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November 24, 2020
License agreement for evaluation of CNF-MIM technology extended
Smoltek announces that the agreement signed with a global manufacturer of electronic components for technical and commercial evaluation of the company's CNF-MIM technology will be extended until the end of March 2021. In addition to further evaluation, the parties will also discuss the way forward after the evaluation, including a potential broadening of the collaboration.
News
November 20, 2020
Smoltek patent No. 64 now granted
Smoltek’s IP footprint relating to interposers keeps growing. This new Taiwanese patent is covering energy storage devices embedded in an interposer, and the usage of the same. Our patent portfolio now comprises 64 granted patents.
News
November 3, 2020
Smoltek has been granted feasibility study support by Vinnova
Smoltek is involved in developing Swedish cutting-edge expertise in smarter electronics systems – a Vinnova innovation program backed by the Swedish Energy Agency and Formas.
News
October 26, 2020
Smoltek patent No. 63 now granted
Smoltek has yet another patent granted. This time in India. The patent is related to the growth process of nanostructures and it makes the Catalyst diffusion patent family complete.
News
October 15, 2020
Founder and current CIO shifts role in the company
Smoltek announces that the company’s founder and Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) Shafiq Kabir will leave the CIO position on January 22, 2021 to instead take on a role as a senior advisor and active shareholder in the company.
Videos
September 29, 2020
CNF-capacitors explained
Carbon nanofiber capacitors (CNF-capacitors) have many advantages over conventional capacitors. Karl Lundahl, VP Product Management at Smoltek, explain what CNF-capacitors are and their advantages.
News
September 29, 2020
Interview: Karl Lundahl on the next steps for CNF-MIM
In 2020 Smoltek signed two licensing agreements for evaluation of the CNF-MIM technology. These are the first steps towards commercialization of the revolutionizing capacitor concept. But there are still some hurdles to jump.
News
September 25, 2020
Smoltek patent No. 62 now granted
Smoltek’s IP related to interposer technology keeps growing. This new US patent is covering energy storage devices embedded in an interposer, and manufacturing of the same. Our patent portfolio now comprises 62 granted patents.
News
September 24, 2020
Ola Tiverman new head of Smoltek Semi
On October 1st Ola Tiverman takes on a new role as President of the wholly owned subsidiary Smoltek Semi AB, a business unit entirely focused on licensing technology concepts to the semiconductor and electronics industry. Olas new title: CRO & President Smoltek Semi.
News
September 14, 2020
Helplayer IP-family expands with new granted patent
The constantly expanding Smoltek IP-portfolio is divided into several different patent families. One of them is named Helplayer, a method to protect the underlaying materials when growing nanostructures on a given surface. To this family we can add another patent number recently granted.
News
September 13, 2020
License agreement for evaluation of CNF-MIM technology extended
Smoltek announces that the agreement signed in the spring with a leading capacitor manufacturer for technical and commercial evaluation of the company's CNF-MIM technology will be extended until the end of October.
News
September 10, 2020
Zooming into Semicon West with Smoltek
Watch Françoise von Trapp (3D InCites) interview with CRO & COO, Ola Tiverman from this year's virtual SEMICON West.
Research
September 1, 2020
Ultrathin High-Density Capacitors based on Carbon Nanofibers Fabricated on Silicon, Alumina and Glass Interposer Materials
Research paper published in the proceedings of 2020 IEEE 20th International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2020, pp. 213-216.
News
August 24, 2020
Smoltek patent No. 60 now granted
Smoltek’s proprietary platform keeps growing as we have been awarded another approved patent. This new US patent covers energy storage devices and the usage of the same. Our patent portfolio now comprises 60 granted patents.
News
August 19, 2020
Smoltek goes beyond Silicon
At the virtual IEEE NANO 2020 conference in Montreal, Canada Smoltek presented that the CNF-MIM capacitor concept isn't restrained to only silicon substrates.
News
August 18, 2020
Smoltek strengthens the R&D‑team
Research Engineer Qi Li is a new member of the R&D-team at Smoltek. Qi will be working with the design, manufacturing and characterization of carbon nanostructure-based components.
Research
August 5, 2020
Robustness of carbon nanofiber-based MIM capacitors with ultra-high capacitance density to electrical and thermal stress
Research paper published in the proceedings of 2020 IEEE 70th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), 2020, pp. 2139-2144.
Research
August 5, 2020
Integrated and Discrete Ultra-Thin Capacitors Based on Carbon Nanofibers with High Capacitance Density
Research paper published in the proceedings of 2020 IEEE 70th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), 2020, pp. 1614-1619.
Videos
June 1, 2020
Evaluation license agreements explained
In the spring of 2020 Smoltek signed two separate evaluation license agreements for its disruptive CNF-MIM capacitor technology. In this interview, Ola Tiverman, former Chief Operation Officer at Smoltek explains how this kind of evaluation projects are structured and what the purpose of them are.
News
June 1, 2020
Interview: Ola Tiverman comments on CNF-MIM evaluation licensing agreements
In the spring of 2020 Smoltek signed two licensing agreements for evaluation of the CNF-MIM technology.