The Electronic Systems Department develops expertise in electronic system design. It also conducts significant research into micro- and nanotechnologies applied to the study of MEMS components.
Research themes
- Sensors, actuators and associated electronics
Resonant inertial sensors and ultimate performances, sensors for hydrocarbon exploration and storage, chemical and biochemical sensors for housing and the environment, energy harvesting, study of deep reactive-ion etching for a system-in-a-package, etc.
- Study of MEMS RF components, optics and applications
Tuneable passive RF components, resonators and filters based on thin-layer piezoelectric materials, photonic MEMS for fibre telecommunications, using silicon/air Bragg mirrors, micro and nanophotonics in the presence of liquid, etc.
- Electronic systems for embedded applications
Embedded processors, high-speed communication link, and interface circuits for microsystems.
- Design of electronic systems: methodology, architecture and design
Digital IP blocks, modelling mixed hardware/software systems, digital/analogical, modelling by Bond-Graphs method, and RFID transmission.
- Architecture of transceiver multi-modulations, multi-standards
Multi-standard receivers and architecture of digital transmitters.
Prioritised areas of application
- Energy recovery for abandoned sensors
- Instrumentation
- Hydrocarbon prospecting
- Environment, urbanism and housing
- Wireless and fibre optic telecommunications
- Aeronautic, spatial and military applications
Partnerships
- The University of Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallée, CNAM, CNRS-Department ST2I: "Micro and Nanotechnologies" Scientific Interest Group
- Active participation in the Micro- and nanosystems Research Group (French acronym: GDR) of the CNRS/ST2I (Sensors Working Group)
- "Systems Electronics" Scientific Interest Group: Telecom ParisTech, ESIEE Engineering, ISEP, Supélec, the University of Paris 11, UPMC.
- DGA, ONERA, CEA-DAM, CEA-LETI, CEA-Saclay (LIST)
- CSTB, EC-Lyon, CNRS-CNIC, INSERM Vision Institute
- Schlumberger, NXP, Thales, Adixen, Auxitrol, EADS, Aereco, SWS, Biologic
Prioritised technical platforms
- Technological Centre: specialised micro and nanotechnology cleanroom of ESIEE Paris. This Technological Centre is also the platform of the Parisian centre (CEMIP) of the French National Microelectronics Training Centre (CNFM). Low-frequency characterisation and MEMS laboratory.
- Electronic systems prototyping platforms: FPGA Xilinx, Altera and Actel
Milestones
- RETINA European Project in collaboration with THALES, EADS and the EPFL (Switzerland)
- Panama European Project (Catrene) in collaboration with NXP, Thales, STMicroelectronics and Agilent Technologies
- Seven ongoing ANR projects: μNRJ (JCJC 2005), MEA3D (BLANC 2006), COFISIS (PNANO 2007) MEDINAS (TECSAN 2007), SESAME, SRAMM, MATEO and SYSRECAP
- Research collaborations with NTU and NYP (Singapore)
- Member of the CIRMM network: Center for International Research on Micro Mechatronics
- Best international performance of the aspect ratio obtained by DRIE on submicronic patterns (aspect ratio of 107 in 375 nm). Publication of the result in 2005 followed by inclusion in the "Top 25 Hottest Papers" of Microelectronics Journal.
Composition of the department
23 research lecturers, 2 technicians, 1 assistant and 10 PhD students
