VTT Components and software for mobile devices

Components and

software for mobile

devices

Greater performance and

functionality for mobile devices

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Initial cost expectation of devices has

become very demanding. Price erosion

continues to generate high stress on

component suppliers.

Increasing performance and number of

sensors integrated to the mobile

devices set major challenge for the

power consumption.

The market for mobile devices

continues to grow steadily



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VTT has over 20 years of experience

working with MEMS devices, wireless

communication systems, millimetre

wave and sensing technologies.

We are the trusted technology partner

for the world’s leading smart phone

companies as well as MEMS industry

leaders such as Nokia and Murata

Electronics.



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New RF components for 5G technology

Enhanced user experience with new

functionalities

New location based business on indoor

navigation

Increase device battery lifetime

Information security

Challenges



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Added functionality from new sensors

Hybrid technologies for non-planar surfaces

Multiband RF components and adaptive RF front-ends

Our solutions for mobile devices

Timing solutions



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Power management and consumption

Our solutions for mobile devices

Software testing and information security

Indoor navigation



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Antenna solutions see slide 18 for more details »

RF front-end R&D see slide 19 for more details »

Micro- and millimetre wave modules see slide 20 for more details »

RF components for 5G technology



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Next generation colour sensors see slide 21 for more details »

Novel imaging sensors beyond the visible light see slide 22 for more details »

Improved audio sensors see slide 24 for more details »

Gas sensors see slide 23 for more details »

Added functionality from new sensors



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Silicon timing circuits see slide 25 for more details »

Oscillator design see slide 27 for more details »

Timing solutions

BAW resonators see slide 26 for more details »



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3D hybrid integration of electronics see slide 28 for more details »

Hybrid technologies for non-planar surfaces



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Indoor navigation

Next generation gyroscopes see slide 31 for more details »

Pressure sensors for altitude measurement see slide 30 for more details »

Proximity sensors for localisation see slide 29 for more details »



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Wire-free inductive and NFC charging see slide 33 for more details »

Power management and smart consumption

Algorithms to optimise device power

consumption see slide 32 for more details »



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Software testing and information security

Security solutions for embedded systems see slide 34 for more details »

Security testing and analyses see slide 35 for more details »

Software test automation

see slide 33 for more details »



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Application areas



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Our development is specific to a certain

application area.

We have deep domain knowledge in areas

such as health and well-being, industrial

monitoring, and digital society.

We can offer a competitive edge by

combining our core technologies with

applications area expertise.

VTT – a multi-disciplinary technology developer



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VTT – intellectual property and commercialisation

VTT offers a reliable and direct channel for acquiring protected

technology.

We offer our customers access to a portfolio of more than 300

patent families.

There are various ways to exploit these off-the-shelf technologies

Exclusive or non-exclusive licensing

IP transfer as a sales transaction

IP transfer as part of an interlinked research project



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Technologies for greater performance

and functionality for mobile devices



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Value proposition: First class design and prototyping of small

antennae and antenna arrays for small devices.

Competitive edge: Miniaturisation, integration, manufacturing

processes.

Development phase: Several solutions implemented to customers.

IP status: Several patented solutions.

Offering: Design of small antennae and antenna arrays.

R&D infrastructure: 2 anechoic chambers, test equipment for

antenna and material parameter measurements, SW: HFSS, CST,

IE3D, WIPL-D, AWR and Matlab.

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Antenna solutions



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RF front-end components and modules

Value proposition: First class design and prototyping of small RF

front-end components and modules.

Competitive edge: Unique design and integration capability of

antennae, RF front-ends and DSP, which all must go hand-in-hand.

Development phase: Several customer projects done.

IP status: Several patented solutions.

Offering: Services from design and fabrication to characterisation Technologies: RF MEMS, ferroelectric varactors, BAW resonators, CMOS, InP GaAs,

SiGe, IPD, LTCC, bolometers, heterogeneous integration, TSV

Sub-systems: handsets, RFID, MMID, short range communication, sensing, imaging,

radars, point-to-point, test systems, low power wireless electronics

Circuits: receivers, transmitters, tuneable/switchable phase shifters, filters, tuners,

matching networks, amplifiers, switch networks

Components: antennas, switches, transistors, varactors, mixers, multipliers, inductors,

baluns

R&D infrastructure: Testing facilities at VTT and MilliLab.

