and consumer markets.
Enable the use of the third physical dimension for

professional applications, movies, games and TV.
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2Project
Portfolio
and Rationale
This section shows statistic data describing the portfolio of projects of the Micro and Nanosystems Unit funded under the
FP6 Programme. As a summary a total of 79 projects have been funded representing a budget of about 500 millions from
which the European Commission contributes with about 300 millions. The projects have brought together researchers,
industries and end users from some 500 different organisations coming from 35 countries, building a large research community and contributing therefore to the European Research Area.
he Micro and Nanosystems unit has been involved in

the following FP6 Calls:
IST Call 1 (December 2002):
Objective: To improve the cost-efficiency, performance and functionality of micro and nano-systems
and to increase the level of integration and miniaturisation allowing for improved interfacing with
their surrounding and with networked services and
systems. This should foster their integration into a
wide range of intelligent products and applications.
Focus on: to stimulate applied multi-disciplinary
research in the area of networked microsystems
and the underlying micro and nano-technologies
for miniaturisation and integration of microsystems
into networked intelligent products as well as to improve their interfacing with their surrounding.
Coverage after evaluation: The objectives were well
covered. A particular important issue is that all IP
and NoE have or intend to build links with national
projects, also links with EUREKA initiatives MEDEA (on RF), EURIMUS (on Microsystems) and
PIDEA (packaging). This allows to better link European initiatives with initiatives at national level
building thus realising ERA in this area.
IST Call 2 (June 2003)
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Objective: To develop, demonstrate and prepare for

industrialisation emerging display technologies related to organic materials, lightweight near-to-the-
eye information terminals and large size displays for

the consumer like wall paper TV displays in order
to improve their performance, cost efficiency, their
integration in any system and their interfacing with
the user.
Focus on: Mastering stable and light efficient organic display technologies, and advancing organic
electronics; developing display solutions for small
form factor high information content communicators and achieving their integration and demonstration in complete systems; overcoming todays 3D
multi-viewer dynamic visualisation complexity and
limitations.
Coverage after evaluation: The proposals selected
covered all topics of the call in varying width and
depth with emphasis on organic display technologies including their manufacturing processes. This
was considered a significant extra contribution on
top of ongoing and planned activities. The topic of
3D displays was partially covered. A coordination
action involving most of the European community
in display technologies was also selected.
IST Call 3 (June 2004)
Objective: This call was only open for Coordination

Actions and Specific Support Actions in collaboration with other Units and Directions.
Focus on: To stimulate, encourage and facilitate the
participation of organisations from the New Member States (NMS) and the Associated Candidate
Countries (ACC) in the activities of IST; to prepare
for future international co-operation in IST; and to

progress towards the achievement of the objectives
of a European Research Area in a given IST field
Coverage after evaluation: All topics were covered
by the selected proposals. From the selected proposals only one CA and one SSA are being followed by
Micro and Nanosystems Unit.
and none of sufficient quality to be retained. As a

consequence, this topic was also open in call 5.
IST Call 5 (May 2005)
IST NMP Second Joint Call (June 2004)
Objective: RTD proposals on selected topics with

integration on IST and NMP priorty areas.
Focus on: Bio-sensors for Diagnosis and Healthcare
Coverage after evaluation: The selected proposals addressed well the call text and combined IST
and NMP aspects on biosensor research, system
integration and application development in a really
integrated manner. Some proposals address comparable application objectives, using however competing technological approaches or solutions and vice
versa. In case of comparable (even if not identical)
technological solutions, these are targeting different
applications e.g. biosensors to be used for the diagnosis of different types of cancer or the use of labon-a-chip for different point of care applications.
IST Call 4 (December 2004)
Objective: To push the limits of integrated micro/

nano systems through research on a family of mixed
technologies (combining for instance micro-nanotechnology, ICT and biotechnology) and integration
technologies for very high density or for integrating micro/nano devices in various materials and
into large surfaces. Validation and demonstration
of maturing silicon-based and polymer-based technologies, manufacturing and design issues are also
targeted.
Focus on: Heterogeneous technologies and devices
for mixed-technology micro/nano systems (eg microfluidic/ICT/micro-nano, bio/ICT/micro-nano,
chemical/ICT/micro-nano combined); technology
for very high density hybrid integration (towards
e-grains, e-dust); integrating micro/nano devices in
various materials and in or on large surfaces; Manufacturing and design of mixed technology-based
micro/nano system; Validation and demonstration
of networked micro/nano systems and their use
to address problems and opportunities in a holistic manner combining device, system, information
management and application competencies; roadmaps, specific coordination and support activities
to prepare for a research agenda and to build the
research community in order to define major trends
and to address the ICT-bio-micro-nano-technology
combined field,
Coverage after evaluation: The ranked proposals
showed a good coverage of most of the workprogramme with the exception of the topic on validation and demonstration of networked micro/nanosystems, in which only a few proposals were received
Objective: To validate integrated micro/nano systems technology for new products and services
in key application fields such as miniaturised autonomous robotic systems, mass storage systems
and visualisation systems. Micro/nano-based integrated medical systems are also targeted to explore
the many opportunities offered by combining bio-,
nano- and information-related technologies.
Focus on: Integrated systems and tools for pointof-care diagnosis, monitoring, and drug delivery;
autonomous and miniaturised (micro-) robotic
systems; innovative mass storage systems; novel
3D visualisation systems; very large area displays
and highly-integrated display solutions; validation
and demonstration of micro/nano systems-enabled
tools and subsystems; roadmaps, specific coordination and support activities to prepare for a research
agenda and to build the research community in order to define major trends and to address the ICTbio-micro-nano-technology combined field.
Coverage after evaluation: All major areas of the
work programme were covered however the distribution between the areas was uneven, with a higher
contribution of biomedical proposals.
IST Call 6 (December 2005)
Objective: The aim is to extend the time during

which elderly people can live independently in their
preferred environment with the support of ICTs. It
therefore targets the needs of the individual elderly
person, their families and caretakers, rather than
the health care institutions. This includes for example assistance to carry out daily activities, health
and activity monitoring and enhancing safety and
security. It also covers means to improve access to
social, medical and emergency services, and to facilitate social contacts as well as access to contextbased infotainment and entertainment. This call
was organised as a joint effort of different Units in
DG INFSO.
Focus on: Research will aim at highly innovative
ICT-based solutions that are cost effective, reliable
and user friendly for assisted living taking into account design-for-all principles where applicable. It
will lead to integrated environments bringing together progress in various ICT building blocks and
responding to key user requirements.
Coverage after evaluation: The two main foci of
the call, namely the integration of advanced ICTs
into working prototypes for assisted living and the
development of AAL systems reference architecture, were well addressed by the retained portfolio
of proposals. From the selected proposals only one
IP and one STREP are being followed by Micro and
Nanosystems Unit.
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Statistics on all proposals received and retained in the

different calls for proposal in which the Unit has been
involved
The table below gives information on proposals received and retained projects for each call in which the Micro and
Nanosystems Unit has been involved.
IST-Call 1
IST-Call 2
IST-Call 3
NMP-IST
Joint call
IST-Call 4
IST-Call 5
IST-Call 6
Dec
2002
June
2003
June
2004
June
2004
Dec
2004
May
2005
Dec
2005
Proposals submitted
76
17
270
111
74
84
221
2514
Retained proposals
19
2 (43)5
8 (25)6
23
18
2 (13)7
79
EC Contribution of
retained
proposals (M)
98.0
25.2
1.68
16.99
83.1
66.5
10.310
301
Date
TOTAL
The following tables provide information on the type of instrument, only for the calls for proposals in which only the
Unit of Micro and Nanosystems was involved.
(CA: Coordination Action; IP: Integrated Project; NoE: Network of Excellence; SSA: Specific Support Action; STRP:
Specific Targeted Research Project)
4
5
14
IST-Call 1
CA
IP
NoE
SSA
STRP
TOTAL
Proposals submitted
22
14
35
76
Retained proposals
19
EC Contribution of
retained
proposals (M)
1.03
61.2
20.8
0.8
14.1
98.0
IST-Call 2
CA
IP
NoE
SSA
STRP
TOTAL
Proposals submitted
12
17
Retained proposals
EC Contribution of
retained
proposals (M)
1.0
14.3
9.9
25.2
Total proposals submitted for IST Call 1, 2, 4 and 5.
IST Call 3: From the 43 proposals retained, 2 are followed by the Micro and Nanosystems Unit.
6
NMP-IST Joint call: From the 25 proposals retained, 8 are followed by the Micro and Nanosystems Unit.
7
IST Call 6: From the 13 proposals retained, 2 are followed by the Micro and Nanosystems Unit.
8
IST Call 3: EC contribution of the 2 proposals followed by the Micro and Nanosystems Unit.
9
NMP-IST Joint call: EC contribution of the 8 proposals followed by the Micro and Nanosystems Unit.
10
IST Call 6: EC contribution of the 2 proposals followed by the Micro and Nanosystems Unit.
IST-Call 4
CA
IP
NoE
SSA
STRP
TOTAL
Proposals submitted
15
54
74
Retained proposals
14
23
EC Contribution of
retained
proposals (M)
0.5
47.0
0.3
35.3
83.1
IST-Call 5
CA
IP
NoE
SSA
STRP
TOTAL
Proposals submitted
19
56
84
Retained proposals
18
EC Contribution of
retained
proposals (M)
43.1
1.1
22.3
66.5
Statistics on the whole portfolio of projects

The following table gives information for the complete portfolio of projects:
CA
IP
NoE
SSA
STRP
TOTAL
Total number
of Projects
21
43
79
Total Project
Costs (M)
3.4
312.3
22.8
2.9
165.8
507.2
Total Project EC
contribution (M)
3.4
173.3
20.8
2.9
100.6
301
Average Duration
(months)
24
42.6
45
31
35.5
36.8
Average number
of participants
7.4
16.1
20.5
6.2
7.7
10.5
Total number
of participants
37
339
82
37
333
828
Distribution of total number of

projects by type of project
Distribution of total EC
contribution by type of project
STRP
54%
IP
58%
SSA
1%
CA
1%
NoE
7%
IP
27%
SSA
8%
CA
6%
NoE
5%
STRP
33%
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Coordinating organisations by country

16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
Romania
Sweden
Norway
Ireland
Hungary
Israel
Finland
Switzerland
Greece
Spain
Netherlands
Italy
Belgium
France
United Kingdom
Germany
Distribution of total EC contribution by country.

EC contribution per country (Millions of Euro)
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Spain
Finland
Sweden
Greece
Ireland
Austria
Israel
Denmark
Norway
Hungary
Poland
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Romania
Portugal
Liechtenstein
Russian Federation
Lithuania
Turkey
Korea
Latvia
Malta
China
Australia
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Estonia
Distribution of total EC contribution

by type of activity
RES
31%
HE
26%
RES: Research organisations.

HE: Organisations only or mainly established for
higher education or training.
IND: Industrial organisations private or public.
16
OTH: Organisations not fitting in one of the

above categories
OTH
8%
IND
35%
SME participation
IST-Call 1
Total Instrument
Rec. Funding (K)
SME Participation
N. Participants
Rec. Funding (K)
N. Participants
IP
61 200
154
14 522
24%
40
26%
NoE
22 340
89
773
3%
4%
STP
14 500
45
4 753
33%
16
36%
CA
1 030
16
516
50%
50%
SSA
820
820
100%
100%
IST-Call 2
Total Instrument
Rec. Funding (K)
SME Participation
N. Participants
Rec. Funding (K)
N. Participants
IP
14 320
22
1 621
11%
14%
NoE
STP
9 680
43
3 240
33%
12
28%
CA
1 000
79
8%
3%
SSA
IST-Call 3
Total Instrument
Rec. Funding (K)
SME Participation
N. Participants
Rec. Funding (K)
N. Participants
IP
NoE
STP
CA
850
12
262
31%
8%
SSA
732
18
78
11%
17%
IST-NMP 2
Joint Call
Total Instrument
Rec. Funding (K)
SME Participation
N. Participants
Rec. Funding (K)
N. Participants
IP
NoE
STP
16 896
61
3 691
22%
15
25%
CA
SSA
Total Instrument
IST-Call 4
Rec. Funding (K)
SME Participation
N. Participants
Rec. Funding (K)
N. Participants
IP
46 994
99
6 149
13%
23
23%
NoE
STP
35 350
106
6 897
20%
28
26%
CA
493
103
21%
25%
SSA
235
126
54%
25%
17
Total Instrument
IST-Call 5
Rec. Funding (K)
SME Participation
N. Participants
Rec. Funding (K)
N. Participants
IP
43 200
79
10 681
25%
28
35%
NoE
STP
22 480
67
2 675
12%
11
16%
CA
SSA
1 090
13
195
18%
15%
Total Instrument
IST-Call 6
Rec. Funding (K)
SME Participation
N. Participants
Rec. Funding (K)
N. Participants
IP
8 250
13
2 433
29%
31%
NoE
STP
2 000
228
11%
12%
CA
SSA
Total Instrument
TOTAL
Rec. Funding (K)
79
79
SME Participation
N. Participants
Rec. Funding (K)
N. Participants
IP
173
367
35
20%
98
27%
NoE
22
89
4%
4%
STP
100
330
21
21%
83
25%
CA
40
28%
12
30%
SSA
36
1.4
48%
22%
TOTAL
301
841
59.4
20%
204
24%
Statistics on projects by thematic cluster

The projects have been classified in seven groups according to the activities of the Micro and Nano systems unit.
The groups are as follow:
Micro Nano Bio Convergence systems

Sensor Based Systems and Storage
Organic/Large Area Electronics and Display Systems
Micro and Nano systems for Ambient Intelligence
(AmI)
Manufacturing and Process integration
Smart fabrics and interactive textiles
Support and coordination actions
Micro Nano Bio Convergence systems
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This group is made by projects dealing with the convergence of nano, bio, and information technologies with
a wide range of applications from health care to food

quality monitoring. The main areas covered by the projects are: Biosensors systems for screening and diagnosis,
medical implants including implantable biosensors, drug
delivery and systems for imaging and delivery.
This is the biggest group of projects in terms of number
of projects and budget, representing one third of the total
budget.
Sensor based systems and Storage
This group includes a number of projects in which sensing

is an important part of their activities, excluding those
projects dealing with biosensing which were already included in the previous group. The main topics covered by
this group of projects are: small 3D cubes, MEMS based
oscillators, MEMS for RF and millimetre wave communications, fully autonomous helicopter, position sensor
based on magnetoresistive nano-contacts, olfaction sen-
sors, sensors for automatic handling of nano-objects, and

vibration energy scavenging.
Projects on mass storage are also included in this group.
These projects deal with innovative mass storage systems
building upon progress in micro-nano-devices, mechanics, optics, electronics, and magnetic know how.
Organic/Large area electronics and
Display Systems
This group includes projects dealing with electronic technologies based on R&D on organic materials which can
be cost effective even for large areas. Projects on Display
systems which often make use of emerging technologies related to organic materials are also included in this
group. The objectives of this group of projects are mainly:
the applications of polymer electronics and the development of the underlying technologies; research on novel
materials, devices, handling and production methods for
flexible displays; Roll-to-roll manufacturing technology
for flexible OLED devices and arbitrary size and shape
displays; Contact printing of electronics and opto-electronics; and Smart High-Integration Flex technologies.
Projects in the display subgroup focus on the industrialization emerging displays technologies related to organic
materials, lightweight microdisplays, large size displays,
and 3D displays.
Micro and Nano systems for Ambient
Intelligence (AmI)
The projects included in this group have a general view

on the use of micro and nano systems for ambient intelligence. All projects put emphasis on user-friendliness,
efficient and distributed services support, user empowerment, and support for human interactions. This vision assumes a shift away from PCs to a variety of devices which
are unobtrusively embedded in our environment and
which are accessed via intelligent interfaces. Examples
of the topics covered by these projects are microsystems
platform for context-aware mobile services and appli-
cations, and networked multisensor system for elderly

people covering health care, safety and security in home
environments.
Manufacturing and Process integration
This group of projects deals with microsystems manufacturing technologies for the whole value chain, from
design to packaging testing and reliability. Examples of
topics are packaging, lithography technologies, high density integration, and batch integration.
There are also a number of service actions projects
supporting academic research, feasibility research, prototyping, training and education in the manufacturing
sector.
Smart fabrics and interactive textiles
Projects inside this group form, together with three others,

the cluster of EC co-financed projects on smart fabrics and
interactive textiles (SFIT cluster of projects - http://www.
csem.ch/sfit/ ). The topics covered by these projects are the
integration of advanced fibres and materials at the fibre
core, microelectronics components, user interfaces (e.g.
sensors, displays, speakers), power sources and embedded
software. SFIT & Flexible Wearable Systems should fulfil
user needs and expectations in terms of user-friendliness/
functionality, cost, fabric resistance, comfort, robustness
and reliable and accurate performance.
The cluster will be expanded with FP7 projects and seeks
collaboration with other Commission services and projects active in related SFIT fields.
Support and coordination actions
This group includes all Specific Support Actions and

Coordination Actions type of projects. Examples of the
topics covered by this group of projects are European
network pursuing the integration of New Member States
and Accession Countries in ERA or roadmaps in various
areas such as displays, RF micro-nano-systems or micronano-biotechnologies applications.
The following tables provided a breakdown by thematic clusters.
Number of funded projects
CA
IP
NoE
SSA
STRP
TOTAL
Nano Bio ICT (NBIC)
18
24
Sensor based Systems and Storage
14
Organic/Large area electronics and Displays
11
Micro- Nanosyst. for AmI
Manufacturing / Proce. Integ.
10
Smart fabrics, Interactive textiles
Support and Coordination
11
TOTAL
21
43
79
19
Distribution of budget per area
EC contribution (Millions )
Nano Bio ICT (NBIC)
101
55
54
Micro- Nanosyst. for AmI
35
Manufacturing / Proce. Integ.
31
Smart fabrics, Interactive textiles
19
Support and Coordination
6
301
TOTAL
6%
10%
Distribution of budget by thematic cluster
2%
35%
Nano Bio ICT (NBIC)

11%
Micro/Nanosystems for AmI

Manufacturing/processes integration
Smart fabrics/Interactive textiles
Support and Coordination Actions
20
18%
18%
3List of Projects
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Micro/Nanosystems for AmI
Manufacturing/Process Integration
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Smart fabrics/Interactive textiles
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Support and Coordination Actions
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89
101
105
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Nano Bio ICT (NBIC)

Project acronym
Type of instrument
Type of instrument
BIOGNOSIS
STREP
EMMA
STREP
COCHISE
STREP
PARMA
STREP
DVT-IMP
STREP
PROTEM
IP
GOODFOOD
IP
HEALTHY AIMS
IP
IMANE
STREP
INDIGO
STREP
INTELLIDRUG
STREP
LOCCANDIA
STREP
MASCOT
STREP
MICRO2DNA
STREP
MOT-TEST
STREP
NANOSPAD
STREP
NEMOSLAB
STREP
NEUROPROBES
IP
OPTOLABCARD
STREP
P.CEZANNE
IP
S.I.G.H.T.
STREP
SABIO
STREP
SEMOFS
STREP
SENSATION
IP
SMART-BIOMEMS
STREP
TOXICHIP
STREP
VECTOR
IP
Sensor based
Systems and Storage
Project acronym
Type of instrument
3DTUNE
STREP
AMICOM
NoE
e-CUBES
IP
GOSPEL
NoE
MUFLY
STREP
MUNDIS
STREP
NANOHAND
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Project acronym
Organic/Large area
electronics and Displays
Project acronym
Type of instrument
CONTACT
STREP
FLEXIDIS
IP
POLYAPPLY
IP
ROLLED
STREP
SHIFT
IP
FORK
STREP
HOLOVISION
STREP
IMPROVE
STREP
MUTED
STREP
NANOPAGE
STREP
OSIRIS
IP
Micro/Nanosystems
for AmI
Project acronym
Type of instrument
MIMOSA
IP
MINAMI
IP
NETCARITY
IP
PLASMO-NANO
NoE
SENSACTION-ALL
STREP
Manufacturing/
Process Integration
IP
NANORF
STREP
Project acronym
NANOTIMER
STREP
DAVID
STREP
VIBES
STREP
DELILA
STREP
DYNAMAX
STREP
HIDING DIES
STREP
Type of instrument
Support and coordination

Project acronym
Type of instrument
Project acronym
Type of instrument
STREP
ADRIA
CA
INTEGRAMPLUS
IP
ARCORC
SSA
MICROBUILDER
IP
ARRRO
SSA
PATENT-DFMM
NoE
BRIDGE
CA
PROMENADE
STREP
ENCAST
CA
Q2M
STREP
ENCASIT
CA
ERA PILOT MINA TSI
CA
MINOS - EURONET
SSA
NANOWAYS
SSA
NEXUSPLUS
SSA
WIND
SSA
INOS
RF-PLATFORM
IP
Smart fabrics/
Interactive textiles
Project acronym
Type of instrument
BIOTEX
STREP
CONTEXT
STREP
PROETEX
IP
STELLA
IP
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Nano Bio ICT

BIOGNOSIS
Integrated Biosensor System for Label-Free In-Vitro DNA
and Protein Diagnostics in Health-Care Applications
Vision & Aim
STREP
The main objective of this project is to develop a unique

integrated DNA and protein detection system of an easyof-use and cost-effective nature for medical diagnostics.
The system targets at a fast as well as reliable DNA and
protein testing. Aiming for point of care and doctors office applications, e.g. early cancer recognition, this new
testing system will improve public health. Moreover the
project will enable a broad range of future applications
in genomic risk analysis, individualized therapy and
antibody detection for identification of diseases, resistances and allergies. Today bio-molecular detection is a
promising technology for medical diagnosis with a high
socioeconomic impact. However, due to its complexity
and costs, todays systems are restricted for the use at
specialized laboratories, making testing expensive and
time-consuming. This project aims to overcome these
problems by providing a detection system based on direct electrical read-out, which can improve robustness
Project Number 016467

Contact
Wolfgang Rossner
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Corporate Technology MM2
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
81730 MUENCHEN
GERMANY
e-mail: wolfgang.rossner@siemens.com
Web site
http://www.biognosis-info.de
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Timeline
Start: 1 August 2005
End: 1 July 2008
and substantially decrease costs. This multianalyte detection system includes novel integrated sensor disposables consisting of the sensor array, the on-chip CMOS
read-out circuit, the biochemical sensor interfaces as
well as suitable assays. By detection of mass changes
at their surface, sensors work label-free according to
key-lock principles. Recent progress in DNA and protein cancer marker testing will form the basis for the
development of assays for the new system. An easy-touse read-out setup will be developed, meeting requirements of robustness and usability. A clinical validation
of the system in early diagnosis of cancer is envisaged to
demonstrate the enormous impact of this key technology for public health. The project will facilitate the entry
of sensor array systems into the enormous in-vitro test
market. It lays the foundation for strong scientific and
economic collaboration between European companies
and institutes which will last long beyond the conclusion of the project.
Budget
Overall Cost: 6.120.000
EC Funding: 3.800.000
Project Partners
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Corporate Technology MM2 D
BIOSENSOR APPLICATIONS SWEDEN AB S
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland FIN
CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY UK
Medizinische Universitt Innsbruck A
UPPSALA UNIVERSITET S
PERLOS OYJ - FIN
COCHISE
Cell-On-CHIp bioSEnsor for detection of cell-to-cell interactions

Contact
ROBERTO GUERRIERI
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA
VIA ZAMBONI 33
40126 BOLOGNA
ITALY
e-mail: rguerrieri@deis.unibo.it
technologies such as electronic sensing, microfluidic

interfaces for cell dispensing, control of osmotic balance of nutrients, management of evaporation, surface
nano-modifications for management of fluid flows (e.g.
hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic surface tend to drive
or repel droplets) and avoidance or induction of surface
cell adhesion. At the system level, cell delivery will leverage recent results that allow to delivery single cells in
an effective way. An important side of the research is the
definition of new therapeutic and diagnostic protocols
for the immunotherapy of cancer. As a first step, we will
apply our technology to the analysis of anti-tumor lytic
effector cells, for a precise quantification of how many
lytic events happen in the array, their locations and timings. A major advantage is that the cells are kept alive
and can be retrieved individually for further analysis,
such as gene expression profiling.
STREP
Vision & Aim
COCHISE is the first step of an activity aimed at the

development of enabling micro-technologies to monitor physiological cellular interactions at the ingle cell
level with a high throughput. It will be applied first to
the immunological monitoring of anti-tumor vaccinations, singling out the rare effector cells (in the order
of 10-3) that are actually active against tumor cells. The
sensor that we are developing consists of an orderly
matrix of about 4,000 living cells deposited in microwells created in a biocompatible substrate that also
serves as a high-density circuit board. The microwells
are monitored by an external microscope and have an
embedded addressable impedance sensor. The key point
is that each microwell can force contact between individual cells, and detect consequences of these contacts.
The project integrates on the same platform several
Project Partners
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA I
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN
FORSCHUNG E.V. D
MICRONIT MICROFLUIDICS BV NL
UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA I
Universite Catholique de Louvain B
AZIENDE CHIMICHE RIUNITE ANGELINI FRANCESCO - A.C.R.A.F. S.p.A. I
COMMISSARIAT A LENERGIE ATOMIQUE F
Mindseeds Laboratories S.r.l. - I
Timeline
Start: 1 June 2006
End: 31 May 2009
Budget
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DVT-IMP
Deep Vein Thrombosis - Impedimetric Microanalysis System
Vision & Aim
STREP
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE) are major causes of unexpected mortality in
hospitals throughout Europe. D-dimer is a recognised
biomarker for the diagnosis of a thrombus and is routinely examined in hospital laboratories using a traditional ELISA technique. The clinical need for a fast predictive test for D-dimer has prompted the development
of test kits, some of which are deployed at the point-ofcare as a means of guiding clinicians. Current D-dimer
point-of-care diagnostic kits do not provide accurate,
quantitative analysis creating uncertainty amongst clinicians who are unable to exclude DVT/PE as a result,
and consequently unnecessarily refer many patients for
high-cost Doppler ultrasound imaging, creating pressure on healthcare services across Europe. The consortium, industrially driven by a leading healthcare supplies
provider, incorporating skilled SMEs in electro-analysis
instrumentation and bio-engineering and including aca-

Contact
Zulfiqur Ali
University of Teesside
School of Science & Technology, Borough Road
TS1 3BA Middlesbrough
UNITED KINGDOM
e-mail: z.ali@tees.ac.uk
Timeline
Start: 1 September 2006
End: 31 August 2009
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Budget
demic bases in clinical pharmacology, microelectronics,

analytical electrochemistry and micro-fabrication aims
to integrate four key technologies areas: Bio-engineered
antibodies for high specificity immunoassay diagnostics
Nano/micro engineered impedimetric analysis electrodes
incorporating bio-compatible conducting polymer substrates for enhanced detection capabilities Development
and packaging of a disposable, sterile, microfluidic manifold enabling diagnostics at the point-of-care Developing
e-Health diagnostic software toolkit for high positive and
negative predictivity D-dimer tests DVT-IMP will innovation bio-nano/micro-informatic technologies that will
enable the development of a point-of-care device with
advanced diagnostic capabilities, including the output of
quantitative D-dimer levels, thus increasing confidence
and certainty for clinicians, enabling them to confirm or
exclude the risk of DVT/PE using the high negative and
positive predictive capabilities of the DVT-IMP prototype.
Project Partners
University of Teesside - UK
Universit Claude Bernard de Lyon 1 F
Comenius University Bratislava SK
Helena Biosciences Europe UK
Parc Cientific de Barcelona E
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Frderung der angewandten
Forschung e.V. D
Budapest University of Technology and Economics HU
Universit Paris-Sud F
Haptogen Ltd UK
Cenamps UK
GOODFOOD
Food Safety and Quality Monitoring with Microsystems

Contact
Carles Cane
CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
C/ SERRANO 117
28006 MADRID
SPAIN
e-mail: goodfood@cnm.es
Web site
http://www.goodfood-project.org
Timeline
Start: 1 January 2004
End: 30 June 2007
Budget
tal integration of food, bio, and electronics experience

for developing a set of systems with clear breakthrough
solutions to specific safety and quality and traceability
requirements. The proposed solutions will be also integrated under an Ambient Intelligence approach, which
will allow fully interconnection and communication of
multisensing systems. The technological developments
within GoodFood are driven by the main demands identified by the agrofood sector, and they are focused into
a number of relevant food targets. The M&NT inspired
solutions developed therein are foreseen as the steppingstones of the long term GoodFood vision: bringing the
lab to the food stuff from the land to the market.
IP
Vision
The GoodFood project is a Integrated Project presented

within the IST thematic area of EC VIFP and aims at developing the new generation of analytical methods based
on Micro and Nanotechnology (MST and M&NT) solutions for the safety and quality assurance along the food
chain in the agrofood industry. Current and future concerns related to agrofood safety and quality will increasingly require a multidisciplinary and universal approach
based on the massive use of simple detection systems
able to be used near to the foodstuff . The technology
used nowadays to assess food safety and quality relies
on lab solutions that are bulky, costly, punctual and time
consuming. On the contrary, GoodFood approach will
comply, through the development of innovative M&NT
solutions, with the needs of ubiquity, low cost and low
power, fast response, simple use and fully interconnection to the decisional bodies. A multidisciplinary integration of know-how and technology is required for
addressing the broad requirements of the agrofood field.
An Integrated Project is proposed to keep such a global
view. The Project aims at the vertical integration of Micro and Nano Technologies from the land to the market. The main demands identified by the agrofood sector
will be the applications that will drive the technological
developments within GoodFood. The need for increasing the control of products at different critical steps of
the food chain (control of raw materials, improvement
of food processing, monitoring of storage and logistics,
and control of safety and quality of final products) will
be addressed by GoodFood with a vertical and horizon-
Aim
Overall GoodFood objectives are: (a) to demonstrate to

the agrofood sector actors (final consumers included) the
advantages driven to the complete food chain control by
the use of Micro and Nanotechnology inspired systems,
(b) to develop and integrate such systems with improved
performances compared to the state of the art, and (c)
to introduce the Ambient Intelligence (AmI) paradigm
in the agrofood chain by developing a vineyard pilot site
and by applying the results to the activities of all quality and safety technical solutions of the project. Within
this framework, GoodFood aims at developing the new
generation of analytical methods based on Micro and
Nanotechnology (MST and M&NT) solutions for the
safety and quality assurance along the food chain in the
agrofood industry. Current and future concerns related
to agrofood safety and quality will increasingly require
Project Partners
CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS E
ISTITUTO TRENTINO DI CULTURA I
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN
FORSCHUNG E.V. D
UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA E
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE CH
UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID E
LINKOEPINGS UNIVERSITET S
FUNDACION TEKNIKER E
EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH D
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE I
COMMISSARIAT A LENERGIE ATOMIQUE - F
CSEM CENTRE SUISSE DELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA
- RECHERCHE ET
DEVELOPPEMENT CH
SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO
SANTANNA I
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IP
a multidisciplinary and universal approach based on the

massive use of simple detection systems able to be used
near to the foodstuff. The technology used nowadays
to assess food safety and quality relies in lab solutions
that are bulky, costly, punctual and time consuming. On
the contrary, GoodFood approach will comply with the
needs of ubiquity, fast response, low cost, simple use and
fully interconnection to the decisional bodies. Long term
GoodFood vision is to bring the lab to the foodstuff from
the land to the market.
structure
GoodFood aims at increasing awareness at different levels:
To the citizens: To show that Ambient Intelligence

