The PhotonFAB project is a Support Action in the European Union's Seventh Research Framework Programme FP7.
PhotonFAB lowers the barriers for R&D on silicon photonic integrated circuits in order to increase take-up of the technology and strengthen the impact of R&D in the European area.
ePIXfab has set up a foundry scheme with CMOS technology for R&D on silicon photonics ICs and components and systems based on this technology. The objective of PhotonFAB is to decrease the total cost of fabless R&D through this scheme with
- Increased technological capabilities offered through the ePIXfab R&D foundry
- Lower effort and shallower learning curve for design into the technology
- Lower prices for European users
- Improved access logistics
- Training and documentation
- A roadmap for access
This will lower the bare cost, the effort, the learning curve and risk when doing fabless prototyping of silicon photonic integrated circuits.
The project supports academic researchers, SMEs and funded research projects (FP7, ERA-NET, COST, ESA, national, regional, ....) in the European area.