Our highlights in 2020

12/18/2020 - It has been an eventful year. We have selected some of our innovations, collaborations and events for you.

Our innovations and collaborations

 

Start of the Fraunhofer Competence Center “Quantum Computing Baden-Württemberg”

Fraunhofer IAF and IAO take the coordinative managment

 

High-frequency transistors achieve record efficiency at 100 volts

More power for industrial high-frequency applications

 

AlScN – alternative material for more efficient smartphone hardware

Fraunhofer research team achieves promising material growth

Our events and new infrastructure

 

Workshop on »Quantum Computing«

Fraunhofer IAF hosted a successful workshop on quantum computing with participants from research, politics and industry.

 

 

PCIM Europe digital days

At this year's PCIM, Fraunhofer IAF presented PCB-embedded GaN-on-Si half-bridge circuits for modular use.

 

 

New machines for future devices

Fraunhofer IAF upgrades its equipment for the production of nanostructures and its competence in material analysis with two new machines.

 

Our colleagues

 

Fritz Hüttinger Professorship for Energy-Efficient Radio-Frequency Electronics

Deputy Director Dr. Rüdiger Quay accepts call for professorship at INATECH.

 

EU program trains experts for 5G and beyond

Fraunhofer IAF welcomes two young high frequency scientists.

 

 

Reasearch in the field of quantum computing

In this interview, Kathrin König tells how she discovered her fascination for quantum computing at Fraunhofer IAF.