(AmI) and ubiquitous sensing can help on increasing food safety and quality.
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To the Agrofood Community: To demonstrate advantages of the MST, AmI and wireless solutions
for new and/or current analytical tools and test
methodologies, as well as their impact on improved
farming.
To the Microsystems industrial community: To
show that Agrofood is a good niche market for MST
solutions.
To the SME and foundries: To develop demonstrators and

market plans that show viability and lower the risks of
future market access - To the MST scientific community:
To give a path for take-ups, start-ups. A multidisciplinary
integration of know-how and technology is required for
addressing the broad requirements of the agrofood field.
A suitable scenario was identified by the agrofood community for keeping such a global view.
HEALTHY AIMS
Nano scale materials and sensors and microsystems for medical
implants improving health and quality of life
Aim
The overall objective is to produce intelligent medical devices that have communication capability and exploit the
full range of advanced technologies in design, materials,
processes and manufacturing.
The medical products being developed include:
Cochlear implant
Retina implant and glaucoma sensor
Functional electrical stimulation for upper limbs (FES)
Sphincter sensor for oesophageal and urological applications
Implantable pressure sensor to monitor intracranial
pressure
Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for human body motion and to trigger the FES

Contact
Diana Hodgins
EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS LIMITED
Codicote Innovation Centre
St. Albans Rd, Codicote, Herts SG4 8WH
UNITED KINGDOM
e-mail: DMH@etb.co.uk
Web site
http://www.healthyaims.org/
Timeline
Start: 1 December 2003
End: 30 November 2007
Budget
In order to achieve this a number of key technologies

are being developed including:
A body area network enabling communication from
implants or on the body devices to a base unit which
may be up to 3m away
Micro-electrodes
Micro assembly techniques, particularly for 3D structures
Implantable power sources
Biomaterials, suitable for interfacing devices in and on
the body
IP
Vision
This Framework 6 project is developing key microsystem

technologies and communication methods that bring intelligence directly to the human, in the form of medical implants and ambulatory measurement systems. Information
from these devices will be transmitted out into the wider
environment for remote interpretation and diagnosis.
Medical applications have been chosen that will have a direct positive impact on the health of EU citizens and also
contribute significantly to economic growth and intellectual capability. In particular, this multi-disciplinary project
will integrate and extend the existing State of the Art in
microsystems, biomaterials, wireless communications,
power sources and body area networks (BANs).
structure
The 4 year, 24 partner, project started on December 1st 2003

and already there have been key deliverables in the form
of device specifications, communication architectures and
some early hardware demonstrators. Many of these have
been presented at various meetings and in journals across
the EU, stimulating considerable interest from the wider
EU community.
The Healthy Aims Team includes the following:
Research Groups in micro and nano technology
Biomaterials experts
RF Communications experts
Power sources experts
Design teams
Medical Device manufacturers
Surgeons and clinical teams, including ethics
These all came from the NEXUS Medical Devices USC
and includes 6 SMEs from across the EU.
Project Partners
EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS LIMITED UK
ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTERS LTD. IL
CAMPUS MICRO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH D
COCHLEAR EUROPE LIMITED UK
UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI E
FINETECH MEDICAL LIMITED UK
HAHN-SCHICKARD-GESELLSCHAFT FUER ANGEWANDTE
FORSCHUNG E.V. D
IIP - TECHNOLOGIES GMBH D
INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGII ELEKTRONOWEJ PL
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM VZW B
MEDIPLUS LIMITED UK
MICROTEC GESELLSCHAFT FUR MIKROTECHNOLOGIES MBH D
THE NEXUS ASSOCIATION F
NORTH BRISTOL NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE TRUST UK
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IMANE
Implantable Multicontact Active Nerve Electrode
Vision
STREP
Mixed integrated circuit technology and biotechnology

represent a rapidly expanding field. The resulting combination of sensing, actuating, interfacing and intelligent
processing provides implantable devices the perspective
to efficiently compensate for failing organs. Bi-directional
telemetry-controlled implanted micro-systems will represent a real breakthrough in healthcare and more specifically in functional electrical stimulation (FES). The afferent
branch of a control loop is essential for matching responses to ongoing activity as well as automatically avoiding
stimulation damage. Such systems will in addition collect
information directly leading to further development of
communications means with the nervous system. The IMANE research project aims at gathering the heterogeneous
technologies that should concur at meeting these requirements at a highly competitive level.
Aim
A new silicone rubber metallization process and electrode surface treatment will be developed with the ex-

Contact
Jean Delbeke
Universit catholique de Louvain
Avenue Hippocrate, 54 PB-54.46
B-1200 Brussels
BELGIUM
e-mail: delbeke@gren.ucl.ac.be
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Timeline
End: 31 December 2008
pected result of a miniature nerve electrode holding a

high density of well characterised contacts for interfacing biological tissues. An experimental study of the correlation between neural status and damage should yield
the data required to implement safety rules in the control
loop of implanted devices. This feature will contribute to
eliminate the decoupling capacitors usually placed at the
stimulator output where they impede miniaturisation by
their volume and by the wasted voltage drop they introduce. An active neural recording chain will be integrated
in the final electrode to give a direct access to the neural
activity. An improved encapsulation technique will be
applied to the embedded electronics and completed by a
new electrode assembly method.
Expected Results
A single application, namely the treatment of epilepsy by

vagus nerve stimulation, is included in the project as a
practical lead. However, the main developments foreseen
are generic and therefore expected to be applicable in a
broad range of FES medical devices.
Budget
Project Partners
Universit catholique de Louvain - B
Ghent University B
University College London UK
University of Bath UK
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique F
Applied Microengineering Limited UK
NEUROTECH B
MATRA ELECTRONIQUE - F
INDIGO
Integrated highly sensitive fluorescence-based biosensor for
diagnosis applications Environments

Contact
Gilles BOUCHARLAT
ATMEL-Grenoble SAS
Avenue de Rochepleine BP 123
38521 SAINT EGREVE
FRANCE
e-mail: gilles.boucharlat@gfo.atmel.com
Web site
www.indigo-project.net
Timeline
End: 31 July 2008
signal level will enhance the sensitivity and robustness of

the biological measurements. Such a lensless imaging device produces images with new characteristics, and needs
development of new data processing software. The image
produced by the sensor will be read in a laptop-connected
readout head, and then filtered, segmented and measured;
the results will be normalised, written in a standard format, ready to be recorded into a database or transmitted
through networks. With its user-friendly interface, the
system will undergo clinical validation in biology labs, on
samples from patients with different cancers and cardiovascular diseases. The INDIGO project is well suited to the
joint IST and NMP call on bio-sensors for Diagnosis and
Healthcare. On the NMP side, smart and hybrid materials
with extreme characteristics, able to be industrially coated
as thin layers will be developed. On the IST side, new data
treatment chain will give standardised biological data usable by the medical community at large.
STREP
Vision & Aim
Biochip technology allows assessing the expression of

thousands of genes in parallel, opening the way to individualised healthcare. The INDIGO project will replace
the current bulky and expensive technology used to hybridise and read fluorescent biochips by a lab-on-chip approach, with integrated signal processing and networking
capacities. The project reconsiders the complete biochip
user chain, and optimises each component in relation to
others. At the core of INDIGO is an innovative, miniature
and highly sensitive, yet disposable fluorescence-based
biosensor. It replaces the usual glass slide supporting the
biological reaction by a sandwich of chemical and optical layers monolithically grafted on a Solid-State Image
Sensor. Intermediate layers play an essential optical role
for guiding and filtering light. The upper side of the sensor is devoted to biology, the inner side to imaging by
direct, efficient light collection by the pixels. Improving
Budget
Project Partners
ATMEL-Grenoble SAS F
GENEWAVE F
Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei
Materiali I
ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES
ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS F
Fundacin Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos
III E
FUNDACIN VALENCIANA DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMDICAS - E
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INTELLIDRUG
Intelligent intraoral medicine delivery micro-system to treat
addiction and chronic diseases
STREP
Vision & Aim

tion release mechanism, a built-in intelligence, microIntelliDrug is aimed at developing an intelligent mi- sensors and micro-actuators, and a remote control.
cro- and nanosystem to provide an alternative ap- The objectives of the IST Work Programme will be
proach for the treatment of addiction and chronic dis- achieved, as this project explores the application poeases. Drug addiction and chronic diseases are among tential of micro-nano technology and investigates the
the most severe human problems. Drug addiction itself integration technologies required to establish the nano
is a major motive of crime
to macro interface and to
and social instability.
have nano interact with
The continuous and endthe ambient. IntelliDrug
less efforts required from
deals with research and detreating personnel and the
velopment of key technolafflicted persons further
ogies, such as biosensors
compromise the quality
and secure communicaof life and give rise to setion, low volume controlvere compliance problems
led drug handling, and the
with therapy. In addition,
component
integration
limited effectiveness and
into wearable systems, to
adverse side effects are
manage health status. The
the result of the currently
resulting
micro-system
used medication adminiswill help afflicted persons
Image courtesy of project INTELLIDRUG.
tration methods. The proto put an end to their perposed project IntelliDrug
sonal misery, to run a life
is aimed at obviating these problems.
as close as possible to normal and even to turn into
The proposed innovation will be reached by develop- a productive member of our society. It also will coning an intraoral micro-system, which contains a medi- tribute to strengthen European research, cooperation
cation replacement reservoir and releases the medica- and industry.
tion in a controlled, intelligent manner according to
the patient needs, in periods lasting days, weeks or Preliminary results
months. The device will be reloaded in a simple non- The project is in prototype phase. The system was
invasive way. The micro-system comprises a medica- tested in vivo on pigs in a controlled study. Naltrex-

Contact
Andy Wolff
ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTERS LTD. Hospital Dentistry
62 JABOTINSKY ST.
62748 TEL AVIV - ISRAEL
e-mail: awolff@netvision.net.il
Web site
http://www.intellidrug.org
Timeline
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Project Partners
ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTERS LTD. IL
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN
FORSCHUNG E.V. D
RELSOFT SYSTEMS LTD. IL
HAHN-SCHICKARD-GESELLSCHAFT FER ANGEWANDTE
FORSCHUNG E.V. D
VALTRONIC SA CH
POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA PL
UNIVERSIT DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO I
BIO-DAR LTD IL
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PROMEDT CONSULTING GMBH D
ASM - CENTRUM BADAN I ANALIZ RYNKU SP. Z.O.O. PL
HOSPITAL CLNICO SAN CARLOS DE MADRID INSALUD E
CHARIT - UNIVERSITTSMEDIZIN BERLIN D
UNIVERSIT DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II I
ISRAEL ANTI DRUG AUTHORITY IL
TELEFNICA INVESTIGACIN Y DESARROLLO E
and followed by a slow decrease. After 6 hours the blood

level of naltrexone delivered to the buccal mucosa was
significantly higher compared to i. v. administration. To
be effective in the treatment of drug addicts, blood levels
of naltrexone should be kept constantly above 2ng/ml, a
goal that can be reached by the IntelliDrug system simply
by adjusting the release rate (dosage and timing) through
a command delivered to its software.
STREP
one, a drug used to treat addiction, was delivered by the

system to the buccal (cheek) mucosa during 10 minutes
or was injected conventionally into the vein (i. v.) and its
blood levels assessed during 6 hours. Administration of
i. v. naltrexone induced a sharp increase in blood levels
after 5 minutes, and then a steep decrease. In contrast,
buccal delivery resulted in a gradual increase in blood
naltrexone levels, reaching its peak after 90 minutes,
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LOCCANDIA
Lab-On-Chip based protein profiling for CANcer DIAgnosis
Vision & Aim
STREP
The human plasma proteome holds the promise of a

revolution in disease diagnosis and therapy. One major
breakthrough should come from the detection of multiprotein disease markers including isoforms. We propose to integrate a full proteomics analysis chain, from
blood sample to the diagnosis information, combining
bio-, nano, and information-related technologies. It includes an innovative patented lab-on-chip developed at
CEA. The clinical application is early pancreatic cancer
diagnosis. The project is based on a panel of 3 identified proteins, a protein isolation protocol, an optimised
chromatographic-electrospray lab-on-chip, an Integrated
Clinico-Proteomics Environment including a Proteomic
Information Management System, a Clinical Information
System, and modules for preprocessing, reconstruction,
visualisation, protein identification, data mining and
knowledge discovery. The clinical validation is applied
to a cohort of 92 patients. Our targeted performance is

Contact
Blanca Jordan
ATOS ORIGIN sae
ALBARRACIN 25
28037 MADRID
SPAIN
e-mail: blanca.jordan@atosorigin.com
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Timeline
Start: 1 June 2006
End: 31 May 2009
to get at least the sensitivity of an orthogonal ELISA approach, to operate the analysis chain in less than 12 hours,
and to demonstrate the interest of multiprotein marker.
The main research outcomes will be an optimised chromatographic-electrospray lab-on-chip, a software environment supporting the integrated device, a proofof-concept of their application to protein profiling for
cancer diagnosis and an exploitation plan. The roadmap
of this 36 months project is defined according to three
main milestones: 1) at month 12, a first protein profile using a first version of the lab-on-chip on artificial samples
is available, 2) at month 24, all the final versions of the
sub-systems are ready for integration and validation, 3)
at month 33, the validation on clinical samples is completed. The consortium partnership involves partners
over 5 countries, combining basic and applied research
(CEA, FORTH, SIB, WWU), 1 large company (ATOS)
and 2 SMEs (BVN, GB), including clinicians and end-users (WWU, BVN).
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Project Partners
ATOS ORIGIN sae - E
Commissariat lEnergie Atomique F
BioVisioN AG D
FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY-HELLAS GR
Gastrointestinal Molecular Cell Biology (GMZ) Department of Medicine B
Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet D
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics CH
Geneva Bioinformatics (GeneBio) SA CH
MASCOT
Integrated Microsystem for the Magnetic Isolation and Analysis
of Single Circulating Tumour Cells for Oncology Diagnostics
and Therapy Follow-up
sors for RNA/DNA analysis are their sensitivity, their
inherent selectivity, their versatility and their cost effectiveness. Addressing the health care requirement of the
future of an individualised theranostic approach, the specific applications that will be demonstrated in MASCOT
will be the isolation and RNA/DNA characterisation
of both breast and lung cancer cells (more specifically,
circulating tumour cells or CTCs), from respectively peripheral blood or bone marrow and sputum. The radical
innovation proposed in MASCOT will result in a concrete prime deliverable of a technology platform of wide
application and unquestionable socio-economic benefit,
increasing European competitiveness whilst contributing
considerably to the quality of life of the population and
control of health care cost.
STREP
Vision & Aim
The overall objective of MASCOT is to exploit breakthroughs at the confluences of micro-, nano- and biotechnologies to create a low-cost minimally-invasive intelligent diagnosis system using a nanotechnology-based
device for the isolation, enrichment and detection of rare
cells from complex mixtures and using an array of nanobiosensors, integrated with micro-scale amplification, for
the consecutive RNA/DNA analysis of the isolated rare
cells. Advances in molecular biology and biosensor technology and the integration of nano-structured functional
components in macro- and microsystems will facilitate
the isolation of rare cells on the basis of novel markers,
cell size, tailored surface chemistry and labelling with
magnetic beads. The advantages of the exploited biosen-
INTEGRATION
Biosensor arrays
for DNA detection
DNA
detection
Microsystem
for RNA extraction
& amplifications
RNA extration
& amplification
Novel mRNA markers

for CTC characterisation
Cell isolation
& detection
Novel CTC suface markers

for immuno-separation
Microsystem
for imuno-magnetic cell
isolation & detection

Contact
Wim Laureyn
Interuniversitair Micro-Elektronica
Centrum vzw
Kapeldreef 75
3001 Leuven
BELGIUM
e-mail: Wim.Laureyn@imec.be
Timeline
Budget
Project Partners
Interuniversitair Micro-Elektronica Centrum vzw B
Universitat Rovira i Virgili E
CanAg Diagnostics AB SE
Institut fr Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH D
AdnaGen AG D
Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet- HF NO
MRC-Holland BV NL
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MICRO2DNA
Integrated polymer-based micro-fluidic micro-system for DNA
extraction, amplification, and silicon-based detection
Vision & Aim
it will be ideally suited for being integrated in a portable

low cost system that will perform the signal transduction, interpretation and data analysis. The above described
modules will be integrated within a single device where
samples will be transported within and between modules
via an enclosed micro fluidic channels system. The whole
system will be interfaced by dedicated software that will be
developed to make feasible and efficient the operation of
the portable apparatus by general practitioners packaged
STREP
The proposed research will develop a single device integrated micro system for nucleic acid extraction, mixing
steps, purification, PCR amplification, biochemical reactions from biological samples e.g. blood, amplification, and
DNA micro array detection in real time. The technologies
that will be combined are silicon-based for the implementation of the detection and polymer-based for the micro
fluidic part. The chip that will be developed in the project
Image courtesy of project MICRO2DNA.

Contact
Spyridon Blionas
INTRACOM S.A
Markopoulou Av. 19,5Km
19002 PEANIA
GREECE
e-mail: sbli@intracom.gr
Web site
http://micro2dna.intranet.gr
Timeline
Start: 1 February 2006
End: 31 January 2009
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Budget
Project Partners
INTRACOM S.A GR
TYNDALL, University College Cork, National University of Ireland Cork IE
LETI, Commissariat lnergie atomique F
FORTH, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas GR
NTE, SA E
SensL Technologies Limited IE
Sciona Ltd UK
National Technical University of Athens GR
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford UK
Charles University Prague 2. School of Medicine CZ
NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH DEMOKRITOS GR
CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF CRETE - GR
Detection will be carried out by two alternative approaches, the photosensing and the capacitive, both implemented
on the silicon device part. Both will be compared with
the traditional analysis methods. Micro heaters, temperature sensors, micro mixers will be also integrated into the
micro system to enable good control of experiments and
good reproducibility of hybridization results. The micro
system that will be developed it will be validated for four
different healthcare applications.
STREP
as a portable automated functional system. The aim will

be to deliver a product targeting low to medium throughput, low cost, point-of-care applications, with emphasis on
providing very rapid and accurate results. The micro system that will be incorporated in the current research proposal will be modular, versatile, fully automated, requiring
a minimum quantity of reagents and nucleic acid probes
and reduced times for analysis. Low density micro arrays
will be printed accurately using a patented laser technique.
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MOT-TEST
Novel Magneto-Optical Biosensors for Malaria Diagnosis
Vision & Aim
STREP
The objective of this proposal is to develop new, fast and

effective instrumentation for the diagnosis of malaria by
a non-invasive methodology that permits the precise invivo analysis of certain specific blood characteristics. It is
prompted by the devastating effects of malaria on health
and national economies in the third world, the threat to
southern European states following climate change. The
malarial parasite is known to modify the magnetic properties of red blood in proportion to the degree of infection through conversion of haemoglobin to haemozoin
thus changing the magnetic properties. This proposal
will investigate these changed magnetisation states using
both the magneto-optical & magneto-thermal interactions of blood as a basis for a potential bio-sensing system for malaria. Currently the most common method of
diagnosing malaria is by observation of infected blood
using microscopy by trained microscopists. This is time

Contact
Dr. Luke Savage
Exeter Advanced Technologies
University of Exeter,
School of Engineering & Computer Science
Harrison Building, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QF
UNITED KINGDOM
e-mail: l.savage@ex.ac.uk
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Timeline
Start: 1 October 2005
End: 31 March 2009
consuming and cannot be accomplished in the field. The

project objectives are two prototype instruments: 1) A
portable instrument based on electronic measurement of
the magneto-optic response of a blood sample. 2) A completely non-invasive instrument requiring no blood sample and hence avoiding potential cross-infection and HIV
issues. This project will attempt to break new ground in
the field of medical diagnosis using magneto-optics and
photonics to access information from biological samples
that can therefore be interrogated electronically and potentially non-invasively. The use of these techniques is
not confined to malaria diagnosis, having wider application for longer term development in providing a means of
interrogating the condition of biological samples where
diseased states (cancerous tissues, leukaemia, diabetes)
can be identified from fluctuations in magneto-optical or
thermal behaviour. A 3.5 year project is planned involving 7 partners from 5 EU countries.
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Project Partners
University of Exeter UK
Coventry University UK
Philips medical systems Netherlands N.V. NL
Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen/Royal Tropical Institute NL
Uppsala University S
EURORAD F
Metis Instruments & Equipment N.V. B
NANOSPAD
Protein microarray for enhanced diagnostics at low cost by
integration of new technological developments

Contact
Sergio Cova
Politecnico di Milano
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 MILANO
ITALY
e-mail: cova@elet.polimi.it
Timeline
Start: 1 December2005
to the number of spots in a microarray. This detector will

be the base for the design and fabrication of a prototype
of compact analytical apparatus, where the detector elements must be conjugated to the spots of the microarray
and various electronic, optical, mechanical and microfluidic subsystems must efficiently interact. New coating techniques will be established for the surface of the
microarray substrates (glass, silicon, ITO) with polymers
for specific bonding of target proteins. Chemiluminescent and electro-luminescent labels will be developed,
aiming to enable highly sensitive measurement of serum
IgE and avoid problems associated with laser excitation
of fluorescent probes. Dedicated software will be developed for making possible easy and efficient operation
of the apparatus by general practitioners and for a better understanding, evaluation and dissemination of the
data obtained by exploiting ICT facilities. NANOSPAD
will create and maintain a website, will carry out a market
study and will elaborate an exploitation plan.
STREP
Vision & Aim
NANOSPAD aims to develop a highly sensitive system

for rapid analysis of protein microarrays, with compact
size and features suitable for use by general practitioners.
It will represent a demonstration of a methodology suitable in general to the rapidly growing field of proteomics
and will be validated in allergy diagnostics (serum allergen-specific IgE).
NANOSPAD is focused on miniaturization as an effective
way of achieving improved performance for analytical
methods. It will therefore pursue new developments in
diversified technologies: optoelectronics, microelectronics, microfluidics, surface chemistry, chemiluminescence
and electrochemiluminescence.
A new monolithic matrix detector of Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPAD) will be developed in silicon microelectronic technology, with each element capable of
detecting single optical photons with high quantum efficiency and low noise and number of elements matched
Budget
Project Partners
Politecnico di Milano I
CNRS - Dlgation Paris Michel-Ange F
Paul-Ehrich-Institut D
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche I
University College Cork, National University of Ireland IRL
Universit Claude Bernard Lyon 1 F
Blue Fountain Systems Limited UK
Microgate S.r.l. I
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NEMOSLAB
NanoEngineered Monolithic Optoelectronic transducers for
highly Sensitive and Label-free Biosensing
Vision & Aim
STREP
The objective of this proposal is the development of

silicon based integrated optical biosensors capable of
detecting single binding events as well as label free biomolecular interactions. The transducer comprises arrays
of monolithic silicon optocouplers interfaced with microfluidic channels directly integrated onto silicon. The
optocouplers consist of nano-engineered silicon light
emitting devices optically coupled to silicon nitride
optical fibers and silicon detectors. The optical fibers
are specifically biofunctionalized with a variety of biological capture probes. Nanoparticles will be employed
as labels for highly sensitive detection of analytes, including single binding event sensing, whereas label free
detection will be targeted through patterning of the
waveguide surface. Such an integrated optical device
provides for the simultaneous detection of a number of
biological analytes without the need of external optical
components. The main project output is a monolithic
silicon microphotonic biochip integrated with microfluidic channels and recognition biomolecules as well
as the associated readout and control electronics assembled in a portable bioanalytical microsystem to be
tested with specific panels of pituitary hormones, steroid hormones and DNA. The main milestones are the
sensitive and wide dynamic range detection of analytes

Contact
Konstantinos Misiakos
National Center for Scientific Research DEMOKRITOS
Patriarchou Gregoriou and Neapoleos 13
15310 Aghia Paraskevi
GREECE
e-mail: misiakos@imel.demokritos.gr
Timeline
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Schematic Illustration of the monolithic silicon biosensor

coupled to the fluidic module (Image courtesy of project NESMOLAB).
Photograph of an array of optocouplers with the emitters on the

left, the fiber in the middle and the detectors on the right.
(Image courtesy of project NESMOLAB)
through the monolithic optical transducer, affordable

silicon multianalyte biochips, and portable readout and
control electronics.
Budget
Project Partners
National Center for Scientific Research DEMOKRITOS - GR
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten
Forschung e.V. D
TECHNOBIOCHIP SOCIETA CONSORTILE A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA I
STMicroelectronics s.r.l. I
University of Copenhagen, Nanoscience Center DK
Muenster University Hospital D
Biomedica Life Sciences SA GR
Albert-Ludwig-UniversityInsitute for Microsystem Technolgoy D
NEUROPROBES
Development of multifunctional microprobe arrays
for cerebral applications

Contact
Hercules Pereira Neves
Interuniversitair Micro-Elektronica Centrum vzw
Kapeldreef 75
3001 Leuven
BELGIUM
e-mail: Hercules.PereiraNeves@imec.be
Timeline
Budget
croelectrode arrays incorporating multiple functions and

telemetry were never before available to neuroscientists.
Having three-dimensional recording capability by itself
will permit the most complete mapping of local circuitry
in the brain to date. Further, mechanical features proposed
in our project such as the precise depth control both during insertion and in chronic use are highly desirable but
have never been implemented. This is the first time that a
concentrated effort between technologists, neurophysiologists and industrialists addresses such integration.
Specific clinical demonstrators will be included in the
project; in particular we will be investigating the use of
our new system in vision restoration of profoundly blind
patients. Furthermore, the dissemination of the technological outcomes of this project can have an enormous
impact in the study and therapy of other neurological
disorders such as epilepsy, spinal cord injury, cerebral
palsy and even brain tumours.
Project Partners
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM VZW - B
HAHN-SCHICKARD-GESELLSCHAFT FUER ANGEWANDTE
FORSCHUNG E.V. D
ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG - D
MAELARDALEN UNIV. SE
UNIV. DE NEUCHATEL CH
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN B
THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CAMBRIDGE UK
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA I
MAGYAR TUDOMANYOS AKADEMIA PSZICHOLOGIAI KUTATOINTEZET HU
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE F
UNIVERSIDAD MIGUEL HERNANDEZ DE ELCHE E
PHILIPS INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS NV B
MICRONIT MICROFLUIDICS B.V. NL
COCHLEAR EUROPE LIMITED - UK
IP
Vision & Aim
The NeuroProbes Integrated Project proposes to develop

arrays of multifunctional microprobes for high temporal
and spatial resolution brain studies that include freely
moving subjects. The arrays will incorporate a third dimension in the form of multiple electrodes along their
shanks and individual depth control. Microprobes will
be designed for insertion in any part of cerebral cortex,
including sulci of highly folded cortices such as those
of humans. They will integrate advanced features such
as microfluidic channels for drug delivery, fine depth
control, telemetry, and biosensors to ultimately provide
electrical recording and stimulation as well as chemical
sensing and stimulation. The technological development
of such novel implementations will be done in coordination with biological experiments; array configurations
will be specifically designed to support the experiments
and their designs will be refined based on the results. Mi-
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OPTOLABCARD
Mass Produced Optical Diagnostic Labcards Based on
Micro and Nano SU8 Layers
Vision
The emergence of new pathogens or variations has created recently severe threats to human health (E.coli
O157:H7, SARS, the avian-flu disease). However, detecting the source of infection through conventional
analytical methods requires
complicated and time-consuming protocols (between
6 hours or 2 days time).
lectronics, microfluidic and microbiology, capable to

detect, in-situ, DNA pathogens in 15 minutes. The device consists of a hand held base unit and a cartridge
or labcard that will carry out a Retro Transcriptase
Polymerase Chain Reaction automatically, from
sample preparation to an
optical detection.
results
STREP
The scenario where this

strategy
diagnostic device will
The strategy of this project is to
be used covers hospitals,
keep things as simple as possifood factories and private
ble to make them real for subhomes. Its impact will be
sequent mass production and
enormous, reducing the
Prototype of our Real Time PCR diced device.
(Image courtesy of project OPTOLABCARD)
commercialisation. To follow
incidence of infectious
this approach, just one mateillness, and providing EU
rial will be chosen (a photoregovernments with a certifsist called SU-8) for as many
icated tool to quickly moncomponents as possible withitor and survey the sources
in the disposable labcard such
of pathogen contaminaas, micro-optical components,
tion. An especial emphasis
planar optical waveguides,
will be applied to develop
microfluidic channels, microand use microfabrication
reactors, and sensor elements,
processes that are compatwhereas the base unit will
ible with mass production
have all the standard electronand low cost of the devices
Fluidic and electrical packaging of our PCR device.
ics and optics.
offering a protected and
(Image courtesy of project OPTOLABCARD)
disruptive technology to
aim
European enterprises. The
The project aims the development of a quick and successful achievement of this project will open the
low-cost diagnostic device (Lab on a Card) that de- door for many other analytical miniaturisation to be
velops and integrates technology advances in optoe- developed.

