Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)

Contact persons:

Valeriya Kiltchytska

Tel. +32 10 472564

Mail: valeriya.kilchytska@uclouvain.be

Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) is the largest university in the French community of Belgium with more than 30,000 students. ICTEAM institute gathers 300 researchers in electrical engineering, computer science and applied mathematics with 40 faculty members. ICTEAM delivers 50 PhD and more than 150 journal papers a year. It runs two major experimental infrastructures: Winfab, Wallonia Nano Fabrication Infrastructure, and Welcome, Wallonia Electronics and Communications Measurements. Electrical Engineering department (ELEN) is a multi-disciplinary team of device physicists, technologists, experimentalists, analog, RF and digital circuit designers.

Equipment / Facilities

Processing platform

List of processing equipments is available at https://sites.uclouvain.be/winfab/NEW_website/login.html

Modelling platform

Characterization platform

Equipment list for “characterization” is available at https://sites.uclouvain.be/welcome/

Expertise
Main Expertises
Beyond CMOS Neuromorphic Computing x
Phonon engineering x
Small slope switches-NW/TFET/NEMS
  • Phase change materials (VO2 )
Alternative materials-2D layers
  • Graphene
Novel devices for ultra-low power x
1D x
Quantum Technologies & Very low temperature electronics x
More Moore Logic Nanodevices& circuits x
Memories
  • Design of SRAMs in advanced CMOS technologies
Very low power devices x
High temperature electronics x
More than Moore micro-nano-bio Sensors & Systems
  • Simulation, fabrication, characterization of biological, chemical and physical sensors, notably in SOI CMOS compatible technology or for harsh environments (temperature, radiations)
Energy Harvesting
  • Solar cells (black Si, CIGS, CZTS) : fabrication, characterization, simulation
  • Design of ULP CMOS harvesters for light, thermal and RF energy
RF devices & circuits
  • Modelling and characterization of RF passive and active devices
  • Design of CMOS RF circuits and sub-systems
Photonics devices
  • Thin SOI photodiodes (UV to visible) with graphene gate, optical reflectors…
  • SOI waveguides with graphene modulators
Power devices
  • Simulation and characterization of power devices in harsh environments (temperature, radiations)
Flexible electronics
  • Ultra thinning of SOI CMOS dies to a few µm by XeF2
  • Transfer of high-quality monolayer graphene on flexible substrate
Smart systems& Systems design Smart systems
  • Design of CMOS systems-on-chip (analog, RF, digital, memories) especially in attached UTBB FD SOI with adaptive back bias
Systems design
  • PCB level integration of ultra low power systems : sensors, energy harvesting, analog and digital signal processing, RF chips, passive RFID tags, antennas
Research interests
Research interests
Beyond CMOS Neuromorphic Computing
  • Ultra-high frequency (THz) rectifier
  • Optical modulator
  • RF and millimeter-waves switches
Phonon engineering x
Small slope switches-NW/TFET/NEMS x
Alternative materials-2D layers x
Novel devices for ultra-low power x
1D x
Quantum Technologies & Very low temperature electronics x
More Moore Logic Nanodevices& circuits x
Memories
  • Novel ULP patented cell for embedded SRAMs
Very low power devices x
High temperature electronics x
More than Moore micro-nano-bio Sensors & Systems
  • Bacteria, DNA
  • gases, breath
  • Temperature, water vapour, pressure, flow, mechanical stress, magnetic, light, radiation, …
Energy Harvesting
  • High-efficiency indoor ambient energy harvesting
  • Ultra-high frequency (THz) graphene rectifier
  • Biomedical applications
RF devices & circuits
  • SOI MOSFETs, diodes, engineered substrates, antenna
  • UWB, 5G
Photonics devices
  • Multiple wavelength detection with high sensitivity
  • Optical modulator
Power devices
  • Si / SiC LDMOS, RF LDMOS, RF SOI switches, RF SOI Power Amplifier
Flexible electronics
  • Ultra-thin Si sensors (temperature, RH, strain, light) and circuits for biomedical patches, structural health monitoring, radiation resistance,…
  • Graphene as strain gauge on microsensors and in composite materials
Smart systems& Systems design Smart systems
  • RF communications (UWB, 5G), Ultra low power / voltage circuits, CMOS imagers…
Systems design
  • Multiple applications: biomedical, aerospace, automotive…