Thematic of research

The Microelectronics and Nanotechnology Division’s research activities focus on the design of RF and mixed integrated circuits, integrated systems on chip and MEMS components, the development of CAD-VLSI tools, the characterization and reliability of devices as well as semiconductor and technology simulation.

The design of integrated circuits focuses on:

• ASICs / FPGA specific integrated circuits
• Integrated systems on chip (SoC)
• Radio frequency integrated circuits

The MEMS component design activity focuses on:

• The design and production of micro-sensors and actuators
• The development of materials dedicated to Microsystems (MEMS)
• The development of processes for micro-fabrication of MEMS devices

The CAD/VLSI tool development activity focuses on :

• The development of platforms for hardware software co-design for the implementation of intelligent algorithms on FPGA/ASIC
• Development of time-efficient CPU optimization techniques due to the processing of a very large data set

The component characterization and reliability activity essentially focuses on :

• Electrical characterization of semiconductor components and devices
• The development of soft/hard platforms for component reliability testing
• Development of design techniques to improve the reliability of integrated circuits

The technological simulation activity mainly concerns:

• TCAD (SILVACO) simulation of CMOS technological processes, and its electrical behaviour (Process and device simulation)
• Multi-physical simulation of MEMS, BioMEMS and RF MEMS devices using the Comsol multiphysics tool.