Neuro-Electronics Research

Flanders

Kris Verstreken
Program Director Biomedical Electronics
IMEC
IMEC 1984 - 2007
Budget: evolution
1984
300

IMEC Budget
Established by state government 225

of Flanders in Belgium
Non-profit organization 150

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Initial investment: 62M€
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organizations in this field, worldwide
1000 Annual budget: over 246M€ (> 400 M$ - 2008)
Staff (2008): > 1650  >55 nationalities
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Collaboration with >600 partners worldwide
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 Clean Room 2 IMECAMPUS
3200 m2 Clean Room
300 mm pilot line
Ball Room, Clean sub-FAB
FOUP wafer transport

Clean Room 1
4800 m2 Clean Room
1750 m2 Class 1
200 mm pilot line
Continuous operation:
24hrs / 7 days
Total: 8000 m2 Clean Room
Reasons for Succes?

• Focus:
Microelectronics research
• Investment:
Government Entrepreneurship
• Partnerships:
IMEC Entrepreneurship
 STMicroelectronics

One of the World’s Largest Industrial Commitments

to Semiconductor Research in Partnership
 New IC Technologies
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Bioelectronics
NEMS & nanotechnology

Chemistry
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Atomic Manipulation

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Partner interest in biomedical applications!

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Bio
Mechanical systems

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Biology is Complex

• Multidisciplinarity
• Partnership
• Focus!
Focus most important

NASDAQ Biotech Index (NBI)

The Next Frontier: The Brain

• Function
• Pathology
• Therapy

Electronics
for
Neuroscience
 Discriminators:
Centers of Excellence

• Electronics
• Biotechnology
 Partnership: NERF
Center for
Neuro-Electronics Research
in Flanders
• Focus
• Multidisciplinarity
• Entrepreneurship