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W allonia El ectronics & Co mmunications Me asurements. Welcome to multiparametric characterizations from molecules to signals in a 350 m² state-of-the art measuring facility for devices, sensors, circuits and systems. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
February 2013WELCOME Presentation
2.13 MEuros equipment over 10 years – over 120 yearly users from 4 corners of the globeopen to research, PhD/Master studies, industry
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Welcome to multiparametric
characterizations
from molecules to signals
in a 350 m² state-of-the art
measuring facility for devices,
sensors, circuits and systems
Wallonia Electronics & Communications Measurements
February 2013WELCOME Presentation
WELCOME @ UCLUCL3 Sectors:
- Medical sciences (Medecine Faculty and University Hospital on Brussels site)
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Sciences et Technologies (SST)
4 Faculties (teaching)
Faculty of Sciences Polytechnic School of Louvain
Faculty of Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning Faculty of Biological, Agricultural and Environmental Engineering
6 Institutes (research)Information and Communications, Electronics and Applied Mathematics(ICTEAM)Institute of Condensed Matter and NanosciencesInstitute Mathematics and PhysicsInstitute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil engineering Institute of Life SciencesEarth and Life Institute
February 2013WELCOME Presentation
WELCOME @ UCLWELCOME @ UCL
Sector of Sciences et Technologies
Institute ICTEAM - Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics
- Technological Platform WELCOME
« Wallonia Electronics and Communications Measurements »
- Pôle ELEN - Electrical Engineering
- Pôle INMA - Mathematical Engineering
- Pôle INGI - Computing Science Engineering
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February 2013WELCOME Presentation
WELCOMEWELCOME @ UCL• results from expertise in electrical measurement of electron
devices, circuits and systems of communications since ’70s
• through the activities of the former
– Microelectronics Lab. (UCL/ELEC/DICE)
– Microwave Lab. (UCL/ELEC/EMIC)
– Communications and Remote Sensing Lab. (UCL/ELEC/TELE)
now within ICTEAM
• collaboration extending now to other
Institutes: IMCN, iMMC, ELI, IREC, …
PT: Winfab, LAS&O, CTMA,CSR, CRC, …
February 2013WELCOME PresentationUCL-ICTM-ELEN
Overview of measuring facilities• Materials, electron devices and sensors, from DC to 110 GHz, in the
temperature range 4K-500K– Coaxial setups, on-wafer probe stations and VNAs – multi-port (up to 4 accesses) and multi-parametric characterization of passive and active
devices (IV, CV, temperature-microwave, electro-mechanical, and magneto-electrical sweeps, …), in small-signal and nonlinear regime
• Analog/digital circuits and systems-in-package (µcontrollers, smart cards, RFIDs, FPGAs)
using ultra low current probes, logical analyzers, analog waveform and digital pattern generators, digital oscilloscopes, vector signal generators with I/Q or digital modulation ...
• RF hardware, protocols and channels for wireless and ultra-wideband communications
using Vector Network Analyzers, broadband antennas, channel sounders, in a free-space, multi-path or anechoic environment.
February 2013WELCOME Presentation
Ground floor of MAXWELL building, wing A0, ICTEAM, UCL
New implementation since 2009Maxwell Building #3
Technical specifications • 350 m² of characterization surfaces• controlled ambient temperature, 22°C @+/- 1.5 °C
• Static-dissipative floor connected to ground each 40 m²• Clean, dry, oil-free compressed air
• Technical N2 , Vacuum, Water
• Secured access via UCL badge
February 2013WELCOME Presentation
MEMS 300°C RF materials
anechoicchamber
meetingcorner
Analog/digitalcircuits/systems
bioroom
RF on wafer
climaticroom
February 2013WELCOME Presentation
Electrical characterization from molecules to signals• Unique in Wallonia (multidisciplinary)• Support of numerous funding actions:
– Académie Louvain: FSR, ARC– Wallonia (DGO6) funding actions ( “Marshall Plan”, “Pôles de compétitivité”, …), – Research Science Foundation (FRS-FNRS)– IAP programs– Flemish Government (IWT)– More than 20 ongoing EC FP7 programs and NoEs, several COST actions
from ESF, …– ….
