BNC leads H2020 project in nanoelectronics

Bio Nano Consulting (BNC), announces the start of a multinational project funded by the European Commission under the H2020 ICT Programme: PETMEM (Piezoelectronic Transduction Memory Device).

PETMEM is a European partnership amongst Universities, Research Institutions, SMEs and a large company that will focus on the development of new materials and characterization tools to enable the fabrication of an entirely new low-voltage, memory element. This element makes use of internal transduction in which a voltage state external to the device is converted to an internal acoustic signal that drives an insulator-metal transition. Modelling based on the properties of known materials at device dimensions on the 15 nm scale predicts that this mechanism enables device operation at voltages an order of magnitude lower than CMOS technology (power is reduced two orders) while achieving 10GHz operating speed.

The consortium that will develop PETMEM technologies comprises 11 partners: Bio Nano Consulting (London UK), IBM Research (Zurich, Switzerland), Max Planck Institute (Dresden and Halle, Germany), Solmates (Enschede, The Netherlands), SINTEF (Oslo, Norway), National Physical Laboratory (Teddington UK), University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, UK), University of Gent (Gent, Belgium), Aixacct (Aachen Germany), Electrosciences (Surrey, UK) and DCA (Turku, Finland).

BNC will not only act as coordinator for the consortium, but will also be in charge of the dissemination of the project results to the wider public.

Commenting on the new project, BNC’s CEO, Dr David Sarphie, said: “We are delighted to lead on the development of this innovative technology that has the potential to revolutionise the field of electronics. We are looking forward to working with our partners across Europe in making the vision a reality.”