Chip Zero co-innovation projects

The project studies how to enhance the sustainable circular economy of electronic devices by focusing on reuse, repair and recycling options.

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) is the coordinator of this program. The other research partner is VTT. Funding partners include DNA, Kuusakoski, Recser and Serty.

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The aim of the co-innovation project is to boost the circularity for semiconductor manufacturing processes to achieve “Chip with zero lifetime emissions” by for example:
•  Develop in-depth understanding of the global semiconductor supply chains’ eco-efficiency
•  Develop new strategies and solutions for material recovery, recycling and industrial reuse
•  Focus on high value and critical materials and water management

The project is led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland with company partners Applied Materials in Finland (Picosun), Eurajoki Group, Murata and Sofi Filtration.

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The goal is to merge function and form for the next generation spectral imaging and sensing. Photonics technologies generate groundbreaking information on the chemical composition of materials and gases by interacting with them optically without contact. This project creates novel optical gas sensing and spectral imaging technologies for process and environmental monitoring, green energy, medical applications, and food and medication safety.

The project brings together two research organizations: VTT and Tampere University,  and five partner companies,  Applied Materials, Gasera, Schott and Vaisala.

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Chemistry plays a key role in the fabrication of chips and the project “New chemistries for resource efficient semiconductor manufacturing” aims to improve the sustainability of semiconductor manufacturing from the chemistry point of view. The project will focus on the development, modelling, and testing of new chemistries and processes for semiconductor industry.

The project is led by professors Maarit Karppinen and Antti Karttunen from the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science at Aalto University.

The industrial partners include Applied Materials in Finland (Picosun), PiBond and Volatec.

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The timing circuit is often the critical component for system efficiency, performance and speed. Time Zero program’s objective is to transfer the MEMS timing and applications based on it to the next level by exploring and developing new materials from substrates to thin films, new manufacturing methods of MEMS devices and novel timing resonators.

The project is driven by VTT, other research organizations being Aalto University and Turku University. Partner companies are Applied Materials, Koherent, Nokia, Okmetic, Saab and SiTime.

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The motivation behind this program is the target that by 2030, 700,000 electric cars should be on Finland's roads, the majority of which would be all-electric cars and also Finland’s plan to achieve the carbon neutrality target in 2035. The solution for energy storage challenges is HESS, Hybrid Energy Storage Systems.

VTT is heading this program. Other partners are Aalto University, ABB, Bamomas, Danfoss, SanRex, Tampere University, Vensum and Volue.

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WIBASE program’s goal is to bring together the expertise of Finnish semiconductor and power electronics industries and establish a national R&D program with prototyping and testing capabilities for WBG semiconductors and power devices. The programs also aims to address reliability concerns of WBG power devices and modules, to evaluate emerging UWBG materials and device structures for power electronics and to initiate international collaboration with leading research groups.

The project is headed by VTT. The other research organizations are Aalto University, Lappeenranta University of Technology and University of Helsinki. Partner companies are ABB, Applied Materials, Comptek, Danfoss, Okmetic, Kempower and SanRex.

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