2.13 MEuros equipment over 10 years – over 120 yearly users from 4 corners of the globe

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

http://www.uclouvain.be/welcome info-welcome@uclouvain.beUCL-ICTM-ELEN 1

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

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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

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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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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.

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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

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MEMS 300°C RF materials

anechoicchamber

meetingcorner

Analog/digitalcircuits/systems

bioroom

RF on wafer

climaticroom

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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

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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

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• 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

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• 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

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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

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&

= 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

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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

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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

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to discover …

http://www.uclouvain.be/welcome

info-welcome@uclouvain.be