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At the heart of the MINATEC innovation campus, Leti is an applied research center for microelectronics and for information and healthcare technologies.Providing a unique interface between industry and academic research, it is responsible each year for the development and transfer of innovative technologies in a wide variety of sectors. In addition to Leti’s 1,500 employees, there are more than 250 students involved in research activities, which makes Leti a mainspring of innovation expertise. Leti’s portfolio of 1,500 families of patents helps strengthen the competitiveness of its industrial partners.
World-class research infrastructures
For research that meets the needs of industry as fully as possible, Leti has established unique technological resources, including a nanocharacterization platform and 300mm and 200mm lines for nanoelectronics and MEMS, in 8,000 m² of clean rooms.
LETI technologies that have become commercial products include:
- load sensors for Terraillon
- airbag impact sensors for Freescale Semiconductor
- night vision sensors and camera imagers for Nokia mobile phones
- low-power consumption processors for STMicroelectronics
- rapid bird-flu analysis equipment
- X-ray digital imaging sensors
From startups to world leaders
Highly active in business creation, Leti is one of the most prolific research institutes in the world in terms of technology startups; for example, SOITEC, SOFRADIR, ULIS and MOVEA.
A major player in France with a global presence
LETI, along with 32 other research institutes, makes up the network of Instituts Carnot, working closely with manufacturers to foster innovation and economic development.
LETI has forged close partnerships all over the world, forming the Heterogeneous Technology Alliance with Fraunhofer (DE), CSEM (CH) and VTT (FI), creating the NanoVLSI Alliance with Caltech, partnering with IBM and ST in nanoelectronics, and joining forces with the Micromachine Center in Japan.
