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Motorola Labs Leads PolyApply Reference
Design Work
Polymers to Create
Paradigm Shift, Enabling True Seamless
Mobility
Taunusstein, Germany, 21 April
2004 – Motorola Labs announced today that its
Physical Realization Center in Taunusstein, Germany is leading the Reference
Design work package for the PolyApply consortium. The PolyApply consortium is
dedicated to developing disruptive technologies for radio frequency (RF)
communication devices using polymer semiconductor technology. This initiative is
intended to enable true global and seamless
mobility.
Reference Design is a core program of
the PolyApply project. It provides the foundation for all subsequent work by
matching application specifications to technical opportunities and matching the
consortium’s technical developments with existing standards body
activities. Both efforts are being led by Motorola
Labs.
The PolyApply project, based in Europe,
is expected to strengthen expertise in polymer electronics by building a
foundation of scalable, ubiquitous communication technology based on polymer
semiconductor technology. Objectives are high-volume production and low-cost
processing. The project is funded in the Information Society Technology priority
of the 6th European Framework Programme.
The PolyApply project began January 1, 2004.
It focuses on electronic “things that think” and communication
between people and objects. Identification is a major objective of the
development, where both presence sensing - "I am here" – and information
exchange – "This is who I am" – are the most important attributes.
Both things that think and communication between a person and an object depend
upon technologies that do not require contact in order for communication to
occur.
Today’s RF communication devices
and protocols do not yet enable communication with everyday objects on a large
scale. In particular, the expense of improving the technologies to do so is
currently prohibitive. From a global perspective, different frequency standards
also hinder the seamless information exchange.
The PolyApply team intends to leap-frog
incremental, short-term solutions by developing new, disruptive solutions using
polymers. These solutions are expected to be less expensive to process as well
as more cost-efficient to implement, thus creating countless new business
opportunities. These new technologies will also lead to an extendable family of
products ranging from simple RF tags at very low cost to RF communication
devices with higher functionality; for example, integrated re-writable memory,
sensory inputs, displays and so forth.
Technical
Description
The PolyApply project allows
objective- and application-driven research to be coordinated with maximum
efficiency. In addition to the Reference Design effort led by Motorola’s
Physical Realization Research Center, development efforts are structured in two
work efforts: Manufacturing and Processing, for in-line manufacturing
technology development and Materials, Devices and Circuits, for the development
of basic devices, materials, modeling and packaging modules compatible with
in-line manufacturing techniques.
The
“reality check” is performed in Reliability and Recycling and Life
Cycle work packages. The Accompanying Activities work package includes special
tasks such as Road mapping, Training and Dissemination. The PolyApply
consortium foresees the Accompanying Activities as nurturing an exchange of
personnel and students within the consortium, thereby creating awareness,
seeding and dispersion of this new technology platform into the
marketplace.
For additional information about
PolyApply and consortium members please visit www.polyapply.org.
About
Motorola Labs
Motorola Labs serves as the applied
research arm of the company, focusing on leading edge technologies for future
products and product enhancements. Motorola also actively licenses technologies
developed in the Labs to external customers. For more information please visit
www.motorola.com/labs.
About
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a global
leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies that
help make life smarter, safer, simpler, synchronized and fun. Sales in 2003
were US$27.1 billion. Motorola creates innovative technological solutions that
benefit people at home, at work and on the move. The company also is a
progressive corporate citizen dedicated to operating ethically, protecting the
environment and supporting the communities in which it does business. For more
information please visit www.motorola.com.
Media
Contacts:
Motorola,
Inc.
Margot
Brown
Tel.: +1 847 576 5245
margot.brown@motorola.com
Motorola
GmbH
Christiane
Bischof
Tel.: +49 61 28 - 70 32 25
Christiane.Bischof@motorola.com
www.motorola.de
Motorola GmbH
Rej
Husetovic
Tel.: +49 61 28 - 70 32 26
Rej.Husetovic@motorola.com
www.motorola.de
PolyApply
consortium contact
Richard Stockdill,
STMicroelectronics,
UK Media Relations,
phone +44 1923 661 538
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