Contact
Jesus M. Ruano-Lpez
IKERLAN TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTRE
J.M Arizmendarrieta, N2
20500 Arrasate-Mondragn, SPAIN
e-mail: jmruano@ikerlan.es
www.ikerlan.es
Web site
www.optolabcard.com
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Timeline
Start: 1September 2005
End: 31 August 2008
Budget
Project Partners
IKERLAN TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTRE E
FUNDACIN GAIKER E
Technical University of Denmark DK
Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research DK
Institut of Electron Technology PL
EV Group A
Micro Resist Technology GmbH D
Silex Microsystems AB S
FUNDACION VASCA DE INNOVACION E INVESTIGACION SANITARIAS E
P.CEZANNE
Development of an Implantable bio-sensor for Continuous Care
and Monitoring of Diabetic Patients

Contact
Louis Shenkman
Meir Hospital
Tchernikovsky 7
44281 Kfar Saba
ISRAEL
e-mail: louissh@clalit.org.il
Timeline
Start: 1 July 2006
End: 30 June 2010
Budget
ous basis seem to be the most suitable solution. The main

objectives is to research and develop a novel implantable
long-term nano-sensor for continuous BGL monitoring.
The nano-sensor will be linked to the wireless device platform of the ICT system and the data will be automatically
collected, stored and processed. The novelty of CZANNE
lies within the nano-sensor containing living cells or proteins, compact capsule with optics and microelectronics
that measures continuously to provide physicians with online medical data The processed data will also be used for
automatic regulating of the glucose level by linking it to an
insulin pump that accurately releases insulin into the body
in response to the fluctuations of glucose concentrations.
Furthermore, the system design may be applicable to other
diseases related to monitoring other medical parameters
by changing the biological substrate in the sensor. Such
technology will provide better means for monitoring and
treating people with diabetes.
Project Partners
Meir Hospital - IL
Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences SK
FOUNDATION OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS GR
Consejo Superior de INvestigaciones Cientficas E
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Frderung der angewandten
Forschung e.V. D
FIMI s.r.l. I
Labman Automation Ltd UK
Robert Bosch GmbH D
PROTECH af LIMITED UK
SIVECO Romania S.A. RO
MicroTech s.r.l. I
O.S.M.-DAN Ltd. IL
Bar-Ilan University IL
Afcon Industries IL
Tadiran Batteries - IL
IP
Vision & aim
Around 8.6% of the western population suffers from type

1 or 2 diabetes and rates are expected to rise due to rapid
changes in diet habits. To stabilize their daily condition
and allow normal life, diabetic patients must constantly
monitor their blood glucose level (BGL) and inject themselves with insulin several times a day. Failure to regulate
their blood glucose concentrations and fluctuations in
glucose blood level over a long period may be critical and
lead to severe secondary complications, such as myocardial infarction, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, kidney
diseases, diseases of the nervous system, and retinopathy
leading to blindness. All attempts to develop extra-body
devices have failed so far for many reasons. The main goal
of this project is to provide the medical caregivers with
an IST tool that is capable to monitor in real-time the
glucose levels of this community. Hence, micro sensors
implanted under the skin measuring BGL on a continu-
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S.I.G.H.T.
Systems for in situ theranostics using micro-particles
triggered by ultrasound
Vision & Aim
STREP
S.I.G.H.T., Systems for in-situ theranostics using microparticles triggered by ultrasound, is a project focused on
the design of multifunctional ultrasound contrast agents as
supporting devices for theranostics, i.e. for both diagnostic
and therapeutic treatments, in pathologies as thrombosis,
tissue repairing and cancer therapies. A contrast agent is
any substance able to enhance the information contained
in an image derived from a medical diagnostic instrumentation concerning the traditional or digital radiology
entailing the magnetic resonance, nuclear medicine, and
last but not least ultrasound (echography). Commercially
available ultrasound contrast agents (UCA) present several drawbacks, as short life-time in the blood circulation
and broad distribution of dimension that limit the quality
of the imaging process and do not allow the delivery of
drugs. S.I.G.H.T. will design and develop next-generation
UCAs that will represent a breakthrough in the existing
panorama of the ultrasound contrast agents because they
will allow not only a better imaging for diagnostic purposes but also the non-invasive treatment of high impact
pathologies requiring visualization and quick stabilization
treatment in emergency conditions, as in the case of the
heart stroke, one of the major pathologies in advanced societies. Typical UCAs are gas-filled micro-bubbles with a
shell based on phospholipids or denaturated albumin presenting short life-time and short shelf-life.
In this context, S.I.G.H.T. addresses the design of novel
multifunctional subsystems, such as targeted micro-bal-

Contact
Lino Fiorentino
Consorzio Roma Ricerche
Via di Salone 151
00131 Rome
ITALY
e-mail: innovation@romaricerche.it
Timeline
End: 31 August 2009
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loons and microcapsules for use in medical imaging and

delivery. Micro-balloons are gas-filled micro-particles with
a biocompatible polymeric shell and, at variance with micro-bubbles, are much more stable and more versatile for
anchoring molecules for molecular recognition and drug
release. A new feature with respect to the available UCAs,
as the tagging the micro-balloon surface, will allow a better
localized image of the tissue or organ under investigation
and the focal release of drug. The cutting-edge result of
these integrated functions is the administration of a much
lower drug dosage, avoiding the side effects of pharmaceutical overloading, a well-known drawback of chemotherapy. Microcapsules are the other class of micro-device
foreseen in this project as ultrasound contrast agent. In
this case the core of the micro-particles contains a liquid
or a solid moiety surrounded by a polymer shell. Both the
core and the shell can be loaded with different functional
molecules for an integrated use of this sub-device for tagging tissue receptors (monitoring and diagnosis) and for
drug release (therapeutic treatment).
In particular, micro-balloons endowed with a bioengineered surface and capable of targeting specific tissues
for molecular imaging quality and ultrasound 3D image
reconstruction, will be further functionalised for use as
triggered delivery systems for drugs and genes. These integrated devices will be used as echogenic agents in ultrasound diagnostics and biochemical gradient mapping for
improving handiness and versatility of healthcare monitoring, with subsequent therapeutic activity, as required.
Budget
Project Partners
Consorzio Roma Ricerche - I
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA I
Max Planck Institute for Colloid and Interface research D
Royal Institute of Technology SE
National University of Ireland, Dublin IE
Karolinska Institutet SE
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori I
Medtronic Bakken Research Center B.V. NL
Capulution NanoScience AG D
EBIT AET SPA I
SABIO
Ultrahigh sensitivity Slot-wAveguide BIOsensor on a highly
integrated chip for simultaneous diagnosis of multiple diseases

Contact
Daniel Hill
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA
CAMINO DE VERA S.N
46022 VALENCIA
SPAIN
e-mail: dhill@ntc.upv.es
Web site
www.ist-sabio.org
Timeline
sors, with additional advantages such as the possibility of

multiplexed assay, which, together with reduced reaction
volumes, leads to the ability to perform rapid multianalyte
sensing tests, offering further advantageous possibility of
quantitatively assaying several parameters simultaneously
(e.g. several cancer-associated antigens in one sample or
several diseases antigens). Consequently, statistical analysis of these results can potentially increase the reliability
of a diagnostic over single-parameter assays. In addition,
SABIO has the potential to be fast and easy to use, making routine screening of diseases more cost-effective. The
ultimate targeted by SABIO is demonstrating the fast diagnostics outside of laboratory settings (eg. at point of care,
in such as General Practitioners surgery, in the field or in
urgent situations). A final demonstrator consisting of a
packaged biochip will be used on clinical samples in order
to detect important diseases such as hepatitis B, CMV and
liver cancer.
STREP
Vision & aim
SABIO is a multidisciplinary project involving the emerging fields of micro-nano technology, photonics, fluidics and
bio-chemistry, targeting to contribute to the development
of intelligent diagnosis for the healthcare of the future. SABIO will address this objective through the demonstration
of a compact polymer-based and silicon-based CMOScompatible micro-nano system. It integrates optical biosensors for label-free biomolecular recognition based on
a novel photonic structure named slot-waveguide with
immobilised biomolecular receptors on its surface. This
structure offers the possibility of confinement and guidance of light in a nanometer-size void channel enhancing the interaction between an optical probe and biomolecular complexes (antibody-antigen). A slot-waveguide
interferometric biosensor is predicted to exhibit a surface
concentration detection-limit lower than 1 pg/mm2. that is
the state-of-the-art in label-free integrated optical biosen-
Budget
Project Partners
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA - E
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SE
MULTITEL ASBL B
Kherion Technology Limited UK
Innsbruck Medical University AT
UNIVERSITE PARIS SUD XI F
Farfield Sensors Ltd. UK
BAYER (SCHWEIZ) AG, ZWEIGNIEDERLASSUNG WITTERSWIL CH
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID - E
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SEMOFS
Surface Enhanced Micro Optical Fluidic Systems
Vision & Aim
STREP
The aim of the SEMOFS project is to develop a radically

new concept for biosensors: a polymer-based card type
integrated Plasmon enhanced SPR-sensor. The card
will combine biologically active surfaces with integrated
optics (light source, detection ) and biocompatible multichanel micro-fluidics. The project aims to achieve a significant breakthrough since all functions will be totally
integrated on a single polymer-based chip. The final product shall be manufactured with large scale, mass production techniques. The card will therefore be extremely low
cost and disposable while providing increased sensitivity and diagnosis possibilities. The project will focus on:
- Nanotechnology based biosensing concept Plasmon
enhanced SPR - increases detection sensitivity and access to new information of the biological sample - Micro
fluidics on polymer substrate enabling multichanneling
(further enhancing sensitivity by parallel analysis) and
integrated fluid actuators. - Integrated optical detection

Contact
Karla HILLER
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET CHEMNITZ
Center for Microtechnologies (ZfM)
Strasse der Nationen 62
09111 CHEMNITZ
GERMANY
e-mail: karla.hiller@zfm.tu-chemnitz.de
Web site
www.zfm.tu-chemnitz.de
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Timeline
End: 31 August 2008
concept based on Organic Light Emmitting Display

(OLED)/waveguide/miniaturised spectrometer enabling
card type integrated solution and multi-channelling. Hybrid micromachining to ensure compatibility of the
mastering and replication protocols with constraints of
industrial scale manufacturing. - Validation of expected
applications and Evaluation of clinical viability Cancer diagnosis. The consortium of the SEMOFS project
involves 9 partners from 6 EU countries (B, DK, CH, D,
F, UK). REC: CEA (Surface functionalisation and biochemistry, encapsulation), CSEM (Micro Optics); HE:
Chemnitz University (Micro Fluidic, technical coordinator), Cardiff University (Production technologies / micro
machining); 2 SMEs: Eurogentec (Biological probes/targets), Bayer (Schweiz) AG Witterswil (Bio sensing solutions); IND: SMB (Up-scaling of the micro fluidics components) and OTH: hospital of Liege (Medical expertise
pre-validation test on short population of patients),
ALMA (communication and management).
Budget
Project Partners
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET CHEMNITZ D
CENTRE SUISSE DELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA - RECHERCHE
ET DEVELOPPEMENT CH
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY UK
BAYER (SCHWEIZ) AG, ZWEIGNIEDERLASSUNG WITTERSWIL CH
EUROGENTEC SA B
CENTRE HOSPITALIER REGIONAL DE LA CITADELLE SCRL B
ALMA CONSULTING GROUP - F
SENSATION
Advanced sensor development for attention, stress,
vigilance & sleep/wakefulness monitoring

Contact
Evangelos Bekiaris
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS.
6TH KM CHARILAOU-THERMI ROAD
57001 THERMI-THESSALONIKI
GREECE
e-mail: abek@certh.gr
Web site
http://www.sensation-eu.org/
Timeline
Budget
Project Partners
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS GR
TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND FIN
UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART D
Deutsches Zentrum fr Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. D
DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG D
The University of Surrey UK
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID E
CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI I
- RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT CH
INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS GR
ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI GR
NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS GR
ATMEL GRENOBLE SA F
UNIVERSITAD DE BARCELONA E
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET S
POULIADIS ASSOCIATES CORP - GR
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE F
IP
Vision
of excessive fatigue, prolonged inattention, hypovigiHuman beings need to sleep - sleep is clearly not a matter lance and stress are among the key causes of serious
of choice. The loss of even one nights sleep can lead to industrial accidents, including most nuclear accidents
extreme short-term sleepiness, while continued sleep dis- (Chernobyl, Three-mile Island) and other large scale
ruption can lead to
accidents (such as
chronic sleepiness.
the Bhopal chemiYet, todays 24 hour
cal disaster). In adsociety pressures us
dition, about 40%
into sacrificing sleep
of fatal accidents
without account for
on US highways
the negative effects
are fatigue-related,
on our health and
whereas sleep-reabilities. In addition,
lated accidents acas much as 20% of
count annually for
the general populaas many as 240,000
tion suffers to some
motor-vehicle acdegree from sleep
cidents. UK statisdisorders
which
tics show that 25%
may cause extreme
of motor accidents
tiredness, loss of
are associated with
concentration and a
driver fatigue. Acpronounced inabilcording to NASAs
ity to function norAviation Safety ReSENSATION Intelligent Driver Hypovigilance Monitoring System.
(Image courtesy of project SENSATION)
mally, putting it in
porting System, apthe high-risk group
proximately 21% of
for causing traffic and work accidents.
the aviation incidents are fatigue-related.
Sleepiness increases reaction time, and reduces vigi- These alarming numbers provide the motivation for
lance, alertness and concentration. When we dont SENSATION. But sleep time also represents an unused
sleep enough or well enough, attention, information window of opportunity to monitor our health. During
processing speed and decision-making quality are im- sleep we are in a predictable and controllable environpaired. Sleep deprivation and the related phenomena ment - an opportunity SENSATION seeks to exploit.
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aim
IP
The SENSATION Integrated Project aims to investigate the

realm of sleep and its boundaries with the conscious state, as
well as stress and other emotions, and to develop technologies for safety, health and comfort. Thus, SENSATION aims
at promoting the health, safety and quality of life of people
as well as protect the environment by reducing sleep/fatigue
related accidents. The kernel of the project is the development of novel micro and nanosensors and related technologies, of low-cost and high-efficiency, for physiological state
monitoring. The focus will be brain activity, including the
sleep and wakefulness states and their boundaries, stress,
inattention and hypovigilance states, for hypovigilance detection, prediction and management as well as diagnosis,
treatment and remote monitoring of sleep disorders.
STRUCTURE
The SENSATION R&D approach is structured around

four core areas:
1. Physiological Foundations: to research and define the
sleep and awake states and their boundaries, and to
provide objectives for bio-measurement.
2. Sensing of physiological parameters: development of
ubiquitous and novel biomedical sensors and supporting technologies, including connectivity and power.
3. Computation: development and implementation of signal processing and computational intelligence algorithms
with a focus on sleep, stress, attention and fatigue.
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TYOETERVEYSLAITOS FIN
STATENS VAEG- OCH TRANSPORTFORSKNINGSINSTITUTET S
BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS CHINA
OESTERREICHISCHE STUDIENGESELLSCHAFT FUER KYBERNETIK A
PHILIPPS-UNIVERSITAET MARBURG D
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA MT
UNIVERSITAET BASEL CH
INSTITUTO DE APLICACIONES DE LAS TECNOLOGIAS DE LA INFORMACION Y
DE LAS COMUNICACIONES AVANZADAS ITACA E
ATC ROM SRL RO
PSICHOFIZIOLOGIJOS IR REABILITACIJOS INSTITUTAS LIT
INESC - INOVACAO - INSTITUTO DE NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS P
THE SIESTA GROUP SCHLAFANALYSE GMBH A
TECMIC - TECNOLOGIAS DE MICROELECTRONICA, S.A. P
CAMBRIDGE NEUROTECHNOLOGY Ltd UK
FORMATION ET RECHERCHES EN NEUROSCIENCES APPLIQUEES A LA
PSYCHIATRIE FORENAP F
4. Industrial and Medical Applications: The application

of biosensing and Core computation to medical applications and to critical (in terms of time and accident
impact) industrial processes.
The different states of human brain will be analysed
within (SubProject) SP1: large databases of recordings of
normal and involuntary (during task-execution) transition from wakefulness to sleep from hundreds of people
will be created and analysed to serve as development and
reference basis.
In SP2, 17 micro sensors and 2 nano sensors will be developed. The requirements for those sensors are based
on the knowledge coming from SP1. These include brain
monitoring, wearable, eye-related posture and motility and autonomic functions sensors; all wirelessly integrated through a body/local/wide area network. These
sensors will be combined to provide medical systems for
medical diagnosis and treatment within SP3.
They will be also integrated in a system for operators hypovigilance detection and prediction, to be used in various industrial operations and environments within SP4.
The overall IP is coordinated by a series of cross-project
activities within Subproject 5, which cover management,
training, system architecture, dissemination, evaluation,
exploitation, user awareness enhancement, standardisation, ethical and legal issues.
MICROVITAE TECHN. - F
GTD SISTEMAS DE INFORMACION SA E
STARLAB BARCELONA SL E
SMART EYE AB S
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
INSTYTUT MEDYCYNY DOSWIADCZALNEJ I KLINICZNEJ IM.MIROSLAWA
MOSSAKOWSKIEGO POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK PL
KITE SOLUTIONS S.N.C. DI ING. CARLO MAURI E DR. NADIA CACCIABUE I
HAUTE ECOLE SPECIALISEE DE LA SUISSE OCCIDENTALE - CH
Interunivesitair Microelektronica Centrum vzw B
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Frderung der angewandten
Forschung e.V. D
Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie voor Wetenschappen NL
Inst. Tecnolgico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - MEX
SMART-BIOMEMS
Development of an Integrated MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical
System) based DNA Analysis Chip with Active Flow Control
Project Number IST-016554

Contact
Gianluca Vezzani
DAppolonia S.p.A.
Via Paolo di Dono 223
00142 Roma
ITALY
e-mail: gianluca.vezzani@dappolonia.it
Web site
www.smartbiomems.com
Timeline
Start: 1 December 2005
STREP
Vision & Aim

effective point-of-care genetic analysis. In the view to
Inherited human genetic characteristics govern the way by-pass the identified drawbacks of existing diagnosis
people may be affected during their life from cardiovas- equipment, latest advances in MEMS (Micro Electro
cular diseases, cancer, drug response. These illness rep- Mechanical System) technology will be addressed. Inresent the first three cause
deed, the ability to miniaturise
of death in worldwide
fluidic systems has the potenpopulation. The knowledge
tial to carry out faster and comof genetic factors affectplete DNA analysis, with ining human susceptibility
creased diagnostic capabilities
to genetic-related diseases
and reliability, at reduced costs
could enable physicians to
thanks to the smaller quantity
safely adapt treatment to
of samples and costly reagents
each patient. State-of-theto be manipulated and procart techniques still suffer
essed (see Figure 1). A single
from time-consuming and
integrated process, carried out
labor-intensive procedures,
on a single chip, also replaces
Figure 1
which require costly and
multiple manual steps and even
(Image courtesy of project SMART-BIOMEMS)
bulky equipment, as well as
the need for multiple instrugreat quantity of costly reaments. Human error is virtually
gents, taking several hours
eliminated as well.. As the perto deliver results. Due to
formance of micro total analyneeded tedious steps, these
sis systems critically depends
processes are also specially
on the precise manipulation of
prone to human error. The
fluid flow on the microscopic
development of rapid, low
scale, the integration of various
expensive and high-relifunctional modules, including
able methodology aimed at
sample pre-treatment, DNA
providing accurate inforamplification and gene detecmation related to hundreds
tion, on the same chip require
Figure 2
(Image courtesy of project SMART-BIOMEMS)
of genes in a few minutes
the development of complex
is strongly deemed. The
elements with fluid control caSMART-BioMEMS project aims to develop a novel pabilities (see Figure 2).. Finally, advanced optical flow
DNA chip with fully integrated functionality, includ- visualization techniques, including micro-PIV (Partiing sample preparation, amplification, gene detection cle Image Velocimetry) and LIF (Laser Induced Fluoand data processing, ideally suited for ultra-fast, cost- rescence), and special micro-fluidic CFD-applications
Budget
Project Partners
DAppolonia S.p.A. I
Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro I
Delft University of Technology NL
La Vision GmbH D
La Vision Biotec GmbH D
Institut fr Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH D
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will be developed to locally quantify the flow

through the micro-fluidic channels, thus leading to significant improvement in the optimisation of micro-fluidic device performance.
structure
STREP
SMART-BioMEMS is a real micro total analysis system specifically designed to conduct an

entire genetic mutation analysis by integrating
various functional modules on the single chip,
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from the introduction of raw sample, through

sample preparation and amplification, to SNP
detection.
The SMART-BioMEMS system comprises the
following main sub-system:
1. Sample Pre-Treatment (PT) sub-system;
2. PCR Amplification sub-system;
3. Micro-array sub-system;
4. Active Flow Control (AFC) sub-system;
5. Biochip detection sub-system.
TOXICHIP
Development of a toxin screening multi-parameter on-line
biochip system

Contact
Terry Wood
Tyndall national Institute
Lee Maltings, Prospect Row
Cork
IRELAND
e-mail terri.wood@tyndall.ie
Timeline
Start 1 February 2006
End 31 January 2009
STREP
Vision & Aim

ToxiChip will focus on both the development and proThe European Parliament introduced tough new regula- motion of alternative cell-based in-vitro testing methtions for the testing and approval of thousands of chemi- ods for the monitoring of a vast array of toxic comcals, however, there are issues
pounds, thus alleviating
relating to the practicality of
the current demand for
10 cm
implementing this new leganimal sacrifice while also
5
5
islation, as around 12 million
permitting high throughlaboratory animals need to
put screening of toxins.
6.4
6
4
be sacrificed. At present, no
The main purpose of this
cm
cm
in vitro toxicological proproject involves fabrication
2
1
cedure is available to cope
of biochip platforms, which
3
with this demand. Classical
are capable of monitoring
1 cm
reporters are cumbersome
cytotoxicity. This project
and not suited for high
has the objective of develthroughput screening. The
oping both a prokaryote
Figure 1
Directive amending Counand eukaryote cell based
A schematic of the top view of the Eukaryote biochip platform, showing inlets,
cil Directive 76/768/EEC
system. The prokaryote
fluidic channels, ITO biochip, location for sensor wires and outlet channel
(1. Biochip; 2. Fluidic channel; 3. Sensor wires; 4. Outlet channel; 5. Inlets).
on the approximation of the
cell based system will de(Image courtesy of project TOXICHIP)
laws of the Member States
tect and quantify varirelating to cosmetic prodous toxins (array format),
ucts (2000/0077 (COD))
while the eukaryote cell
states that it will gradually
based system will monitor
2
become possible to ensure
the effects of these vari3
the safety of ingredients
ous toxins on living cells.
3
used in cosmetic products
Both systems will comprise
1
by using non-animal alterof a multi-parameter, con1
native methods validated at
tinuous on-line platform,
Community level. Direcintegrating both optical
tive 86/609/EEC, also aims
and electronic devices for
at protecting animals used
screening of various toxins.
Figure 2
for experimental and other
Thus permitting long-term
A schematic of the top view of the Prokaryote biochip, showing fluidic
scientific purposes. S&T
measurement of cytotoxicchannels, biochip placement, location for sensor wires and outlet channel
Objectives Tissue culture of
ity. These biochip platforms
(1. Fluidic inlets; 2. Bacterial spots; 3. Fluidic channels).
cell lines has the potential to
together with proprietary
(Image courtesy of project TOXICHIP)
replace animal testing, but
assays will address markets
for such in-vitro approaches to be successful, new and sen- including the pharmaceutical industry, environmental
sitive methods to detect cellular activities are required.
monitoring, health care and security/defence sectors.
Budget
Overall Cost 3.910.178
EC Funding 2.750.000
Project Partners
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND - IE
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem IL
National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies
RO
European Commission Joint Research Centre B
Tel-Aviv University IL
Scienion AG D
VigiCell SAS F
Istituto Superiore Mario Boella I
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VECTOR
Versatile Endoscopic Capsule for Gastrointestinal Tumor
Recognition and Therapy
Vision & Aim
IP
The project pursues to goal of realizing smart pill technologies and applications for gastrointestinal diagnosis
and therapy. Cancers of the digestive tract are among the
most significant killers in developed countries, with colon cancer ranging among the top 10 causes of death for
both genders, male and female. If the disease is detected
at this stage of pre-malignancy, local therapy, such as tissue resection or destruction, can be used to eradicate the
disease before malignant transformation and the onset of
invasive cancer. The overall medical goal of the project is
to enable medical devices through advanced technology
that can dramatically improve early detection and treatment of gastrointestinal early cancers and cancer precursors. The main technological objective of the project is the
take-up of microsystems and sub-components and their
integration into robotic, mobile pill devices for useful and

Contact
Marc Oliver Schurr
novineon Healthcare Technology Partners GmbH
Dorfackerstr. 26
72074 Tuebingen
GERMANY
e-mail: marc.schurr@novineon.com
Timeline
End: 31 August 2010
Budget
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large impact applications in the medical field. The primary

market goal of the project is to provide groundbreaking
technology leads and platform technologies to European
biomedical companies for future conversion into competitive novel products. This shall support the European
biomedical industry in the international medical device
market and help build up a franchise in the booming sector of cancer prevention, early diagnosis and treatment
technologies. The structure of the project is focused on the
creation of technology platforms based on the medical requirements. These technology platforms will be leveraged
in two ways. First and primarily, they will be used to realize
smart capsules in different versions, dedicated to the different medical needs. Second, the platforms will be used
to create derivative devices, not necessarily capsules, but
Project Partners
novineon Healthcare Technology - D
Scuola Superiore SantAnna di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento I
SINTEF - Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk forskning ved NTNU NO
Korean Institute of Science and Technology Europe D
Sensitec GmbH D
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Research & Development B
Centre de Transfert en Micro et Nanotechnologies F
Endosmart Gesellschaft fr innovative Medizintechnikg mbH D
Society for Medical Innovation & Technology - SMIT e.V. D
Ovesco Endoscopy GmbH D
Virtual INstitute on MicromEchaTronics for BioMEdical InDustry B
Era Endoscopy S.r.l. I
UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA E
Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas GR
Verein zur Frderung von Innovationen durch Forschung, Entwicklung
und Technologietransfer e.V. (INNOVENT e.V.) D
Korea Institute of Science and Technology - Intelligent Microsystem
Center KR
Jagiellonian University PL
NEURICAM, S.P.A. - I
Sensor based systems

and Storage
3DTUNE
3-dimensional micro-machined cavity resonators for high Q and
tunable mm wave filters and oscillators

Contact
MarionMatters
System in Package Devices
Philips Research
High Tech Campus 4 (WAG02)
5656AE Eindhoven
The Netherlands
e-mail: marion.matters@philips.com
Timeline
This technology will enable simpler oscillators, high

quality millimetre-wave filters and thus simpler millimetre-wave RF front-end architectures than currently available on the market. It is a generic resonator technology
with impact on all applications in the millimeter-wave
frequency range as all of them require an oscillator and
many of them profit from high Q tunable filters.
Parallel to the technology development for the high Q
and tunable 3-dimensional cavity resonators, design issues like the co-design and technology partitioning in
passive integration and IC technology and hybrid packaging for millimeter-wave applications, reproducibility
and reliability for communication, automotive and space
applications will be addressed.
As resonators for different applications are integrated
into one passive integration process, system and test cost
are reduced, the new oscillators and filters are very robust
and can profit from the overall production up-scaling of
all millimetre wave applications.
STREP
Vision & Aim
New standards for wireless communication consumer

applications appeared during the last years in the socalled millimeter-wave (mm-wave) range from 30 GHz
to 100 GHz. Especially the car-radar standard at 77 GHz,
Satellite Communication in different frequency intervals
up to 64 GHz and very recently also 60 GHz high data
rate wireless local area networks (WLAN) are prominent
examples of this development. The challenge is to break
the technology barrier and find a mix of technologies
that lead to simpler, highly integrated and reliable systems for the consumer market.
The 3DTune project develops a generic process for reliable, high quality fixed and tunable millimeter-wave cavity resonators embedded in a 3-dimensional passive integration technology. These are combined with SiGe ICs to
a hybrid multi-technology module (3D micromachined
fixed/tunable resonators, passive integration technology
and SiGe IC technology).
Budget
Project Partners
Philips Electronics Nederland B.V. NL
Robert Bosch GmbH D
EADS Deutschland GmbH, Corporate Research Center Germany (EADSCRC-G) D
AC Microwave GmbH D
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven B
Rheinisch-Westfllische-Technische Hochschule Aachen D
Philips Semiconductors B.V. NL
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AMICOM
Advanced MEMS For RF and Millimeter Wave Communications
Vision
NoE
The AMICOM Network of Excellence targets research,

education and application aspects of RF-MEMS and RF
Microsystems. The approach of the information society
has resulted in a tremendous increase in the volume of
wireless communication often giving rise to bottle-necks
in the communication systems. To alleviate this congestion there is pressure to widen the allocated frequency
bands up to millimetre wavelengths and to have terminals that are able to support many standards. It is understood that conventional components and solutions
have limitations that will make it difficult to fulfil these
requirements. The last seven years have seen the emergence of a technology, RF and microwave Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), that seeks to overcome
these limitations. In this new technology mechanical
and electrical functions are combined to improve the
performance of existing devices, allow on-wafer device
integration and the creation of completely new device
systems called Advanced MEMS for RF and Millimetre-
wave Communications, AMICOM indeed. On of the

main vision of this consortium is the merging of MEMS
technologies with IC technologies in order to enable cost
effective advanced microsystems that can operate over
very broad-band frequency ranges. The microsystems
will feature innovative functionalities, such as circuit redundancy, reconfigurability and power management. To
realise this microsystem concept, research and collaboration in many different fields is required including: fabrication technology and materials, including packaging;
electromagnetic, mechanic, thermal and electrical design
and modelling; testing and characterisation, including
last but not least, the reliability.
AIM
The network strives to achieve a leading role in international research in the area of Micro-Electro-Mechanical
Structures for RF, microwave, and millimetre-wave applications (RF-MEMS) and their combination with advanced integrated circuit and packaging technologies to

Contact
Fabio Coccetti
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
7 avenue du Colonel Roche
F-31077 Toulouse Cedex 4
FRANCE
e-mail: coccetti@laas.fr
Roberto Sorrentino
President EuMA
DIEI, University of Perugia
06125 Perugia, Italy
E-mail sorrentino@eumwa.org
Web site
http://www.amicom.info/
Timeline
Budget
54
Project Partners
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA I
TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND FIN
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN D
ISTITUTO TRENTINO DI CULTURA I
ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS F
FORSCHUNG E.V D
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE UK
UNIVERSITAET ULM D
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology IL
Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas GR
Technische Universitt Darmstadt D
COMMISSARIAT A LENERGIE ATOMIQUE- LETI F
CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLA AKTIEBOLAG S
NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS GR
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT NL
UPPSALA UNIVERSITET S
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU
MICROTEHNOLOGIE RO
INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGII MATERIALOW ELEKTRONICZNYCH PL
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY TR
TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCACIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE GR
Management and central functions

