Tyndall National Institute at University College Cork is one of Europe’s leading research centres in integrated ICT hardware and systems, and the largest facility of its type in Ireland. We specialise in electronics and photonics - materials, devices and systems. We are globally leading in our core research areas of:

- Nano Materials and Device Processing

- Smart Sensors and Systems

- Mixed Signal and Analog Circuit Design

- Optical Communication Systems

- Microelectronics and Photonic Integration

- Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication

Hosting the only full CMOS, Micro-Electronic-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and III-V Wafer Semiconductor fabrication facilities and services in Ireland, Tyndall is capable of prototyping new product opportunities for its target industries - electronics, medical devices, agri-food, energy and communications.

We employ over 460 researchers, engineers and support staff, with a full-time graduate cohort of 135 students generating over 200 peer-reviewed publications… Process & Product Development

Tyndall’s extensive fabrication facilities cover:

Silicon MOS Fabrication
MEMS Fabrication
Compound Semiconductor Fabrication
Training Facility
E-Beam Lithography
Flexifab

The flexible fabrication facility enables the heterogeneous integration of materials advanced device development. This enables the type of material integration which is essential for the More than Moore and IoT domains where advanced sensors are made network aware.

The resulting functionalised devices are transferred into the Device Forensics area for packaging, analysis, reliability and test.

Device Forensics

Complementing the ‘front-end’ fabrication capabilities, Tyndall has extensive ‘back-end’ facilities and expertise to be able to take the functionalised devices and package them in a form that enables the customer to use them in their real world systems. Married with this are capabilities in reliability testing, reverse engineering, electron microscopy and analysis which…. Our researchers have years of experience working with industry and other academic collaborators worldwide.

Through a range of collaborative and contract research models we deliver technology solutions to industry challenges.

Find out more on:

Contract Research

Collaborative Research

We conduct collaborative and contract research programs in two primary technologies: photonics and micro & nano systems. Our industry-focused research is applied primarily to challenges in the areas of health, communications, energy and the environment.

Detailed information about our research themes and capability can be found under the Research section.

Our commercial team can quickly connect you to the correct research group so please reach out to the team through the contact below. We can also help identify the appropriate business models for your particular research needs.

The Specialty Products & Services at Tyndall comprises frontend activities encompassing cleanroom fabrication and training…. Yes. service.

Renatech is the french network of high-end facilities in the field of micro & nanotechnology coordinated by CNRS. its objective is to allow research and industry to benefit from competitive and world-class infrastructure for carrying out research and R&D projects. that requires top level equipment in micro and nanotechnologies.

Renatech is your partner for technolgical developments with its large technologies facilities (7300 m²) distributed over 5 sites in France and multiple experts.

With our network, you'll get access to a profitable innovatin ecosystem with global service and support for your developments.

5 sites in France :

C2N- Paris (Marcoussis/Orsay)
FEMTO-ST - Besançon
IEMN - Lille
LAAS - Toulouse
LTM - Grenoble

To meet the needs of the divers nanoscale community, the multi-site Renatech network provides the necessary expertise and state of the art equipment for a broad spectrum of technologies from transversal up to very specific one.

https://www.renatech.org/en… LAAS micro and nanotechnolgies platform adresses many technical issues

Photolithography
Ebeam lithography
Laser lithography
Ink jetting
Characterization
Packaging and assembly
Chemistry
Electrolpating
Physical Vapor Deposition
Plasma etching
Molecular beam epitaxy
Thermal treatment (annealing, RTP)
Oxydation
Redistribution
LPCVD
Surface preparation and treatment
...

 
. Technological service : OPEN ACCESS fabrication service for micro and nano systems research and all industries.

R&D project collaboration with leading edge tools and instrumentation
client oriented advices : identification of the relevant technological solutions
on site training capabilities : trainig the customers's staff for autonomous of high-end instruments

Services on demand :

technological state of the art
partnerships identification
identification of funding opportunities

 
. Yes. service.

ITE performs applied rese­arch in the field of semi­con­duc­tor elec­tro­nics and phy­sics in order to deve­lop and com­mer­cia­lize inno­va­tive micro- and nano­tech­no­lo­gies and their appli­ca­tions in following areas:  IR nanophotonics; nano- and micro-technology of wideband semiconductors and transparent electronics; micro- and nano-sensors; silicon photonic devices; heterogeneous microsystems (MEMS) and sensors for multidisciplinary applications including micro- and nano-probes; nano- and micro-materials for printed electronics technology; optoelectronic detectors and radiation sources; HEMT transistors; ionizing radiation detectors; THz radiation detectors.

