The IMB-CNM is considered a strategic asset for the deployment of the PERTE of microelectronics and semiconductors approved by the government
The Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona and its Micro and Nanofabrication Clean Room, as the main node of the ICTS Micronanofabs, are considered a strategic asset in the Chip Strategic Project (Microelectronics and Semiconductors) and offers its experience in the design and manufacture of electronic devices and systems, as well as its capacity to train new professionals in these areas.
The Clean Room for Micro and Nanofabrication of the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona is the main node of the Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructure (ICTS, seal of the Ministry of Science and Innovation) Micronanofabs. Both are considered a strategic asset in the Chip Strategic Project (PERTE for Microelectronics and Semiconductors) that was approved last week by the Government. The IMB-CNM makes available to the Government its experience in the design and manufacture of electronic devices and systems, as well as its capacity to train new professionals in these areas.
The Council of Ministers has approved the Proyecto Estratégico para la Recuperación y Transformación Económica de Microelectrónica y Semiconductores (Strategic Project for the Recovery and Economic Transformation of Microelectronics and Semiconductors), within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. The PERTE Chip has a long-term orientation, it will progress in phases, it will be built with public-private collaboration, and in an integrated and aligned way with the European chip strategy. It was presented on Tuesday by the First Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño.
The first axis involves the strengthening of scientific capacity, the second refers to the design strategy, the third axis is oriented towards the construction of manufacturing plants in Spain with a capacity both greater than and less than 5 nanometers, and the fourth involves the revitalization of the European Information and Communication Technologies manufacturing industry.
The first vice-president has pointed out that "it is probably the most ambitious project in the recovery plan" due to its amount (12,250 million euros of public investment), its transforming impact for the industry and its contribution to the autonomy of Spain and the European Union in technological matters.
The Network of the micro and nanofabrication clean rooms
Transcript of page 14 of the Memory of the PERTE
Spain also has a Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructure (ICTS) specific to microelectronics constituted by the Network of clean rooms for micro and nanofabrication (MICRONANOFABS).
The main node of MICRONANOFABS is the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona-Microelectronics National Center (IMB-CNM, of the CSIC), which, through its Clean Room, which has its own staff that develops different R&D projects, puts at the disposal of the scientific or business community its capacity for prototyping and manufacturing of small series oriented to electronic devices and systems, mainly in the More than Moore field
The Clean Room has different fields of work, such as integrated photonics, wide gap semiconductors (for power applications and harsh environments), micro and nanoelectrodes (for chemical sensors), graphene technology (biomedicine) or micromachining of silicon (for MEMS applications).
In this way, it has contributed to developing several international projects, incorporating its own technology for CERN, as well as different satellite constellations and space missions.
The Clean Room also offers hands-on training and education in the field of micro and nanoelectronics.