Grenoble INP

Contact persons:

Irina Ionica, Francis Balestra

Anne Kaminski (for CROMA)

3 Parvis Louis Neel, Minatec, Grenoble, FRANCE

Grenoble INP is a federation of 11 engineering schools and 24 research laboratories. Its research fields of interest are in Micro and Nano technologies, sciences of information and communication, materials, environment, energy and manufacturing systems. Grenoble INP has been developing partnership with industry for more than a century. It has created many spin-offs and has presently leading role in industrial clusters.

Research activities of CROMA cover large areas (materials, technologies, components, circuits and systems) which allow carrying out multidisciplinary research in common with our partners in nano-physics and -technologies, material chemistry, device engineering, circuit design or system manufacturing in electronics and optoelectronics.
Situated at convergence of many sciences and technologies, CROMA can play an important federating role to develop ambitious projects and to challenge the future of electronics.

Beyond CMOSMore MooreMore than MooreSystem Integration

Main expertises

  • Device modelling and simulation of Oxide based ReRAm (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Multilevel analogue type resistive switching devices (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • Electrical transport characterization and modeling, parameter extractions
  • Simulation of steep slope device with NEGF (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Interface states and defects analysis (I-V, C-V, admittance, DLTS, noise…) on wide range of temperatures (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Complex dielectric permittivity measurement specific samples and in-situ from GHz to THz frequencies (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Quantum simulation of 2D material devices (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Lamellar dichalcogenides by Atomic Layer Deposition (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • Electrical characterization at very low temperature (<10K) of transistors for CMOS circuit addressing Qbits (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Compact modelling for circuit simulation at very low T (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Electrical transport characterization and modeling, parameter extractions (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • AFM electrical and electromechanical characterization (PFM, C-AFM, SCM, KPFM, sMIM) (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)

Research interests

  • Simulating and accessing the right figure of merits for hardware accelerated neuromorphic computing (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Nanoionic-based devices for neuromorphic computing (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • Understanding electrical transport mechanisms in alternative/exotic devices
  • Electrical transport mechanisms and interfaces properties in 2D layers (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA: Characterization of 2D layer by Terahertz time domain spectroscopy
  • (Large scale) Growth and properties of 2D materials (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP & GRENOBLE-INP/LTM)
  • Transport properties, defect analysis, thermal dissipation effects in semiconductor devices at very low temperature (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Electrical transport mechanisms and interfaces properties (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)

Main expertises

  • General and historic expertise in CMOS device electrical characterization (from static to noise), modelling and simulation (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Circuit simulation in VerilogA using compacts models (some in-house) (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Etching for advanced nodes (GRENOBLE-INP/LTM)
  • Device modelling and simulation of Oxide based ReRAM (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Valence change nanoionic resistive switching devices (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • OxRAM, FeRAM (elaboration of materials & capacitance structures) (GRENOBLE-INP/LTM)
  • Electrical transport and interfaces characterisation (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Expertise in SiC (part of manufacturing, electrical characterization and modelling) (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • AFM electrical and electromechanical characterization (PFM, C-AFM, SCM, KPFM, sMIM) (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)

Research interests

  • Electrical transport mechanisms, multi-gates, coupling and interfaces properties (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Variability and noise in CMOS, up to compact modelling and small circuit simulation (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Developing more accurate simulation of OxRAM device, explaining in particular the variability and the performance of OxRAM (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • New Resistive switching devices based on nanostructures (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • Nanoionic materials for microelectronics (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • Understanding of the device’s physics & variability; negative capacitance (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)

Main expertises

  • Development of novel sensor architectures and new approaches of more efficient dynamic signal for detections. (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Electrical characterization of sensors (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Design of microelectrodes, DEP (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Piezoelectric materials applied to sensors (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Deposition of Oxide thin films and nanostructures for gas sensors (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • Integration of semiconducting nanonets (nanowire networks)

Piezoelectric energy harvesting

  • Full expertise in piezo mems and nems characterization and modelling, assisted by state-of-the-art AFM for electrical characterization – PFM, KPFM, CAFM, SMIM (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Fully coupled mechanical/piezoelectrical/semi-conducting FEM simulation of nanostructures, electromechanical response (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Characterization under mechanical stress (pressure, flexion) (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Piezoelectric nanogenerators made of ZnO nanowires (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)

