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TheprojecthasreceivedfundingfromtheEuropeanUnion’sHorizon2020ResearchandInnovationProgramunderGrantAgreement721107.

GaNonCMOSprojectKick-off-meeting–Brussels-Belgium,24January2017

Overthenext15years,thetotalenergyconsumptionisprojectedtoincreaseby25-35%duetotheelevationofafewbillionpeoplefrompovertyintothemiddleclass,andtheincreasingworldeconomicoutput.Forinstance,theexplosionofdigitalcontentsuchase-commerce,socialmediaandbigdataismakingdatacentresoneofthefastest-growingconsumersofelectricityindevelopedcountries.Energyefficiencyisoneofthemostimportantcomponentsofanystrategytodeliveraffordableandreliableenergysystems.Powerelectronicsisthekeytechnologytocontrolthe flowof electrical energybetween source and load for awide varietyof applications from theGWs in energytransmissionlinestothemWsinmobilephones.WidebandgapsemiconductorssuchasGaNusetheircapabilitytooperate at higher voltages, temperatures, and switching frequencies with greater efficiencies compared to theirsiliconcounterparts,therebyallowingforhigherenergyefficiency.ThereforethedevelopmentofnovellowcostandreliableGaN-basedmaterials, processes and systemsareneeded toenable significant energy reduction in awiderangeofenergyintensiveapplications.

InthiscontexttheGaNonCMOSprojectwaslaunchedon1stJanuary2017with4yearsduration.

TheGaNonCMOSproject aims to bringGaNpower electronicmaterials, devices and systems to the next level ofmaturitybyprovidingthemostdenselyintegratedmaterialstodate.Thisdevelopmentwilldriveanewgenerationof densely integrated power electronics and pave the way towards low cost, highly reliable systems for energyintensiveapplications.ThiswillberealizedbyintegratingGaNpowerswitcheswithCMOSdriversdenselytogetherusingdifferent integration schemes from thepackage levelup to the chip level includingwaferbondingbetweenGaNonSi(111)andCMOSonSi(100)wafers.

The GaNonCMOS consortium is composed of 11 recognised key actors on the topics of materials, processing,componentsandsystemsforpowerelectronics.GaNonCMOSiscoordinatedbyProf.Jean-PierreLocquetfromtheKatholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL). The kick-off meeting of GaNonCMOSwas held in Brussels (Belgium) on 24January2017.Duringthismeeting,thepartnersdiscussedthetechnicalcontent,taskstobeaccomplishedduringthenextsixmonthsandadministrativeandfinancialissues.