Fabless UK SME designing multi-source micro energy harvesting ICs that make IoT devices permanently self-powered.
Trameto is a fabless semiconductor design SME specialising in energy management integrated circuits (ICs) for micro energy harvesting. Their core technology — branded AMES (Autonomous Micro Energy Harvesting Systems) — allows IoT devices and wireless sensors to scavenge power simultaneously from multiple ambient sources: light (photovoltaic), vibration (piezoelectric), heat gradients (thermoelectric), and electromagnetic fields. As a fabless company, they design the silicon IP and outsource chip fabrication, positioning them as an IP and design house rather than a manufacturer. Their commercial target is the rapidly growing battery-free IoT market, where perpetually self-powered sensors eliminate the need for wiring or battery replacement.
Both HarvestAll projects (Phase 1 feasibility and Phase 2 full development) are centred on designing a single chip that harvests from photovoltaic, piezoelectric, thermoelectric, and electrodynamic sources simultaneously.
HarvestAll Phase 2 (2019–2022, €2.18M) is explicitly titled 'development of energy management integrated circuits for any-many-multi micro energy harvesting', confirming this as their core deliverable.
The 'fabless' keyword in Phase 2 indicates Trameto operates as a chip design house, developing silicon IP for licensing or product sale without owning fabrication capacity.
HarvestAll Phase 2 keywords include 'internet of things' and 'autonomous micro energy harvesting systems', pointing to IoT as the primary application market for their ICs.
Trameto's H2020 journey follows a textbook SME Instrument arc: a 2018 Phase 1 feasibility study (€50K, no public keywords) validated the commercial case for a multi-source harvesting chip, followed immediately by a Phase 2 full development grant (€2.18M, 2019–2022) to build the actual product. The shift from feasibility to full IC development is the defining evolution — Phase 2 keywords reveal a mature, well-defined technology stack covering four harvesting modalities, a branded platform (AMES), and a clear IoT market target. There is no meaningful divergence in topic between early and recent work because both projects are stages of the same product roadmap, not separate research directions.
Trameto is on a direct path from validated concept to commercial product; a future collaboration would most likely involve IC integration into specific IoT or industrial sensor platforms rather than further basic research.
Trameto has acted exclusively as project coordinator in both H2020 grants, which is typical of SME Instrument projects — a scheme designed for single-company innovation with no consortium requirement. Their recorded partner count is zero, meaning all reported work was executed internally or through subcontracts outside the formal consortium structure. This suggests they prefer to own the IP and project leadership outright; prospective partners should expect Trameto to lead technically rather than join as a subservient consortium member.
Trameto's formal H2020 consortium network is effectively non-existent — zero recorded partners across two projects, both run under the solo-beneficiary SME Instrument scheme. Any collaborative relationships (with foundries, test houses, or application partners) would have been handled outside the EU grant structure and are not visible in CORDIS data.
Trameto occupies a narrow but strategically valuable niche: they are one of very few SMEs in Europe developing a single-chip IC that simultaneously manages power from four different energy harvesting modalities. Most competitors address one or two sources; Trameto's "any-many-multi" architecture is designed to be source-agnostic, which is a significant differentiator for IoT deployments where the ambient energy mix is unpredictable. For consortia working on battery-free sensors, industrial IoT, or smart building systems, Trameto brings ready-to-integrate silicon IP that would otherwise require years of in-house semiconductor development.
