The largest research facility for microelectronics in Austria

According to the Top 500 Ranking published by trend business magazine, Infineon Austria was Austria’s most research-focused industrial company in 2020. In the fiscal year 2021, 516 million euro or 13 percent of total revenue went into research and development. There are 2,100 experts working in the development centers in Villach, Graz and Linz, developing new solutions, technologies and innovations. Roughly one quarter of the R&D staff of the entire Group is employed by Infineon Austria.

Shaping Austria

Local competencies and global research tasks have been continuously expanded at Infineon Austria in recent years in the areas of energy efficiency, mobility and security. The recipe for success includes short development periods, the highest quality and a focus on customer-oriented system solutions with a "from product to system" approach. The thematic focal points include the development of power semiconductors and thin wafer technologies, as well as sensors, micromechanics, new semiconductor materials and contactless security applications.

 

Shaping the research of tomorrow

Laboratory activities usually require on-site presence. Especially during the Corona pandemic, this situation poses new challenges for research and development. In order to perform measurements and experiments remotely to protect the researchers, Infineon experts from Villach developed solutions to automate laboratory work. The measuring devices at the local laboratory workstations were configured in such a way that measurements can be started and evaluated remotely. A compact and fully automated system was developed to enable the exact repeatability of measurements on different components, even remotely. This ensures a fast and highly precise exchange of components by remote control.

A glimpseinto the failure analysis lab at the Villach site