WELCOME to Research
February 2013WELCOME Presentation
WELCOME to Education• Master students in Electrical, Physics, Chemistry or
Material Science Engineering & Nanotechnology– mini-projects for specialized courses
• LELEC 2541 : On-wafer meas. of advanced SOI CMOS transistors
• LELEC 2700+2580 – RF/Microwaves: Design, fabrication and measurement of a passive or active circuit
• LELEC 2560: Micro-nanofabrication: Design, fabrication and measurement of a MEMS sensor
• LELEC 2796: Wireless Comms: From channel sounding to performance simulation
• LELEC 2760: Secure Electronic Circuits and Systems
• …
– Master theses
• Think tank for hundreds of students in PhD Schools
MUSICS – Multimedia, Silicon, Communication and Security MAIN – Materials, Interfaces and Nanostructures
February 2013WELCOME Presentation
• Companies involved in funded projects – Belgium: Thales Alenia Space Etca, it4ip, Solvay, Nanocyl, RFIdea,
Eccosorb, See, OnSemi, Bea-Ber, Icoms Detection, Anpi, Nomics, …– France: SOITEC, UMR CNRS Thalès (Palaiseau), Alstom,
Thales Alenia Space Toulouse (+CNES), ST Microelectronics, …– AGC-Flat Glass Europe, Arcelor Mittal, EADS, Melexis, …– USA: IBM, RFMD, TowerJazz– Japan: OKI– …
• Creation of spin-offs– CISSOID: development of integrated circuits on SOI technology– E-PEAS: Ultra-low-power autonomous wireless micro-systems– ACOMS: Antennas for logistics – INCIZE: Electronic Semiconductor Characterization tool– more to come…
WELCOME to Industry
February 2013WELCOME Presentation
• Trainings open to R&D engineers from industry• Sub-contracts /consultancy/service offers
AUDI, Cissoid, CSR, Dow Corning, Icoms, Jema, Melexis,nSilition, Qinetiq, SEE, Thalès Alenia Space, Total, Delfmems, …
WELCOME to Society
WELCOME to Industry
•Participation to thematic open days/meetings
– Journées des Rhétos (yearly)– WSL meetings– P2P on Science and Education 2011 Tour– Week-end de l’Europe – Talents de demain (May 2012)
•Work stays for undergraduate students
February 2013WELCOME Presentation
ElectricalTraining
Laboratory
Electro-Mecanical(Mechatronics)
TrainingLaboratory
Office area for technical staff
Ground floor of MAXWELL building, UCL/ICTEAMIntegration and shared use of available resources:
cleanrooms, high tech measuring equipment, and training labs
New infrastructure since 2009
Office area for technical staff
February 2013WELCOME PresentationUCL-ICTM-ELEN
&
= key parts of a complete chain of expertises and skills in electronics and communications available at UCL•Starting from design using up-to-date home-made models and industrial CAD tools (Abaqus, Comsol, Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor, HFSS, Agilent ADS/Momentum, Zeeland/IE3D, ...)
•Going through fabrication of devices, circuits and systems
•Towards experimental assessment of performances
and retroaction to optimized design/fabrication
– Coaxial setups, on-wafer probe stations and VNAs – multi-port (up to 4 accesses) and multi-parametric characterization of passive and active devices (IV, CV, temperature-microwave,
electro-mechanical, and magneto-electrical sweeps, …), in small-signal and nonlinear re
fabrication of devices and circuits Analog/digital circuits and systems-in-package (µcontrollers, smart cards, RFIDs, FPGAs)
using ultra low current probes, logical analyzers, analog waveform and digital pattern generators, digital oscilloscopes, vector signal generators with I/Q or digital modulation ...
•RF hardware, protocols and channels for wireless and ultra-wideband communications
using Vector Network Analyzers, broadband antennas, channel sounders, in a free-space, multi-path or anechoic environment.
Metal detector (BAC11) Gas detector (Ms Thesis)
Portable breath monitoring
ex: design, simulation and verification
from systems to silicon in industrial CMOS and MEMS
process technologies
February 2013WELCOME Presentation
Benefits of infrastructure • Optimize management/sharing of resources
– access rules– planification of investments (“whishing list”)– common funding strategy
• Increase visibility – when applying for regional, national and international fundings,– with respect to industry, equipment suppliers
• Officially acknowledge existing expertise
• Emphasize and promote fruitful interactions between
technical staff, Master/PhD students, teachers/professors,
and industry
feedback to up-to-date content of Ms courses
February 2013WELCOME Presentation
WELCOME statisticsWELCOME statisticsPurchases of equipments
2011 497.961,82 € 2012 293.507,29 €
2002-2012 2.113.619,14 €
Booking
Number 2557
Hours >23000
Top 8 of bookings
1 PM8PS Prober2 Labram HR Raman3 K2400 SourceMeter 4 unités4 LCR_4284 Impedance Analyzer5 PM8 Prober Microwave
6PNAX 70 GHz VNA
7 K2636 Source Meter8 ENA VNA RF