Virtual Laboratory
Joint research activities
Training and Dissemination
Exploitation of RF-MEMS
In order to enhance and consolidate the network integration and durability two new tools have been recently introduced, namely the operational platform (OP) and the
north star projects (NSP). The OP is an essential element
of AMICOM virtual laboratory, and consists of centres
of competence capable to provide top level know-how
and facilities in the area of RF-MEMS R&D. The NSPs
are application driven projects which aim is to steer the
research by crossing over the specialized field of interest in RF-MEMS dealt within specific AMICOM workpackages.
RESULTS
AMICOM first and most remarkable achievement has

been the creation of a common place upon which disciplines, typically separate each other because of their
deep specialization and competences (as the mechanical
the electrical engineering or the designing, testing and
technology engineers) have been converging, generating

an exciting and extremely fruitful momentum. This has
results the map of competences and resources in the European research RF-MEMS. The most emblematic results
of the network activities are the following:
Centralized Web server which represents the official
virtual hub for news and document exchange has been
created.
More than 15 databases (among which Reliability and
test instrumentation, Modelling tools, Publications,
Doctoral candidates) available through the AMICOM web anywhere at anytime to all the members
and in restricted form to the entire community
On-line discussion fora called Open Platf orm (Wiki
based) with more than 25 sections and discussion groups
Presentations at several national and international
symposia
Two Summer schools, two specialized workshops,
along with other round-table with industrial partners
and other EU funded projects
Multiple Project Wafer (MPW) on silicon 6 wafer (a
fist one has been recently carried out with designs from
8 partners and is currently being tested by 13 partners)
Three NSPs have been launched and are currently ongoing. The covered topics are: Reflectarray and reconfigurable printed antennas (RARPA); Reconfigurable
Radio Front-end (ReRaFE); Millimeter Wave Identification (MMID).
NoE
form RF Microsystems through a joint program of activities (JPA) which unfolds in 5 different groups of activities
(GA):
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e-CUBES
3-D-Integrated Micro/Nano Modules for Easily
Adapted Applications
Layer processing/thinning technologies for 3D integration,
3D assembling and packaging,
New communication means, e.g. antennas, passive and
RF integration, and communication networks,
Power supply and power management for portable applications,
Design methodologies for the 3D SoC and related simulation tools. (Particularly the routing and wiring possibilities and the thermal effects are a potentially critical
and strategic issue to be addressed in terms of design,
optimisation and simulation)
Vision & Aim
IP
As electronic sensor systems are becoming more complex and individualised, standard state of the art approaches will not be anymore appropriate to meet the
objectives (cost, reliability, time to market, etc.) of the
future.
The innovative approach presented here will realize
e-CUBES, .i.e. investigate and develop small sensor
cubes which are wireless communicating among each
other. The e-CUBES will build-up an ad-hoc network to
realize the desired system functionality.
e-CUBES addresses various multi-disciplinary applications in the important field of wireless sensor networks,
with special emphasis but not limited to the following
key application areas:
Distributed smart monitoring for Aeronautics and
Space applications.
Wireless sensor networks for Health and Fitness.
Distributed intelligent Automotive Control.
Particular focus of e-CUBES is on the following technologies:
Individual technologies at various layer levels, suitable for 3D integration,

Contact
Herbert Roedig
Infineon Technologies AG
St. Martin Str. 53
81609 MUENCHEN
GERMANY
e-mail: herbert.roedig@infineon.com
Timeline
Budget
56
The e-CUBES technology poses particular challenges with

regard to the desirable sizes (a few cubic millimetres), the
need to achieve continuous operation through an integrated
or external wireless power supply, and the necessity of allowing multiple e-CUBES to communicate. The system is characterized by a large number of individual interconnected
e-CUBES. The e-CUBES vision therefore represents a new
approach to systems integration that will help to develop
complex, flexible and cost-efficient integrated systems with
black-start capability, based on ultra-small subcomponents.
Project Partners
Infineon Technologies AG D
ALCATEL SPACE F
Infineon Technologies Austria AG A
Honeywell Romania SRL RO
Philips Electronics Nederland BV NL
Philips GmbH Forschungslaboratorien D
SensoNor AS NO
SINTEF - Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk forskning ved NTNU NO
3D PLUS F
THALES Airborne Systems F
Forschung e.V. D
Tyndall National Institute IRL
Institute of Electron Technology PL
Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne CH
Technische Universitt Berlin D
Universitaet Paderborn D
PITS, Leuven B
Philips Design - NL
GOSPEL
General Olfaction and Sensing Projects on a European Level
Vision
The main scientific focus of GOSPEL NoE is on Artificial

Olfaction (AO) that means to:
1. understand the biological sense of smell and mimic its
relevant functions;
2. provide an objective, quantitative assessment of
odour;
3. target also technically relevant and non-odorant gases
even in complex mixtures.
Artificial olfaction, according to this definition, will be
performed and enabled developing multifunctional and
intelligent microsystems including sensing, actuating,
processing and interface functionality.
AIM

Contact
Udo Weimar
EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN
WILHELMSTRASSE 7
72074 TUEBINGEN
GERMANY
e-mail: gospel-ipc@ipc.uni-tuebingen.de
Web site
http://www.gospel-network.org
Timeline
Budget
Overall Cost: EC Funding: 5.200.000
Project Partners
EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET D
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY UK
Image courtesy of project GOSPEL.
NoE
GOSPEL aims to structure the European research in the

field of Artificial Olfaction (AO) with the declared goal
of establishing Europe as a world leader in this field. The
leadership shouldnt be limited just to the scientific understanding, as it happened many tim es in the past, but
expand into the technological development and commercial exploitation.
For doing so, GOSPEL will:
bring together a consortium of first class research
groups, which are actually performing in an excellent
but not co-ordinated manner,
integrate them into centres of excellence able to execute its program of research activities,
ensure the focus of the activity by building and implementing a new type of organisation (European
Research Interest Group-ERIG) that will ensure the
needed co-ordination even beyond the duration of
European funding,
ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS - F
EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH CH
FORSCHUNG E.V. D
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN
AUTOMATIQUE F
VDI/VDE TECHNOLOGIEZENTRUM INFORMATIONSTECHNIK GMBH D
LINKOEPINGS UNIVERSITET S
UNIVERSITAET BREMEN D
SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY PL
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA I
Kungliga Tekniska Hgskolan S
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA I
MAX-PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER
WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. D
UNIVERSITE DE NEUCHATEL CH
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA I
UNIVERSITAD DE BARCELONA E
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET S
ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG D
UMEA UNIVERSITET S
TELECOM ITALIA LEARNING SERVICES S.P.A. I
ASSOCIATION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DE LENSEIGNEMENT DE
LECONOMIE ET DES RECHERCHE DE MIDI-PYRENEES F
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help build Integrated Projects based upon the results

of the research activities,
help build EEIGs devoted to the commercial exploitation of the technological developments,
transfer the knowledge in the field of Artificial Olfaction within the project consortium, but also to industrial and academic researchers by offering different
ways of support and cooperation.
STRUCTURE
NoE
The centres of excellence that are assembled through GOSPEL will be active in these research fields relevant to AO:
Hardware, i.e. research and development of microsystems, especially the mostly nanocrystalline coatings,
nano-patterned recognition sites and the underlying
microsystem sensor structures including smart features like filters, processing capability and (digital)
interfaces. Appropriate packaging concepts are also
included here.
Software, i.e. research and development of software and
firmware for the appropriate processing of data generated by the hardware components of the microsystem.
This might be done using on-chip components but also
hybrid approaches using available microcontrollers are
discussed. There will be also feedback functionality
controlling and actuating the hardware part.
Biomimetic, i.e. the research and development of models
mimicing processes used in nature and to realize them
in hard- and software, e.g. computational models of the
olfactory pathway developed in biological cybernetics
and computational neuroscience will serve as a starting
point to mimic biological olfactory processes.
By forming these CoEs, already a critical mass of expertise in the respective fields in Europe is bundled which
will by its own be able to advance in the field. This will be
boosted by networking between the CoEs and by bringing the new aspects of biomimetic modelling and computation to the field of microsystems. To balance to some
extent the driving force and coruscating wit of researchers and keep an eye on the industrial needs, the three
CoEs will be complemented by an Application Centre
which is transferring in a bi-directional manner the advancement of science and technology into the field and
the requirements and interests from the application side
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Together with its industry associates GOSPEL initiates

solutions for upcoming societal needs using Artificial
Olfaction.
(Image courtesy of project GOSPEL)
back to the research.

The Training Centre will be a key element concerning
basic training of doctoral students and new researchers
in the field. The organisation of schools, workshops and
short courses is one part of the activities; another task is
the organisation of the GOSPEL exchange program. Here
researchers with some experience will have the possibility to apply for a funded research stage in another GOSPEL member organisation for extending their knowledge
and skills. This will eventually lead to a double doctoral
degree.
The research of centres of excellence will be mainly funded through European and national projects in which the
centres will take part as core consortiums. The exploitation of these research activities will be applied in a couple
of fields that are relevant for the European societal needs.
Large enterprises in the field of:
Healthcare and e-health including remote diagnostic
and support of an ageing society
Telecommunication and electronic networking
Safety and security will be partners in the consortium
giving the direction and specifications.
MUFLY
Fully Autonomous Micro Helicopter
Vision & Aim
than 30g and measure only 10cm in diameter. The project

shall develop and demonstrate innovative approaches
and technologies in (1) system level design and optimization of autonomous micro aerial vehicles, (2) multifunctional use of components (integration of camera and
distance sensor, batteries doubling as structural elements,
or a propeller combined with gyroscopic stabilization),
(3) design of smart miniature inertial sensor and omnidirectional vision sensors with polar pixel arrangement,
(4) miniaturized fuel-cells, (5) miniaturized piezoelectric
actuators with enhanced power to weight ratios, and (6)
control and navigation concepts that can cope with limited sensor and processing performance. The resulting
micro-helicopter will represent the fist demonstration of
a fully autonomous indoor flying robot of its size and its
successful realization will be a landmark achievement in
STREP
Despite the many impressive examples of human inventiveness, our technological solutions often pale in comparison with the elegance, effectiveness, power efficiency
and supreme functionality with which nature has solved
so many problems. This is particularly true for the flight
of birds: No comparable technical solution of a small,
autonomously flying vehicle has yet been demonstrated,
despite the many potential applications. This project proposes, therefore, the development and implementation of
the first fully autonomous micro helicopter comparable
in size and weight to a small bird. The key challenges of
the project include innovative concepts for power sources, sensors, cameras, navigation and helicopter design and
their integration into a very compact system. The envisaged fully autonomous micro-helicopter will weigh less

Contact
Roland Siegwart
EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH, Raemistrasse, 101
CH-8092Zuerich
Switzerland
e-mail: roland.siegwart@epfl.ch
Timeline
Start: 1 July 2006
End: 30 June 2009
Budget
Project Partners
EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH CH
Technische Universitaet Berlin D
Centre Suisse dElectronique et de Microtechnique SA CH
Cedrat Technologies S.A. F
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg D
Xsens Technologies B.V. NL
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MUNDIS
Competitive contact-less position sensor based on
magnetoresistive nano-contacts
Vision & Aim
Sensors are essential devices in todays life, for example,

current vehicles can contain more than 50-60 sensors
and it is foreseen that the market for automotive sensors
grow to around $12bn in 2010. Contact-less technologies
for sensors show the best performance properties (duration and sensitive) though their price is much higher
and their industralization is much difficult because high
technology equipments and installations are needed. The
latest contact-less technology is based on Ballistic Magnetoresistance (BMR), a recently discovered phenomenon that shows magnetoresistance values of more than
1.000% (100 times higher than any other phenomenon
observed so far) at nanocontact levels.
STREP
MUNDIS project will develop an angular position contact-less sensor, using an innovative approach to BMR
based on the development of Multiple Nanocontact
Devices (MUNDs), which will improve performance of
current contact less sensors with lower price. The sensor
developed will be validated in the automotive sector, for a
specific application: an accelerator pedal position sensor
with these features: Durable (>10.000.000cycles), Sensi-

Contact
MANUEL RICARDO IBARRA
INSTITUTO DE NANOCIENCIAS DE ARAGON - UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA
PEDRO CERBUNA, 12
50009ZARAGOZA
SPAIN
e-mail: IBARRA@UNIZAR.ES
Timeline
Start: 1 November 2005
End: 30 April 2008
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tive (>800mV/V FS), Cheap (market price < 5), Easy to

industrialise.
Integration is a key factor in the project at three different
levels:
Systems: Nanoparticles MUND (Sensitive part of the
sensor) Angular Position Contact less sensor - Accelerator pedal position sensor.
Technologies: micro-tech, nano-tech, magnetism,
chemistry, electronics, engineering.
Partners:
ACP, SME manufacturer, will be the future mass

manufacturer of the new sensor.
FICOSA, automotive multinational, will integrate

and validate the sensor in its accelerator pedal
system.
INA, university, will be mainly responsible for nanocontacs development.
CSIC-LFSP, will be responsible for MUNDs development.
AGH, university, will characterise the nanocontacts.
IP-PRAGUE, university, will characterise MUNDs

at high pressure conditions.
Budget
Project Partners
INSTITUTO DE NANOCIENCIAS DE ARAGON - UNIVERSIDAD DE
ZARAGOZA - E
LABORATORIO DE FISICA DE SISTEMAS PEQUEOS, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE
INVESTIGACIONES CIENTFICAS E
AKADEMIA GORNICZO-HUTNICZA PL
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE
CZECH REPUBLIC CZ
ARAGONESA DE COMPONENTES PASIVOS, S.A. E
FICOSA INTERNATIONAL, S.A. F
NANOHAND
Micro-nano system for automatic handling of nano-objects
Vision & Aim
finished in 2005. In this project the technological basis

for microrobotics was developed and demonstrated. The
goals of NanoHand go far beyond. The new possibilities
due to the microrobotic techniques will be demonstrated
in two industrially highly relevant applications mentioned above. The projects consortium gives almost a
guarantee for the projects success, it consists of a number
of Europes most experienced research institutes in the
filed of microrobotics and nanohandling, the biggest
semiconductor company in Europe, and a number of
dynamic SMEs in the field of nanotechnology. Moreover,
the exploitation of the project results will be done most
effectively by the biggest Europe-wide network of SMEs
in the field of microsystems technology.of the project
results will be done most effectively by the biggest Europe-wide network of SMEs in the field of microsystems
technology.
IP
In the NanoHand project a system consisting of micro/nano based subsystems for automatic handling of
nanometer sized objects like carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
and nanowires (NWs) will be developed. The goals of
the project are driven by the needs of upcoming semiconductor technology. Two demonstrators will be built,
which have a short term (a) as well as a long term (b) perspective: (a) automated decoration of scanning electron
microscope (SPM) probes with (i) supertips grown by
focused electron beam induced deposition and (ii) CNTenabled supertips; (b) handling and assembly of CNTs
for the construction of nanoelectronic devices. The cornerstones of the NanoHand project are the many results
of the FP5 GROWTH project ROBOSEM (Development
of a Smart Nanorobot for Sensor-based Handling in a
Scanning Electron Microscope) which was successfully

Contact
Matthias Brucke
Kuratorium OFFIS e.V.
Escherweg 2
Oldenburg
GERMANY
e-mail: brucke@offis.de
Timeline
Start: 1 June 2006
End: 31 May 2009
Budget
Project Partners
Kuratorium OFFIS e.V. - D
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research CH
STMicroelectronics S.r.l. I
Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne CH
Centre Suisse dElectronique et de Microtechnique S.A. CH
VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH D
FUTUREtec - Gesellschaft fr angewandte Informatik mbH D
Dr. Volker Klocke Nanotechnik D
TESCAN, s.r.o. CZ
Nanoscale Technologies GmbH D
The European Association of Innovating SMEs B
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NANORF
Hybrid Carbon Nanotube CMOS RF Microsystems
Emitting Devices
Vision & AIM
STREP
The aim of NANORF is to take advantage of the unique

mechanical and electrical properties of Carbon Nanotubes
(as RF NEMS) to hybridize with CMOS electronics for RF
applications (1-5GHz). The project main targets are:
Prospects concerning the figures of merit of CNTs as
NEMS individual devices or/and as arrays (bundles)
with particular focus on the following device architectures: nano-switches, nano-resonators using vertical or
lateral individual and/or arrays of CNTs, tuneable varactors based on arrays of CNTs;
Develop technological pathways for carbon nanotube
radio frequency electromechanical devices: modification/modulation of electrical conductivity under actuation, mechanical and electrical fundamental properties
over large of temperature (from cryogenic to 200C);
Develop hybrid CNT-CMOS technology based on dedicated effort for mastering compatibility issues between
silicon CMOS and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
(thermal budget, drift of characteristics induced by
complementary technology);
Propose new RF NEMS design using individual CNT
and vertically and/or laterally grown arrays of CNTs in
precise locations on silicon wafers;
Prospect on issues of hybrid CNT-CMOS RF device and
IC co-design: coupling to electrodes, dimension control
at nano-scale, signal-to-noise ratio, temperature drift;
Build RF hybrid CNT-CMOS circuit demonstrators:
filters and oscillators (in general, tuneable RF NEMS
blocks relevant for the RF front-end for future mobile
communications systems).
The proposal essentially extends the performance and
functionality of standard silicon RF CMOS ICs based on
hybridization with one of the most promising nanotechnologies, the Carbon Nanotubes.

Contact
MIHAI ADRIAN IONESCU
Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne
EPFL, LEG-IMM-STI, ELB 335
Station 11
CH-1015 Lausanne
SWITZERLAND
e-mail: adrian.ionescu@epfl.ch
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A switch composed of a multi wall CNT self-assembled

across a metallic trench. (E.Dujardin CEA-LEM)
(Image courtesy of project Nanorf)
Vertical CNT device on 200 mm silicon wafer.

(H. Le Poche, CEA-LITEN)
A three terminal CNT relay.

(S.-W. Lee University of Gteborg)
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Project Partners
Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne - CH
Gteborgs Universitet SE
Chalmers Tekniska Hgskola AB SE
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE / LAAS F
CAMBRIDGE UK
Vision
AIM
Mechanical resonance is widely applied in high-precision

oscillators for a multitude of time-keeping and frequency
reference applications. In all such cases, the high-precision resonating element consists of an off-chip passive
component, such as a quartz crystal. Major drawback of
these off-chip resonator technologies is that they are bulky
and must interface with transistor chips at the boards,
posing a bottleneck against the ultimate miniaturization
of e.g. wireless devices. The extraordinary small size and
high level of integration that can be achieved with silicon
MEMS resonators appear to open exceptional possibilities for creating miniature-scale precision oscillators to
be used in e.g. mobile communication and navigation
devices. The aim of the NanoTIMER project is to develop
an oscillator with high-accuracy incorporating a silicon
MEMS resonator generating frequencies in the 10 to 1500
MHz range.
Within the NanoTIMER project, MEMS based oscillators will be realized according to concrete specifications
derived from existing applications. The MEMS oscillator
will be encapsulated using a wafer-level vacuum package
technology that is compatible to the oscillator manufacturing flow. An important feature of the proposed
resonator manufacturing process is the realization of nanometre size (<100 nm) transduction gaps, which is of
prime importance for the realization of MEMS resonators functioning in the GHz range. Reliability and drift
of assembled oscillators and its constituent components
(resonator and package) will be assessed.
The NanoTIMER initiative is a first step towards the realization of vibrating nano-electro-mechanical processors
that, combined with traditional CMOS, could open new
alternatives for signal processing in VLSI.

Contact
Joost van Beek
Philips Research Laboratories
Building WAGp315
Prof. Holstlaan 4
5656AA Eindhoven
The Netherlands
e-mail: j.t.m.van.beek@philips.com
STREP
NANOTIMER
NanoTIMER - Nano-technology inmechanical-electrical
resonators
Budget
Project Partners
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NEDERLAND B.V. NL
EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH D
CAMBRIDGE - UK
Web site
http://www.hitech-projects.com/euprojects/nanotimer/
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VIBES
VIBES - VIBration Energy Scavenging
AIM
Within the different forms of energy available (heat, light,

radiations, vibrations), we will focus on the mechanical
vibrations and movements. The main goals of the project
will be to use state of the art micro fabrication techniques
to build some mm scale micro power generators. The focus
of projects technical developments will be on two transduction principles: electromagnetism and piezoelectricity.
An important part of the project will be dedicated to the
design of specific power controllers that will convert the
electrical output from the generators to charging voltages
for electrical energy storage or voltages to power the micro
system. Because of the nature of the vibrations received by
the system in terms of frequency and intensity, some mechanical coupler will be developed for the adaptation of
the generators to different possible applications and their
relative vibration spectra. Finally the developed micro
generators, power controller and mechanical coupler will
prove their performance in a demonstrator.
STREP
Vision
Over the years there has been a growing interest in the

field of miniature wireless sensors such as body worn
health monitoring sensors, embedded sensors in automotive applications or buildings. One specific topic
that has received little attention is how to supply the required electrical power to such sensors. Many applications require such sensors to be completely embedded
in the structure or clothing with no physical connection
to the outside world. As a result they need to have their
own power supply unit. Miniaturization possibilities are
offered by using a thin film micro battery; however the
device lifetime still depends on its energy storage capacity. Micro generators offer the solution to this problem,
adding to microsystems the ability of recharging their
energy storage by converting energy from the external
environment to electrical power. The aim of our project
is the conception of such a micro generator.

Contact
Dr Steve Beeby
EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow
School of Electronics and Computer Science
University of Southampton
e-mail: spb@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Web site
http://www.vibes.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
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End: 29 June 2007
Budget
Project Partners
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON UK
MEMSCAP F
METRAVIB RDS RECHERCHE DEVELOPPEMENT SERVICE F
TYNDALL NATIONAL INSTITUTE IRL
ASSOCIATION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES RECHERCHES AUPRES DES
UNIVERSITES DE LACADEMIE DE GRENOBLE (ADR) F
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERAL DE LAUSSANE (EPFL)- CH
DYNAMAX
Dynamic Magnetoelectronics
Vision & Aim
current-induced spin-transfer torques, the spin-current

mediated cross talk, enhanced the magnetization damping
as well as noise that couples the fluctuations of the currents
with those of the magnetization will be taken into account.
Specific topics to be addressed are the realistic simulation of
perpendicular and lateral magnetoelectronic devices made
from standard and metallic materials such as Heusler alloys that will be thoroughly tested by the experiments. The
main deliverables is a unique simulation code that reliably
models the micromagnetism as well as the charge and spin
current dynamics of laboratory structures to such a detail
that it has predictive value for application in an industrial
environment.
STREP
DynaMax will validate recent theoretical and experimental

insights into the coupled current and magnetization dynamics of nanoscale ferromagnetic met heterostructures
for magnetoresistive read heads, hard-disk media, and novel
MRAM elements. The DynaMax consortium consists of experts in magnetoelectronics that covers the complete chain
from theory, over computational materials science and device simulation to device fabrication and measurements of
current and magnetization dynamics. We will accurately
model the magnetization motion with small amplitudes as
relevant for read heads up to the full magnetization reversal
in memory elements. Recently discovered physics such as

Contact
Gerrit E.W. Bauer
Technische Universiteit Delft
Julianalaan 134
2600 AA Delft
Netherlands
e-mail: g.e.w.bauer@tudelft.nl
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End: 31 August 2009
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Project Partners
Technische Universiteit Delft - NL
Norwegian University of Science and Technology NO
University of Twente NL
Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum vzw B
Bayerische Julius-Maximilians Universitt Wrzburg D
IN SILICIO SAS F
Service de Physique de lEtat Condens Commissariat lEnergie
Atomique CEA/DSM/DRECAM/SPEC F
RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN NL
Lancaster University UK
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EMMA
Emerging Materials for Mass-storage Architectures
Vision & Aim
the sub-32nm integration technology nodes where current memory concepts will no longer scale. The program
will study high-density resistive switching non-volatile
memories, including binary resistive switching oxides
and Cu-TCNQ. Focus will be on concept scalability,
based on gained understanding of the physical operation concepts. Investigation will further include cell integration aspects, reliability assessment, and memory
architectures.
STREP
This project will investigate the feasibility of emerging new non-volatile memory concepts based on resistive-switching materials for enabling new mass-storage
memory systems. These new memory concepts allow
integration of the memory element in contact and interconnect structures resulting in very small memory
cells and even offer the possibility of 3-D memory layer
stacking. These new memory solutions are needed for

Contact
Dirk Wouters
Kapeldreef 75
3001 Leuven
BELGIUM
e-mail: Dirk.Wouters@imec.be
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End: 31 August 2009
Budget
Project Partners
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche I
Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per la Nanoelettronica I
Rheinisch-Westflische Technische Hochschule Aachen D
PARMA
Performance Advances in Recording through Micro Actuation
Vision & Aim
than possible with existing actuators. Concepts for the

design of such actuators are known. However, since the
HDD industry is extremely price sensitive, it could not
convince itself to accept additional cost even for the
sake of a performance increase. PARMA aims at a cost
competitive solution for this problem. A slider with an
integrated microactuator (SLIM) allows both vertical
(for head-to-disc spacing adjustment) and lateral (for
fine tracking) motion of the read/write element. The
read/write element is part of a chip which required only
a fraction of the wafer real estate required for fabricating a present slider containing the read/write element.
Therefore, SLIM is a solution that not only provides the
required actuation capabilities, it also can be fabricated
at lower costs than a present slider. Seagate Technology
Springtown in Londonderry, UK, committed to accompany the program and to validate the results. Seagate
Technology is the worldwide HDD market leader.
STREP
With increasing recording density of Hard Disk Drives

(HDD), the distances between flux reversals as well as
the width of the magnetic data track decrease. To increase the first one, a dynamic reduction of the head
to disk spacing during writing and/or reading is desirable and has been implemented into newest generation
heads. Track following is accomplished by rotary voice
coil actuators positioning the recording heads on the
required data track. The head itself consists of a suspension mounted to the actuator on one side and carrying a slider which flies over the disk and contains the
read/write element on the other. These actuator systems
run into limitations in regard of track following, posing a handicap for further increasing the radial (track)
density. To resolve this issue, a second stage actuator
may be integrated in the read/write head to accomplish
more accurate and higher frequency track following

Contact
Prof. Hans H. Gatzen
Universitt Hannover
Schnbecker Allee 2
D-30823 Garbsen
GERMANY
e-mail: gatzen@imt.uni-hannover.de
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Project Partners
Universitt Hannover - D
INESC MN Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias - Instituto de Engenharia
de Sistemas e Computadores para a os Microsistemas e as Nanotecnologias PT
Cambridge University - UK
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PROTEM
Probe-based Terabit Memory
Vision & Aim
IP
Data storage technology is at a critical point in its development, with two very strong driving forces emerging
a) a societal one demanding smaller, lower-power,
higher-capacity yet reliable memories for a plethora
of multimedia, communication and digital archiving
applications;
b) a technological one brought about by performance
barriers facing conventional storage techniques (i.e.
superparamagnetic limit for magnetic storage; diffraction limit for optical storage; device scaling limits in
solid state (Flash) storage) as they strive for ever increasing densities.
The time is hence ripe for new, emerging technologies to
enter the storage field. One such emerging technology is
probe storage, which has enormous potential to satisfy
future needs for ultra-high-capacity, non-volatile, lowpower, low-cost, write-once and re-writable memories.
Previous initiatives driven by ProTeM partners (Mil-

Contact
Christopher David WRIGHT
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
The Registrar and Secretary, Northcote House, The Queens Drive
EX4 4QJ Exeter
UNITED KINGDOM
e-mail: david.wright@exeter.ac.uk
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lipede from IBM; FP5 project InProM from CEA/Exeter/Twente) showed the feasibility of the probe storage
concept for high areal densities. ProTeM will now drive
forward with research and development in a range of interlinked science and technology areas in order to move
probe storage closer to the goal of fully-functioning devices and systems suited to real storage applications and
markets. Ultra-high storage densities (to 10TBit/sq.in)
and ultra-high capacities (20TByte in CD-sized area)
coupled with high-data rates are envisaged, with a view
to applications in the professional storage (archiving and
backup) market. The archiving domain is extremely demanding, with stability of the written information and
systems expected to last over 50 years. It is also of increasing importance economically, legally and culturally, as
regulation drives organisations to store ever more data,
and more of our cultural heritage transfers to digital media. To achieve its ambitious objectives, ProTeM gathers
6 countries and 10 partners of world-class expertise and
will mobilise 9 882 34.
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Project Partners
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER - UK
IBM Research GmbH CH
Forschung e.V. D
Rheinisch Westflische Technische Hochschule Aachen D
University of Twente NL
PLASMON Data Systems Ltd UK
Arithmatica Limited UK
ALMA CONSULTING GROUP F
Organic/Large area
electronics and Displays
CONTACT
Contact printing of electronics and opto-electronics
AIM
The project will build on the existing excellence in the

science of these materials in Europe and the highly specialized expertise within the European printing industry to formulate suitable materials and substrates, and
modify test printers. The potential of the results will be
demonstrated as a proof of principle by the realization
of two test displays, namely an optical triple-cell liquidcrystal display (LCD), and an all-plastic LCD. A forum
will create a mechanism for exchanging information be-

Contact
Dr Alan Mosley
IC Consultants Ltd
47 Princes Gate Exhibition Road
LONDON
SW7 2QA
UNITED KINGDOM
e-mail: a.mosley@imperial.ac.uk
Web site
http://www.contactprint-electronics.org/
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Start: 1 July 2004
End: 31 March 2007
tween printing pioneers and veterans, as well as imaginative market experts. CONTACT will deliver a horizontal
platform that allows the fabrication of a range of devices,
from transistors to solar cells, sensors, light-emitting diodes and plastic displays. This will provide a significant
enhancement of thin-film electronics in terms of cost,
throughput, substrate choice and consistency, and reduce
time to market as well as developing European precursor
markets.
Key Scientific Objectives:
Design/synthesis/formulation/screening of gravure
printable electronic materials.
Development of morphology/rheology assessment
protocols.
Study of gravure printing techniques, new methods for
etching/patterning glass for substrate/stamp applications, new process steps, new device designs.
Thin film physics: structure-property relationships.
Fabrication/evaluation/optimisation of device structures.
Demonstration of test displays.
Technology Objectives:
STREP
Vision
Organic electronics is amongst the most exciting technologies to emerge over the last decade, and Europe is
at the forefront. To ensure that Europe remains a leader,
scientific advances must be brought into an industrial
environment where issues such as adaptability to the
market, cost, throughput and variability are addressed.
CONTACT brings together a diverse team of researchers
and engineers to develop a flexible and industrially compatible process for the fabrication of organic electronic
arrays, by investigating gravure printing of the various
components within the device.
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Project Partners
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE UK
MERCK KGAA D
I C CONSULTANTS LIMITED UK
DUPONT-TEIJIN FILMS U.K. LIMITED UK
NORBERT SCHLAFLI MASCHINEN CH
ASULAB S.A.- CH
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT ILMENAU - D
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Materials improvements: substrates, electrodes, functional organics (environmentally benign materials

sets).
Efficient printing: cost effective/environmentally
friendly/high throughput.
Ease of customisation: low lead time to new structures,
rapid prototyping, variety of substrate types.
Novel devices: highly-portable, wearable, flexible with
required performance levels.
Precursor market development: seek out & develop reduced functionality applications for short term.
Stakeholders Forum: develop processes for efficient
dissemination/ cooperation/ exploitation.
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Structure
Core Activities:
Targeting the development of new printable materials
via a process of formulation, deposition, morphological, rheological and electrical analysis.
Targeting the fabrication of test printers, plates & substrates
with suitable functionality to optimise film deposition.
Targeting the printing of micron scale devices including
FETs and LEDs and using their device physics to understand modifications in performance that provide feedback
to better material / better printer/ or better device design.
Demonstration of test displays that utilise the technology developed within CONTACT
FLEXIDIS
Flexible Displays
Vision

