europractice and reason participarea in proiectele europene carmen moldovan, imt bucuresti
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EUROPRACTICE
and
REASON
Participarea in proiectele Europene
Carmen Moldovan, IMT Bucuresti
EUROPRACTICE
Europractice is a European Union initiative to improve the competitiveness of European industry by the adoption of advanced electronics technologies. Europractice is open to industrial companies (especially SMEs), research institutes and academic users.
http://www.europractice.com
A complete service from idea to product by provision of:
Feasibility and proof of concept studies Prototyping and low volume production Access to large scale industrial manufacturing facilities Custom design Software Training
EUROPRACTICE
Europractice can deliver low risk, low cost and easy access to the latest competitive technologies, specifically:
Microsystems Training Integrated Circuits IC & Microsystems Software
EUROPRACTICE
MICROSYSTEMSMICROSYSTEMSManufacturers
AMICUS-BOSCH MPW & Other ServicesAMICUS-HL-PLANARCEMEMS Detailed InformationINTEGRAM Detailed InformationMAGSYS Detailed InformationMEMSOI MPW & Other ServicesMultiMEMS MPW & Other Services
Design House & Competence Centres Liquid HandlingMEDICS BIOMEDICAL DEVICESMicroactuator & Non-silicon CentreMOEMS CentreMST-DesignPhysical Measurement SystemsPOLYMICRO - Polymer Micron Optics
MST Design European Technology for Business Ltd.Codicote Innovation Centre- COSt Albans Road, Codicote, SG4 8UYUnited Kingdom Dr Diana Hodgins, Tel: +44 1438 822817Fax: +44 1438 822811Email: [email protected]
KBI Commercial Ltd7 Pixholme Grove, DorkingSurrey RH4 1PJUnited KingdomTel: +44 (0) 1306 885 530Fax: +44 (0) 1306 877 855E-mail: [email protected]: www.kbic.co.uk
Plasma Antennas Begbroke Business & Science ParkSandy Lane, Yarnton, OX5 1PF, United KingdomDr Ruth HarperTel: +44 1865 37310Email: [email protected]
IMECKapeldreef 75B-3001 LeuvenBelgiumDr Andrew CampitelliTel: +32 16 28 19 07Fax: +32 16 28 10 97Email: [email protected]
Institute of Electron Technology
Al.Lotnikow 32/46 02-668 Warsaw
Poland, Dr. Piotr Grabiec
IMT-Bucharest Erou Iancu Nicolae 32 B72225 Bucharest
Romania
Acad. Dan Dascalu
Te: +40 21 4908412
Fax: +40 21 4908238
Email: [email protected]
www.imt.ro
MST-Design Services Who is the service for?The aim of this Microsystems consortium of design engineering companies, is to assist those companies who clearly have an intention to develop new products and who will adopt Microsystems Technology (MST) where it is appropriate and advantageous to them to do so.
What Services are provided? MST-Design will: Respond to enquiries within forty eight hours and visit enquirers where this is agreed to be an appropriate course.
Carry out company specified product designs leading to delivery of working prototypes
Direct the linkage of prototype designs to volume production outlets within the EC.
Provide a brokerage service where the application is possible but not within the scope of MST-Design.
Provide a brochure and literature which describes what is on offer, including capablility/competance, service provision and example case studies.
Establish a website comprising: contact details, enquiry service, links to complementary EC pages, assisted funding opportunities, Non-disclosure guarantee.
MST Design Is a partnership between complementary Design Organisations across Europe. Our collective aim is to increase the number of commercially available systems using microsystem technology
IMT in EUROPRACTICE
IMT Offer• Design and EM modelling of micromachined
filters, antennae, receivers in the millimetre and sub-millimetre range
• Mask manufacturing• Antenna chip manufacturing• Modelling of THz receivers
Micromachined Filters Supported on Thin GaAs Membranes-
White Ligth Interferometry Analysis
Millimeter Wave Filters for 38 and 77 GHz obtained by micromachining of GaAsDesign and mask manufacturing was performed at IMT Bucharest.
