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The application of polymer electronics
towards ambient intelligence
Action Line: Micro and nano-systems
Project URL:
http://www.polyapply.org/
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Coordinator |
Contact Person:
Name: OCCHIPINTI, Luigi |
Organisation:
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
VIA OLIVETTI 2
20041 AGRATE BRIANZA
ITALY
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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. 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
microsystem, combining basic RF communication with
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 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
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Project details |
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Project Reference: 507143 |
Contract Type: Integrated
Project |
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Start Date: 2004-01-01 |
End Date: 2007-12-31 |
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Duration: 48 months |
Project Status: Execution |
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Project Cost: 23.38 million
euro |
Project Funding: 12.00
million euro |
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Participant Organization:
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER
ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
VDI/VDE TECHNOLOGIEZENTRUM
INFORMATIONSTECHNIK GMBH |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET CHEMNITZ |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM
VZW |
Country: BELGIUM |
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Participant Organization:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE |
Country: FRANCE |
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Participant Organization:
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NEDERLAND B.V. |
Country: NETHERLANDS |
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Participant Organization:
AVECIA LIMITED |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
ZEILER AG |
Country: SWITZERLAND |
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Participant Organization:
PLASTIC LOGIC LIMITED |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
HUECK FOLIEN GMBH |
Country: AUSTRIA |
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Participant Organization:
LEGO SYSTEM A/S |
Country: DENMARK |
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Participant Organization:
MOTOROLA GMBH |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE |
Country: CZECH REPUBLIC |
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Participant Organization:
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BRAUNSCHWEIG |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH |
Country: AUSTRIA |
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Participant Organization:
MERCK KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT AUF AKTIEN |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN S.A. |
Country: SWITZERLAND |
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Participant Organization:
CYBERNETIX |
Country: FRANCE |
RCN: 71238
Last updated: 2005-01-04 |
