New electronic components and devices for ultrafast and intelligent information systems

The goal of the strategic project is to develop a new battery to overcome the technological barrier caused by the achievement of the maximum technological and functional parameters of traditional silicon electronics, in order to create industrially oriented ultrafast intelligent trusted systems. It is achieved through the development and use of new photonic principles of information processing, neuromorphic and neural network models of computing and new generation devices.

Objectives of the strategic project

1. Development of a new component base technology based on photonic integrated circuits (FIC).
2. Development of the basic technology of power electronics based on silicon carbide (SiC).
3. Development of "smart" photonic sensors and networks based on them for the construction of human-machine systems using hybrid intelligence technologies, including unmanned aircraft systems.
4. Design of microwave monolithic integrated circuits for applications critical in basic parameters in unmanned systems, including those with group control.
5. Development of ground-based monitoring, management and security points based on the concept of a wireless information environment.
6. Design of safe unmanned systems based on methods and technologies of neuromorphic networks and hybrid artificial intelligence.
7. Development and manufacture of energy-efficient electric propulsion systems using the SiC component base.

Expected results of the strategic project

• A series of photonic integrated circuits (FIC) of various functional purposes for use in quantum computing and quantum communications systems, control systems and organization of interaction of unmanned vehicles.
• The technology of defect-free single crystals and SiC epitaxial layers for the production of medium-power Schottky diodes used in energy-efficient electric propulsion systems.
• Manufacturing technology and design of smart sensors for various purposes for biomedical and unmanned systems.
• Experimental samples of fiber-optic and integrated photonic semiconductor sensors.
• Elements and devices of heterostructural solar energy to ensure the energy efficiency of unmanned objects.
• A prototype of a ground-based system for detecting and tracking unmanned objects.
• Software and hardware solutions to ensure the autonomy of unmanned systems, including the management of groups of UAVs.
• Designs of power inverters and rectifiers based on SiC component base.