Technological processes were developed by the scientists of FORTH Heraklion,together with the scientists from IMT Bucharest in the FORTH labs.
On wafer microwave measurements at IRCOM Limoges. Micromechanical characterization of the structures was developed at Uppsala University
1. IMT Expertise
The expertise is available to design, simulate, perform the technological processes, characterize and transfer to manufacturing in the following areas:
Microsystems for microwave and millimeter-wave applications
- Millimeter wave micromachined filters, supported on thin dielectric membranes;
- Millimeter wave micromachined receiver structures, performed on silicon as well as GaAs micromachined substrate;
- Antennas for millimeter wave, performed on Silicon micromachined substrate;
- Micromachined front-ends, in the millimeter wave range;
- Tunable MSW Straight Edge Rezonators in microwave range, performed on silicon bulk and on silicon micromachined membrane. Rezonating chip is made of YIG thin film grown on GGG (gallium-gadolinium garnet).
The target applications are the equipment for telecommunication, for Internet (point to point transmission) and the electronic equipment for car crash avoidance.
Microstructures and Microsystems for bio-medical and environmental applications
- Gas sensors;
- Biosensors;
- Microelectrodes for recording neural activity;
- Polimeric sensitive layers for chemical and biological sensors.
- Pressure sensors;
Process development:
- Wet and Electrochemical Anisotropic Etching of Silicon;
- Silicon Wafer Bonding;
- Double side alignment;
- Thin layers deposition (Si3N4, SiON, Polysilicon, PSG, BPSG, CVD);
- Immobilization technique of enzyme on electrodic devices;
- Spin deposition of thin film sensitive polymers;
- Potentiometric characterization of enzymatic membranes.
Prototypes:
- Test structures for surface micromachining;
- Electrodes for biological sensors;
- Microprobe for recording of electrical activity of cells.
Nanostructures and nanotechnologies for electrochemical and biological applications
New materials and nanostructures for life and environment quality:
- miniaturized cell based on nanooelectrode arrays for pollution control in liquid media;
- biochips based on nanooelectrode arrays for electrochemical activity in biological media;
- porous silicon matrix for biomedical applications (drug delivery; tissue engineering);
- porous silicon surface functionalisation for biomedical applications;
- porous silicon as support for carbon nanotubes;
- silicon integrated magnetic microsensors (computer simulation and design);
New characterization methods of nanostructures:
- low-frequency noise expertise in the domains of nanomaterials, nanostructure and nanodevices, semiconductors, semiconductor devices and metal films (especially for discontinuous structures);
- structural defect characterization by noise measurements;
- Low-frequency noise spectroscopy;
- Porous silicon characterization;
Nanotechnologies processes:
- CVD processes for thin layers a-SiC, Si3N4 , Si CxNy and DLC layers on silicon
substrates (applications: silicon membrane fabrication for sensors; silicon emitters with field emission properties);
- Silicon nanostructured processes (applications: optoelectronic devices and biochips).
Computer Aided Design and Simulation
- Computer aided design in the field of microsystem;
- Modeling and simulation using finite element method (software COVENTORWARE 2001 and ANSYS 5.4); Training and consulting in the field;
- Computer Aided Engineering in the field of microsystem covering:
- structural analysis (static, modal, buckling, harmonic and transient);
- thermal analysis (static, transient);
- fluidic static analysis and acoustics;
- fluid dynamic analysis (laminar flow, turbulent flow, compresible and incompresible flow);
- first order chemical reactions, MichaelisMenten reactions, equilibrum reactions
- electric field analysis
- magnetic field analysis
- coupled field anaysis
- Optoelectronics for optical computing, optical communications and optical/optoelectronic data storage;
- CAD and CAE for elastomer materials.
