SILA Sistema Integrato di Laboratori per l Ambiente LNM. NANOELECTRONICS AND MICROSYSTEMS LABORATORY Coordinator: Prof. Giuseppe Cocorullo

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1 SILA Sistema Integrato di Laboratori per l Ambiente *+ LNM NANOELECTRONICS AND MICROSYSTEMS LABORATORY Coordinator: Prof. Giuseppe Cocorullo 0

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3 The Nanoelectronics and Microsystems Laboratory (NML) was established in 1998 in the former Department of Electronics, Informatics, Systems Engineering (now Department of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics and System Engineering) to support research in electronics. The NML is also strongly committed to the education mission of the Università della Calabria. The multidisciplinary approach is a peculiar characteristic of NML group: the specificity arises from the ability to cover the whole cultural area of electronics, comprising material and devices characterization, study of IC architecture as well as design and realization of electronics system and sensors. The NML is organized in Sections and has a permanent staff of 7 people (6 of them Researchers) and a temporary staff including 2 post-docs and 9 PhD students. The area devoted to research laboratories is approximately 300 m2. 1

4 MODELING AND SIMULATION OF VLSI CMOS DEVICES MAIN EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE: - Probe station: SUMMIT 11861B Cascade with Temptronic thermal controller (-65 C to 200 C) - Parameter analyzer: 4200-SCS, Keithley - High-bandwidth oscilloscope Wavemaster 8300A, LeCroy - LCR meter, HP RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 1. Reliability of VLSI CMOS devices 2. Electrical characterization techniques for VLSI CMOS devices 3. Modeling and simulation of VLSI CMOS devices 4. Design of ultra-low noise electronic instrumentation 5. Early assessment of emerging technologies for VLSI logic circuits 6. Design of ultra-low power subthreshold CMOS analog circuits 2

5 DESIGN, MODELING AND TESTING OF FAST AND LOW-POWER DIGITAL VLSI CIRCUITS MAIN EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE analizzatori di stati logici, oscilloscopi a larga banda, workstations, software CAD/CAE quali CADENCE, SiNOPSYS, PSPICE, HSPICE, XILINX, ACTEL, RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 1 Design of nanoscale computing architectures optimized for emerging nano-technologies 2 Innovative hardware-oriented algorithms, circuits and systems design for real-time image and video processing 3 Design and modeling of fast and lowpower VLSI circuits optimized for nanoscale CMOS technologies in subthreshold regime Design of custom digital circuits (ASIC and FPGA) 3

6 DESIGN, MODELING AND TESTING OF PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES MAIN EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE Solar simulator: - certified to IEC , JIS C 8912, and ASTM E standards for Spectral Match, Non-Uniformity of Irradiance, and Temporal Instability of Irradiance at AM1.5 global; - AM0, AM1.5, 20x AM1.5 spectra; - Temperature controlled vacuum chuck 6x6 - Hardware and software for automated I-V measurements System for the measurement of the quantum efficiency IQE-200: - The measurement systems allows to measure External Quantum efficiency (EQE) as well as Internal Quantum Efficiency (IQE) for solar cells and photodetectors. - Wavelength Range nm - light bias - Temperature controlled vacuum chuck RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Design, modeling and characterization of solar cells 4

7 SMART ENERGY: DISTRIBUTION, UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT MAIN EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE Source Meter, Power Supplies, Electronic Loads; Hardware and software National; Instruments for automated measurements. RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Development of smart charging policies for grid connected storage systems; Development of high efficiency smart charger; Design of home automation systems. 5

8 RAPID PROTOTYPING Main equipment available: 3D printer Stratasys Elite, soldering paste printer LPKF, pick and place system, LPKF ProtoFlow reflow oven, PCB plotter. PCB software: Cadence ORCAD, EAGLE. Development systems for: Atmel, Cypress, Microchip, Texas Instruments, ST. 6

9 STAFF PERMANENT STAFF Prof. CAPPUCCINO Gregorio Prof. COCORULLO Giuseppe Prof. CORSONELLO Pasquale Prof. CRUPI Felice Prof. LANUZZA Marco Prof. PERRI Stefania Eng. Staino Giovanni PH. D. & POST-DOC Sebastiano Strangio Domenico Albano Luis Miguel Procel Marco Guevara Antonio Cordopatri Lorena Guachi Vincenzo Maccaronio Noemi Guerra Ramiro Taco Silvio Pierro Fabio Frustaci 7

10 GRANTS FROM 2010 EU funded projects : 5 International funded projects: 4 National funded projects: 6 8

11 SERVICES Design of custom VLSI circuits (ASIC & FPGA) Design of electronics systems Characterization and modeling of solar cells and photodetectors Characterization and modeling of CMOS devices Realization of printed circuit boards, from design to welding components Characterization of storage systems Rapid realization of mechanical components (< 30 cm) 9

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14 SILA Sistema Integrato di Laboratori per l Ambiente NANOELECTRONICS AND MICROSYSTEMS LABORATORY Dip. DIMES Via P. Bucci, 42/C Rende (CS) Tel LNM NeMs 2 NeMs