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Technologies available for knowledge transfer

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Browse our technology and know-how

CERN’s technical expertise and most innovative technologies are available for scientific and commercial purposes through a variety of technology transfer opportunities: R&D collaborations, CERN technology in your start-up, service and consultancy and licensing.

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Technologies available for knowledge transfer

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Ventilators provide oxygen enriched air to patients who have difficulties in breathing, or cannot breathe autonomously.

The PicoTDC is a specially developed 64 channel Time to Digital Converter (TDC) ASIC in 65nm CMOS for use in High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments and similar scientific applications.

A novel seismic monitoring technology capable of high precision sensing of ground inclination and vibration, which allows for faster seismic event identification and alerts.

White Rabbit provides sub-nanosecond accuracy and picoseconds precision of synchronization for large distributed systems.

The 3D Magnetic Sensor Calibrator is an innovative device for calibrating magnetic field with high resolution.

The ActiWiz software aims to hide the complexity of chemical composition of materials (activation of material) by reducing the problem to the definition of a few input parameters via a graphical user interface.

An open-source software platform to easily create, run, and visualise 3D agent-based simulations

A user-friendly web tool for chemical safety that the Organization developed and launched in 2020.

​C2MON is a modular Java framework for fast building, highly available, large-scale industrial monitoring and control solutions.

CernVM-FS is a web-based, global, and versioning file system optimized for software distribution.

Modular and flexible robotic platform for harsh environments.

CHARM is the CERN High energy AcceleRator Mixed field/facility.

The Coaxial Pulse Conditioner can improve the pulse stability and repeatability of pulsed power systems down to +/-0.02 % or better.

CERN developed the orbital cutting machine for repair of awkwardly located pipes in tight spaces. It is relevant for the industrial piping needs of accelerator facilities, as well as in sectors with environmental hazards, such as oil and gas piping, heat exchangers, and piping in nuclear plants.

The cryolab is a facility for testing complex systems in cryogenic conditions

A radiation and magnetic field tolerant DC-DC Point-Of-Load (POL), which enables distribution at higher voltage, with local on-detector conversion to the voltage required by the electronics, considerably decreasing the current in the cables.

A simple radiation hard topology for low power emergency escape lighting in radioactive environments.

Extremely fast and low noise photon and electron counting possibilities, providing significant advances in photon sciences and electron spectroscopy.

A fully integrated particle physics MonteCarlo simulation package

An amplification technique for position detection of ionising radiation.

A compact non-rotating gantry for charged particle therapy

A toolkit for simulating the passage of particles through matter.

The GEMPix detector is a device able to detect all types of radiation with a high spatial resolution.

A novel very compact radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) linear accelerator.

Indico (Integrated Digital Conference: http://indico.cern.ch) is a web-based, multi-platform, conference lifecycle and agenda management system.

The Integrated 2-Phase Accumulator Controlled Loop (2PACL) is a modification of the existing 2PACL system developed for the AMS-Tracker and LHCb-VELO CO2 cooling systems.

Invenio, the integrated digital library and repository system, is a suite of applications which provides the framework and tools for building and managing an autonomous digital library server.

KiCad is an EDA (Electronic Design Automation) software suite for the creation of professional schematics and printed circuit boards.

Kryolize is a software tool for sizing the minimum discharge area of a safety protection device, against overpressure.

A stepping motor driver with unique abilities

Short pulse and 4-quadrant power supplies for conventional and superconducting magnets

MEDICIS is a facility for the production of medical radioisotopes

The Medipix2 ASIC is a high spatial, high contrast resolving CMOS pixel read-out chip working in single photon counting mode.

Medipix3 is a CMOS pixel detector readout chip designed to be connected to a segmented semiconductor sensor. In addition to counting every particle hitting the pixels, it permits colour imaging and dead time free operation.

Chemical Via is a new chemical method to make microvias for high density printed multilayer circuits.

The new invention solves the problem of precisely mounting a cantilever to a structure in a vaccum tight, radiation hard way, where no further alignments are needed.

Quantitative Finance Library for Python

The quasar framework helps reduce the cost of developing and maintaining OPC-UA integration components (servers) through model driven code generation and re-use of common, OPC-UA related, code.

A dose monitoring device for the radon radioactive gas.

​The “wall-less” GEM-type structure is capable of stable operation and high gas gain in humid ambient air and in photosensitive vapours including, TMAE.

RADShip is a comprehensive software package that efficiently manages all aspects of shipping radioactive materials.

Radiation and Environment Monitoring Unified Supervision

ROOT is a general-purpose framework that provides an object oriented set of tools with all the functionality needed to handle and analyze large amounts of data in an extremely efficient way.

A diamond-based universal multi-mode to single-mode laser converter

SPS NORTH AREA is facility with energetic heavy ions for high penetration tests

Silicon Photo-Multipliers with Strip Geometry for Enhanced Timing Resolution

The Structured Laser Beam represents a new paradigm in the creation of non-diffractive beams (NDBs) and it has the potential to greatly improve a number of mainstream applications using laser beams or light beams.

Innovative Graphite Composites for Thermal Management Applications

Thin film coatings are widely used in industry to improve the quality of a vacuum.

Timepix2 is a programmable, general purpose hybrid pixel detector readout ASIC. The Timepix2 ASIC consists of a matrix of 256x256 pixels with pixel pitch of 55μm, and is applicable to a wide range of applications including X-ray imaging, particle tracking and material analysis.

Timepix3 is a general-purpose integrated circuit suitable for readout of both semiconductor detectors and gas-filled detectors.

TIM is a mechatronic product designed for CERN’s specific needs; providing unmanned operations in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Main functionalities: Surveying, monitoring, safety and ad-hoc interventions when necessary

VESPER is a high-energy electron beamline for radiation testing.

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C2MON is a modular Java framework for fast building, highly available, large-scale industrial monitoring and control solutions.

The “wall-less” GEM-type structure is capable of stable operation and high gas gain in humid ambient air and in photosensitive vapours including, TMAE.