Project Partners
THALES
Thales is one of the major world players in civilian & professional electronics with Over 77,000 employees with Global presence in 68 Countries, and 17.6 B€ Sales in 2022, Thales Research and Technology France (THALES ) located in Palaiseau, near Paris, is the main multidisciplinary research unit of the Thales Group. THALES is dedicated to mastering increasingly sophisticated technologies, particularly those related to detection, analysis, or decision-making, in order to design and develop critical information systems. These innovative solutions serve clients in various domains such as secure military communications, space systems, air traffic management, embedded electronics, large computer networks and administrations.
THALES ALENIA SPACE
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a Joint Venture between Thales and Leonardo, is a global space manufacturer with over 40 years of experience. They specialize in providing high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science, and orbital infrastructures. TAS is the go-to choice for governments, institutions, and businesses seeking satellite-based systems that enhance connectivity, enable global positioning, facilitate Earth observation, and optimize resource utilization across our planet and the solar system.
University of Bordeaux
Université de Bordeaux (UBx) and Bordeaux INP are, together with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), host institutions of the IMS laboratory, which develop research on integration from the material level to system level, from DC to few THz. UBx and INP have strong interest to space and rectenna technologies. In 2022, Bordeaux was naming the capital of Wireless power, and they hosted the Wireless Power Week in July 2022, the premier event on Wireless Power Transfert. INP is a founding member of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Academic Space Center (NAASC) and develops stratospheric balloons and CubeSat.
IMEC
At imec The Netherlands it is our mission to develop targeted innovations with real impact on people’s lives. Here, imec joins forces with research institutions, governments and businesses to leverage its world-leading R&D for high-impact projects in nano- and digital technology. The international IMEC organization boasts more than 5,000 expert scientists, a unique infrastructure that includes a 2.5-billion-euro 300mm semiconductor pilot line, and an ecosystem of more than 600 world-leading industry partners and a global academic network. In the Netherlands, IMEC-NL contributes to new micro-electronical and sensor technology solutions in the fields of health & vitality, photonics, energy & industry. IMEC-NL has conducted research in rectenna technology, inductive and mid-field wireless power transfer and in rectifier technology by contributing to several book chapters on these subjects and holds several patents.
UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA
The Department of Engineering of the University of Perugia (UNIPG) is an academic institution whose mission is the development of research and training of excellence in the field of mechanics, structures, energy, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The various lines of research include the development of transceiver frontends for Cubesats, the development of mm-wave SoC radiometers, modeling and development of avalanche noise sources for integrated test equipment and calibration, the study of RF electronic circuits on non-conventional materials (cellulose, organic substrates, etc.), the design of micro/mm-wave integrated circuits in CMOS and SiGe BiCMOS technologies, RF system design and simulation, flexible rectennas up to mm-waves and wireless power technologies for both static and dynamic scenarios.
LUNA GEBER ENGINEERING
Luna Geber Engineering s.r.l. (LGE) inherited thirty-year standing experience in the development of RF and microwave systems for telecommunication and telemetry, fostering this heritage by incorporating the most advanced technological trends in IoT technologies (last generation electronic devices, protocols for IoT, adoption of eco-friendly solutions such as recyclable and compostable materials, energy harvesting and wireless power transfer). LGE has experience in developing extremely customized monitoring systems in the field of industry 4.0 and IoT solutions based on both off the shelf components and subsystems purposely developed. In these sectors we have applied the long university experience in electromagnetic modeling and development of contactless and wireless sensors.