RESEARCH AND TRAINING ACTION
FOR SYSTEM ON CHIP DESIGN
An IST project (IST - 2000 - 30193) of the Fifth Framework Programme
training by research project
Romanian participants:
- Politehnica University of Bucharest (PUB),
- IMT Bucharest,
- Centre for New Electronics Architecture of Romanian Academy
The main objectives of the project are as follows:1. Raising the level of awareness of industrial problems and the level of competencies
among researchers in CEE in methodologies of system-on-chip design and test and analogue and mixed signal IC design for wireless communication, networking, and multimedia.
2. Strengthening of links between academic and industrial partners, in order to facilitate formulation of new RTD projects and formation of project consortia.
3. Maintaining and expanding the research infrastructure in the academic and research institutions of Central and Eastern Europe.
4. Knowledge transfer to the SMEs and raising the level of awareness of the IST programme, in order to facilitate participation of SMEs in FP5 projects.
PUB Activity in REASON
PUB proposed 14 courses, two special sessions, three workshops, two tutorials, three shows and demonstrations covering 11 of 13 workpackages of the project. The courses are training courses , hands on courses, and advanced courses and few of them use new generation of CAD and MEMSCAD softwares and cover the microelectronic design in microelectronics and microsystems.
RESEARCH AND TRAINING ACTION
FOR SYSTEM ON CHIP DESIGN
Romanian courses held within the REASON project (1)Romanian courses held within the REASON project (1)
COURSES WP YEAR OBS.
“Self-organizing system” WP7 2002 Dr. Monica Dascalu/ PUB
“Compact neural architectures with mixed signal implementation for reconfigurable computer”
WP7 2002 Prof. Radu Dogaru /PUB
“Applications of neural networks in speech processing”
WP7 2002 Prof. Dragos Burileanu/PUB
“Networking House” WP11 2002 Dipl.Eng. Carmen Moldovan/IMT
“Parallel and Distributed Processing” WP12 2002 Prof. Valentin Cristea/PUB
“Low voltage, low power IC” WP4 2003 Prof. Ghe. Brezeanu/PUB
“Microsystems design” WP6 2003 Dipl. Eng. Carmen Moldovan/IMT
“MEMS design and simulation with COVENTORWARE”
WP6 2003 Dipl. Math. Oana Nedelcu/IMT
Romanian courses held within the REASON project (2)Romanian courses held within the REASON project (2)
COURSES WP YEAR OBS.
“RF MEMS” WP6 2003 Dr. Alexandru Muller/IMT
“Basics of optimization algorithms” WP7 2003 Prof. Radu Dogaru /PUB
“Computational emergence in cellular neural networks”
WP7 2003 Prof. Radu Dogaru/ PUB
“Self-organizing systems, algorithms, neural networks”
WP7 2003
Automn School
“Embedded microcomputer systems” WP2 2004 Dipl. Eng. Ionel Bostan/ICIA
“Method and tools for nonlinear RF IC design”
WP4 2004 Dr. Dan Neculoiu/PUB
“MOEMS: technology, design, applications (using FDTD_CAD and HS-Design software)”
WP6 2004 Dr. Raluca Muller/IMT
Compact neural architectures with mixed-signal Compact neural architectures with mixed-signal
implementation for reconfigurable computing and on-chipimplementation for reconfigurable computing and on-chip
intelligent signal processing intelligent signal processing
Prof. Radu DOGARUProf. Radu DOGARU
A novel approach, based on piecewise-linear function approximations, for designing such compact and VLSI-friendly neural systems.
Topics: 1. Particularities of designing compact yet highly functional intelligent systems 2. Projection tapes and orientation vectors 3. Canonical piecewise-linear discriminants and their applications for designing adaptive Boolean neurons 4. Multi-nested neurons. 5. Stochastic algorithms for training multi-nested neurons. 6. A nanotechnology implementation solution using resonant tunneling diodes 7. Simplicial neural cell – mixed circuit realizations 8. Applications of the simplicial neural cell in intelligent signal processing 9. Demonstration of multi-nested cell and simplicial neural cell
The course will be specially prepared for REASON. It is the synthetic result of a research carried out by the author in the last 6 years and still in development.