Photovoltaics:

  • Photovoltaics: 3D electromagnetic modelling coupled with TCAD tools for PV cells simulation, characterization (quantum efficiency, reflectivity, SHG, transport mechanisms, passivation….) (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • All-oxide solar cells as PV harvesters for outdor and indoor applications (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • TeraHertz characterization of material and devices (detectors & emitters) in the 0.2- 4 THz band (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • High frequency opto-RF components and systems (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Bipolar with heterojunctions III-V (GRENOBLE-INP/LTM)
  • Modelling of photodetectors (Ge, Si) or PV application, device electrical characterization, in particular in low temperature, focused on the degradation mechanisms of these device for reliability assessment (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Integrated photonics device fabrication: (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA), glass and hybrid photonics
  • Photonic Design and test of optical and electro-optical functions (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA);
  • integrated photonic characterization benches, digital transmission (Radio over Fiber, FTTH…) test benches (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • 3 D full vectorial electromagnetic modelling for integrated optics – open source project cRCWA (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Light emitting diodes made of ZnO nanowires (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • Self-powered UV photodetectors made of ZnO nanowires (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • III-V sur Si (elaboration + etching) (GRENOBLE-INP/LTM)
  • GaN – dielectric interfaces (GRENOBLE-INP/LTM)
  • Passive circuits, Antenna systems, RF design and characterization (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Electrical transport and interface properties characterization (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Deposition of thin oxide films by Spatial ALD, ALD and CVD. P-type oxides (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • Composite materials (nanowires, nanoparticles, oxides) GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP
  • Flexible and stable fabrication of transparent electrodes based on metallic nanowire networks GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP
  • Nanonet-based devices GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP
  • AFM electrical and electromechanical characterization (PFM, C-AFM, SCM, KPFM, sMIM)
  • Multiphysics simulation (COMSOL) combining semiconductor physics and piezoelectricity

Research interests

  • SiC for sensors, new material for sensors,
  • New detection schemes (dynamic) (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Impedance-metric bio-sensors (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Piezoelectric materials applied to sensors (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • MEM-based and resistive sensors, bio sensors based on oxide thin films and nanostructures (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • FET- and resistor-based sensor with or without surface functionalization (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • Flexible and/or transparent devices/sensors (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • Piezoelectric energy harvesting (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • AFM characterization of novel materials for energy harvesting (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • ZnO nanowires for energy harvesting: chemical synthesis and controlled properties of ZnO nanowires including morphology, doping, polarity, and surfaces (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP) and electrical/mechanical characterization (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Flexible, low-cost devices adapted for BIPV and miniaturized devices based on oxide thin films (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • Implementation of n and p-type oxides in thermoelectric devices (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • THz identification (RFID-like in the THz freq. range) and THz imaging (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Frequency generation by optical solutions (up to 300GHz), optical solutions in RF systems (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Understanding the physical origin of the degradation mechanisms of photodetectors, proposing new accelerated test to evaluate the lifetime of devices, suggesting tracks for technological improvement of photodetectors. (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Integrated glass lasers for THz generation and integrated mode-locked lasers on glass (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Optoelectronics, Photonics on glass and III-V integration on glass.  (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Emission and detection of UWB signal using non-linear optics (optical rectification and electrooptic sampling) (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Advanced photonic substrates and components for all-oxide solar cells (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • Investigation of heterojunctions and interfaces between ZnO nanowires and GaN for LEDs, or other semiconducting shells for UV photodetectors (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • POC of RF devices fabricated with biosourced substrates and additive technologies (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Electrical transport mechanisms and electrically active defects analysis (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)
  • Oxide electronics, new transparent conductive materials (GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP)
  • Understanding and optimization of stable and flexible transparent electrodes based on metallic nanowire networks GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP
  • Basic devices fabrication with good performance and reproducibility on flexible substrate GRENOBLE-INP/LMGP

Main expertises

  • TeraHertz characterization of material and devices / in the 0.2- 4 THz band (GRENOBLE-INP/CROMA)

Research interests

Meet the team

Minatec –  CROMA
3 Parvis Louis Néel, CS 50257
38016 Grenoble Cedex 1,  France

+33 456 52 95 09
 sinano@minatec.grenoble-inp.fr