The Center of Competence for Microelectronics and Photonics will be a joint venture of three scientific units, financed from KPO funds: the Łukasiewicz Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics (leader), the Łukasiewicz Institute of Tele- and Radioelectronics, and CEZAMAT PW, whose direct goal is to improve the innovativeness of the Polish economy by strengthening and creating a new R&D infrastructure.
Implementation of the planned investment will allow the creation of a state-of-the-art global center of competence, enabling the implementation of the research agenda at an unprecedented level. As a result, Polish companies will have wider access to advanced research infrastructure designed strictly for their needs, and will have a better chance of securing international grants and research partners.
The Center of Competence for Microelectronics and Photonics will also contribute to the development of technological innovations that allow Polish companies to achieve a competitive advantage, to enable progress in the areas of microelectronics and photonics, and to accelerate the transfer of modern technologies to the economy.
The following laboratories will be built or upgraded as part of the investment:
- Functional Materials Laboratory
- GaN Instrumentation and Microassembly Laboratory
- Infrared Photonics Laboratory
- Laboratory of Design of Integrated Circuits and Electronic Systems.
- Laboratory of the Center for Graphene and Innovative Nanotechnologies
- Laboratory of special glasses and optical fibers
- Printed Circuit Boards and Electronic Assembly Laboratory
- Center for Advanced Materials of PW
The laboratories built or upgraded within the framework of the project will enable correlated interdisciplinary scientific research and development work at the highest world level, ensuring and stimulating continuous technological progress and economic development, which has an impact on society as a whole. Within the center of competence, research and development work will be carried out by teams of scientists, engineers, designers and specialists in various fields, who will work together to develop new technological solutions.
The infrastructure in question, which will be strengthened or created as part of the project, will be aimed at meeting the R&D needs of Polish enterprises with a particular focus on such areas as electronics, microelectronics, photonics, materials engineering and semiconductor instruments.
Industries that will benefit from the modern infrastructure created under the project:
- Energy sector (including electric power),
- rebar industry,
- electronics industry,
- Medical industry (including telemedicine),
- telecommunications industry.
The project fits into the following areas of the National Intelligent Specializations (NIS):
KIS 4. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
KIS 8. ADVANCED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
KIS 9. ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS
Lukasiewicz – Tele and Radio Research Institute will modernize premises and purchase and commission equipment as part of the development of the Printed Circuits and Electronic Assembly Laboratory, which will be an important part of the Microelectronics and Photonics Competence Center.
Meeting the challenges of modern electronics and photonics, the laboratory will carry out interdisciplinary research developing printed circuit technologies.
The research work will concern the development of new solutions for the design, selection of materials, optimization of technological and manufacturing processes of printed circuits, and assembly and disassembly of electronic assemblies.
Work in the field of printed circuit boards will be concerned with the creation of novel technologies. In the field of antenna and transmission systems, it is planned to produce hybrid printed circuits. Of great importance in their fabrication is the preparation of surfaces before metallization and bonding processes. The newly established infrastructure will allow optimizing the parameters of many technological processes currently in use as well as those planned for development. The result of the work will be a reduction in the size and weight of printed circuits, which translates into an increase in the speed and quality of transmitted signals.
Research is planned to focus on the development of printed circuit board technologies with high integration scale (High Density Interconnection) and reliability levels. An example is Sequential Build-Up technology. The use of modern techniques such as laser ablation, plasma activation, X-ray registration, vacuum lamination and selective application of protective coatings will enable the achievement of the set research goals.
The laboratory will also study and solve problems in electronic product assembly technology. Part of the work will be directed at exploring applications of electronic products for various sectors of the economy including consumer electronics, medical electronics, automotive electronics, armaments, as well as specialized electronics for devices operated in space conditions.
In summary, Łukasiewicz – ITR will create a modern innovative on the scale of Polish industry and Polish research and development centers Laboratory of Printed Circuits and Electronic Assembly providing the opportunity:
- creating PCB solutions for a wide range of industrial and scientific sectors,
- creating modern and unique technologies including hybrid printed circuits,
- The use of micro-groove filling techniques and surface planarization,
- Making high-precision multilayer circuits with high mosaic positioning accuracy,
- Applications of plasma-based surface activation techniques for advanced composite materials,
- The use of innovative protective coating technology,
- PCB miniaturization: reduction in size and weight.
No. of the agreement for inclusion of the project in the support: KPOD.01.18-IW.03-0011/23
Total project value: 519,681,492.83 PLN
Total value of funding: 369,971,890 PLN
Value of the project Lukasiewicz – ITR: 25,557,900.00 PLN
The value of funding Łukasiewicz – ITR: 16 686 600,00 PLN
Consortium:
Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics (Al. Lotników 32/46, Warsaw; 133 Wólczyńska Street, Warsaw) – Leader of the consortium
Lukasiewicz Research Network – Tele-Radio Institute (11 Ratuszowa Street, Warsaw).
Warsaw University of Technology, CEZAMAT Center for Advanced Materials and Technologies (Poleczki 19 Street, Warsaw).
Lecture on printed circuits for PW students (click link to open page)
Webinar “PCBs with integrated structure and hybrid design – new opportunities” (click link to open page)
Welcome to TEK.day 2025 trade show (click link to open page)
We were in Wroclaw for TEK.day 2025 (click link to open page)
An informative post on microcontroller.co.uk (click on the link to open the page)
We were at Evertiq in Krakow. (click link to open page)