Contact
Eliav Haskal
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS
HIGH TECH CAMPUS 34 (MS31)
5656AE EINDHOVEN
NETHERLANDS
e-mail: eliav.haskal@philips.com
Web site
http://www.flexidis-project.org/
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factory model currently true today in the Far East, says

Eliav Haskal, coordinator of FlexiDis. This project is
therefore aimed at advancing display R&D in Europe,
with the express purpose of strengthening display manufacturing in Europe.
AIM
The aim of this project is therefore to research the materials and processing technology , fabrication tools, and
substrate handling procedures to make and introduce
reliable, flexible active-matrix displays to the market using two different display technologies as demonstrators,
namely
Project Partners
UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART D
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS UK LIMITED UK
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT D
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. F
MERCK CHEMICALS UK
APPLIED FILMS GMBH - D
PLASTIC LOGIC LIMITED UK
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM B
LATVIJAS UNIVERSITATES POLIMERU MEHANIKAS INSTITUTS LV
The Chancellor, Master and Scholars of the University of Cambridge UK
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. NL
THOMSON R & D FRANCE SNC F
THALES AVIONICS LCD F
NOKIA OYJ FIN
NOVALED GMBH D
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH D
PJDO S.A.S. - F
IP
The display is the interface to the networked society; it

forms the essential link between information and the human being. The major trends to be noted in this respect
are the increasing demand for pervasive Mobile/Wearable terminal displays, requiring the introduction of
rugged, lightweight and flexible display interfaces, and
ubiquitous displays of any shape and size based on new
enabling process technologies, with cost-effective production methods.
Both trends are served by the introduction of displays
prepared on flexible substrates. In this way, Integrated
Project (IP) FlexiDis intends to increase innovation and
competitiveness of the European industry in flexible
displays and to contribute to the benefit of all European
citizens.
Flexible displays, in the form of rugged, ultrathin, nonrectangular, non-flat, conformal, bendable and rollable
displays, WILL happen, and Europe is uniquely positioned to be first. However, in order to realize that vision,
there is a tremendous amount of in-depth research on
flexible devices which must occur, which can only be
done through a balance of experimental and numerical
studies coordinated with focused demonstrator development in order to define the best-chance route of success
for flexible displays with the highest potential value.
The research on novel materials, devices, handling and
production methods for flexible displays will enable us
to break through the capital-intensive, high-investment
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Full-color organic light-emitting displays (OLED)

on bendable metal and/or plastic foils with inorganic
thin-film driving transistors, and
electrophoretic (EP) monochrome displays on bendable and rollable plastic substrates with organic thinfilm and silicon driving transistors.
IP
FlexiDis will leverage the commonality between these

two demonstrators through:
Basic research on the necessary enabling process and
materials technologies for both inorganic TFT (polysilicon and microcrystalline-silicon) and organic TFT
fabrication,
Research on modified manufacturing methods including inkjet printing and EPLaR (Electronics on plastic
by Laser Release)
The improvement of flexible plastic and metal substrates and moisture barriers suitable for silicon thin
film transistor and display processing,
In-depth physical studies of the mechanical properties and materials behavior of multilayer composite
structures during processing and under flexing during
service-life,
The creation of distortion measurement and compensation systems for patterning on flexible foils using ink
jet printing and photolithography,
Flexible display reliability standards and testing methodologies, and handling concepts for manufacturing
of flexible displays,
Market studies for products for automotive, mobile telecommunications and toys,
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Benchmarking of several different competitive technologies, including Inorganic TFT on metal foil vs.
plastic substrates and organic TFTs using evaporated
vs. ink jet printed organic semiconductors.
In this way, FlexiDis is strengthening ties between leading European research efforts in different disciplines and
build a common standard for flexible display technology
in Europe.
Results
After 15 months of the project, there has been significant progress in nearly all of these topics, from research
to industrialization. For a glimpse of initial results, one
important point has been the constant focus on the development of technological processes for novel display
manufacturing that are linked to realistic production visions for Europe.
In that focus, the project partners have demonstrated
flexible electrophoretic organic-TFT active-matrix displays by ink jet manufacturing (led by Plastic Logic Limited), and the EPLaR (Electronics on Plastic by LAser
Release) method of Philips that has enabled the first
samples of flexible electrophoretic a-Si active-matrix displays from a production facility, at Thales Avionics LCD.
In addition, first samples of low-temperature polysilicon
(LTPS) active-matrix backplanes on steel suitable for
OLEDs have been fabricated (by CEA-LETI with Thomson). All of these are European-fabricated, with opportunities for further display manufacturing in Europe.
POLYAPPLY
The application of polymer electronics towards ambient
intelligence
AIM
The objective of PolyApply is to lay the foundations of

a scalable and ubiquitously applicable communication
technology. The boundary condition is the cost of the
micro system, combining basic RF communication with
additional functionalities, e.g. sensor functions. The key
to achieving a fundamentally different cost point than
what will be reachable in the future with the evolution
of the existing technologies (e.g. CMOS), is to resolutely
move to a disruptive new manufacturing technology:
going from batch processing to in-line manufacturing
technology. The semiconductor system envisaged to this
end is based on polymers. The scalable aspect refers to

Contact
Salvatore Coffa
ST Microelectronics
Str. Primosole, 50
95121, Catania. ITALY
e-mail: salvo.coffa@st.com
Web site
http://www.polyapply.org/
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the fact that PolyApply does not plan to propose a solution for a certain generation of RF communication devices useful at one point in time, but rather intends to
develop generic technologies with a meaningful impact
in the mid- and long term. In other words, the developed
technologies will lead to an extendable family of products, ranging from simple RF tags at ultra-low cost to
RF communication devices with complex functionality
such as integrated re-writable memory, sensory inputs,
display, etc
Structure
PolyApply is structured such as to allow objective-driven

application-driven research to be effectively co-ordinated.
The core work package is Reference Design, where the
specifications to applications are matched to the technological possibilities, also including standardization. The
technological developments are structured in two work
packages: Manufacturing and Processing, for the in-line
manufacturing technology, and Materials, Devices and
Circuits for the development of basic devices, materials,
modelling and packaging modules compatible with the
in-line manufacturing technologies. The reality check
is done in work packages Reliability and Recycling
and Life Cycle. The Accompanying Activities include
special work tasks Roadmapping, Training and Dissemination. The accompanying activities are foreseen
to nurture exchange personnel and students within the
consortium and to create awareness outside the Project
for the disruptive new technologies to come.
IP
Vision
Things that think and the communication of people with

such things in his environment critically depend on contactless communication technologies. RF communication devices and protocols have been developed in the
past and exist today, yet in their present form they cannot
and will never be used on a large scale to allow communication with everyday objects. The fundamental reason
for this is the cost of the silicon technology employed
to realize it. Even in its most optimistic projection, this
cost remains at least one order of magnitude higher than
the cost of a technology that has been proven to be truly
ubiquitously applicable, such as a barcode. Therefore, a
new generation of devices is required to enable ambient
intelligence at the right cost point in order to be truly applicable everywhere and anywhere.
Project Partners
ST Microelectronics - I
FORSCHUNG E.V. D
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET CHEMNITZ D
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENT VZW B
THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL UK
MOTOROLA GMBH D
CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE CZ
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSIT. BRAUNSCHWEIG D
JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH A
MERCK KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT AUF AKTIEN D
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN S.A. CH
HUECK FOLIEN GMBH A
PLASTIC LOGIC LIMITED ZEILER AG - CH
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ROLLED
Roll-to-roll manufacturing technology for flexible OLED devices
and arbitrary size and shape displays
Vision
Organic light emitting devices (OLED) are developing

rapidly towards high performance displays. However,
they also have huge potential for new low cost applications e.g. in packaging and printing industry. Even simple low resolution segment displays, displays with low
pixel count or just fixed pattern light sources offer a wide
area of new applications. To reach the cost level required
for this application field the production of the devices
must be transferred to the low cost roll-to-roll processes,
which can be integrated to the conventional printing and
packaging processes used in industry. On the contrary
to the typical semiconductor light sources, OLEDs have
potential to be processed in continuous roll-to-roll processes. This requires selection and modification of suitable
materials, effective patterning technologies, development
of the manufacturing processes and improved encapsulation technologies. This development will be done keeping
all the time the application, the potential and the required
performance in mind.
AIM
STREP
The projects goal is the development of a cost-effective,

volume-scale, roll-to-roll manufacturing technology for
the realization of flexible OLED devices with arbitrary

Contact
Arto MAANINEN
VALTION TEKNILLINEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS
Kaitovayla 1
90570 Oulu
FINLAND
e-mail: Arto.Maaninen@vtt.fi
Web site
http://www.vtt.fi/ele/research/ope/projects/rolled.htm
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Image courtesy of project Rolled.
size and shape pixels and displays on web. These technologies are developed in order to achieve a well understanding of the production process structure. Technologies are tested and demonstrated in the manufacturing
process of demonstrator displays.
Structure

the realization of flexible OLED devices with arbitrary
size and shape pixels and displays on web. These technologies are developed in order to achieve a well understanding of the production process structure. Technologies are tested and demonstrated in the manufacturing
process of demonstrator displays.
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Project Partners
VALTION TEKNILLINEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS FIN
CENTRE SUISSE D ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA CH
UPM-KYMMENE OYJ FIN
HANSAPRINT OY FIN
LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FUR NEUE MATERIALIEN GMBH D
CIBA SPEZIALITATENCHEMIE AG CH
POLYIC GMBH & CO. KG - D
SHIFT
Smart High-Integration Flex technologies
Image courtesy of project Shift.
AIM
The objective of the project is the development of smart,

high-integration, mechanically flexible electronic systems,
for a wide variety of applications. Smart means that the
flexible multilayer laminate has embedded components,
and that the different flex layers in the multilayer structure

Contact
Jan Vanfleteren
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM VZW
Technology Park Building 914
B-9052 Gent-Zwijnaarde
BELGIUM
e-mail: jan.vamfleteren@elis.ugent.be
Web site
http://www.shift-project.org
Timeline
can have different functions, meaning that it might be necessary to combine layers of different base material in the
laminate. Compactness of the resulting circuit is boosted in
two ways:
By using the third dimension for electronic component
integration (not only on front and back side, but potentially on every conductive layer)
By drastically increasing the wiring density through the
introduction of new flex manufacturing and lamination
techniques
Structure
Development of a number of generic based technologies:

Innovative technologies under development in SHIFT
include
a new, cheap flex laminate technology, based on a
process for electroless Cu deposition on polyimide
a new lamination technology, based on interconnection
by solid state diffusion
component embedding technologies : resistors,
capacitors, RF components and ultrathin (20 micron)
chips
assembly technologies on embedded multilayer flex
Modelling and testing
Cost effective production processes. To make price
competitive products not only the base materials should be
cheap, but high volume products should be manufactured
in a cost effective way. Therefore during the development
of base technologies and flex integration processes the
possibility to implement these technologies in a reel-to-reel
or large area production system should be kept in mind.
Demonstration activities. During the second phase of the
project the developed generic base flex technologies and the
integration of these technologies into smart flex systems will
be demonstrated by designing and producing functional
prototypes/demonstrators.
IP
Vision
In order to realize the ambient intelligence vision it is clear

that more and more electronics systems will accompany the
citizen. These electronics systems, moving along with the
owner, and present near the body (e.g. portable communication systems), on the body (e.g. smart textiles), or even
inside the body (implants), will have to communicate with
each other and with systems, which are fixed in the ambient. It is clear that the carry-along electronic systems may
not hamper the comfort of the human carrier too much,
even must almost be non-noticeable to the user. Therefore
they must be lightweight and compact, must preferably take
the shape of the object in which they are integrated, must
be highly functional at a reasonable price. For this reason
the logic evolution will be such that present rigid electronic
substrates and assemblies will be replaced by flexible counterparts. This trend is just starting and will become stronger
in the coming years. To boost the combination of high functionality and compactness / comfort, there is a strong need
for substantial technology developments on flex technologies. This is exactly what SHIFT is aiming to do.
Budget
Project Partners
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM VZW - B
FORSCHUNG E.V. D
NOKIA CORPORATION FIN
THALES SYSTEMES AEROPORTES S.A. F
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN D
FREUDENBERG MEKTEC EUROPA GMBH D
HIGHTEC MC AG CH
Acreo AB - S
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FORK
Development of 4k compatible LCOS microdisplay for D-cinema
and simulation applications
Vision & Aim
Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) combines two very

well-know technologies, namely the IC / CMOS and the
Liquid Crystal (LC) technology. As both of these are very
mature, we know that LCOS has a huge potential for very
high end applications, more than any other (projection)
technology.
The aim of this project is the development of a LCOS micro display device for very diverse applications in simulation, medical imaging, control rooms and digital cinema.
These applications require or benefit from very high pixel
counts, high contrast ratios, very high light fluxes and
very good color and brightness uniformity, analog pixel
addressing, and high response times.
A consortium has been formed which gathers European

competence centers; each having expertise in one or more
of the technology fields mentioned above. This consortium has drawn an ambitious though realistic time line in
which the proposed project can be finished successfully.
The European display and semiconductor industry is under strong international competition, mainly from greater China and other Asian countries. A possible way to
escape from the cost pressure is to differentiate by specialities and added-value features generated by innovation,
IP and know-how. These values will be generated with
the objectives of the FORK project.
STREP
While some non-European suppliers have announced

micro display devices for the applications mentioned
above, we are not aware of any devices which meet all of
these criteria.
In order to meet all of these criteria, additional challenging research is needed in the field of LCOS backplane
and driver design, LCOS backplane processing, IC (Integrated Circuit) stitching, new or improved Liquid Crystal (LC) mixtures, LC assembly and thermal design and
packaging.

Contact
Geert Van Doorselaer
BELGIUM
email:geert.vandoorselaer@gemidis.be
Timeline
End: 31 July 2008
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Budget
Project Partners
Gemidis nv B
Philips Semiconductors GmbH Bblingen D
Universidad Politcnica de Madrid E
Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna PL
Kodak Industrie F
BARCO NV B
SEOS Ltd. - UK
HOLOVISION
Holographic 3D visualization, development of the next
generation holo-display based on emerging optical and
opto-electronic technologies
Image courtesy of project Holovision.
AIM

the realization of flexible organic light emitting devices
(OLED) with arbitrary size and shape pixels and displays
on web. These technologies are developed in order to
achieve a well understanding of the production process

Contact
Tibor BALOGH
HOLOGRAFIKA Hologrameloallito, Fejleszto es Forgalmazo Egyeni Ceg
ADY ENDRE ut 3/A
H-1192 BUDAPEST
HUNGARY
e-mail: t.balogh@holografika.com
Web site
http://www.holovisionproject.org/
structure. Technologies are tested and demonstrated in

the manufacturing process of demonstrator displays.
In the HOLOVISION project a compact holographic
display will be developed that, with a dedicated design,
opens up all the potential inherent in this technology,
setting the next level in 3D displaying with regard to
125Mpixel+ resolution, super colour fidelity, contrast, increased Field-of-View / Field-of- Depth, and to conceive
a high-end holographic monitor that fulfils the requirements of professional applications. It will be able to
show natural 3D images to a large number of viewers
in a reasonable field of view, with walk-around possibility without common restrictions like special glasses or
eye/head tracking devices. It will be based on the proven
hologram geometry principle enhanced with novel temporal multiplexing. Emerging technologies will be used,
like FLCOS microdisplays with very fast switching speed
in single panel configuration with unique polarization
method, solid-state technology in the illumination based
on high brightness LED-chip arrays of six colours providing the highest possible colour-fidelity, special microoptical components, plastic aspheric & diffractive optical
elements and a redesigned holographic screen. Highspeed control electronics, backed by a render cluster with
proper 3D software solutions and 3D formats based on
3D compression algorithms will provide the real-time
dynamic feature allowing to integrate the 3D display to a
variety of IT systems.
Due to the principle, where 2D is a special subset of 3D,
the display will be fully compatible with 2D displays, able
to show 2D images without the necessity of any switchover. With 2D terms the targeted image resolution is 1024 x
1920. This target is foreseen as a common longer standing
value matching HDTV resolution or those equivalents to
WSXGA. This will enable this technology to be among
the candidates of potential display technologies for future 3DTV.
STREP
Vision
Looking at the major trends in the evolution of display

technologies and television: B/W, Colour, HD, it is evident that the next step is the 3D. The only thing that will
distinguish future displays from a simple window is just
the technology working behind. The technology is here,
and true 3D will be the most important development, a
paradigm shift, in the display and television technologies
for the coming years. The technology developed in the
HOLOVISION project will present realistic 3D images to
a number of simultaneous viewers without any common
restrictions. It will also answer todays expectations of visualization with regard to resolution, brightness, colour,
contrast and size. The 3D display will have a 16:9 holographic screen with approx 50 diagonal, and more than
125 million pixels will be controlled to build up an unparalleled 3D image. The HOLOVISION system will in fact
satisfy end-user requirements in professional use
Timeline
Start: 1 November 2004
End: 30 April 2007
Budget
Project Partners
HOLOGRAFIKA Hologrameloallito HU
CRL OPTO LIMITED UK
BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED UK
STOCKERYALE (IRL) LTD - IRL
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IMPROVE
Improving Display and Rendering Technology
for Virtual Environments
Vision
STREP
While single-tile (low resolution) stereoscopic large

screen projection technology is heavily used in industrial
applications of virtual reality (VR) and actually helped
VR to break ground in industrial use, augmented reality
(AR) applications suffer from the unavailability of appropriate HMDs and have not yet found their way into the
operational processes of industrial companies. However,
there is plenty of applicability in the collaborative industrial product development process of both types of these
devices (near-to-the-eye and large screen displays).
Image courtesy of project Improve.
AIM
The aim of this project is to improve lightweight nearto-the-eye displays and tiled stereoscopic large size displays. The improvements on the hardware level consist

Contact
Andre Stork
FORSCHUNG E.V.
HANSASTRASSE 27C
80686 MUENCHEN
GERMANY
e-mail: andre.stork@igd.fraunhofer.de
Web site
http://www.improve-eu.info/
Timeline
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in developing a unique stereoscopic head mounted display (HMD) using emerging display technology such as
OLEDs. For tiled stereoscopic large screen displays improved calibration techniques will be developed to ease
and accelerate their use. On the software level improvements comprise the fidelity of the content to be displayed
(rendering quality), the interfacing between the user
and the displays through innovative 2D/3D interaction
techniques for mixed realities and advanced tracking
systems. The achievements of IMPROVE are integrated
into a collaborative mixed reality product development
environment, showcased and evaluated in two application scenarios: collaborative product design in the car
industry and architectural design.
The foci of IMPROVE are on the following topics:
To develop stereoscopic lightweight transparent eyeglasses with OLED-based micro-projectors. Transparency will be achieved through real optical see-through
capabilities (in contrast to commonly applied videomixing). New features such as partial darkening of the
displays will enable mutual occlusion between real and
virtual objects in mixed reality applications.
Improvements on micro emissive displays. Research
will be dedicated to investigating higher brightness
microdisplay luminance levels suitable for see-through
HMD configurations and for investigating methods of
contrast enhancement to create favourable viewing
conditions. This research will include work on developing new OLED device structures that emit higher
levels of light and will include looking at the use of
Budget
Project Partners
FORSCHUNG E.V. D
Technische Universitt Darmstadt D
STT INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS, S.L. E
MICROEMISSIVE DISPLAYS LIMITED. UK
PAGE AND PARK ARCHITECTS UK
ELASIS S.C.P.A. I
Asociacion Centro de Tecnologias de Interaccion Visual y ComunicacionesVicomtech E
I.S.I. NEDERLAND B.V NL
TRIVISIO PROTOTYPING GMBH D
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores - Investigacao e
Desenvolvimento em Lisboa P
GRAPHITECH I
THE LIGHTHOUSE UK
To enhance the realism of the displayed virtual objects,

especially in mixed reality scenes through seamlessly
melting together real and virtual objects by light acquisition and physically-based light simulation techniques.
To improve user interaction with those displays
through new interaction metaphors and tracking approaches (e.g. large area tracking for mobile users).
To integrate and demonstrate large scale displays with
near-to-the eye displays in innovative collaborative
mixed reality product development for industrial users.
STREP
novel materials, which may include novel polymers,

more transparent electrodes and encapsulation materials in MEDs standard OLED device structures. This
work will culminate in higher brightness monochrome
and colour OLED displays being demonstrated on
MEDs existing CMOS backplanes.
To improved on tiled large scale displays. Tiled large
screen displays are big displays combining together
many off-the-shelf beamers aiming at higher resolution and brightness. The tiling entails some problems
such as geometric and colour calibration. Within IMPROVE new calibration techniques are developed to
ease the use of tiled large screen projection screens.
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MUTED
MULTI-USER 3D TELEVISION DISPLAY
Vision & Aim
to mass manufacture. A future 3D display will not be a

stand-alone set as it is now, but will be part of a comprehensive network where interactivity plays an important
part. The 30-month MUTED project will manage 30 person-years of effort at a cost to the EU of 3.246 MEuro. The
first 4 months will validate the research agenda, conducting a design review and establishing performance metrics
for the deliverables. In the second phase of 15-months a
prototype will be developed to provide a platform for
demonstration and formative assessment. The final 11month phase iterates the development and consolidates
know-how to provide a fully evaluated demonstrator, together with dissemination of specific and generalisable
knowledge. Each phase has clearly-defined exit-strategy options. MUTED will develop an advanced display
platform and means of feeding usability knowledge into
product design, supporting European business as well as
providing project partners with their own exploitation
opportunities.
STREP
The MUTED project will design and evaluate the nextgeneration of 3D autostereoscopic displays addressing
the main barriers to their viability: lack of support for
multiple mobile viewers and limited understanding of
relevant human factors. All of the MUTED consortium
members have proven competence in the field most recently demonstrated in the successful FP5 IST ATTEST
project and the FP6 IST 3DTV Network of Excellence;
both of which provide a solid baseline for the proposed
research through their display, head tracking and human
factors components. From the expertise and track record
of its partners MUTED will enable development of a 3D
display closer to a commercial product by developing a
more effective and compact form, developing a non-intrusive multi-user head tracker, and obtaining a fuller
understanding of the human factors considerations of
3D display. To facilitate commercialisation we will leverage expertise from partner Sharp to address hurdles prior

Contact
Ian Sexton
De Montfort University Higher Education Corporation
The Gateway
LE1 9BH Leicester
UNITED KINGDOM
e-mail: phil.surman@btinternet.com
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Timeline
Start: 1 July 2006
Budget
Project Partners
De Montfort University Higher Education Corporation - UK
Sharp Laboratories of Europe LTD UK
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Frderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
D
Eindhoven University of Technology NL
University of West Bohemia CZ
Light Blue Optics Ltd. UK
NANOPAGE
Flexible Large Area Display using Nanotechnology
Light Emitting Devices
Vision & Aim
display as there is no peripheral drivers - control locally

the microCRTs light emission - correct non uniformities
due to manufacturing or aging. Cost targets are integral
part of the project objectives, to insure a very competitive
pricing of the end product. We will carefully consider the
product recycling and avoid any use of lead, mercury or
other toxic materials. It is expected that the low cost and
flexibility of such a display product will significantly increase the large area display market as it should open up
new applications which are today limited by the performance of existing large area display solutions. As those microCRTs are small tubes, manufacturing does not require
a large size reactor, oven or other expensive equipment, so
the capital investment for a complete line is moderate and
modular, adjustable to the production volume. This limited and progressive funding requirement, together with
automation, gives a significant chance to implement the
manufacturing line in Europe, as anticipated.
STREP
The NANOPAGE project focuses on the development

of a flexible large area display made by assembly of microCRTs into a polymer canvas. Those microCRTs are
millimetre size cold-emission cathode ray tubes, used as
elementary color dots, 3 microCRTs, red, green and blue,
making a complete pixel. Those microCRTs use nanometer scale Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) as cold electron
sources. The first type of microCRTs, with a 3 mm diameter, will allow building a 4x3 m panel with SVGA (800
x600) resolution. The main tasks are: - to industrialize a
low-cost lab proven technique for controlled growth of
vertically aligned CNTs. - to develop highly automated
assembly techniques to manufacture the miniature vacuum tubes in large quantities and to mount them on the
polymer substrate. - To develop an innovative addressing
scheme, where a miniature microchip is mounted on each
microCRT. This scheme allows to: - bend, cut or repair the

Contact
Binh VU THIEN
UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1
43 BOULEVARD DU 11 NOVEMBRE 1918
69622 VILLEURBANNE
FRANCE
e-mail: vuthien@lpmcn.univ-lyon1.fr
Web site
http://www.nanopage.org/
Timeline
Start: 1 July 2004
End: 30 June 2007
Budget
Project Partners
UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1 F
Technische Universitaet Berlin D
PLASSYS SA F
BARCO NV B
SAES GETTERS S.P.A. I
INANOV SAS F
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten
Forschung e.V. D
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM VZW B
COMMUNAUTe DAGGLOMeRATION PAU PYReNeES - F
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OSIRIS
Original System for Image Rendition via Innovative Screens
Vision & Aim
IP
Technologies based on projection are particularly adapted to display large pictures. Digital Cinema illustrates
how the traditional concept of front projection can be renewed with the help of new electronic components. With
light source located at the back of the screen, projection
can also be used to realise compact, even slim, displays. But
another interest of that technology lies in its capability to
render realistic 3-dimentional pictures. Because it needs
lower industrial investment than for other display technologies, projection is a good candidate for the consumer
market but also for specific or highly professional businesses such as advertisement, medicine, control rooms or
monitoring, CAD or cinema. In the design of projection
systems some components are key such as: light emitting
sources, solid state micro-displays and screens. Technical
advances in those components have strong impacts on
the performance of the whole display.
The objectives of OSIRIS are to carry out new generations
of projection systems, with the help of the most innovati-

Contact
ThierryBorel
Thomson R&D France
1, Avenue de Belle-Fontaine
35576Cesson-Svign
FRANCE
e-mail: thierry.borel@thomson.net
Web site
http://www.contactprint-electronics.org/
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Timeline
End: 28 February 2009
ve component technologies. This includes the realisation

of a common technological platform aiming at providing
solutions for a broad range of 2D and 3D applications.
That platform includes the following elements:
novel light source based on LED or Laser diodes to replace the lamp,
new screen approaches based on Interference lithography and holography,
new signal processing algorithms to increase the luminance and colour dynamics.
OSIRIS also intends to integrate the most recent technologies of micro-displays and includes the validation of
the technology platform by the construction of prototypes. The OSIRIS brings together relevant representatives
of the components industry and display integrators having a leading position in their respective markets. The
project anticipates a strong interaction between those
actors thanks to a specific work on the integration of a
common roadmap.
Budget
Project Partners
Thomson R&D France - F
BARCO NV B
Forschung e.V. D
Holografika hologramelllt fejleszt s forgalmaz Kft HU
Holotools GmbH D
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH D
Oxxius, S.A. F
Sax3d.com GmbH D
SYPRO-Optics - D
Micro/Nanosystems
for Aml
MIMOSA
MIcrosystems platform for MObile Services and Applications
Vision
aim
The global aim of MIMOSA is to make Ambient Intelligence a reality by developing a mobile-phone cen-

Contact
Danielle Thomas
ST Microelectronics
850, rue Jean Monnet
38926 Crolles Cedex - France
e-mail: danielle.thomas@st.com
Web site
http://www.mimosa-fp6.com/
Timeline
End: 30 June 2006
Budget
Image courtesy of project Mimosa.
tric open technology platform. The project focuses in

the development of novel low-power microsystems to
create the MIMOSA technology platform. MIMOSA
develops, in particular, wireless sensors exploiting the
RFID technology, highly integrated readers/writers
for RFID tags and sensors, low-power MEMS-based
RF components and modules, low-power short-range
radios, advanced integration technology, and novel
MEMS sensors for context sensitivity and intuitive,
user-friendly interfaces. These are the key building
blocks to create the vision of Interactive Intelligent
Emotional Environments.
IP
The Microsystems platform for MObile Services and Applications (MIMOSA) is an integrated project by a strong and
synergetic consortium gathering large industrial partners,
SMEs, research organizations and universities throughout
Europe. MIMOSA creates a new open system platform for
context-aware mobile services and applications. The approach is mobile phone based, thus providing the users with
a smooth transition from current mobile services to ambient
intelligence services. In the area of short-range connectivity,
MIMOSA positions itself to low-cost and low-bit rate territory that can be set up with relatively modest investments in
the infrastructure. At the same time, however, a wide range
of consumer applications is covered. With this positioning,
MIMOSA will quickly make ubiquitous computing a reality.
MIMOSA extends the area of telecommunication business
to ambient intelligence and thus further supports the strong
competitive edge of European industry.
Project Partners
STMicroelectronics SA - F
VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND FIN
FORSCHUNG E.V. D
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE F
COMMISSARIAT A LENERGIE ATOMIQUE LETI F
MICRO ANALOG SYSTEMS OY FIN
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE LAAS - F
CSEM CENTRE SUISSE DELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA -CH
CARDIPLUS S.L E
ALMA CONSULTING GROUP SA F
LEGRAND S.A. F
SUUNTO OY FIN
MIC AB S
SONION A/S - DK
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structure
IP
MIMOSA is structured on the following technical objectives:

Enabling platform for Ambient Intelligence. In the MIMOSA vision, the personal mobile phone is chosen as the
trusted intelligent user interface to Ambient Intelligence
and a gateway between the sensors, the network of sensors, the public network and the Internet.
Enabling context awareness. MIMOSA enables context
awareness by developing microsensors and short-range
communication exploiting, e.g., RFID tags.
Developing new intuitive user interface. Improved anthropocentric interfaces will have a large influence on the
acceptability of devices for ambient intelligence and help
especially people who cannot or do not want to use corresponding services today.
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Investigating energy scavenging. There are mainly three

forms of energy that can be harvested for remote powering a sensor node: radiations, thermal and mechanical. In
the case of MIMOSA the scenarios will be more oriented
on the home environment and as a result thermoelectric
devices and EM direct conversion (taking advantage of
the RF front-end architecture of the RFID functions proposed on each sensor nodes) will be addressed.
Developing advanced integrated microsystems technologies. The technology platform to be developed
within MIMOSA is based on a thin SOI MEMS process
resulting in a MEMSIC concept. Horizontal and vertical integration schemes of MEMS devices with ICs and
advanced packaging techniques for MEMSIC will be addressed.
MINAMI
Micro-Nano Integrated Platform for Transverse Ambient
Intelligence Applications
Vision & aim
vity will be developed and validated through field trials in

wide and transverse applications, from consumer to niche
markets. The main technical focus in MINAmI is in the
development of: -mass storage RF tags based on low power
innovative technologies -active event sensitive tag technology including new low-cost time reference -low-cost/
low-power sensors & actuators including nanosensors, 9D
integrated Inertial Measurement Unit and 3D distributed
vision systems In MINAmI, a global platform taking into
account the constraints of integration, industrialisation and
compatibility with advanced CMOS platforms will integrate
these technologies. MINAmI links demonstration, validation & exploitation. Service providers and companies will
develop and support the applications in pre-competitive
products that include: -drugs monitoring & conditioning
-health monitoring & homecare -assistive listening device
-data downloading from passive tags -ambient sensors for
friendly home applications -virtual optical user interface.
IP
MINAmI addresses AmI applications where personal mobile devices act as a gateway to AmI. MINAmI vision makes
the user progressively be in control of his AmI environment,
then interact with everyday objects to monitor and control
environmental or health parameters. MINAmI develops
tools, methodologies and an open platform and implement
these advanced technologies into real devices/systems in
demonstrators. Ethics and privacy issues linked to AmI
will be strongly assessed as well as user acceptance of the
solutions. MINAmI multidisciplinary and participatory design approach will reduce the time to adopt AmI disruptive
concept, facilitating a constant dialogue between technology
and application developers, end users and application field
experts. The open platform previously developed in MIMOSA will be enriched in MINAmI as new technologies
offer more functionalities for wider applications. MicroNano smart devices with enhanced short range connecti-

Contact
Danielle Thomas
STMicroelectronics SA
29 Boulevard Romain Rolland
92120 MONTROUGE
FRANCE
e-mail: danielle.thomas@st.com
Timeline
Budget
Project Partners
STMicroelectronics SA F
AARDEX International - CH
ATRAL F
Alma Consulting Group F
Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology CH
Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne CH
Forschung e.V. D
GE Healthcare Finland Oy FI
Nokia Corporation FI
Oticon A/S DK
Sonion MEMS A/S DK
ST Microelectronics srl I
Telefnica Investigacin y Desarrollo S.A.U. E
VKB Ltd. IL
Technical Research Centre of Finland FI
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NETCARITY
A NETworked multisensor system for elderly people: health
CARe, safety and securITY in home environment
Vision & aim
vironment with plug & play capabilities and intelligent decision making for an effective detection of critical situations
and support of task completion. Efforts will be concentrated
in developing low-cost solutions and could rapidly reach the
market and facilitate easy adaptation in a wide number of
existing homes. The social and psychological factors of the
aging-in-place problem will be addressed in NETCARITY
by the development of advanced multimodal interfaces that
strengthen the communication channel between the elders
and their friends and caregivers, reducing isolation and the
feeling of being alone, and stimulating them in the execution
of everyday activities to maintain high levels of motivation
and a correct perception of their own abilities.
IP
NETCARITY proposes a new integrated paradigm for supporting independence and engagement in elderly people
living alone at their own home place. The project fosters the
development of a light technological infrastructure to be
integrated in homes of old people at reduced costs, that both
allows the assurance of basic support of everyday activities
and health critical situations detection, as well as the social
and psychological engagement required to maintain in the
elder the emotional well-being enhancing dignity and quality of life. The project will seek to advance ambient intelligence technologies in the integration of micro and nano
technology in a networked wireless/wired multi-sensing en-
Image courtesy of project NETCARITY.

