• Silicon Photonics

    High-tech research into the integration of photonic functionality in electronic silicon chips

  • More than Moore

    Development of electronic or electronic-photonic high-performance technologies with additional functions

  • SiGe-BiCMOS Technology

    Leading institute for the world's fastest silicon-based technologies with up to 500 GHz fmax

Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics

The Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP) is the worldwide leading competence center for silicon-germanium technology.

We conduct cutting-edge research and development into silicon-based systems, high-frequency circuits and technologies for wireless and broadband communication. As a transition between basic research and application-oriented applications, the institute makes significant contributions to the innovative strength and ability of Germany and Europe as a location.

The IHP's research focuses on economically relevant topics that are used in:

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The MobiRobAI Project – an Innovative Approach to Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

The MobiRobAI project, launched in October 2024, is the next step in building innovative technological capabilities in the border regions of Poland and Germany. It is the result of cooperation between the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Zielona Góra and the IHP.

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Press Releases Technologies for Smart Systems

IHP and Nagoya University, Japan, jointly develop next-generation semiconductor technologies

IHP has been working closely with the University of Nagoya, Japan, for many years. The partnership involves research collaboration in the fields of silicon germanium epitaxy (SiGe), nanotechnology and advanced semiconductor and optoelectronic devices. In addition to research into new semiconductor technologies, the partnership includes an intensive exchange of scientists and students to share…

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Press Releases Technologies for Smart Systems

Two Research and Transfer Awards 2025 for IHP cooperative activities

Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau has awarded two prestigious prizes to teams associated with IHP, one for an outstanding transfer-oriented achievement and one for an outstanding research-oriented achievement.

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Brandenburg Future Day 2025 at IHP - We open our doors to young people!

IHP - Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics has once again opened its doors to young talents and those interested in technology for Future Day 2025. This suc-cessful annual event, which is aimed at girls and boys from all over Brandenburg, offers the opportunity to get to know the fascinating world of microelectronics and innovative technologies.

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Best paper award at IEEE Latin-American Test Symposium for IHP researchers!

IHP scientists, along with researchers from Brandenburg University of Technology, University of Rostock, and University of Potsdam, won the best paper award at the 26th IEEE Latin American Test Symposium (LATS) 2025, held from March 11-14, in San Andrés Island, Colombia.

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External press release: ‘InSekt’ project launched by IHP, TH Wildau and Fraunhofer IPMS - goal: reducing security risks with artificial intelligence in IT networks

A recently launched interdisciplinary research project at Brandenburg universities and research institutions with the catchy acronym ‘InSeKT’ is developing new ideas to better utilise artificial intelligence (AI) at the edges of IT networks, so-called ‘edges’.

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