Within PIEDMONS we work on breakthrough innovations for the next generation quantum devices:

Fabricate ion-traps using large scale, low-cost semiconductor  technologies.

Develop a novel quantum secured electronic architecture.

With INFINEON Technologies, world leader in MEMS semiconductors, and two leading edge Universities in the field of quantum technologies (University of Innsbruck and ETH Zürich), we design, implement, and find first applications for the basic building blocks of quantum devices. Thanks to the experience of a high-tech enterprise (Interactive Fully Electrical Vehicles SR)  we aim to discover first applications of these technologies.

The PIEDMONS project aims at breakthrough research to establish and characterize a reliable ion-trap production chain supporting the following applications:

• atomic clocks,
• quantum computers,
• multi-level security.

In particular we aim to

• Conceive high accuracy localization systems
• Formulate concepts of quantum secured devices in  the automotive sector
• Implement the first commercial production chain for ion-traps supporting a widespread access for research and application on second generation quantum systems

We produce ion traps in the production facilities at INFINEON Technologies. These devices are designed in a tight collaboration with the academic partners that have decades of ion-trapping experience. The traps will serve as the basis for several quantum technologies, clock and sensing applications.

The industrially established production process will allow us to produce ion traps with unprecedented quality at an affordable price point.

PIEDMONS will establish the baseline of new scientific and technological research and future uses, and will thus strengthen the European leadership for quantum technologies.

Quantum technologies address several major technological challenges. For example, key distribution based on quantum devices is currently being evaluated for automotive applications by IFEVS and compared to pre-shared keys. In parallel, novel concepts for applying ion traps and other quantum systems in automotive systems are currently developed.