NANOTEC

The aim of the NANOTEC project is to significantly enhance the reliability of RF-MEMS switches by using nanostructured materials (e.g. as dielectrics) as well as to demonstrate highly adaptive and miniaturised telecommunication and RF-sensing circuits, antenna front-ends and systems enabled by monolithical integration of low-loss RF-MEMS switches in GaN/GaAs/SiGe IC foundry processes from OMMIC, IHP and TRT. Future smart systems for communication and RF-sensing will have to achieve autonomous and self-reconfigurable operations, for real-time and efficient self-optimization of their performance. The needs for such reconfigurable systems are not only to overcome the design trade-offs that current analogue components must endure, but also to realize new and more efficient systems with improved functionality (i.e. better performance) as well as reduced size, weight, power and cost. The aim of the NANOTEC project is to develop new technology approaches and methodologies for existing as well..