Plessey Semiconductors Limited

Processes will be developed to produce a quantum dot based frequency modifying system for flexible light emitting sheets. New silicon based light emitting diodes will be developed with integral beam shaping and driving logic that will be integrated into a number of flexible substrates with emission spectra tailored to be compatible with the absorption cur...

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A new Uk based mass manufacturing technology will create flexible plastic sheets with embedded electronics and microscopic light emitting devices. High compressed graphene flakes connected to the devices will allow heat to be drawn away from the devices so they carry on working efficiently. Formed into many shapes and sizes the devices could be placed any...

Plessey Semiconductors will be developing a single-arm ECG monitor aimed primarily at sports monitoring applications, but also with uses in other fields such as home health. Using its award- winning EPIC sensor in conjunction with knitted electrodes developed by Nottingham Trent University as part of a previous Innovate UK project, an armband will be prod...

The purpose of the project is to develop high efficiency, low cost GaN based LEDs on Anvil’s silicon carbide on silicon wafers (3C-SiC/Si). Anvil has recently completed an Innovate UK funded feasibility study with the University of Cambridge that demonstrated its 3C-SiC layers, developed for low cost high efficiency power devices, have an exciting applica...

The objective of this project is to enhance vehicle safety systems through the creation of an automotive driver heart-rate sensor system that produces data of sufficient quality and consistency that it can be used to monitor driver alertness and well-being. Real time analysis of such data will enable the monitoring system to take early action to prevent a...

Existing light emitting diodes (LEDs) do not emit light directionally, so in many applications not all photons are coupled into the optical system and result in wasted energy. This is notably true in image projection systems (a US$3B annual market) which require bigger, much brighter LEDs to replace inefficient discharge lamps. The aim of this project is ...

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This project is developing a novel electric potential sensing technique for use in gas turbine engine monitoring. Specifically the project seeks to optimise the sensor for measurement of ultra-high temperature. This could lead to an industry first of measuring combustion exit temperature, which would have a significant impact on engine efficiency, fuel co...

This ASDT Project (Autoplan) is designed to remove the failings of existing operations planning systems in managing highly variable manufacturing environments. In such organisations the high frequency with which process and supply chain disruptions occur and changes in product design and customer demands happen, form major barriers to increasing the compe...

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