Contact
Pietro Siciliano
Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi
Via Monteroni
73100 Lecce
ITALY
e-mail: pietro.siciliano@le.imm.cnr.it
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Project Partners
Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi I
MR&D INSTITUTE SRL I
Ikerlan S. Coop. E
BTICINO SPA I
Istituto Trentino di Cultura I
Stichting Verzorging en Verpleging Eindhoven De Archipel NL
PROVINCIA AUTONOMA DI TRENTO I
Universit degli Studi di Pavia I
Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tuebingen D
Siemens AG D
Smart Homes NL
IBM Ceska Republika SRO CZ
Kuijpers Beveiligingssystemen BV - NL
PLASMO-NANO-DEVICES
Surface Plasmon Nanodevices: Towards Sub-wavelength
Miniaturization of Optical Interconnects and Photonic
Components
Vision
opening the perspectives of unprecedented technical combinations to insert electrically driven devices on the same
circuitry on which light is propagating.
aim
The research objectives of the network are to address the issues of miniaturized photonic circuitry by exploiting physical phenomena related to surface plasmons. During the last
years, the European laboratories building the consortium of
this network performed major contributions to the rapidly
growing field of plasmonic research. It is now essential to federate the human and technical resources spread in Europe
into a Network of Excellence aimed at developing prototypes of surface plasmon nanodevices for controlling optical
processes at the subwavelength scale.
NoE
Surface plasmons are electromagnetic waves that propagate

along the surface of a conductor. The structure of a metal
surface can be controlled by nanofabrication techniques in
order to tailor the properties of surface plasmons and more
specifically their interaction with visible and infra-red light,
thereby offering the potential for new photonic devices. Surface plasmons physics is being explored for its potential in
subwavelength optics, data storage, solar cells, microscopy
and biosensing. Surface plasmons photonics, also called
plasmonics, could evolve as a promising candidate to satisfy
the constraints of miniaturization of optical devices down
to subwavelength sizes. An appealing feature of plasmonic
circuitry is that it enables to carry optical signals and electric currents through the same thin metal circuitry, thereby

Contact
Prof. Alain Dereux
Laboratoire de Physique de lUNIVERSITE DE BOURGOGNE DIJON.
BP 47870, F-21078 Dijon,
FRANCE
e-mail: adereux@u-bourgogne.fr
Web site
http://www.plasmonanodevices.org/
Timeline
Budget
Overall Cost:
Project Partners
UNIVERSITE DE BOURGOGNE DIJON F
WESTFAELISCHE WILHELMS-UNIV. MUENSTER D
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN D
KARL-FRANZENS-UNIVERSITAET GRAZ A
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER UK
- RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT CH
AALBORG UNIVERSITET DK
UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID E
THE QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST
UNIVERSITE LOUIS PASTEUR: STRASBOURG I F
UNIV. DE ZARAGOZA E
LZH LASERZENTRUM HANNOVER E.V. D
KODAK LIMITED UK
MICRO MANAGED PHOTONS A/S - DK
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SENSACTION-AAL
SENsing and ACTION to support mobility in Ambient
Assisted Living
Vision & aim
system: 1) easy-to-wear and easy-to-use; 2) active anywhere,

anytime; 3) cost effective. SENSACTION-AAL will develop an ICT-based solution which is highly usable and can
support the elderly people in their preferred environment.
The key challenge is to develop an integrated system that
brings together the different components involved (network
cells; communication protocols; embedded real-time algorithms for actuator control; signal processing algorithms;
data warehousing, web-based data access). An extended
in-vivo accurate validation carried out with the support of
end-users will be required to assess the satisfaction of key
user requirements and produce a solution which is adequate for industrial take-up. Ultimately, this project could
have important influences on the quality of life of European
citizens. These new systems will empower persons with disabilities and aging citizens to play a major role in society
and will help them to augment their autonomy and realize
their potential.
STREP
The SENSACTION-AAL project offers the opportunity

for a significant advancement of the state-of-the-art in the
field of ambulatory assisting devices for enhancing safety
and security in balance and movement. The ultimate goal of
the project is to assist older people in maintaining independent mobility and daily life activities and prevent injuries
by introducing smart body fixed sensor based technology
that allow medical professionals to initiate interventions in
the home environment. To achieve this goal, the SENSACTION-AAL project will design, test and release a next-generation, smart, wireless on-body system which enables: (1)
monitoring of activities of daily living and (2) simultaneous
real-time active control of physical performance using
principles such as sensory augmentation and biofeedback.
This system is equipped with both biosensors and bioactuators in-the-loop. The SENSACTION-AAL architecture
will introduce new ICT solutions that make the proposed

Contact
Lorenzo Chiari
Alma Mater Studiorum - Universit di Bologna
viale Risorgimento 2
40126 - Bologna
ITALY
e-mail: lchiari@deis.unibo.it
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Project Partners
Alma Mater Studiorum - Universit di Bologna I
McRoberts BV NL
Robert Bosch Gesellschaft fr medizinische Forschung mbH D
University of Groningen NL
Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology Slovak Academy of
Science SK
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center-Research Fund IL
ATOS ORIGIN SA E
Manufacturing/
Process Integration
DAVID
Downscaled Assembly of Vertically Interconnected Devices
Vision & Aim
vacuum sealing and fine structured getter films to

control the sensor cavity ambient
waferlevel molding and solder balling to build a chipscale MEMS-SiP.
Critical aspect like mechanical drift and offset effects of
package stress are addressed by the implementation of a
test vehicle that allows to measured and correlate them
with FEM simulations. A control of design and material
suitability is therefore given through all process stages.
The project consortium forms a representative industrial
environment: ST Microelectronics as a large semiconductor manufacturer acts close to high-volume market
requirements. Datacon Technology and Besi Molding
provide industrial equipment for assembly and packaging. SAES Getters is a renowned service provider in vacuum technology. Research and design support is given
by Fraunhofer ISIT and Wroclaw University of Technology.
STREP
The DAVID project targets to provide an extremely high

packaging density for hybrid integration of MEMS with
ASICs. A significant reduction of assembly and packaging costs, specifically for consumer applications, shall be
reached by the integration approach itself, but also by a
lithographic size reduction of micromachined structures.
The benefit becomes most visible when several sensors
are clustered in a single, hermetic encapsulation on wafer
level.
Beyond this, a 3D-SiP approach can improve product
quality by reducing parasitic effects: DAVIDs extremely
short interconnects are particularly interesting for capacitive or high-frequency signals.
The project is designed to demonstrate a complete process flow with the following technology components:
vertical interconnect by post-CMOS feedthroughs
handling, assembly and waferlevel bonding of singulated, open MEMS devices on a CMOS wafer

Contact
NormanMarenco
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Hansastrasse 27 C
80686Muenchen
GERMANY
e-mail: norman.marenco@isit.fraunhofer.de
Timeline
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Project Partners
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten
Forschung e.V. D
ST Microelectronics srl I
Datacon Technology AG AT
FICO BV - NL
SAES Getters SpA I
Wroclaw University of Technology PL
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DELILA
DEvelopment of LIthography Technology for Nanoscale
Structuring of Materials Using LAser Beam Interference
Vision & Aim
The project Development of Lithography Technology

for Nanoscale Structuring of Materials Using Laser Beam
Interference (DELILA) focuses on researching and developing a new production technology for fabrication
of 2D and 3D nano structures and devices. In particular,
DELILA will enable low cost and large volume production of surface structures and patterns with nanometric
resolution.
Industrial end-users are currently discouraged from expanding their nanotechnology-related business activities
by either unacceptably high costs or the impossibility to
control production processes on a nanometric scale. DELILA will play a key role in realising the full potential of
interference nanolithography by combining optical technology, ICT and micro/nano-technology, as current nanofabrication tools are limited to archaic, slow processing rates, or do not achieve a competitive cost-effective
strategy.
DELILA is driven by industrial needs to down-scale feature sizes to nano dimensions, lower fabrication costs
and efficiently increase throughput, with the following
industrial and scientific objectives:
It is the aim of DELILA to empower interference nanolithography technology with a clear focus on industrial
use, and to drive the rapid development of nano-science
leading to new processes and immediate industrial exploitation. The main advantageous features of the DELILA system in fabrication of nano structures and devices
are high resolution (better than 40 nm) compared with
other optical technologies, and low cost and high efficiency compared with other beam technologies.
DELILA is a specific targeted research project (STREP),
supported by EC funding from the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The consortium consists of five partners:
the Manufacturing Engineering Centre (MEC) of Cardiff
University in the UK (coordinator), the Optoelectronics
Research Centre (ORC) of Tampere University of Technology in Finland, SILIOS Technologies SA (SILIOS) in
France, the Institute of Applied Physics (IAP) of Russian
Academy of Sciences in Russia, and the Department of
Microelectronics of Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones
Tcnicas de Gipuzkoa (CEIT) in Spain.
STREP
Fundamental exploration of multiple beam interference lithography and its capabilities. This will include
the conclusions on the formation of multiple beam
interference patterns for nanolithography, interaction
with different materials and boundary conditions, and
environmental effects on the performance of interference lithography.
Development of computer software for the analysis of
interference of several coherent beams of laser radia-
tion and for the calculation of the results of diffraction

of the radiation by periodic structures of different
forms. This will lead to the synthesis and optimization
of laser-beam characteristics for obtaining the required
parameters of the created structures.
Development of the DELILA system. The main outcome of the project will be a nano fabrication tool that
has the potential to create a breakthrough in nanolithography technology for both 2D and 3D structuring
of materials. The success of DELILA will be measured
by the creation of a technologically viable tool.

Contact
Duc Truong PHAM
Manufacturing Engineering Centre
Cardiff University
Queens Buildings
Newport Road
CF24 3AA Cardiff
UNITED KINGDOM
e-mail: PhamDT@cf.ac.uk
Web site
www.delila.cf.ac.uk
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Cardiff University - UK
Tampere University of Technology FI
SILIOS Technologies SA F
Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences RU
Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Tcnicas de Gipuzkoa E
HIDING DIES
High Density Integration of Dies into Electronics Substrates
Vision & Aim
The HIDING DIES project aims to develop a highly innovative technology for embedding active chips into
high-density printed circuit boards. This 3- dimensional
integration will enable a high degree of miniaturization, improved electrical and thermal performance for
mobile and commu PCB technology (laser drilling of
vias, galvanic Cu metallization). By merging chips and
substrates, extremely flat systems can be achieved or, by
surface mounting additional components on top, very
high functional densities are possible.
The expected benefits of the HIDING DIES technology are:
STRUCTURE
All required process steps will be based on existing technologies, however their combination to a cost-effective
high-yielding technology require significant scientific
and technological research. Besides the process development, a detailed understanding of thermo-mechanical,
thermal and electrical performance of such integrated
systems has to be achieved. Furthermore development
effort has to be made to explore technological limits by
handling and bonding very large and very thin chips (<
50 m) and by stacking multiple layers with integrated
components.
The achievement of the development goals will be assessed using two demonstrators, specified by end users.
A sensor device combines a surface mounted MEMS
chip with embedded control circuits, resulting in an
extremely small footprint. The other demonstrator is
a power RF application. Target is to create a miniaturized module with excellent electrical and heat conducting properties. With the ICs embedded in the substrate,
short connections to filter structures and assembled discrete SMDs at the surface, a compact miniature module
can be created compared with existing modules based
on wire bonded ICs.
STREP
high potential for miniaturization by placing standard

SMD components over integrated chips or even tacking integrated chips in multiple levels
improvement of RF performance by very short wiring
length between chips and to other components. Improved impedance match by avoiding different packaging levels
high thermo-mechanical reliability solid monolythic
package without potentially weak interconnect like
flip chips joints
improved thermal performance by short thermal
path from hot spots in the chip through the thin silicon to heat-spreading Cu layers and thermal vias
cost competitiveness by the use of established PCB
and packaging technologies and established equipment (die bonding, vacuum lamination, micro via
laser drilling) as well as large area processing (18 x24
panel format)
help build EEIGs devoted to the commercial exploitation of the technological developments,
transfer the knowledge in the field of Artificial Olfaction within the project consortium, but also to industrial and academic researchers by offering different
ways of support and cooperation
e.g. computational models of the olfactory pathway
developed in biological cybernetics and computational neuroscience will serve as a starting point to mimic
biological olfactory processes.

Contact
Andreas Ostmann
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN
GUSTAV-MEYER-ALLEE 25
13355 BERLIN - GERMANY
e-mail: andreas.ostmann@tu-berlin.de
Web site
http://www.hidingdies.net/
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Project Partners
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN D
DATACON SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT GMBH A
AT & S AUSTRIA TECHNOLOGIE & SYSTEMTECHNIK
AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT A
CHEMNITZER WERKSTOFFMECHANIK GMBH - D
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INOS
Intelligent networked optical sensor
Vision
(Image courtesy of project Inos)
and seamless integration of visual sensing to ANY IT device ANYWHERE, thus adding visual sensory capability
to ambient intelligence.
AIM
INOS is an innovative project with a two-fold objective:

To explore innovative materials and MEMS methodologies and to apply them in mass production microelectronics packaging.
To design a totally integrated imaging system on a
package featuring sensory, processing, storage and
communication capabilities, thus providing an innovative IT block inherently supporting ambient intelligence.
STREP
INOS (Intelligent Networked Optical Sensor) tackles the

design, implementation and prototyping of an intelligent
miniaturized optic sensor, capable of acquiring, storing, processing and transmitting still images, video data
and/or analysis results based on the images acquired.
Improving highly innovative packaging technology and
by embedding into a single package necessary sensing,
processing, storage, control and wireless networking
subsystems, a true system-in-a package with intelligent
multi-sensory abilities is developed. INOS will support
Ethernet and WLAN connectivity (802.11x) and will be
able to deliver high quality video according to the stateof-the-art H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video compression
standard. Output data can be processed and customized according to the client systems needs (such as MJPEG or H.264 streaming and video data analysis such as
number of counted objects/people). INOS software can
be updated/ customized after it has been installed into
the field. It can also undertake control functions. By using state of the art silicon blocks developed within INOS,
the cost, as well as the power consumption of image and
video acquisition systems is held at a minimum. Cost
will be further reduced by creating a highly integrated
product, eliminating the need for separate packaging of
the included components. Finally, the versatility, integration and ease of installation and use of such systems are
increased, basing the operating system on open source
Linux. These improvements, augmented with increased
processing capabilities, wireless network interfaces and
integrated S/W applications, will allow the introduction

Contact
Axel Mehnert
HYPERSTONE AG
LINE-EID-STRASSE 3
78467 KONSTANZ - GERMANY
e-mail: amehnert@hyperstone.de
Web site
http://www.inos-ist.org/
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Project Partners
HYPERSTONE AG D
MICROTEC GESELLSCHAFT FUR MIKROTECHNOLOGIES MBH - D
GLOBAL DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES S.A. GR
NEWLOGIC TECHNOLOGIES AG A
VISUAL TOOLS S.A. E
INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS GR
Key Innovations and Benefits of INOS:

Highly integrated packaging of fully functional camera
Cost efficient packaging:
By eliminating the need for separate packages
Cost efficient miniaturization, the used packaging technology will yield the smallest package
given the components integrated
By using patented RMPD technology

Integrate Intelligence together with video sensor in
one package
Innovative imaging subsystem featuring H.264/

AVC-based compression
Highly flexible and easy-to-use
INOS can be integrated into wireless and wired

networks
Software can be customized even after INOS has

been integrated in above networks
Based on open source Linux OS ensuring availability of low cost software infrastructure and
support environment
STREP
INOS will embed into a single package the necessary

sensing, processing, storage, control and wireless networking subsystems, yielding a true micro system with
intelligent multi-sensory abilities.
The project will deliver a system level prototype, as well
as a complete proposal of advanced 3D-CSP packaging
development using RMPD process and design methodologies for wireless system in a package implementation.
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INTEGRAMPLUS
Integrated MNT Platforms and Services - Service Action
Vision & Aim
IP
The overall aim of this Service Action Integrated Project

is to provide access services and prototyping platforms
with a route to manufacture for highly integrated microsystems, combining smart silicon functionality with
polymer in a multi-domain environment. This will be
achieved by extending the Europractice Manufacturing
Cluster INTEGRAM, which focused on Silicon sensors
and electronics, to multi-technologies (Silicon, polymers)
and multi-domains (fluidic, optical, mechanical, electrical, biological). The consortium will also pull through
and exploit for customers Design for Manufacturing
principles being developed in the FP6 Network of Excellence PATENT-DfMM. This new multi-polar centre,
INTEGRAMplus, will be a unique combination of competences across Europe linked with a network of supply
chain partners and aims to provide European industry
with a world-leading facility to stimulate take-up and
accelerate time-to-market of smart mixed-technology
components and solutions.

Contact
Dr ChristopherPickering
QinetiQ Ltd
Malvern Technology Centre
St Andrews Road
Malvern, Worcs
WR14 3PS
UNITED KINGDOM
e-mail: cpickering@Qinetiq.com
Web site
www.INTEGRAMplus.com
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The goal is to achieve a high degree of flexibility to address the need for increased complexity in microsystems
without sacrificing the requirement for stable manufacturable processes. This will be achieved by focusing on
standard processes and interfaces with design rules but
offering additional functionality through incorporation
of non-standard materials and linking multiple technologies. The focus will be on integrating Silicon-based
MEMS components, which provide smart functionality,
with polymer backplanes and platforms which provide
additional functions, packaging and interfacing to the
macro-world.
The combination of the complementary capabilities
of the partners and the ability to design, prototype and
manufacture via a distributed network will demonstrate
a new flexible manufacturing methodology for mixedtechnology systems. INTEGRAMplus will aim to overcome barriers to entry and stimulate take-up of smart
microsystems by SMEs in emerging markets for the information and ageing societies.
Budget
Project Partners
QINETIQ LTD - UK
COVENTOR SARL - FR
CENTRE SUISSE DELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA - CH
EPIGEM LIMITED - UK
INSTITUT FUER MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH - DE
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU MICROTEHNOLOGIE - RO
INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGII ELEKTRONOWEJ - PL
SILEX MICROSYSTEMS AB - SE
LANCASTER UNIVERSITY UK
YOLE DEVELOPPEMENT FR
MICROBUILDER
An integrated modular service for microfluidics
Vision & Aim
The vision of microBUILDER increase the commercial

success and competitiveness of European SMEs by introducing mixed technology devices and sub-systems as key
components in their products. In order to achieve this vision microBUILDER will develop and provide industry,
especially SMEs, but also academic research an easy and
cost-efficient access to mixed technology manufacturing,
design & engineering services and advanced tools. The
focus of the service is on mixed technologies for microfluidics.
The goal of the is to establish an integrated service, offering:
Cost efficient access to mixed-technologies including:
silicon/glass technology through multi project

fabrication,
polymer technology
various qualified add-on processes, like bio-functionalisation, functional thin films, hydrophilisation, deep RIE, etc., and
Easy access to qualified microfluidic components and
systems through a modular development platform
A commercial infrastructure for design & engineering
services, advanced tools and mixed technology manufacturing through one single customer interface
Pre-normative standards for the integration of different components and technologies, specified in a master design handbook
Joint promotion and training activities in order to ensure that the service will be able to reach the whole
European market
A basic microfluidic training course and web based

courses for long distance online training developed.
(Image courtesy of project microBuilder)
IP
The microBUILDER project will deliver:

A technology platform for the realization of mixed silicon, glass and polymer devices and sub-systems
A master design handbook

Qualified add-on processe s to add flexibility and functionality to the standard processes offered by the industrial partners of the project.
Demonstrators of mixed silicon/glass/polymer technology
Regular silicon and silicon/glass MPW runs.
Coventor foundry modules / process design kits including L-EDIT templates for the microBUILDER
technologies
Training modules for the, Infenion SensoNor, TRONICs Thinxxs , HSG-IMIT, and SINTEF technologies
and services

Contact
Ralph W. Bernstein
SINTEF - Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk forskning ved NTNU
Strindveien 4
7465Trondheim
NORWAY
e-mail: Ralph.bernstein@sintef.no
Timeline
Start: 1 April 2006
End: 30 March 2009
Budget
Project Partners
SINTEF - Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk forskning ved NTH NO
Infenion Technologies SensoNor AS NO
TRONICS Microsystems - FR
Vestfold University College NO
Institut fr Mikro- und Informationstechnik der Hahn-Schickard
Gesellschaft fr angewandte Forschung e.V. D
thinXXS GmbH D
Budapest University of Technology and Economics HU
Consorzio per la Ricerca e lEducazione Permanente I
Coventor sarl F
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PATENT-DfMM
Design for Micro & Nano Manufacture
Vision
Manufacturing starts with design. This statement holds

especially true in the case of micro and nanosystem technology (MNT) enabled devices and systems as there are
a range of manufacturing related difficulties that can be
simplified by either design enhancements or the integration of additional functions. This design for micro &
nano manufacture (DfMM) methodology is however immature and is one of the main reasons why the commercialization of MNT based products is still severely limited despite a range of impressive research programmes,
design innovations and initiatives across Europe.
Some of the key problems that affect manufacturability
are now widely acknowledged and include difficulties
in developing economic production test strategies and
efficient packaging and assembly solutions. Guaranteeing robustness and reliability is also extremely difficult
due to complexity and the heterogeneous nature of most
MNT based products. Improved design support is also
becoming a key commercial requirement with pressure
on tool vendors to optimise models aimed at providing
the designer with the means to predict the impact of
second-order effects on the design (e.g. package induced
stress and mode coupling), and verify end-use stability
and subsequent reliability, especially in aggressive environments.
The need to solve these issues in MNT is hampered by
the shortage of multidisciplinary, skilled engineers, and
the need for major advances in simulation and modelling technology that handles hierarchical heterogeneous
designs. Furthermore, many typical applications of micro
& nano system technologies require very high reliability,
NoE

Contact
Andrew Richardson
THE UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER BAILRIGG
LA1 4YW LANCASTER - UK
e-mail: a.richardson@lancaster.ac.uk
Timeline
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http://www.patent-dfmm.org/
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Overall Cost: EC Funding: 6.200.000
and suitable test methodologies, standards and instrumentation are often missing. Time-to-market targets for
most MNT products will therefore only be achieved if
these so called back-end issues are addressed early in
the design cycle.
AIM
The NoE Patent-DfMM aims to establish a collaborative team to provide European industry with support in
the field of Design for Micro and Nano Manufacture
(DfMM) to ensure that problems affecting the manufacture and reliability of products based on MNT can be
addressed before prototype and pre-production.
The mission of the network is:
Re-structure the European DfMM Community by creating new collaborative virtual laboratories providing
industrial services in
Design-for-test engineering
Reliability and characterisation engineering
Packaging engineering
Modelling and simulation technology

Create a commercial industrial support service in
DfMM technology
Accelerate the output of trained professionals in
DfMM engineering
Network key equipment facilities and improve academic and commercial access to core capabilities
RESULTS TO DATE
As of January 2006, over 60 activities have been launched

under the project framework to improve integration,
generate new collaborative intellectual property through
Project Partners
THE UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER UK
HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY UK
POLITECNICO DI MILANO I
FORSCHUNG E.V. D
COUNCIL FOR THE CENTRAL LABORATORY OF THE RESEARCH COUNCILS
UK
POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA PL
UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE NL
UNIVERSITAET BREMEN D
QINETIQ LIMITED UK
BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS HU
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU MICROTEHNOLOGIE RO
CEA-LETI - F
been generated that covers material properties, failure

mechanisms, instrumentation availability and packaging
solutions. New test structures are currently under development and the characterisation work above will generate further data for this database. Initial plans to make
this database commercially available do not appear feasible from an initial market study as revenue would be
unlikely to cover the cost of maintenance. This database
will hence form an internal resource for the NoE to support research and consultancy activities with industrial
customers.
Training development has secured core IPR for tutorials,
CPD courses and for a future masters. Tutorials in thermal engineering and failure analysis have been delivered
and been well accepted. The first 3 day course in Package
Modelling & Analysis was delivered at IEF in December
2005 and the Distance Learning course in Modelling
Technology to support MEMS manufacture is almost
complete. There are a number of additional modules
under development that includes test engineering and
training that pulls together technology, management and
societal issues. Two summer schools have been successfully run each attracting between 30 and 40 delegates.
Interfacing the NoE to the commercial environment has
received much attention. A portfolio of skills, services
and exploitable IPR has been developed and a market test
process initiated. A number of potential business models
have been assessed for future delivery of the teams knowledge and resource to the industrial community. The NoE
has taken leadership of the Reliability and Test MWG
within NEXUS and 3 out of the 5 new steering committee
members of NEXUS are from the PATENT-DfMM NoE.
This guarantee a strong pull from the NEXUS association for industrial access to PATENT-DfMM resources
and optimal promotion of these resources.
NoE
joint research, secure commercialisation routes for key

services and establish the team as a key international
cluster. Activities in the 1st 12 months mainly targeted improved integration within the 4 Virtual Laboratories, the
second 18 months has however seen more cross laboratory activities and 2006 will focus on market testing and
the launch of 3 key flagship projects.
In the area of Test Integration, a 4 institute cluster has
been established with skills in motionless testing of
moving structures such as inertial sensors. New techniques have been developed based on bias modulation
and a proof of concept demonstrated fabricated (fig. 1).
A bio-sensor test cluster has also been developed with
novel techniques published collaboratively. Work is now
targeting drug discovery platforms based on a droplet
transport technique (Fig. 2). In this area work is now
merging with activities in the modelling & simulation
cluster that over the past 18 months has been focusing on
fault and fault free modelling of droplet transport technology. Further work within the modelling and simulation cluster has been closely tied into the packaging activity. Collaborative teams have pushed state-of-the-art
in techniques for modelling electro-magnetic coupling
mechanisms, modelling of damping mechanisms and
the package environment in moving MEMS structures
and enhanced stiction modelling in switches. A program
of test structure fabrication and characterisation is also
active to characterise new parameterisble behavioural
models for better prediction of prototype behaviour and
fault effects. A major study that involves both modelling
and test structure characterisation is now active that aims
to fully understand and capture the impact of the most
important package structures and adhesives on encapsulated MEMS devices.
Database development has been active across the test,
reliability and packaging domains. Initial content has
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PROMENADE
Process management and design system
for microsystem technologies
Vision
Microsystem technology will have great potential and impact on almost all areas of technological development and
future economy. The large variety of different microsystem
technologies makes the development slower and cost ineffective, mainly because each technology requires a specific
fabrication process. Currently a microsystem development
has to go through the iteration of structure optimization,
design, process development, fabrication and testing. This
is very time consuming process, leading to a long duration
to market and requires huge resource. A consortium with
7 partners from multi-EU countries has been funded to
tackle this technique issue.
AIM
STREP
The objectives of the 4.5 million Euros PROMENADE

project funded by FP6 is to realise a computer-based
environment supporting process engineers in creating,

verifying, simulating, optimising and maintaining Sibased thin film processes with predictable characteristics as well as offering microsystem designers a formal
interface to technological constraints and facilitating
design for manufacturing.
The goal of the project is to develop a design, tracking and simulation environment and to develop and
implement empirical and numerical physical models.
Single process step simulations and characterisations
as well as simulations of complete process sequences
will be available to derive rules forming the foundation for process validation as well as process assessment. The system will make use of a common database
to store technology and simulation knowledge and
will offer an interface to industry leading TCAD and
simulation tools.

