The document discusses the Integrated Electronics Manufacturing Research Centre (IeMRC), which conducts research to support the UK electronics manufacturing sector. The IeMRC is funded through the EPSRC's Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre Programme and involves collaboration between academia and industry. It provides funding for various electronics manufacturing research projects and engages with industry through activities like workshops, conferences, and an Industrial Steering Group. The document outlines IeMRC's structure, funded projects, research themes, and plans for its next phase of work.

1. www.IeMRC.org Dr. Darren Cadman IeMRC Research Co-ordinator 11 th March 2009 IeMRC – E2V

2. Overview About the IeMRC Projects Funding Themes Exemplars Industrial Engagement IeMRC activities www.IeMRC.org

3. Fast changing, fragmented, global competition, reduced vertical integration in UK sector UK characterised by globally significant companies (BAE, GE) and dynamic SMEs IeMRC -> a key component of coordinated Industry, Government and Academia strategy for growth and prosperity UK Electronics Manufact. www.IeMRC.org

4. Centre background Funded by Part of EPSRC’s Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre Programme – 16 others. In 2002 Electronics manufacturing – strategic gap Led by user needs £5.5 Million Funding over 5 years – started 2004 www.IeMRC.org

5. Manufacturing Research Aims of IMRC Programme: Increase amount of internationally recognised research Strengthen and expand strategic partnerships between IMRCs, other research groups, Industry and other collaborators Provide greater focus on outputs, their impact on wealth creation and on society, to improve technology transfer www.IeMRC.org

6. Executive formed by Academics Industrial Steering Group (ISG) Governors Management Team based at Loughborough Academic Director: Prof. Paul Conway ISG Director: Prof. Martin Goosey IeMRC Structure www.IeMRC.org

7. International review – March 2008 Further funding starting in March 2010 Calls for proposals for next funding phase IeMRC: Current status www.IeMRC.org

8. Research “Centre” 66 Investigators 29 Research Associates 22 Research Students 8 Technical & Support Staff 22 Institutes Funding: Flagships ~£800k Standard Projects ~£200k Feasibility Projects ~£100k DTAs ~£60k www.IeMRC.org

9. Quality of proposal and proposers Impact on UK and beyond Adventure, novelty and risk Timeliness Fit to IeMRC themes Value for money / added value Industrial support Proposal selection criteria www.IeMRC.org

10. Funding areas EPSRC Sector definition for Electronics: General: electronics, optoelectronics, photonics, electronics manufacturing, components, devices, subsystems, circuits, integrated circuits (ICs), Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI), Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), interconnects, packaging, electronic architecture. Semiconductors: Silicon (Si), compound semiconductors, Group IV semiconductors, III-V semiconductors, II-VI semiconductors, organic semiconductors, inorganic semiconductors, gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium nitride (GaN), silicon carbide (SiC), silicon germanium (SiGe). Processing: growth, deposition, lithography, ion implantation, etching. Displays: LCD (liquid crystal display), LED (light emitting diode). Devices: MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), microsystems, transistor, diode, logic (analogue, digital, mixed-signal), deep sub-micron (DSM), wafer, System-on-Chip (SoC), CMOS, MOSFET, spintronics, single electron transistor (SET). Magnetics and data storage: sensors, actuators, memory [e.g.MRAM]. Design: electronic design (including test, verification, synthesis), EDA, design tools (e.g. CAD), electronic product design. Blue skies and materials: quantum information processing (devices and circuits), molecular electronics (bulk and single molecule devices), optical switch, optical amplifier, electronic structure of materials, superconductors, ceramics/electroceramics, diamond. www.IeMRC.org

11. Research themes matrix www.IeMRC.org Agile enterprises Sustainable manufacture & products Challenging environments Business processes Mass customisation Collaborative enterprises Industry value structures Demand chains End-of-life logistics Lean Manufacture Responsive manufacture Managing innovation Standards Supply chain convergence End-users’ needs Design DfX Collaborative design Supply chain capability Flexible partitioning Trade-off analysis DfAssembly DfDisassembly Partitioning for re-use IP-reclamation Functional partitioning Df-Test/Self-repair/Stability Physics of failure Mechanical integration Materials processes technology Agile processes Automation Re-configurable production Flexible tooling Joining technologies Materials reclamation Automation Materials analysis Self-disassembly Materials technology Testing technologies Wireless interconnect Autonomous systems Nano-materials Needs Tools

12. Existing Projects Chemically amplified E-beam photo-resists Surface modification using sonochemistry Glass substrates for high density electrical & optical interconnect Design & simulation of low volume electronics production FAMOBS System in Package www.IeMRC.org

13. IeMRC Funded Research TSB/FP 7 etc. Technology Readiness www.IeMRC.org

14. Industrial Steering Group www.IeMRC.org Industrial Steering Group

15. ISG Membership www.IeMRC.org

16. Annual IeMRC Conference IeMRC Quarterly Workshops IeMRC Community Meetings Quarterly Project Reviews Project Final Reviews Annual Reporting activities Consortia building for proposals Community activities www.IeMRC.org

17. IeMRC future activities March 2009: Community meeting R esearch themes review and development Industry’s priorities going forward into phase 2 June 2009: Launch Phase 2 flagships competition September 2009: 4 th Annual conference October 2009: 1 st call of Phase 2 programme www.IeMRC.org

18. Dr. Darren Cadman IeMRC Research Coordinator [email_address] www.IeMRC.org