Key Enabling Technologies: Micro- and Nano-Electronics, and Photonics
‘’CHARGELESS’’ MOBILE PHONES
By Ferdinand Maija Sako
Abstract
Key Enabling Technologies
Micro and Nanoelectronics and Photonics
Key enabling technologies (KETs) as defined through the European Commission: * are research & development-intensive * are capital-intensive * require a highly-skilled work force * are subjected to rapid innovation cycles.
Due to their multi-disciplinary and trans-sectoral characteristics and their trend to convergence and integration at the industrial deployment level they are often emerging and converging technologies.
This working report analyses horizontal aspects of KETs and how to enhance their innovative output. Six key enabling technologies were chosen, microelectronics,industrial biotechnologies, nanotechnologies, photonics, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing. Tasks are to identify commonalities restricting the deployment of KETs in Europe and to make recommendations how to enhance technological research in their fields and how to enable subsequent stages of "proof of concept" demonstrators and a large scale deployment for production in Europe.
The previous stage of work by the High Level Group on Key Enabling Technologies contained vertical analyses of KETs and extracted commonalities. In the mid-term report a picture was sketched containing a “valley of death” between applied research and the production “ramp-up” stages after prototyping. This gap in the innovation chain was identified to be specifically severe (i.e.: wide) in Europe. A socalled three-pillar-bridge was suggested as a way forward. Pillar 1 addresses how to enhance technological research (this working group 3). Pillar 2 addresses how to facilitate pilot lines, demonstrators and prototyping (working group 4). Pillar 5 addresses how to stimulate large-scale production production in Europe. This “three-pillar-bridge” is also referred to as the “KET innovation bridge”.
Excellent Technological Research distinguishes itself
By Ferdinand Maija Sako
Abstract
Key Enabling Technologies
Micro and Nanoelectronics and Photonics
Key enabling technologies (KETs) as defined through the European Commission: * are research & development-intensive * are capital-intensive * require a highly-skilled work force * are subjected to rapid innovation cycles.
Due to their multi-disciplinary and trans-sectoral characteristics and their trend to convergence and integration at the industrial deployment level they are often emerging and converging technologies.
This working report analyses horizontal aspects of KETs and how to enhance their innovative output. Six key enabling technologies were chosen, microelectronics,industrial biotechnologies, nanotechnologies, photonics, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing. Tasks are to identify commonalities restricting the deployment of KETs in Europe and to make recommendations how to enhance technological research in their fields and how to enable subsequent stages of "proof of concept" demonstrators and a large scale deployment for production in Europe.
The previous stage of work by the High Level Group on Key Enabling Technologies contained vertical analyses of KETs and extracted commonalities. In the mid-term report a picture was sketched containing a “valley of death” between applied research and the production “ramp-up” stages after prototyping. This gap in the innovation chain was identified to be specifically severe (i.e.: wide) in Europe. A socalled three-pillar-bridge was suggested as a way forward. Pillar 1 addresses how to enhance technological research (this working group 3). Pillar 2 addresses how to facilitate pilot lines, demonstrators and prototyping (working group 4). Pillar 5 addresses how to stimulate large-scale production production in Europe. This “three-pillar-bridge” is also referred to as the “KET innovation bridge”.
Excellent Technological Research distinguishes itself