Contact
Andreas Hssinger
SILVACO DATA SYSTEMS (EUROPE) LIMITED
COMPASS POINT
PE27 5JL ST. IVES
UNITED KINGDOM
e-mail: andreas.hoessinger@silvaco.com
Web site
http://82.201.2.110/promenade/
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SILVACO DATA SYSTEMS (EUROPE) LIMITED UK
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH D
CAMBRIDGE UK
UNIVERSITAET SIEGEN D
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN - INSTITUT FUER MIKROELEKTRONIK A
CAVENDISH KINETICS B.V. - NL
Q2M
Batch Integration of High-quality Materials to Microsystems
Integration of high-performance materials in microsystems (integrated electronics, systems, sensors and actuators) is limited by process incompatibility mainly
(materials, temperature budget). Many technology combinations promising novel functionality in a large range
of applications can therefore either not be realised today
(e.g. high-performance sensors/actuators on CMOS), or
are manufactured on a per-device level in a pick-andplace scheme with resulting high fabrication costs (e.g.
microvalves), hindering such components from reaching
the market and forcing industry to disregard the development of many novel devices.
The main objective of Q2M is therefore to develop methods that allow the cost efficient combination and integration through batch-microfabrication of components and
materials that are unsuited for monolithic integration.
This allows novel functionality and reduced manufacturing costs.

Contact
Woutervan der Wijngaart
Kungliga Tekniska Hgskolan
Valhallavgen 79
10044Stockholm
SWEDEN
e-mail: wouter@ee.kth.se
Web site
http://mec0026.engi.cf.ac.uk/
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Mission: To overcome the limitations of material and process incompatibility through novel composite materials and
novel transfer bonding methods.
Two main strategies will be followed to push the technology beyond its current barriers. The first is the development
of high quality actuator materials and their micromachining methods suited for wafer-scale fabrication. The second
strategy is the development of transfer bonding methods
for transferring materials and devices to semiconductor
or polymer substrates. The development of both strategies
will be guided by the specifications from three application
areas: microvalving, micro-optics and RF-MEMS (radio
frequency microelectronic components). Test structures
will evaluate the developed techniques.
The Consortium has six research focussed partners, each
expert/pioneer in at least one core aspect of the multidisciplinary scientific challenge, and five application
focussed partners (2 SMEs, 3 larger consortia), chosen
to anchor the work in real industrial needs while creating the basis for further development and exploitation.
Moreover, a Q2M User Group of interested companies is
formed for technology spreading and exploitation outside the consortium.
Project Partners
Kungliga Tekniska Hgskolan SE
Cranfield University UK
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven B
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe D
Forschung e.V D
Pondus Instruments AB SE
Micronic Laser Systems AB SE
Steinbeis Transfer Centre ASICON D
IBM Research GmbH CH
20/10 PERFECT VISION Optische Geraete GmbH D
Technical Research Centre of Finland, VTT FIN
LK Products Oy - FIN
STREP
Vision & Aim
Vision: To develop methods that allow the cost efficient

combination and integration through batch-microfabrication of components and materials that are unsuited for
monolithic integration.
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RF-PLATFORM
Generic manufacturing and design technology platforms based
on novel RF technologies
Vision & Aim
third parties. RF-PLATFORM will create a set of coordinated technology platforms for RF Systems-in-Package
(RF SiPs) including microsystems based on RF MEMS
technologies. The main activity of RFPLATFORM is in
the area of service actions.
The technologies made available through RF-PLATFORM Service Offering will make maximum use of existing state-of-art RF technologies. The research activities
of RF-PLATFORM are focused on making these technologies available to outside users in the form of highly
integrated and modular technology platforms. Some research acitivities are also devoted to completing the technology platforms with functions with a high added value
for commercial applications.
The general objectives of RF-PLATFORM fall in three
categories
1. manufacturing and integration technologies
2. design techniques
3. consolidated service offering
The first and second objectives concern technology.
IP
RF-PLATFORM project will develop a service concept

similar to EUROPRACTICE. Companies, universities
and research organisation will have access to multiproject fabrication through a central service point. This
service point will provide design interfaces and design
templates for platforms that are provided by consortium.
Consortium will provide multiple platforms GaAs,
SiGe, MCM-D, MCM-S, IC through partisipants or
foundries. Some of these technologies lack the user interface for external use, and aim of the project is provide
unified design and logistics environment and to create a
gateway to allow wider usage of these platforms.
Project will provide Service Action supporting academic
research, feasibility design, prototyping, training and education through access to advanced tools, multi-project
fabrication and design competency.
Aim of research activities is to make flexible manufacturing, design and service concept for combining different
technologies requiring multi-competencies available to

Contact
Hannu Ronkainen
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Tietotie 3, ESPOO FIN-02044
FINLAND
e-mail: hannu.ronkainen@vtt.fi
Timeline
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Budget
Overall Cost: 4.903761
Project Partners
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland - FIN
Universitt Ulm D
Forschung e.V. D
Atmel Germany GmbH D
EADS Deutschland GmbH, Corporate Research Germany (EADS-CRC-G) D
SiP Technologies Oy FIN
THALES F
VIA electronic GmbH D
Sensys Traffic AB S
University of Oulu FIN
Smart fabrics/
Interactive textiles
BIOTEX
Bio-sensing textiles to support health management
aim
The BIOTEX project aims at developing dedicated

biochemical-sensing techniques compatible with in-

Contact
Jean LUPRANO
Centre Suisse dElectronique Microtechnique SA
Jaquet-Droz 1
CH-2007 Neuchtel
Switzerland
e-mail: jean.luprano@csem.ch
Web site
http://www.biotex-eu.com/
Timeline
End: 29 February 2008
tegration into textile. This goal represents a complete

breakthrough, which allows for the first time the monitoring of body fluids via sensors distributed on a textile
substrate and performing biochemical measurements.
BIOTEX is addressing the sensing part and its electrical or optical connection to a signal processor. The
approach aims at developing sensing patches, adapted
to different targeted body fluids and biological species
to be monitored, where the textile itself is the sensor.
The extension to whole garment and the integration
with physiological monitors is part of the roadmap of
the consortium.
The BIOTEX project is a Specific Targeted Research
or Innovation Project (STREP) part of the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission,
Priority 2&3, joint call between IST (Information Society Technologies) and NMP (nanotechnology and nanosciences, knowledge based multifunctional materials
and new production processes and devices).
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STREP
Vision
Integration of health monitoring tools into textiles brings the

benefits of safety and comfort to the users. Instrumented clothes will provide remote monitoring of vitals signs, diagnostics to improve early illness detection and metabolic disorder
and benefits to the reduction on medical social costs to the
citizen. Ambulatory healthcare, isolated people, convalescent
people and patients with chronic diseases are addressed.
To date, developments in that field are mainly focused on
physiological measurements (body temperature, electrocardiogram, electromyogram, breath rhythm, etc.) with first
applications targeting sport monitoring and prevention of
cardiovascular risk. Biochemical measurements on body
fluids will be needed to tackle very important health and safety issues.
Project Partners
Centre Suisse dElectronique Microtechnique SA CH
Smartex s.r.l I
Universit di Pisa I
Thuasne F
Penelope SpA I
Sofileta SAS F
Dublin City University IRL
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CONTEXT
Contactless sensors for body monitoring incorporated in textiles
Vision & aim
Musculoskeletal disorders, such as low back pain and RSI,

often caused from psychological stress and physiological strain, are today among the biggest health and safety
problems for people world wide, leading to enormous social and economical costs. The drive for miniaturization
of electronic components should enable us to surround
ourselves with sensors for monitoring our surroundings
and our own body. However, body-monitoring sensors
today can not be used in unobtrusive due to their shape
or material properties.
The objective of the CONTEXT project is to create
a system where different types of contactless sensors
are incorporated into textiles to be used in continuous
monitoring of individuals. For the first time contactless
sensors will be developed for the purpose of measuring
electromyography and electrocardiography signals. Textile integration of these sensors is a logical choice because
human beings are constantly surrounded with textiles in
clothing and upholsteries and also because textiles are
flexible and drapeable.
The contactless sensors investigated in the CONTEXT
project will consist of true textile sensor electrodes that
pick up the muscle and heart electric signals and miniaturized pre-processing sensor electronics connected to
a textile substrate which contains conductive yarn structures for data and power transmission. Dedicated system
architecture and data processing equipment will be de-
STREP
Contact
Geert Langereis
Philips Electronics Nederland B.V.
High Tech Campus 4 (WAGp5.03)
5656AE Eindhoven Eindhoven
NETHERLANDS
e-mail: geert.langereis@philips.com
Web site
www.context-project.org
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End: 30 June 2008
signed. Finally a feasibility prototype will be created in

the form of a vest, containing two-dimensional sensor arrays integrated in a conductive textile substrate, capable
of monitoring the muscle activity and the psychological
stress state of the person wearing it.
The CONTEXT consortium contains 6 partners, two
from industry, two industrial research institutes (one of
them being an SME) and two universities. Each of the
partners has world-class knowledge in either electronics, textiles or human movement sciences. Philips contributes expertise on sensors and data processing, as well
as project management. KUL has broad experience in
electromyography measurements and muscle activity
and stress assessment algorithms. TNO has capabilities
in printing conductive inks on textiles and on clothing
confection. TITV will contribute expertise on weaving
conductive yarns into fabrics and TUB has knowledge on
interconnecting electronic components to these conductive substrates.
Clothing+ has the knowledge on the applications and
market opportunities for electronic textiles.
Using the knowledge gained in this project, electronic
components can become truly integrated into textiles
and a broad spectrum of applications (e.g. inside the
home, sports and health care) will become feasible, opening up new markets. For the textile and electronics industry in Europe this will be an opportunity for new value
creation.
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Project Partners
Philips Electronics Nederland B.V. NL
Katholiek Universiteit Leuven B
Textile Research Institute Thuringia-Vogtlandia D
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) NL
Clothing Plus Oy FI
PROETEX
Protection e-Textiles: MicroNanoStructured fibre systems
for Emergency-Disaster Wear

Contact
Annalisa BONFIGLIO
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia, Centro S3
Via Campi 213A,
41100 Modena
Italy
and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Elettronica, Unversita di Cagliari,
Piazza dArmi, 09123 Cagliari
Italy
e-mail: annalisa@diee.unica.it
Web site
http://www.proetex.org
Timeline
Budget
and managing environment, progressively enhance and

integrate textile systems for:
continuous monitoring of life signs (biopotentials,
breathing movement, cardiac sounds)
continuous monitoring biosensors (sweat, dehydration, electrolytes, stress indicators)
pose and activity monitoring
low power local wireless communications, including
integrated fiber antennae
active visibility enhancement, light emitting fibers
internal temperature monitoring using fiber sensors
external chemical detection, including toxic gases and
vapours
power generation - photovoltaic and thermoelectric
and power storage.
The technological base developed will concentrate on
smart fibers/e-textiles, but the IP will combine these where
appropriate with conventional microsystems (such as accelerometers gyros, microcontrollers and wireless chips).
Project Partners
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia I
Technical University of Lodz PL
Ghent University B
Smartex srl I
MILIOR S.P.A I
SOFILETA SAS F
Thuasne F
University of Pisa I
Dublin City University IRL
Commissariat lEnergie Atom. F
Centre Suisse dElectronique et de Microtechnique Recherche et
Dveloppement SA CH
Sensor Technology and Devices Ltd UK
Steiger S.A. CH
Philips GmbH Forschungslaboratorien
CIBA Speziataetenchemie AG -CH
Diadora-Invicta S.P.A. I
Ixscient Limited UK
Zarlink Semiconductor Ltd. UK
Brunet-Lyon F
Prefecture de Police de Paris F
Institut Nat. des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon F
Centro Europeo di Formazione e Ricerca in Ingegneria Sismica I
Ministere de linterieur et de lamenagement du territoire - F
IP
Vision & Aim
ProeTEX will develop integrated smart wearables for

emergency disaster intervention personnel, improving
their safety, coordination and efficiency and for injured
civilians, optimising their survival management. This core
application area, which is of significant societal importance in itself, will drive a wide range of key technology
developments, building on current and past EU and national projects and the commercial activities of partners,
to create micro-nano-engineering smart textile systems
- integrated systems (fabrics, wearable garments) using
specifically fibre-based micronano technologies. These
are capable of being combined into diverse products addressing this core application area but also a wide range
of other markets from extreme sports, through healthcare to transportation maintenance and building workers.
The industrial partners can address these markets. Textile systems can integrate sensors, actuators, conductors,
power management. The emergency disaster personnel
smart garment will, within a wireless ambient planning
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STELLA
Stretchable Electronics for Large Area Applications
Vision & aim
In the STELLA project the development of such stretchable
Consumers are increasingly taking responsibility for their and soft-touch substrates, including electronic assembly on
health and physical condition: they want to manage their these substrates is proposed.
own health and feel good, by monitoring a variety of func- Processes will be developed to produce a stretchable conductions of the human body (ECG, heart rate, heart rate variabil- tive pattern that can be composed of printed wiring, discrete
ity, blood oxygen saturation,
wiring, or a combination theretemperature, etc) and activity
of formed in a predetermined
related data (speed and accelarrangement on a stretchable
eration obtained from body
common base substrate. The
sensors) while doing sports, or
soft-touch will be achieved by
throughout the day, or during
using base materials with a difrecovery from illness.
ferent chemistry than what is
Physically such monitors conused to day for flex substrates.
sist of three technology eleAssembly methods for comments:
ponent mounting und inter Unobtrusive sensors -small,
connection, based on existing
wireless, virtually invisible,
platform techniques, will have
low weight- that measure
to be adapted.
Stretchable head-band thermometer, the meander-shaped
relevant (body) parameters.
Innovations from the STELLA
conductor lines are embedded in the stretchable polymer
Algorithms that interpret
project include:
substrate.
(Image courtesy of project STELLA)
these measurements.
New stretchable substrates with
Connectivity,
preferably
stretchable conductor pattern
wireless to transfer the data to a body network for further Assembly technology on stretchable substrates, based on
processing.
lead-free reflow soldering
Integration methods for electronics in stretchable products
Direct skin contact allows for full measurement opportunities, but wearing comfort requires that the monitor will not The new technology will be proven through a number of
only be flexible, but also of stretchable and soft-touch nature. demonstrators for the end-users in the project.
IP
Contact
Dr. Christopher Klatt
Freudenberg Forschungsdienste KG
Hhnerweg 2-4
69465 Weinheim
GERMANY
e-mail: christopher.klatt@freudenberg.de
Web site
www.stella-project.com
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Timeline
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Project Partners
Freudenberg Forschungsdienste KG - D
Philips Electronics Nederland BV NL
BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. NL
Verhaert New Products & Services B
Laboratoires URGO F
Fundico bvba B
Quality Products International (Q.P.I.) B.V. - NL
Support and
Coordination Actions
ADRIA
Advanced Displays Research Integration Action
Vision
AIM
The mission of the adria coordination action is to

strengthen the advanced displays community in Europe
by creating a permanent European platform on advanced
displays technology and application, with the following
objectives:
structured analysis of current advanced display research activities, industrial capabilities and markets
with a focus on Europe, also taking into account the
global context.
roadmapping for advanced displays technologies and
applications to provide directions to strategies for the

Contact
Dr. Eric Maiser
Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (VDMA)
Lyoner Strasse 18
60528 Frankfurt am-Main
GERMANY
e-mail: secretariat@adria-network.org
Web site
http://www.adria-network.org/
Timeline
development of advanced displays, highlighting areas

of opportunity for application-oriented research and
product development.
development of a coherent European approach to education and training and its implementation through
training workshops and on-line lecture facilities.
consolidation and enhancement of standardisation
knowledge among the European industries involved in
advanced displays activities.
integration of promotion and information dissemination activities through a web-based information platform, newsletters, workshop meetings, etc.
establishment of a permanent European platform that
will serve the European advanced displays community.
STRUCTURE
The activities of the adria coordination action are grouped

into seven workpackages (WPs) in correspondence to the
above listed project objectives.
ACHIEVEMENTS
adria has issued a vision paper for the advancement of

the IST priority within the 7th framework programme
of the European Commission. This paper proposes actions as part of an integrated approach to maintain and
Budget
Project Partners
Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V. (VDMA-DFF) D
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International
International/USA
SOA Services Limited UK
Le Club Visualisation/SID France F
Swedish LCD Center AB S
University of Dundee UK
CA
Europe is a global driver in advanced displays research

and innovation and is one of the largest markets for information technology products with advanced displays.
However, research, industrial capabilities, collaboration
structures between academia and industry, and networking activities in the European display community are
mostly scattered at present. Europe lacks a strong voice
representing its strengths globally.
adrias vision is to appeal to the entire display community
in Europe, to create a common knowledge base, to create a common vision for an advanced displays future in
Europe, and to create appreciated services.
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strengthen European R&D and industry in the field of

displays and large area electronics in the broad context of
intelligent environment systems.
adria has devised a procedure for mapping the scattered
competences in the advanced displays field across Europe, and implemented a method to realise a web-based
competence mapping application for industry, research
institutes and academia.
adria has developed an approach for technology road-
mapping in the field of advanced displays and related

technologies, a combination of workshop meetings and
a powerful web-based roadmapping tool.
adria is organising a series of 3 training sessions each
comprising 3 days of seminars on advanced displays
technologies in 3 European countries.
Visit www.adria-network.org to read more about the
project, to benefit from the services offered by adria and
to get involved in the project!
ARCORC
Applied Research Roadmaps for Carbon Nanotubes Opportunities, Requirements, Challenges

Contact
Stefan de Haan
WTC - Wicht Technologie Consulting
Frauenplatz 5
80331 Munich
GERMANY
e-mail: stefan.dehaan@wtc-consult.de
Timeline
Start: 1 July 2006
Carbon Nanotubes as molecular building blocks in micro/

nano sub-systems for applications in health care/diagnostics, sensors, energy storage systems, mass data storage systems, and display solutions will be the focus of the work.
The roadmap will address research and innovation at the
boundaries of nanoelectronics, biosciences and chemistry
and engineering/materials sciences.
Budget
EC Funding: 240.000
Project Partners
WTC - Wicht Technologie Consulting - D
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge UK
Sineurop Nanotech GmbH Stuttgart D
SSA
Vision & Aim
ARCORC will provide a roadmap for sub-systems based

on Carbon Nanotubes to prepare for a research agenda
and to build the research community. ARCORC will define major trends addressing the ICT-bio-micro/nano-technology combined field. The project will investigate technologies and major applications and products. Integration of
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ARRRO
Applied Research RoadMaps for RF micro-nano systems
Opportunities
Vision & Aim
RF MEMS are promising for several areas where Europe

has established industrial and technology leadership
from mobile telephony, automotive, to aeronautics and
aerospace. The European research organisations are well
placed in global competition in the field of RF MEMS
and the NoE AMICOM has been created in 2004 to
coordinate the research efforts. However, the European
R&D is still missing a clear guideline to address the R&D
needs especially with regard to RF micro-nano systems
of European companies over the next 15 years. The EC
has been supporting research in RF MEMS since 1998.
As yet, it is though difficult for funding bodies to evaluate the return on investment. Also at industrial level,
some industries are beginning to harvest the first fruits
of their investment. However, these same industries are
still lacking a roadmap of their future products, such as
the one developed by ITRS, in order to help them setup a clear strategy in terms of development and time to
SSA
Contact
Jrmie Bouchaud
Frauenplatz 5
80331 Munich
GERMANY
e-mail: jeremie.bouchaud@wtc-consult.de
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market The objective of ARRRO is to provide a strategic

assessment of the current status and a vision of the future requirements for RF MEMS and RF Nanosystems
technology, products and applications. From the technology point of view, ARRRO will address especially
the needs for combining various technologies from Si
and SiGe used so far to nanotubes for next future RF
NEMS, up to polymer for low cost antenna and integration technology. The results of this study will provide
a valuable guideline for European experts and stakeholders involved in this field. Through an analysis of
the European RF MEMS and nanosystems research area
in the context of global competition, this study should
contribute to improved integration of the European IST
Research in RF MEMS. This study is complementary to
the AMICOM Network of Excellence. ARRRO will also
directly build on the major RF MEMS industry analysis
carried out so far at the NEXUS User Supplier Club Telecom as well as by WTC.
Budget
EC Funding: 235.000
Project Partners
WTC - Wicht Technologie Consulting - D
Interuniversity MicroElectronics Center B
BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre UK
BRIDGE
EUROPRACTICE - coordination of proactive NAS interaction
and an awareness dissemination and exploitation bridge
It has
disseminated EUROPRACTICE information via flyers,
viewgraphs, MST News, 2 websites, and the production
of an Annual Report;
coordinated the activities of the 65 EUROPRACTICE
partners, who have agreed to continue with EURO-

Contact
J. A. McLean
COUNCIL FOR THE CENTRAL LABORATORY OF THE RESEARCH COUNCILS
RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY
OX11 0QX CHILTON, DIDCOT
UNITED KINGDOM
e-mail: c.r.whitehouse@rl.ac.uk
Timeline
PRACTICE for a further year at no additional funding;

provided start-up companies with friendly access to
Venture Capitalists through holding an annual competition and Venture Capital Forum, and provide assistance to prepare business cases.
Additionally BRIDGE has significantly extended work
already under way to activate the partners in Eastern Europe. The aim was to include 10 further NAS partners in Western projects within the two years (of this selected action).
Budget
EC Funding: 580.000
Project Partners
COUNCIL FOR THE CENTRAL LABORATORY OF THE RESEARCH
COUNCILS UK
YOLE DEVELOPPEMENT F
4M2C PATRIC SALOMON GMBH - D
CA
Vision & Aim
The BRIDGE project coordinated the micro and nanosystems activities currently under way in EUROPRACTICE and extended the activities for a further year.
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ENCAST
European Network for Co-ordination of Advanced
Semiconductor Technologies
Vision & Aim
The GOOD-DIE Project (Get Organised Our Dissemination of Die Information in Europe) was an EC initiative which aimed to promote the development of infrastructures for procurement and use of Known Good Die
(KGD) world-wide.
ENCAST goes a step further. ENCAST, which stands for
European Network for the Co-ordination of Advanced
Semiconductor Technologies, is a Co-ordinated Action
funded by the 6th Framework of the European Commission. Due to the success of the three phases of the GOODDIE Network, which started in 1995, it was decided to expand the scope and cover more activities than just KGD
(Known Good Die). The GOOD-DIE Network achieved
a membership of over 1300 people world-wide and generated a web site that was regularly visited and issued a six
monthly newsletter with articles on KGD and associated
technologies. It also helped to develop the CECC standard ES59008 for the procurement of semiconductor components both bare die, flip chip and CSPs and had work
packages on die handling, obsolescence, test, MEMS and
user experience. Also co-operation with other organisations was developed and continued experience with these
groups was considered essential for the continued progress

Contact
Jean Roggen
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM VZW
KAPELDREEF 75
3001 LEUVEN - BELGIUM
e-mail: Jean.Roggen@imec.be
CA
Web site
http://www.gooddie.net/
http://www.encast.org
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of semiconductor technology in Europe. These groups included the DPC (Die Products Consortium) in the USA,
SEMI Europe and JISSO in the Far East.
Aim
Its objectives are to extend the activities that were carried

out by GOOD-DIE and not just cover KGD but all aspects
of semiconductor manufacture, assembly, packaging and
test. These will include wafer scale packaging, stacked die
and packages, SiP, SOC, flip chip, MEMS etc. and all aspects of assembly, test and reliability.
Objectives of the project are:
Assessment of KGD standards world-wide & Completion of the IEC Standard 62258
An open membership Network for generation and exchange of information
Dissemination of information on KGD and all aspects
of semiconductor manufacture
Organising & participation in Workshops in Europe, the
USA and the Far East.
To liaise with other organisations in Europe and the
Rest of the World
To organise and run a Die Products User Club especially
for the benefit of SME companies in Europe.
Budget
EC Funding: 450.000
Project Partners
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH D
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG D
PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTOR AG CH
DIE PRODUCT CONSORTIUM USA
Austin Semic - UK
KNOWLEDGE BASED TECHNICAL CONSULTANCY LIMITED - UK
ENCASIT
European Network for Coordination of Advanced System
Integration Technologies

Contact
Jean Roggen
Kapeldreef 75
3001 Leuven
BELGIUM
e-mail: Jean.Roggen@imec.be
Web site
www.gooddie.net
www.encast.org
Timeline
publish newsletters twice a year. A Conference will be organised once during the two year project and specialist
workshops will be held in various European locations.
The project also intends to be actively involved in standards drafting, especially for IEC standards, through IEC/
PT62258 and other standards committees as appropriate.
The project will maintain links with other organisations
worldwide, to both promote the Network and to gather
information from other organisations, and will promote
the services offered by SMEs to this industry through a
User Club.
Budget
EC Funding: 493.000
Project Partners
Interuniversitair Micro-Elektronica B
Knowledge Based Technical Consultancy Limited UK
Austin Semiconductors Europe Ltd. UK
Infineon Technologies AG D
Robert Bosch GmbH D
Philips AG Semiconductors CH
AMI Semiconductor Belgium BVBA B
Etude et Production Schlumberger (EPS) F
CA
Vision & Aim
The aim of this project is to gather and disseminate information related to Systems Integration and System in
a Package for various types of technologies including
Semiconductor, MEMs, Nano- Bio- etc. in a variety of
mass-market applications of importance to European industry. The project also plans to assess how technologies
are developing to address High Temperature and Harsh
Environments as seen in Auto, Aero and other applications. The project office will be run by IMEC who will
also maintain the Network membership, web site and
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ERA PILOT SMART SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

European Research Area Pilot Action on
Smart Systems Integration
Vision
The Era Pilot Smart Systems Integration will network

national and European entities supporting systems integration related to micro and nanotechnologies (MNT).
The partners therefore are organisations and initiatives
designing policies and/or running programmes in this
sector incl. the EUREKA clusters EURIMUS and PIDEA.
The national ministries represent the member states interests in the Board of the project. The European Commission as one of the main policy actors in this area will
also be involved. The project will be based on and assist
the attempts of industry to establish an initiative for defining research priorities and policy options for FP VII
and beyond.
There is the necessity to transform an unsteady and irregular dialogue among the European industry and public
authorities into a solid platform of those responsible for
research management in order to reach higher efficiency
of research and to transform technological excellence
into economic and social achievements. The project will
therefore establish a formal dialogue between the institutional entities involved in promoting innovative smart
systems and MNT integration in Europe.
AIM
Bridges have to be built to industry in order to insure

their input. The project will therefore help industry to
define their research priorities and based hereon establish a formal dialogue between those institutional entities
involved in promoting micro and nano systems and in-

Contact
WOLFGANG GESSNER
VDI/VDE INNOVATION + TECHNIK GMBH
Department Innovation Europe
Steinplatz 1
10623 BERLIN
GERMANY
e-mail: gessner@vdivde-it.de
CA
Timeline
Start: 1 July 2005
End: 30 June 2007
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Budget
EC Funding: 850.000
tegration aspects in Europe. The project will include the

following aspects:
Research priorities will be defined and a research agenda will be set up in close co-operation with industry.
A process of exchange and communication on funding
and policy approaches of European initiatives and at
member state level will be established.
Common actions will be defined as interim and final
results of the process (e.g. an output could consist of
creating a basis for an Industry- driven Policy Initiative).
Along technology roadmaps future R&D and innovation policy requirements will be defined.
Policy/funding concepts will be developed.
A commitment will be reached on the division of labour among national programmes, EUREKA initiatives and FP activities.
Strategic objectives addressed:
The Era Pilot will contribute to the creation of the ERA in
realising a co-ordinated and concerted, better structured
and more coherent policy in Europe related to smart systems development involving micro and nanotechnologies. It is the projects objective to optimise the allocation
of resources, creating synergies and complementarities
among the various entities funding/financing RTD and
avoiding incongruities of policy efforts in Europe. The
envisaged results will contribute to consolidate the leading position and competitiveness of European industry
in the MNT sector.
Project Partners
VDI/VDE INNOVATION + TECHNIK GMBH - D
OESTERREICHISCHE FORSCHUNGSFOERDERUNGSGESELLSCHAFT A
UNIVERSITY OF TARTU EST
MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION Y CIENCIA E
ASSOCIATION EURIMUS OFFICE F
ASSOCIATION FOR PIDEA F
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH DEMOKRITOS GR
ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, LENERGIA E LAMBIENTE I
ISRAELI INDUSTRY CENTER FOR RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT
MATIMOP IL
FONDAZZJONI TEMI ZAMMIT MT
SLOVENSCA TECHNICKA UNIVER- ZITA, BRATISLAVA - SK
MINOS-EURONET
Micro-NanOSystems EUROpean NETwork pursuing the
integration of NMS and ACC in ERA