Institute membership in international networks:

          Sinano Institute (Silicon-based nanostructures and nanodevices)

Membership in national networks:

          IUSER platform - Smart Equipment and Systems for Distributed Power Engineering

          Polish Technological Platform on Photonics

          Mazovia Cluster ICT

 … Processing equipment for fabrication, analytical instruments for characterization  and CAD tools for design of various micro- and nano- electronic semiconductor devices:

AIIIBV processing line equipped with  MBE,  RIE, PECVD, photolithography, assembly and testing tools located in 350 m2 clean rooms class 100 and 1000;
CMOS/ MEMS technology line located in 1200 m2 area with class 10, 100 and 1000  adjusted to process silicon wafers of 4” (100 mm) and  6” (150 mm) diameter. Photolithography equipment  enables processing with the critical dimensions up to 0,9 µm;
Tech­no­logy line for the fabri­ca­tion of wide-gap semiconductor devi­ces set in a clean room of over 600 m2 area with class 10, 100, 1000 and 10000 sec­tions;
Production line for thick film hybrid microcircuits consisting of: screen printers, high temperature multizone furnaces, laser and air-abrasive trimming devices, ultrasonic bonders, fluidization bath, sealing cold welding equipment;
 Low Temperature Cofired Ceramic technology …. Design, technology development, small scale production and/or characterization of  semiconductor devices and electronic systems:

Technology development  and small scale manufacturing of: heterogeneous microsystems, Si-based photonic devices, micro- and nanoprobes, microsystems (MEMS) and sensors for medical and technical diagnostics, silicon based ionizing radiation detectors, terahertz radiation detectors;
Deve­lop­ment and testing of struc­tu­res and semi­con­duc­tor devi­ces based on AIII-BV com­po­unds: semiconductor laser, QCL midrange infrared and THz detectors, superlattice infrared detectors;
Development of wide-gap semiconductor technologies and  devi­ces: GaN based HEMT  for high power high frequency systems as well as amorphous and  transparent conducting oxides for trans­pa­rent and fle­xi­ble elec­tro­nics;
Modeling, simulation and testing of MEMS structures;
Optical, electrical and photoelectric characterization of semiconductor structures;
Mixed signal ASIC’s and electronic…. Yes. service.

The CCG/ZGDV Institute was created in 1993 as a private, non-profit making association. Its principal mission is applied scientific and technological research in the area of Computer Graphic and Information Systems, and it focuses on the development of activities and participation in national and international R&TD projects. CCG has as its constituent members the University of Minho and ZGDV - Zentrum fuer Graphische Datenverabeitung in Darmstadt, and various enterprises, as well as national and foreign institutions. In order to promote R&TD in Computer Graphics and Information Systems as areas of its basic competence, CCG also assumed the role of a centre for technological transfer from the University of Minho to Portuguese enterprises (industry and SME) and institutions. In particular, CCG takes part in the management structure of the Centro ALGORITMI in what concerns the R&D Strategic Programme 2015/2020 funded by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT).

CCG is also a founding member of… The cVIG’s (computer Vision Interaction & Graphics) laboratory is equipped with several state-of-the-art technologies under the scope of technological-scientific fields of the group. Follows a resumed list of available hardware:

Cameras:

Color:

Industrial Cameras + package of lens;
Webcams;

Depth:

MSFT Kinect One;
Asus Xtion;
MSFT Kinect v1;

SmartGlasses:

Augmented Reality:

MSFT Hololens;
Epson Moverio Bt 200;
HMD Trivision;
Vusix Wrap 920Ar;

Virtual Reality:

HTC Vive;
Oculus Rift;
CardBoards for Smartphone usage;

Human Machine Interaction:

Leap Motion;
EEG Emotic EPOC;
Remote Joystick;

Processing Units:

Embeded Systems:

Raspeberry PI;
Odroid;

High Processing Power:
i7-6950x 3Ghz; 64Gb ram; SLI 4-way Geforce GTX 1080 6GBram; 500GB SSD

The PIU laboratory has a CAVE environment comprising the following equipments

1 Projector Christie WV7K-J
…. CCG has a proven track experience of 23 years in executing R&D projects with its focal point on the market and company needs. Acts as an interface between the academia and the industry, thus using the knowledge developed in the university and applying it towards the needs identified by industrial entity.

The different department have specific competencies, which can be interconnect in the different phases of a project. With more detail, the different services that CCG can offer to the market are:

- Urban and Mobile Computing department

IoT - Connectivity between equipment and information systems to obtain a centralization of information; real time data collection with different technologies and sensors
Real Time Location Systems - information about real time location of people and equipment; systems based in virtual geographic barriers (geofencing); learning solutions based on space occupation (space learning)
Smart Industry - real-time follow-up of production lines; intelligent monitoring…. Yes. service.

Renatech is the French network of high-end facilities in the field of micro & nanotechnology coordinated by CNRS. Its objective is to allow the research and industry to benefit from competitive and world-class infrastructure for carrying out research and R&D projects. That requires top level equipment in micro and nanotechnologies.

