Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)

Contact persons:

Valeriya Kiltchytska

Tel. +32 10 472564

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
Smart systems& Systems design	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…
Smart systems& Systems design	Systems design	Multiple applications: biomedical, aerospace, automotive…