Contact
Dan Dascalu
National Institute for R&D in Microtechnologies,
32 B, Erou Iancu Nicolae Street,
R-077190,Bucharest
Romania
e-mail: dascalu@imt.ro
Web site
http:/www.minos-euro.net/
Timeline
Start: 1 June 2005
End: 31 May 2008
Budget
EC Funding: 715.000
nance, promotion and linking of databases of researchers, research and industrial organisations, enhancing the
visibility of potential partners from NMS and ACC and
promoting participation to EU programmes; (iii) the organisation, with the same purpose of brokerage events
and seminars, primarily in NMS and ACC, (iv) organisation of three annual editions of a new European research
conference devoted to Microsystems as a platform for
integrating technologies.
The characteristic of this project is given by the presence in the project consortium of eight coordinators of
big FP6 projects. 5 NoEs and 2 IPs (mostly from IST) are
involved. These projects are representing a very powerful
cluster, providing a unique pool of potential connections
for the human resources in NMS and ACC.
AIM
The strategic objective addressed by the present project

is: To stimulate, encourage and facilitate the participation of organisations from the New Member States
(NMS) and the Associated Candidate Countries (ACC)
in the activities of IST .
Activities have a pan-European focus on thematic issues
related to Micro-nanosystems, one of the IST strategic
objectives, hence the title MIcro- NanOSystems EUROpean NETworking for promoting/pursuing integration of
NMS and ACC in ERA and the acronym MINOS-EURONET.
This proposal is focussing on the following objectives:
Project Partners
National Institute for R&D in Microtechnologies RO
INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGII ELEKTRONOWEJ PL
KAUNO TECHNOLOGIJOS UNIVERSITETAS LIT
University of Ljubljana SLO
BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM H
Slovenska technicka univerzita v Bratislave - SK
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA BG
KOC UNIVERSITY TR
EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN D
THE UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER UK
CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS E
EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS LIMITED UK
UNIVERSITY OF WALES CARDIFF UK
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN A
CMP CIENTIFICA S.L. - E
4M2C PATRIC SALOMON GMBH - D
SSA
Vision
MINOS-EURONET is devoted to stimulating, encouraging and facilit ating the participation of New Member
States (NMS) and the Associated Candidate Countries
(ACC) in the activities of IST. The proposal has a panEuropean focus on one strategic objective in IST, namely
micro- and nanosystems. In strictly conformity with the
call, the proposal is addressing the following objectives:
(1) Revealing and promoting the research competences
from NMS and ACC, namely competences which are relevant for the development of the field of micro-nanosystems at the European scale; (2) Facilitating the participation of NMS and ACC organisations to EU programmes
and other activities in the field of micro-nanosystems; (3)
Performing extensive networking at the pan-European
scale in the field of micro-nanosystems.
The proposal is put forward by 18 partners. The backbone
of this powerful consortium is constituted by the Western research organisations which are coordinators of 8
other big projects in FP6. This cluster is totalling 159 different organisations, which provides a critical mass for
pan European networking. This cluster of 8 independent
projects is covering a broad spectrum of technologies
and applications, requiring broad multidisciplinary science and engineering and displaying an exciting potential of cooperation for NMS and ACC. Activities, organized in four work packages for support activities devoted,
respectively, to (i) extensive networking, using an integrated communication platform; (ii) creation, mainte-
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SSA
To reveal and promote the research competences from

NMS and ACC, namely competences which are relevant for the development of the field of micro-nanosystems at the European scale.
To facilitate the participation of NMS and ACC organisations to EU programmes and other activities in the
field of micro-nanosystems: a) by providing specific
information through databases and other electronic or
conventional means and b) by direct contacts through
information and awareness events, as well as through
brokerage meetings.
Extensive networking at the pan-European scale in the
field of micro-nanosystems, especially by networking
the organisations in NMS and ACC which have a potential for the future development of the field with the
established networks in EU.
The measurable results related to first objective (promoting NMS and ACC competences) will be given by
the number of NMS/ACC researchers and organisations registered in the MINOS data bases, as well as the
number of projects, results, events etc. presented in a
web-based magazine hosted by the MINOS web portal. Organisation of European scientific conferences
in Eastern Europe, as well as of presentation events of
Eastern organisations is also representing such a promotion. Please note the fact that in the present proposal the
project and WP (work package) coordinators are from
NMS/ACC.
To measure the output of actions related to the second
objective, one has to quantify the exchange of information related to the participation to European programmes
(and to other activities in the domain). This exchange
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will be done basically in two ways, through electronic

means (using the so-called electronic communication
platform, ECP) and by direct contacts. Electronic brokerage will be provided by special matching database.
Entries in such database can be counted, but further
interactions cannot be strictly monitored. Interactions
during the information and awareness events, as well as
during brokerage events can be, more or less, estimated.
The most important output will be the number of NMS/
ACC participations to common proposals, the number
of proposals coordinated by NMS/ACC and, of course,
the number of participations to financed projects (in EU
projects, but not exclusively). The participants will be
pursued to register their proposals and financed projects
in the MINOS databases.
The third objective is networking at the European scale.
In the context of this proposal, networking is again exchange of information, but the center of gravity is related to the development of new communication channels
between organisations and between fields of activity.
Essentially, MINOS EURONET supports a network
of networks. This comes from the fact that the project
is making an inventory of networks and it is promoting the exchange of information between them. We already have the coordinators of a number of networks in
the MINOS-EURONET consortium. The output will be
given in the number of new networks and organisations
joining the club, i.e. participating to the exchange of
information through electronic and conventional means
as promoted by MINOS EURONET.
NANOWAYS
A roadmap for software ICTenabled
Micro/NanoBiotechnology Applications

Contact
Alexandre Hulin
Bertin Technologies
10 bis avenue Ampere
78180 Montigny le Bretonneux, FRANCE
e-mail: hulin@bertin.fr
Timeline
NEXUSPLUS. This roadmap will complement the NMP

planning activities, especially hardware roadmaps NANOROADMAP and NANO2LIFE. NANOWAYS will
propose orientations for technology organization, innovative educational support, policy levers to facilitate the
roadmap execution. Prominent Technology organizations participate in the consortium: The Frauhnofer Institute, CEA, VTT. They bring solid industry connections
established through dedicated tools such as Excellence
Poles, bilateral collaborations. Philips Medical Systems is
to join the consortium and will strengthen the industry
vision. Bertin Technologies and Cambridge Consultants
Ltd will articulate the activity. The work plan relies on
strong industry involvement in work groups to achieve a
consensus on the technology and application vision. Dissemination is key to ensure that the roadmap will reach
actors beyond the consortium. The project will maintain
close connections with other relevant IST and NMP
projects and will interact with significant national and
European technology convergence initiatives.
Budget
EC Funding: 348.366
Project Partners
BERTIN TECHNOLOGIES SAS - F
FORSCHUNG E.V. D
VALTION TEKNILLINEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS FI
SSA
Vision & Aim
NANOWAYS will identify the software ICT milestones

for the takeup of Micro/Nano applications in biotechnology, life sciences and food safety. The roadmap will:
Map ICT issues affecting the deployment of Nano/
MicroBio systems
Detail a shortterm (5 years) roadmap to advance the
most mature systems to deployment levels
Describe a midterm (1015 years) roadmap for disruptive ICT research in Nano/MicroBio integration.
NANOWAYS addresses applications requiring strong

integration across biology, ICT, micro/nano technologies: Integrated Micro devices and Integrated Nano
Systems. Applications feature systems such as wearable
and implantable devices, biochips, drug delivery devices,
microrobotic systems. NANOWAYS meets the IST Integrated Micro/Nano Subsystem Strategic Objective. The
project will build on several IST projects addressing micro/nano technologies, especially the federative project
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NEXUSPLUS
NEXUS - Supporting IPs and NOEs ensuring SME
representation and introducing NAS partners
Vision
The NEXUSPLUS project will maximise the exploitation

potential of technologies, processes and products that are
developed in both IST and NMP (Growth) Integrated
Projects (IPs) and Networks of Excellence (NOEs) in the
area of Micro and nanosystems. It will also identify potential SME and Newly Associated States (NAS) partners
and provide entry points for them to join existing and
future IPs and NOEs. The principal means of meeting
the objectives is through the organisation of eight, sixmonthly meetings, to which representatives of agreed
IPs and NOEs, identified and selected SMEs and selected
NAS partners would be invited. Each of the IPs would
describe their activities and also developments that could
be exploited in other IPs and NOEs and in other market
sectors. SMEs with the potential to join projects would
have the chance to outline their capabilities, as would
the NAS invitees. World experts would benchmark the
activities by presenting at each meeting. Meetings would
be held alternatively in the West and the East. EURIMUS
representatives would be invited, as EURIMUS can 50%
fund projects to bridge the gap between research and
prototype. Also invited would be Venture Capitalists in
search of good ideas to fund through to market launch. A
significant amount of work will be undertaken to identify
suitable SMEs and NAS partners. This work will utilise
proven techniques used to build the existing network of
NEXUS User Supplier Clubs (USCs) and Eastern European contact points. Details of exploitable technologies,
processes and products, will be made available on the
SSA
Contact
DAVID HOLDEN
COMMISSARIAT A LENERGIE ATOMIQUE
75752 PARIS CEDEX 15
FRANCE
e-mail: david.holden@cea.fr
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Web site
http://www.nexus-mems.com/
project website, together with details of the capabilities

of the selected SMEs and NAS participants. This information will be widely disseminated at the meetings and
through the website, and also through a monthly e-mail
magazine and MST News.
AIM
NEXUSPLUS aims:
to provide an effective means for partners in ALL IST
and applicable NMP (Growth) micro and nanosystems
integrated projects (IPs) and Networks of Excellence
(NOEs) to meet and support the uptake and commercial exploitation of the technology and products developed under Framework 6.
NEXUSPLUS aims to ensure the active involvement of
SMEs in running and potential future IPs and NOEs.
NEXUSPLUS aims to ensure the active involvement
of potential partners from the Newly Associated States
(ACC) in running and potential future IPs and NOEs.
NEXUSPLUS will document and disseminate the
available information, at meetings, by e-mail, through
the web and by distribution of hard copy.
NEXUSPLUS will aim to promote the exploitation of
information from one IP and NOE to another by making information on each available to the other.
The NEXUSPLUS project will build on and utilise the
existing NEXUS infrastructure of User Supplier Clubs,
Methodology Working Groups, and Task Forces.meetings, The annual NEXUS Forum and the larger network and dissemination activities.
Timeline
Budget
EC Funding: 820.000
Project Partners
The NEXUS Association (Under delegated authority from CEA)
WIND
Wide INtegrated technologies Dissemination

Contact
Bernard BECHEVET
Commissariat lEnergie Atomique
31-33 rue de la Fdration
F-75752 PARIS
FRANCE
e-mail: bernard.bechevet@cea.fr
Timeline
End: 31 August 2009
tivity currently observed between the USA and Europe

is largely due to the difference in usage of the information technologies (IT) possibilities. WIND will help filling this gap for the memory technologies and related
technologies (software, telecoms) and their numerous
applications. Three levels of dissemination will be addressed: 1- towards the European industrial companies
and laboratories working in this important field of mass
storage, through the update of the IMST White Book (a
data storage road map and strategy for Europe), the organisation of IMST (Innovative Mass Storage Technologies) workshops, and the attached web site; 2- towards
the European leading industrial sectors (transportation,
energy, telecommunication, health and citizens needs);
3- towards the SME community in order to inform them
of the new possibilities offered by the latest memories,
encourage their use, give up-to-date information on the
new technologies application areas, thereby increasing
SME competitiveness.
Budget
EC Funding: 499.911
Project Partners
Commissariat lEnergie Atomique - F
Universit Paris Sud 11 F
RHEINISCH WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN D
University of Exeter UK
JESSICA FRANCE F
SSA
Vision & Aim
A wide array of mixed technologies and competencies

are needed to elaborate the memories which are used
in many everyday life products (health, transportation
- avionics, satellites-, telecommunication, automotive,
process machines, and home systems). In the new era of
ambient intelligence memory modules will take a major place as no intelligence function is possible without
a memory function. Technologies to develop the future
generation of intelligent memories are strategic for Europe since they will give a competitive advantage in the
production of complex systems (produced in Europe)
and contribute to European job creation. It is thus very
important to provide an overall vision on these technologies, a clear road map and dissemination of information not only towards leading laboratories and industry
of the memory domain, but also towards leading European user companies and the SME community. It has
often been pointed out that the negative gap of produc-
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Project index
3DTUNE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
ADRIA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
AMICOM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
ARCORC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
ARRRO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
BIOGNOSIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
BIOTEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
BRIDGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
COCHISE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
CONTACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
CONTEXT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
DAVID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
DELILA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
DVT-IMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
DYNAMAX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
E-CUBES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
EMMA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
ENCASIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
ENCAST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
ERA PILOT MINA TSI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
FLEXIDIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
FORK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
GOODFOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
GOSPEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
HEALTHY AIMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
HIDING DIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
HOLOVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
IMANE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
IMPROVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
INDIGO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
INOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
INTEGRAMPLUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
INTELLIDRUG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
LOCCANDIA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
MASCOT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
MICRO2DNA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
MICROBUILDER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
MIMOSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
MINAMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
MINOS - EURONET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
MOT-TEST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
MUFLY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
MUNDIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MUTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
NANOHAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
NANOPAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
NANORF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
NANOSPAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
NANOTIMER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
NANOWAYS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
NEMOSLAB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
NETCARITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
NEUROPROBES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
NEXUSPLUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
OPTOLABCARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
OSIRIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
P.CEZANNE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
PARMA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
PATENT-DfMM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
PLASMO-NANO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
POLYAPPLY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
PROETEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
PROMENADE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
PROTEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Q2M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
RF-PLATFORM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
ROLLED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
S.I.G.H.T.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SABIO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SEMOFS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SENSACTION-ALL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SENSATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SHIFT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SMART-BIOMEMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
STELLA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
TOXICHIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
VECTOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
VIBES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
WIND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Participants list
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20/10 Perfect Vision Optische Geraete GmbH

3D Plus
4M2C Patric Salomon GmbH
Aalborg University
Aardex International Ltd
AC Microwave GmbH
Acreo AB
Actel Sccl
AdnaGen AG
Afcon Industries
Akademia Gorniczo-Hutnicza
Albert-Ludwigs-Univeristaet Freiburg
Alcatel Space
Alma Consulting Group SA
Alma Mater Studiorum - Universit di Bologna
AMI Semiconductor Belgium BVBA
Amic AB
Apibio
Applied Films GmbH
Applied Microengineering Limited
Aragonesa de Componentes Pasivos, SA
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Arithmatica Limited
Asm Centrum Badan I Analiz Rynku Sp.Zo.O
ASML Netherlands BV
Asociacin Centro de Tecnologas de Interaccin Visual y

Comunicaciones VICOMTech
Asociacin Instituto de Aplicaciones de las Tecnologas de la
Informacin y de las Comunicaciones Avanzadas
Association Eurimus Office
Association for Pidea
Association pour la Recherche et Dveloppement des
Mthodes et Processus Industriels
Association pour le Dveloppement de la Recherche en
Midi-Pyrenees
Association pour le Developpement de la Recherche
Assuta Hospital
Asulab SA
Atmel Germany GmbH
ATMEL-Grenoble SAS
Atos Origin SA
Atral
Austin Semiconductors Europe Ltd.
Austria Technologie & Systemetechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Aziende Chimiche Riunite Angelini Francesco - A.C.R.A.F.
SPA
Azti Fundazioa / Fundaci_n Azti
BAE Systems Limited
Barco NV
Bar-Ilan University
Bayer (SCHWEITZ) AG, Zweigniederlassung Witterswil

Bayerische Julius-Maximilians Universitt Wrzburg
BE Semiconductor Industries NV
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Bertin Technologies
Bio-Dar Ltd
Biomedica Life Sciences SA
Bionostra, SL
Bio-Sense Bvba
Biosensor Applications SWEDEN AB (publ)
BioVision AG
Blue Fountain Systems Limited
BMW Bayerische Motor Werke
Brunet-Lion
Bticino SPA
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Cambridge Neurotechnology Ltd
Campus Micro Technologies GmbH
CanAg Diagnostics AB
Capulution NanoScience AG
Cardiff University
Cardiplus SL
Cavendish Kinetics BV
Cedrat Technologies SA
Cenamps
Centre de Transfert en Micro et Nanotechnologies
Centre for Research and Technology - Hellas
Centre for Technological research of Crete
Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle SCRL
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Centre Suisse dElectronique et de Microtechnique
Recherche et Dveloppement - SA
Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones tcnicas de Gipuzkoa
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares
Carlos III
Centro Ricerche Fiat
Chalmers Tekniska Hgskola AB
Charit - Universittsmedizin Berlin
Charles University Prague 2. School of Medicine
Chemnitz University of Technology
Chemnitzer Werkstoffmechanik GmbH
CIBA Spezialitatenchemie AG
Clothing Plus Oy
Club Visualisation
CMP Cientifica SL
Cochlear Europe Ltd
Comenius University Bratislava
Commissariat lEnergie Atomique
Communaut dAgglomration Pau Pyrnes
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientficas
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e
Tecnologia dei Materiali
Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per la
Nanoelettronica
Consorzio per la Ricerca e lEducazione Permanente
Consorzio Roma Ricerche
Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils

Coventor SARL
Coventry University
Cranfield University
CRL Opto Limited
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical
Engineering
Daimlerchrysler AG
Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research
DAppolonia SPA
Datacon Semiconductor Equipment Gmbh
Datacon Technology AG
De Montfort University Higher Education Corporation
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH
Diadora Invicta SPA
Die Product Consortium
Dr. Volker Klocke Nanotechnik
Dublin City University
DuPont Teijin Films UK Ltd
Eads Deutschland GmbH
Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tuebingen
Ebit Aet SPA
Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Laussane (EPFL)
Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich
Eindhoven University of Technology
Elasis S.C.P.A.
Em Microelectronic Marin SA
Endosmart Gesellschaft fr innovative Medizintechnikg
GmbH
Ente per le Nuove tecnologie, lEnergia e lAmbiente - Unit
dAgenzia
Epigem Limited
Era Endoscopy SRL
Eth Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Etude et Production Schlumberger (EPS)
Eurogentec SA
European Centre for Research amd Training in Earthquake
Engineering
European Commission Joint Research Centre
European Teccnology for Business Ltd
Eurorad
EV Group
Farfield Sensors Ltd
Ficosa International, SA
Fimi SRL
Finetech Medical Ltd
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
Fondazzjoni Temi zammit
Forenap Pharma
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
Foundation For Research & Technology Hellas
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten
Forschung EV
Freudenberg Forschungsdienste KG
Freudenberg Mektec Europa GmbH
Fundacio Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Fundacin Gaiker
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Fundacion Tekniker
Fundacin Valenciana de Investigaciones Biomdicas
Fundacion Vasca de Investigacion e Innovacion Sanitarias
Fundico bvba
FUTUREtec - Gesellschaft fr angewandte Informatik GmbH
GE Healthcare Finland Oy
Gemidis NV
Geneva Bioinformatics (GeneBio) SA
Genewave
German Aerospace Center EV
German Engineering Ferderation (VDMA)
Ghent University
Global Digital Technologies SA
Gteborgs Universitet
Graphitech
Gtd Sistemas de Informacin SA
Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft, Institut fuer Mikro- und
Informationstechnik
Hansaprint Oy
Haptogen Ltd
Haute Ecole Specialisee de la Suisse Occidentale
Helena Biosciences Europe
Heriot Watt University
Hightec Mc AG
Hoegskolen i Vestfold (in English: Vestfold University
College)
Holografika Hologrameloallito
Holotools GmbH
Honeywell Romania SRL
Hospital Clinico San Carlos
Hospital of Philipps-University Marburg
Hueck Folien Ges.M.B.H.
Hyperstone AG
I.S.I. Nederland BV
IBM Ceska Republika SRO
IBM Research GmbH
IC Consultants LTD
Iip-Technologies GmbH
Ikerlan Technological Research Centre
Imperial College London
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine
In Silicio SAS
Inanov SAS
Inesc Inovacao, Instituto de Novas Tecnologias
INESC MN Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e
Computadores para a os Microsistemas e as Nanotecnologias
Infineon Technologies AG
Infineon Technologies Austria AG
Innsbruck Medical University
Institut fr Mikro- und Informationstechnik der HahnSchickard Gesellschaft fr angewandte Forschung EV
Institut fur Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en
Automatique
Institut National des Sciences Appliques de Lyon
Institut of Electron Technology
Institute for Psychology of the Hungarian Academy of

Sciences
Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy 0f Sciences
Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (Iccs)
Institute of Electronic Materials Technology
Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology - Slovak
Academy of Sciences
Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech
Republic
Institute Psychophysiology and Rehabilitation
Instituto de Nanociencias de Aragon - Universidad de
Zaragoza
Instituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi
Instituto Superior Tcnico
Instituto Tecnolgico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Instituto Trentino di Cultura
Interuniversitair Micro Elektronica Centrum vzw
Intracom SA
Israel Anti Drug Authority
Israeli Industry Centre for R&D - The Magnet Program
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia
Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro
Istituto Superiore Mario Boella
Istituto Trentino di Cultura
iXscient limited
Jagiellonian University
Jessica France
Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft Mbh
Karl-Franzens-University Graz
Karolinska Institute
Katholiek Universiteit Leuven
Kaunas University of Technology
Kherion Technology Limited
Kite Solutions S.N.C. di Ing. Mauri e Dr. Nadia Cacciabue
Knowledge Based Technical Consultancy Limited
KOC Universitesi
Kodak Industrie
Kodak Limited
Koninkijke Nederlandse Academia voor Wetenschappen
Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen/Royal Tropical Institute
Korea Institute of Science and Technology - Intelligent
Microsystem Center
Korean Institute of Science and Technology Europe
Kuijpers Beveilingssystemen BV
Kungliga Tekniska Hgskolan
Kuratorium Offis EV
La Vision Biotec GmbH
La Vision GmbH
Labman Automation Ltd
Laboratoires URGO
Lancaster University
Laser Zentrum Hannover EV
Legrand SA
Leibniz Institut fr Neue Materialien gem. GmbH
Light Blue Optics Ltd
Linkoping University
LK Products Oy
Maelardalen University
Matra Electronique
Max Planck Institute for Colloid and Interface research
Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research
McRoberts BV
Medical Technology Promedt Consulting GmbH
Mediplus Ltd
Medtronic Bakken Research Center BV
Meir Hospital
Memscap SA
Merck Chemicals
Merck KGaA
Metis Instruments & Equipment NV
Metravib Rds
Micro Analog Systems Oy
Micro Managed Photons A/S
Micro Resist Technology GmbH
MicroEmissive Displays Limited
Microgate SRL
Micronic Laser Systems AB
Micronit Microfluidics BV
Microtec Gesellschaft fur Mikrotechnologies Mbh
MicroTech SRL
Microvitae Technologies
Microzone Limited
Middle East Technical University
Millimetre Wave Laboratory of Finland Technical Research
Center of Finland Vtt Inform. Tech
Mindseeds Laboratories SRL
Ministere de linterieur et de lamenagement du Territoire
Ministerio de Educacin y Ciencia
Motorola Gmbh
MR&D Institute SRL
MRC-Holland BV
Muenster University Hospital
Multidisciplinar Institute for Development of Research
Application
Multitel ASBL
Nanoscale Technologies GmbH
Natinoal Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
National Institute for Reseach and Development in
Microtechnologies
National Technical University of Athens
National University of Ireland, Dublin
Nestec SA
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
Neuricam SPA
Neurotech
Newlogic Technologies AG
Nokia Corporation
Nokia Research Center
Norbert Schlfli Maschinen
North Bristol Nhs Trust
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Novaled GmbH
Novineon Healthcare Technology Partners GmbH
NTE, SA
O.S.M.-DAN Ltd
Oesterreichische Studiengesellschaft Fuer Kybernetik
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
sterreichische Forschungsfrderungsgesellschaft
Oticon A/S
Ovesco Endoscopy GmbH
Oxxius, SA
Page and Park Architects
Parc Cientific de Barcelona
Paul-Ehrich-Institut
Penelope SPA
Perlos Corporation
Philips Design
Philips Electronics Nederland BV
Philips Electronics UK Limited
Philips GmbH Forschungslaboratorien
Philips Innovative Technology Solutions NV
Philips medical systems Netherlands NV
Philips Semiconductors AG
Philips Semiconductors BV
Philips Semiconductors GmbH Bblingen
PJDO SAS
Plasmon Data Systems Ltd
Plassys SA
Plastic Logic Limited
Polish Academy of Sciences, Medical Research Center
Politecnico di Milano
Polyic GMBH & CO.KG
Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Pondus Instruments AB
Pouliadis Associates Coproration
Prefecture de Police de Paris
Protech af Limited
Provincia Autonoma di Trento
QinetiQ Ltd
Quality Products International (Q.P.I.) BV
Queen Mary and Westfield College University of London
Relsoft Systems Ltd
Rheinisch Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Robert Bosch GmbH
Royal Institute of Technology
Saes Getters SPA
Saft
Salisbury Health Care Nhs Trust
Sax3d.com GmbH
Sc Atc Rom SRL
Scienion AG
Sciona Ltd
Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento
SantAnna
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International
(Reprsentation Permanente en Belgique)
Sensitec GmbH
SensL Technologies Limited
SensoNor AS
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Sensor Technology and Devices Ltd

Sensys Traffic AB
SEOS Ltd
Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd
Siemens AG
Siemens Vdo
Silesian University of Technology
Silex Microsystems AB
Silios Technologies SA
Silvaco Data Systems (Europe) Ltd
Sineurop Nanotech GmbH Stuttgart
SINTEF - Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk forskning ved
NTNU
SiP Technologies Oy
Siveco Romania SA
Slovak University of Technology Bratislava
Smart Eye Ab
Smart Homes
Smartex SRL
SOA Services Limited
Society for Medical Innovation & Technology - SMIT E.V.
Sofileta SAS
Sonion MEMS A/S
Starlab Barcelona Sl
Statens Vaeg- Och Transportforskningsinstitut
Steiger SA
Steinbeis Transfer Centre ASICON
Stichting Verzorging en Verpleging Eindhoven de Archipel
STMicroelectronics SA
STMicroelectronics SRL
StockerYale (Irl) Ltd
STT Ingeniera y Sistemas
Suunto Oy
Swedish LCD Center AB
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and
Research
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Synapsis SRI
Sypro-Optics
Tadiran Batteries
Tampere University of Technology
Technical University of Chemnitz
Technical University of Denmark
Technical University of Lodz
Technical University of Sofia
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Technische Universitaet Berlin
Technische Universitt Carolo Wilhelmina Zu Braunschweig
Technische Universitt Darmstadt
Technische Universitt IImenau
Technische Universitt Mnchen
Technische Universitt Wien
Technische Universiteit Delft
Technobiochip Societa Consortile a Responsabilita Limitata
Technological Educational Institute of Crete
Tecmic-Tecnologias de Microelectronica, SA
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center-Research Fund
Tel-Aviv University
Telecom Italia Learning Services SPA
Telefnica Investigacin y Desarrollo
Tencas de Casaseca Sl
Tescan, SRO
Textile Research Institute Thuringia-Vogtlandia
Thales Airborne Systems
Thales Avionics LCD
Thales Systemes Aeroportes
Thales
The European Association of Innovating SMEs
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Lighthouse
The Nexus Association
The Norwegian Radium Hospital
The QueenS University Of Belfast
The Siesta Group Schlafanalyse Gmbh
The University of Liverpool
thinXXS GmbH
Thomson multimedia R&D France
Thomson R&D France
Thuasne
Trivisio GmbH
Tronics Microsystems
Twi Ltd
Tyndall National Institute
Tyoeterveyslaitos
Umea University
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Universidad de Zaragoza
Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
Universidad Politcnica de Catalua
Universidad Politcnica de Madrid
Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
Universit degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Universita degli Studi di Padova
Universit degli Studi di Parma
Universit degli Studi di Pavia
Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
Universit degli Studi di Perugia
Universitat de Barcelona
Universitt Hannover
Universitt Paderborn
Universitat Rovira I Virgili
Universitt Siegen
Universitt Stuttgart
Universitt Ulm
Universite Catholique de Louvain
Universit Claude Bernard de Lyon 1
Universite de Bourgogne
Universit Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg I
Universit Paris Sud 11
University College London
University of Applied Sciences of Central Switzerland the
Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture
University of Athens
University of Basel
University of Bath
University of Bremen
University of Cambridge
University of Copenhagen, Nanoscience Center
University of Dundee
University of Exeter
University of Ferrara
University of Freiburg
University of Groningen
University of Lancaster
University of Latvia
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
University of Malta
University of Manchester Institute of Science and
Technology
University of Neuchtel
University of Newcastle
University of Oulu
University of Palermo-Dept. of Oral Sciences and Dept. of
Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies
University of Pisa
University of Salford
University of Southampton
University of Stuttgart
University of Surrey
University of Tartu
University of Technology Dresden
University of Technology, Sydney
University of Teesside
University of Twente
University of Valladolid
University of Vienna, Medical School
University of Wales, Cardiff
University of West Bohemia
UPM-Kymmene Corporation
Uppsala University
Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus (VTT Technical
Research Centre Of Finland)
Valtronic SA
Vdi/Vde-Technologiezentrum Informationstechnik GmbH
Verein zur Frderung von Innovationen durch Forschung,
Entwicklung und Technologietransfer EV (INNOVENT EV)
Verhaert New Products & Services
VIA electronic GmbH
VigiCell SAS
Virtual Institute on MicromEchaTronics for BioMedical
InDustry
Visual Tools SA
VKB Ltd
Warsaw University of Technology
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of
Oxford
Westfaelische Wilhelms Universitaet, Muenster
Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna
Wroclaw University of Technology
Xsens Technologies BV
Yole Dveloppement SARL
Zarlink Semiconductor Limited
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Sixth Research and Development

Micro & Nanosystems

6th Framework Programme

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Micro & Nanosystems

Sixth Research and Development

6th Framework Programme for Research and

7th Framework Programme for Research and

2. Project Portfolio and Rationale

Nano Bio ICT (NBIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

6th Framework Programme for Research and

Electro-Mechanical Systems) shifted towards the notion

From small structures and MEMS devices towards

From single silicon devices towards a multitude of

From single disciplines to a very multidisciplinary

From single technology devices driven development

From small structures and MEMs devices

The research area originally started with MEMS, and it

A particular feature of micro and nanosystems is their

Organic and Large

From single technology devices driven

Zero power foldable e-paper technology will be used for

7th Framework Programme for Research and

Micro and Nano systems

From smart systems to viable products: Advanced

Smart systems for communication technologies

Support actions will ensure broad access to micro/nanosystems manufacturing technologies, in

Organic and Large

cation for organic and large area electronics, joint user

Contribute to strengthen Europes scientific and

Enable the use of the third physical dimension for

he Micro and Nanosystems unit has been involved in

IST Call 1 (December 2002):

IST Call 2 (June 2003)

Objective: To develop, demonstrate and prepare for

eye information terminals and large size displays for

IST Call 3 (June 2004)

Objective: This call was only open for Coordination

for future international co-operation in IST; and to

and none of sufficient quality to be retained. As a

IST NMP Second Joint Call (June 2004)

Objective: RTD proposals on selected topics with

IST Call 4 (December 2004)

Objective: To push the limits of integrated micro/

IST Call 6 (December 2005)

Objective: The aim is to extend the time during

Statistics on all proposals received and retained in the

Total proposals submitted for IST Call 1, 2, 4 and 5.

Statistics on the whole portfolio of projects

Distribution of total number of

Coordinating organisations by country

Distribution of total EC contribution by country.

Distribution of total EC contribution

RES: Research organisations.

OTH: Organisations not fitting in one of the

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