Renatech is your partner for technological technological developments with its large technological facilities (7300m²) distributed over 5 sites  in France and multiple experts.

With our network, you will get access to a profitable innovation ecosystem with global service and support for your developments.

5 sites in France:

C2N - Paris (Marcoussis/Orsay)
FEMTO-ST - Besançon
IEMN - Lille
LAAS - Toulouse
LTM - Grenoble

To meet the needs of the diverse nanoscale community, the multi-site Renatech network provides the necessary expertise and state-of-the art equipment for a broad spectrum of technologies from transversal up to very specific one.

 
. Technological service: OPEN-ACCESS fabrication service of micro and nanosystems for research and all industries.

R&D project collaboration with leading-edge tools and instrumentation

Client oriented advices: identification of the relevant technological solutions

On-site training capabilities: training the customers' staff for autonomous of high-end instruments

Services on demand:

Technological state of the art
Partnerships identification
Identification of funding opportunities

. Yes. service.

The Institute for Nanophotonics Göttingen acts in close cooperation with research institutions and industrial enterprises from all over the world in the area of application-orientated laser research, thus contributing as an intermediary between research and industry to the opening up of new and promising markets.

The institute currently has four scientific departments: Optical Nanoscopy, Short Pulses / Nanostructures, Optics / Short Wavelengths and Photonic Sensor Techno­logies. They have gained worldwide reputation for research and development in the fields of laser physics, laser measurement techniques and use of lasers. This reputation is reflected in a multitude of international cooperations and development orders. Synergies between the universities, the institutes of the Max Planck Society and the regional precision mechanics and optics industries have developed. The research activities range from the development of contact-free laser measurement techniques used for environment relevant areas to… The equipment comprises lasers and laser systems for various applications, analytical equipment for the characterization of materials, optics and surfaces, and various optical microscopy techniques. 

Short pulse lasers and optical systems for nanostructure formation and micro-optical structures
Photonic sensor technologies (combustion diagnostics, bio- and environmental analytics, security- and process technology)
Optical microscopy and nanoscopy (STED microscopy, SMS microscopy)
Optics characterization, beam propagation, EUV radiation

. Services include feasibility studies, contract research, and prototype development in the fields of laser applications and optical technologies.

Absorption measurements
Beam profiler / caustic scan measurements
EUV-/XUV-Pinehole camera
Feasibility studies for surface nanostructuring
Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensor
Laboratory-scale plasma source
Phase masks and dielectric masks
Research and development services
Stretched flexible hollow fiber for pulse compression
Table-Top EUV Source&Schwarzschild Objective
UV femtosecond laser systems
Wavefront curvature sensor

. Yes. service.

MCCI, is an industry-led analogue-mixed-signal circuits research centre hosted at The Tyndall National Insitute in Cork, Ireland.  Our mission is to increase jobs and exports in companies by increasing the relevance to industry of circuit research carried out in HEIs. We make IP more accessible to industry, by increasing the quality of circuit research carried at the centre.

MCCI competes in terms of scale and quality with the top 10 academics groups in analog and mixed-signal circuits worldwide. 

MCCI is focusing on applications that are of international importance and maintaining a close alignment with multiple industry partners. 

Cadence & Mentor IC Design tools
Process design kits for 350nm to 28nm silicon processes
Silicon bench test equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, logic analyser, power supplies)

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Specification and architecture of innovative circuit solutions for sensor, IOT, med/agri-tech and communications applications.
Design of solutions to silicon prototype level for such applications.
Evaluation of resultant silicon.

. Yes. service.

SmartFactoryOWL - NRW Competence Center for Digital Factories

The OWL University of Applied Sciences and the Fraunhofer Application Center IOSB-INA are located in Lemgo in the german state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Within their initiative - both institutes unify their competencies around industry 4.0 and demonstrate those technologies in the Factory of the Future - the SmartFactoryOWL.

The SmartFactoryOWL is located in the region OWL with a high density of manufacturing and automation vendor companies. Close collaboration between industry and the research institutes contributes to a high innovativity and cluster building in the area of ICT, automation and smart production. Due to these competencies, a competence center was established in those research institutes serving as a main contact and information point for SMEs to access new technologies in ICT. The creation of this competence center started in 2016 and a variety of offers with regard to qualification and technology transfer is currently… Gain an overview over the SmartFactoryOWL: http://www.smartfactory-owl.de/index.php/en/

SMEs have the chance to gain insight in the technologies of additive manufacturing. Several 3D Printers and correlated technologies are part of th SmartFactoryOWL and visualize the possibilities of rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing.

Additive Manufacturing

Different approaches of additive manufacturing technologies e.g. 3D Printing can be reviewed in the SmartFactoryOWL as well as correlated technologies. SMEs can get an overview over the possibilities of rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing.

