MINATEC in figures

Startup Diabeloop, which just moved into the BHT2 building, completed an impressive €31 million fundraising round at the end of November. The influx of funds will support three of the company’s flagship activities: R&D to improve the DBLG1 automatic type 1 diabetes management system; clinical trials on teens and patients with very unstable forms of diabetes; and sales in France and international markets. Diabeloop will soon apply for US FDA* approval for the DBLG1. The approval processes are also moving… More information

Can a unidirectional magnetoresistance effect* be obtained with a semiconductor material like germanium? Researchers at Spintec found the answer, and, according to an article they recently published, it is yes! The effect had already been observed with two rarely-used non-magnetic materials. With germanium, however, the effect is 100 times more intense. The researchers demonstrated that the effect originates in the electron gas at the surface of the material. The electrons’ spin aligns perpendicular to their trajectory. A satisfactory model of… More information

What if an ordinary plastic tube could perform better than copper or fiber optic cable for high-speed communications? Leti has started to prove that it can with P-Link, a system that is shockingly simple. The system was able to transmit a signal from a STMicroelectronics circuit over at distance of two meters at 7 Gbit/s. This small revolution was made possible by the use of millimeter waves (30 GHz to 300 GHz), rather than the nanometer waves used in optical… More information

Leti will be at Photonics West 2020 in San Francisco through February 6. The world’s largest photonics-industry event is expected to bring in more than 20,000 researchers and other industry experts. And Leti is sending 30 people this year. The jam-packed program includes an exhibit booth showcasing six technologies, around 20 papers, and a workshop expected to bring in an audience of 100. Leti CEO Emmanuel Sabonnadière will open the workshop, and Amazon Lab126’s Pat Tang will speak. The event… More information