DATE: October 7, 2002 – October 9, 2002 DATE: October 7, 2002 – October 9, 2002
FREQUENCY: one-time event FREQUENCY: one-time event
VENUE: Sinaia, RomaniaVENUE: Sinaia, Romania
TARGET AUDIENCE: PhD. students, engineers from the industryTARGET AUDIENCE: PhD. students, engineers from the industry
training by research project
Pictures from courses – Compact neural architectures with mixed-signal implementation for reconfigurable computing
and on-chip intelligent signal processing
Self-Organizing SystemsSelf-Organizing Systems
Course for specialists in microelectronics and VLSI design, Course for specialists in microelectronics and VLSI design,
PhD students in microelectronics PhD students in microelectronics
Dr. Monica DASCALUDr. Monica DASCALU
DATE: October 7, 2002 – October 9, 2002 DATE: October 7, 2002 – October 9, 2002
FREQUENCY: one-time event FREQUENCY: one-time event
VENUE: Sinaia, RomaniaVENUE: Sinaia, Romania
TARGET AUDIENCE: specialists in microelectronics and VLSI design, PhD students in TARGET AUDIENCE: specialists in microelectronics and VLSI design, PhD students in microelectronicsmicroelectronics
Topics: · Introduction to self-organization basic concepts, examples· Hints from nature: how to copy astonishing features· Artificial self-organization in computer models: cellular automata, neural networks and genetic algorithms· Self-organizing architectures and hardware: computers of the future· VLSI implementation of the self-organizing artificial systems· Hardware design of cellular automata and neural networks· Open discussions and conclusions
training by research project
Applications of Neural Networks in Speech Processing Applications of Neural Networks in Speech Processing
Dragos BURILEANUDragos BURILEANU
DATE: October 10, 2002 – October 12, 2002 DATE: October 10, 2002 – October 12, 2002
FREQUENCY: one-time event FREQUENCY: one-time event
VENUE: Sinaia, RomaniaVENUE: Sinaia, Romania
TARGET AUDIENCE: engineers from the industry, PhD students TARGET AUDIENCE: engineers from the industry, PhD students
The vocal (articulator) apparatus
Topics: · Spoken language interfaces: present and future trends· Artificial neural networks - alternatives to classic pattern recognition problems· Automatic speech recognition: definition, parameters, main stages, complexity· Neural network models applied in a speech recognition system· Speech synthesis: theoretical framework; problems in obtaining a high-quality synthetised speech· Neural architectures used in a text-to-speech synthesis system· Open discussions and conclusions
Speech / SpeakerRecognition
Dialogue System
Speech Synthesis
Man - machine dialogue
Previous work of author in the field: Teaching activities in Speech Technology and Digital Signal Processing Worked for 15 years in the speech processing domain More than 30 papers in international journals and scientific conferences
training by research project
Networking houseNetworking house
Carmen MOLDOVANCarmen MOLDOVAN
DATE: November 1DATE: November 1stst, – November 4, – November 4thth and November 20 and November 20thth, – October 21, – October 21stst, 2002, 2002
FREQUENCY: repeatable FREQUENCY: repeatable
VENUE: Bucharest, RomaniaVENUE: Bucharest, Romania
TARGET AUDIENCE: High school pupilsTARGET AUDIENCE: High school pupils
Topics: · Networking house, a challenge for the future· Microsensors for domestic applications· Electronic tools for microsensors simulation and design· Electronic nose for detection of altered food from the fridge, for the washing machine, for polluted gases detection (principles, type of sensors, manufacturing, packaging, signal processing)· Sensors for environment monitoring (temperature, humidity, quality of air)· Microsensors for health monitoring: glucose sensors, ISFET for ions as Ca+2, Mg+2, Na+, K+, microprobes for recording/stimulation of neural/muscular cells· Communications tools for automated control of the house· Internet – usual tool for networking house
training by research project
Pictures from courses – Networking House