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Micro and millimetre wave modules

Value proposition: First class design and prototyping of

microwave and millimetre wave modules.

Competitive edge: Substantial amount of experience in the field

of microwave and millimetre wave antennae, components, and

systems. The space related activities include ESA-projects.

Offering: Design of millimetre wave components, circuits, and

sub-systems. Experience includes technologies such as CMOS,

SiGe, GaAs, InP, and RF MEMS.

R&D infrastructure: MilliLab; Measurement capabilities span

from 30 GHz to 300 GHz, in addition to specialised measurement

capabilities up to 2 THz.

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Next generation colour sensors

Value proposition: High-resolution colour measurement to facilitate

colour or lighting-based applications.

Competitive edge: Order-of-magnitude improvement in colour

resolution over present RGB colour sensors based on electrically

tunable optical MEMS filter mounted over a photodetector.

Development phase: Technology platform is ready for

industrialisation following a performance and fabrication cost

optimisation for a selected product concept.

IP status: Several patents, design and manufacturing know-how.

Offering: Custom and application specific designs, prototyping,

production services, licensing, technology transfer.

R&D infrastructure: VTT´s Micronova Cleanroom.

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Novel imaging sensors beyond the visible light

Value proposition: Novel low-cost, miniaturised imaging sensors

that combines VTT’s MEMS device and material solutions.

Competitive edge: Electrically tuneable Fabry-Perot filter

technology for wavelength selective imaging. State-of-art thermopile

technology. Expertise for several bolometer materials (a-Si, NbN,

MoSiN, MoSi)

Development phase: Several of the relevant technology building

blocks are ready for industrialisation.

IP status: Design and manufacturing know-how. Several patents on

relevant technology building blocks.

Offering: Custom and application specific designs, prototyping.


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Gas sensors

Value proposition: Low-cost MEMS solutions for gas sensing.

Competitive edge: Several gas sensor technology platforms

and their combinations are available for optimised product

designs.

Development phase: Prototypes for several new products

including gas sensors for mobile consumer devices. 17 years of

experience in MEMS wafers production for Industrial CO2

sensors.

IP status: Several patents, design and manufacturing know-how.



R&D infrastructure: VTT´s Micronova Cleanroom

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Improved audio transducers

Value proposition: Increased performance and decreased

complexity of MEMS microphones and loudspeakers using thin-film

piezoelectric transducers.

Competitive edge: High-quality AlN, or Sc-doped AlN sputtered thin

films integrated with MEMS structures. Stress control solutions for

thin membranes.

Development phase: Characterised baseline test structures.

Prototypes for ultrasonic transducers and microphones.

IP status: Comprehensive design and manufacturing know-how.



R&D infrastructure: VTT’s Micronova Cleanroom.

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Silicon timing circuits

Value proposition: Low-phase noise/jitter, small foot-print oscillator

at a low cost.

Competitive edge: Performance similar to quartz-based TCXO

products but at a smaller footprint and thinner form factor. Silicon

MEMS technology enables new integration concepts. Cost

advantage in high volumes.




IP status: 9 patens or patent applications.




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BAW resonators

Value proposition: Low-phase noise/jitter, small foot-print oscillator

at a low cost for oscillator frequencies in the range 100 MHz … 5

Hz.

Competitive edge: Application-specific BAW resonator designs

based on 20 years of expertise in the technology.




IP status: Proprietary knowhow in designing BAW resonators.

Several patents for BAW resonators for filter applications.


technology transfer.


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Value proposition: Customised oscillator designs for timing circuits

exploiting MEMS or BAW resonators.

Competitive edge: Proprietary design expertise and references.

Readiness to offer customisation and IP transfer.

Development phase: Existing VTT oscillator designs can be

modified into custom-specific oscillator designs based on customer

specifications. Supported processes include CMOS and SiGe from

350nm to 65nm offered by AMS, STM, TSMC, and UMC.

IP status: Proprietary oscillator designs with characterisation results

for MEMS resonators and BAW resonators.


characterization, IP sales

R&D infrastructure: Mentor, Spice.

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Oscillator design



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Value proposition: Elastic, robust, and waterproof

encapsulation of electronic systems for non-planar surfaces.

