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WBG Pilot Line

The WBG Pilot Line aims to strengthen the competitiveness of the European semiconductor industry by accelerating the adoption of advanced wide-bandgap technologies across the entire value chain. Its focus lies on WBG semiconductors such as SiC and GaN, as well as novel ultra-WBG materials for high-power and high-frequency applications.

Project goals

  • Realize an integrated pilot line focused on the developments of the wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors technologies for power and radio frequency (RF) electronics
  • Improve the European supply chain for WBG substrates
  • Demonstrate a European value chain through shared development of novel semiconductor and MEMS devices based on wide-bandgap materials

 

Project
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Title: Wide Band Gap Pilot Line
Program: Chips for Europe Initiative
Funding Agency: European Union
Project Coordinator: Italian National Research Council (CNR)
Duration: 01.06.2025 – 31.05.2030

WBG Pilot Line

Accelerating innovation in wide bandgap semiconductors—from research to industrial-scale solutions. Discover how the WBG Pilot Line supports the next generation of power and radio frequency electronics.

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Contact

Business Development
Lisa Kainz MA
Business Development Microsystems
Graz
Project Manager
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Marco Deluca
Head of Research Unit Thin Film Technologies (TFT)
Graz

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