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Major Research Areas
Biomedical Electronics
Research includes: development of silicon models of multidimensional selectivity in
the visual cortex, modulatory feedback in multi-chip neuromorphic networks, microelectro-array
technology for cell level biological signal processing, micro-electro-DNA
detection system by microfabrication techniques, non-invasive imaging technology
for early detection of cancers, sensors for non-invasive quantification of important
biological analytes, visual information processing and its applications in medicine,
system modeling of physiological functions, optical coherence tomography for in vivo
imaging human tissue, ultrasound image analysis, genome-wide SNP data analysis,
and computational proteomics.
Ecotronics
Research in solid-state electronics, including both devices and circuits, is a core
strength of the Department. Ecotronics, a new focus area of the Department,
encompasses the research and application of solid-state electronics to address
environmental and energy-related engineering problems. Projects being pursued
are solid-state lighting, solar cells, smart grids, energy-efficient electronics and
electronics for the smart use of energy and power saving (green) LCDs including
E-paper LCDs (FLC, ORW).
Embedded Systems
Research focuses on: embedded
system architecture including
hardware/software balance and
tradeoff, system evaluation and
integration, network-on-chip and
multi-core system-on-chip, mobile
embedded systems, cyber physical
systems, computer vision and
sensing systems with application
to instrumentation and control,
data-domain conversion between
analog and binary or multiple-valued
digital signals, man-machine systems,
low-power low-energy embedded system
design, and VLSI design targeting mobile
computing, multimedia, and high-speed
network applications.
IC Design
Research focuses on: advanced digital and
analog integrated circuit designs for use in
a variety of applications including wireless
communications, power electronics, smart
sensing, embedded systems and control.
Particular examples are advanced techniques
for digital signal processing, image and
speech processing, telecommunications,
biomedical electronics, image sensors,
temperature sensors, electronic nose,
integrated power electronics, analog
implementation of biologically inspired vision
processors, and high performance analog
integrated circuits for wireless communications such
as RFID, Wifi, LTE and biomedical applications.
Microelectronics
• In this area we fabricate real devices for applications
and advances at the frontiers of nanotechnology
and electronics research. Our work leverages the
university’s Nanoelectronics Fabrication Facility
(NFF), which is a complete facility capable of
handling four-inch wafers.
• Research includes: advanced semiconductor
materials preparation and characterization,
microwave and high-frequency semiconductor
devices, power semiconductor devices and
technology, thin film and display devices, advanced
integrated circuits fabrication technology, integrated sensor and transducer technology, and
micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS).
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