Competitive edge: Integration of printed and discrete

electronics inside conformable 2D and 3D plastic structures.

Development phase: Proof of concept for different system and

product designs.

IP status: Proprietary know-how.

Offering: Feasibility studies, application prototypes.

R&D infrastructure: Design, simulation, prototyping and testing

facilities.

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3D hybrid integration of electronics



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Proximity sensors for localisation

Value proposition: Measurement of the distance, e.g.1 cm to 5 m,

of an object from a mobile device.

Competitive edge: Large range of distance measurement (e.g.1

cm to 5 m) at small power level. Measurement is implemented using

an ultrasonic MEMS transducer with a footprint of 1 mm2. The

technique is superior to other solutions in measuring range, power

consumption, and cost.

Development phase: Transducers available for application

development.

IP status: Manufacturing and design know-how.

Offering: Custom and application specific designs, prototyping.


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Pressure sensors for altitude measurement

Value proposition: State of the art technology for barometric

pressure sensors for consumer applications.

Competitive edge: High performance, low cost technology based

on standard manufacturing steps for silicon surface micromachining.

Development phase: Prototypes, demonstrators, readiness for pilot

production and technology transfer.

IP status: Patented technology, manufacturing and design know-

how.


production services, integration with various readout circuits other

sensors, licensing, technology transfer.


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Next generation gyroscopes

Value proposition: Increased performance and lower cost for

MEMS gyroscopes using piezoelectric transducers to replace

electrostatic (capacitive) coupling.

Competitive edge: High-quality AlN, or Sc-doped AlN thin films

integrated with MEMS structures.

Development phase: Characterised baseline test structures for

solidly piezoelectric MEMS resonators including novel gyroscope

designs.

IP status: Vast know-how in piezoelectrical MEMS resonators.


production services.


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Power-saving timer alignment

Value proposition: Extended operation time for sensors connected

to a smart phone, based on periodical data submission.

Competitive edge: VTT-developed algorithm that groups several

timers together, minimising communication needs.

Development phase: Proof of concept for research prototype.

IP status: Proprietary know-how.

Offering: Algorithm optimisation for specific applications.

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Value proposition: Convenient wire-free charging of

portable devices.

Competitive edge: Compliance of charging system with

NFC standard, being adopted by the leading smart phone

vendors.

Development phase: Proof of concept for NFC-compliant

charging system for portable devices.

IP status: FI20135834.

Offering: Feasibility studies, application demonstrators.

R&D infrastructure: Design, simulation, prototyping and

testing facilities.

Wireless charging and data transfer



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Software testing tools and automation

Value proposition: Increase testing coverage and shorten the

testing time.

Competitive edge: Holistic approach and model based testing.

Development phase: Proven methods by several customers.

IP status: OSMO Model Based Testing tool, RCA tool, GUIDriver

Graphical User Interface Testing tool, Qosmet and Moset QoS

measurement tools.

Offering: Holistic test automation development service, utilising

VTT’s model based testing, data fusion, management, analysing

and visualisation tools and methods. Testing services with support

of LTE eNb Wrap-around testing environment.

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Security solutions for embedded systems

Value proposition: Trustworthy platforms for embedded systems.

Competitive edge: Research and implementation experience of

security in embedded communication devices and systems.

Development phase: Several confidential customer projects done.

Offering: Design of customer specific security solutions for

embedded systems: OnBoard Credentials Platform Design and Implementation.

On board platform for management of passwords and certificates in mobile

terminal.

Secured and trusted environments for ubiquitous and embedded systems.

Software and infrastructure for authentication, authorisation and cryptography in

networked embedded systems.

Security and privacy solutions for Internet of Things (IoT).

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Security testing and analyses

Value proposition: Ensure and verify information security in

product design process.

Competitive edge: Holistic approach and competence for

security testing and analyses.

Development phase: Continuous activity in contract projects in

the various topics of cyber security.

Offering: Various information security testing and analysis

services: System penetration testing

Robustness testing

Source code analysis

Analysis of programming habits, assistance for secure programming

guidelines

Architectural security analysis of systems

Usability analysis in relation to information security issues

Security testing automation

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Mr Aarne Oja

Business Development Manager

VTT Technical Research Centre of

Finland

Tel. +358 40 510 2487

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]



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