Assistant Systems

Whether projection based assistant systems, robotic or Augmented Reality/ Virtual Reality - assembly and manufacturing is guided in the SmartFactoryOWL with assistant systems best as possible.

Connectivity and Big Data 

Technologies of gathering, analyzing and using data are getting more important in production plants in order to improve performance and maintenance…. How does the SmartFactoryOWL support SMEs?

Demonstration: the 1800m² large Factory (www.smartfactory-owl.de) demonstrates several industry 4.0 technologies and enables SMEs to understand what those technologies comprise
Pilot Production: SMEs can extend parts of their production into the SmartFactoryOWL to test and evaluate new technologies or processes
Prototype Development: SMEs can enable their products for industry 4.0 with new hardware and software components offered by the institutes
Technology Services: SMEs can contact the SmartFactoryOWL for different services

Information

Lab Tours: SMEs can visit the SmartFactoryOWL to feel and touch Industry 4.0 technologies
excursion: SMEs can visit the SmartFactoryOWL and cooperating companies in groups from far located regions
networks: SMEs can participate to networks in order to interact with other companies about Smart Production       

Demonstration

Demonstration of Industry 4.0 enabled demonstrators

…. Yes. service.

INEGI- INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION IN MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING is an industry-oriented Research and Technology Organization (RTO) with an organizational structure based on three pillars of activity: research with applied focus, innovation and technology transfer and consulting and advanced engineering services.

The research activity covers the areas of:

Advanced production processes   
Experimental mechanics
Applied mechanics
Energy
New materials
Development of new products and systems
Biomechanics

The research infrastructure includes a broad set of well-equipped laboratories and an extensive engineering tools base for supporting its R&D activity as well as the production of industrial or commercial prototypes.

With a workforce of 220 employees, INEGI is a Non-profit Private association with a turnover of 8.0 million euros. More than 55% of this turnover comes from R&D and innovation projects funded by the industry. In addition, a strong collaboration (over… INEGI has a very complete set of resources to support their activity, particularly for laboratories to carry out experimental work, workshops for development of components and pre-series and a comprehensive set of tools to support engineering activity such as CAD 3D (Computer Aided Design), CAE (Computer Aided Engineering), structural simulation tools, IDEAS, COSMOS and ABAQUS, casting processes, simulation, polymer injection, CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) and state of the art tools to work in wind energy, flow simulation of atmospheric and geographic information systems.
. The responsiveness of INEGI, in developing solutions for the industry, is supported on a wide range of skills related to the field of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering and innovation of products and processes. INEGI often forms partnerships with other R&I institutions in terms of expertise. In its relationship with companies, normally project teams are formed with the participation of company staff in order to maximize the transfer and enhancement of knowledge.

The Institute has a cross-cutting intervention covering a wide range of industries. However, there are some sectors where INEGI has had a more significant impact and that are considered strategic for the development of the economic fabric. These sectors include: ENERGY, METALWORKING, PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, TRANSPORT, AERONAUTICS, SPACE AND DEFENCE, SEA ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR, SERVICES SECTOR and HEALTH.

The Services provided are:

- Rapid Prototyping

- Characterisation of Materials and Structures

- Vibration and…. Yes. service.

IMECC Ltd (Innovative Manufacturing Engineering Systems Competence Centre) is a high-tech consortium which is owned by several Estonian industrial companies and Tallinn University of Technology as science partner. IMECC is a SME, founded in 2009. IMECC's main activities are research and development in the fields of digital manufacturing, process automation, mechatronics, and materials technology. IMECC manages and participates in several national and international projects (e.g. Erasmus+, Interreg, I4MS, ERDF etc) as well as offers several different services to companies (www.imecc.ee). IMECC has played active role also in competence development process, e.g. by publishing handbooks, organising trainings and workshops to the companies.

Main activity fields:

Research and development;

Smart learning – from methodology development to teaching programs with on-line or off-line realizations;

Contribution to business development in new emerging markets outside Europe.

Main… Cooperation partner Association of Mechatronics has very modern flexible manufacturing system (FMS) located in the same facilities on ground floor which is possible to use for research work. Also it is possible to use laboratories and equipment of Tallinn University of Technology (e.g. 3D printer, additive layer technology for rapid prototyping, 3D scanner, different measurement and testing devices and systems, industrial robots, etc.), IMECC’s owners and consortium partners (e.g. CNC machine tools, machining centres, measurement machines, laser welding equipment, etc.).
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Engineering services (e.g. recommendations for technology choice, cost calculations, technology audit, technological preparation of production, consulting on monitoring and robotics etc.)

Training (e.g. organising different kind of trainings, organizing conferences, organising composing and publishing of textbooks and special literature, elaboration of training methodologies, etc.)

Project services (administering and managing of projects, composing project applications, etc.)

. Yes. service.