UPVfab completes silicon nitride process equipment line

Valencia, 18th of July, 2023. Funded by the regional government infrastructure programme of Generalitat Valenciana, through grant GVA/IDIFEDER/2021/046, UPVfab has acquired capital equipment to complete the silicon nitride process equipment line. The recent acquisitions include the chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) tool by French vendor Alpsitec and the high-density plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (HD-PECVD) by […]

ALTER TECHNOLOGY TÜV NORD becomes new resident company at UPVfab.

Valencia, Spain, and Madrid (22nd February, 2023) – ALTER TECHNOLOGY TÜV NORD, focused on the sector of high reliability applications, packaging and testing, enters a 4 years agreement with UPVfab, the microfabrication facility at the Universitat Politècnica de València, for technology support through UPVfab’s resident company programme. Mr. Demetrio López, Head of Innovation and New […]

New custom workstation for assembly, packaging and optical & electrical connection of photonic chips

Valencia, Spain (7th of December, 2022) – Photonics Research Labs incorporate new tool to UPVfab, the microfabrication facility at the Universitat Politècnica de València, to encapsulate high-density photonic chips (electronics and optics). This equipment, manufactured by the German company AIXEMTECH GmbH, consists of a custom workstation for laboratory use dedicated to the assembly, packaging and […]

Developing photonic engineering talent in Spain

Valencia, Spain, 24th of November 2022 – UPVfab in cooperation with Synopsys Photonic Solutions, organized a hands-on training for Synopsys Photonic IC design solution. This training at 14, 15 and 16 of November is part of the photonic integration eco-system development in Spain. Design teams from companies iPronics, VLC Photonics, Photonics Research Labs at Universitat Politècnica […]

Session announcement at “V Congreso de Industria Conectada 2022”

Speakers: Sergio Sáez, Deep Tech Cluster Manager at SECPHO Carlos Lee, Director General EPIC Date: November 7th. Session: (ES) ECOSISTEMA DE FOTÓNICA INTEGRADA Location: Palacio de Congresos Valencia (https://goo.gl/maps/fjG7fdr7H8yVXYZC6) Link to register website: https://cic40.es/ Brief description of the congress: (English) The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism is organizing the 5th Connected Industry Congress on […]

UPVfab incorporates tool for stiction-free release of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)

Valencia, Spain, and Hauterive, Switzerland (October 19, 2022) – UPVfab, the microfabrication facility at the Universitat Politècnica de València, incorporates a new tool for hydrofluoric acid Vapor Phase Etching (VPE) by idonus sàrl. The acquisition was funded by the regional government Generalitat Valenciana through project GVA/IDIFEDER/2020/028 “Technology Pole UPVfab” as part of a strategy to […]