ascent+
Free Access to European Infrastructure for Nanoelectronics
ASCENT+ sees itself as a European toolbox for microelectronics. Interested parties submit their technical request. The project partners are looking for the right tool!
As an evolution and extension of the ASCENT program, the ASCENT+ project integrates additional key European infrastructures to address emerging research challenges in nanoelectronics. Through a single entry point and a user-oriented access interface, ASCENT+ offers specifically interested small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) a unique research infrastructure in which more than 2.5 billion euros have been invested. ASCENT+ thus represents a unique opportunity for Europe to regain global leadership in nanoelectronics.
Profile
Duration: September 2020 – February 2025
Funding program: Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation
Target group: researchers/developers in small and medium-sized enterprises, large companies, universities and research centers
![Projektlogo ASCENT+](https://silicon-saxony.de/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ASCENT-1-200x80.png.webp)
Contact
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Alesia Lässig
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What our members say
Via ASCENT+, we gained access to industrial-scale equipment, as well as metrology and highly experienced researchers. This is an easy-to-apply and easy-to-report type of public support for international hi-tech companies to test technical ideas.
The advantages at a glance
COST SAVING
- Free access to exclusive equipment and extensive know-how of the renowned European Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs)
- Cost savings by testing new types of equipment and rare, expensive materials without having to purchase them (test befor invest)
- Assumption of travel costs (in case of physical access) and/or sample shipment (in case of virtual access) by the project.
TIME SAVING
- Only a few weeks from the request to the actual start of the project
- time-efficient, short-term projects with the support of experts (from 2 weeks to 3 months and longer)
- Testing of individual process steps without endangering the ongoing processes in the company (process optimization, yield increase)
GAIN IN KNOWLEDGE & SECURITY
- Feasibility studies
- deeper understanding of processes
- Ensuring full IPR protection of the user (IP agreement is signed prior to commencement).
Numbers. Data. Facts
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Ongoing or completed transnational access projects.
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Countries with users involved
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Nanoelectronics organizations in the ASCENT+ network
Related links
Instructive content
ASCENT+ Webinars
Want to learn more about different characterization techniques, power electronics, or quantum computing? ASCENT+ regularly organizes webinars, which you can also watch afterwards.
Technology partner
![Logo Tyndall](https://silicon-saxony.de/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Tyndall.png.webp)
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![Logo Forschungsfabrik Mikroelektronik](https://silicon-saxony.de/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Fraunhofer-Mikroelektronik.png.webp)
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Universities and colleges
![Universität Padova](https://silicon-saxony.de/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Universitaet-Padua.png.webp)
![Logo Universität Gent](https://silicon-saxony.de/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Universitaet-Gent.png.webp)
![Logo Bergakademie Freiberg](https://silicon-saxony.de/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/TU-Bergakademie-Freiberg.png.webp)
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Technology cluster
![Logo Silicon Saxony](https://silicon-saxony.de/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Silicon-Saxony.png.webp)
![Logo Sinano Institute](https://silicon-saxony.de/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Sinano-Institut.png.webp)
![Logo Minalogic](https://silicon-saxony.de/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Minalogic.png.webp)
![Logo Midas](https://silicon-saxony.de/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/doc-root/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Midas-Ireland.png.webp)
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ASCENT+ has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under GA No 871130.