Research Groups
Digital Circuits and Systems Group
The Digital Circuits and Systems Group lead by Prof. Luca Benini centers around the design and testing of energy-efficient digital systems, especially ultra-low-power System-on-Chip designs. The group is active in the area of smart sensors and sensor networks for consumer, biomedical and ambient intelligence applications.
Energy Efficient Circuits and Intelligent Systems
The Energy Efficient Circuits and Intelligent Systems (EECIS) Group, led by Prof. Taekwang Jang, focuses on circuits and systems for next generation computing platforms. Energy-efficient design of the key circuit blocks for a miniaturized system, including an analog interface, optical and RF transceiver, frequency synthesizer, power management unit and data converter, is one of the primary interests. The group also focuses on application-specific system-level engineering for bio-medical devices and ultra-low power sensor nodes.
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chevron_right circuit.ee.ethz.chNano-TCAD
The Nano-TCAD Group lead by Prof. Mathieu Luisier and Prof. Andreas Schenk develops and applies numerical algorithms to investigate nanodevices ranging from next generation transistors to thermoelectric generators and optoelectronic devices. Novel simulation approaches based on quantum mechanics are employed to accurately model today nanostructures and predict their behavior before fabrication.
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chevron_right www.nano-tcad.ethz.chIntegrated Information Processing
The research of the Integrated Information Processing (IIP) Group, led by Prof. Christoph Studer, is at the intersection of wireless communication, machine learning, digital signal processing, and very-large-scale integration (VLSI) circuit and system design. The overarching theme is the development of novel algorithms for applications that demand high throughput, low power, and best solution quality, and the integration of corresponding hardware accelerators into efficient (in terms of power consumption, throughput, and silicon area) application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). To arrive at best-in-class ASIC designs and FPGA prototypes, we jointly consider theory, algorithm development, architecture design, and hardware implementation aspects, which enables far more efficient solutions than conventional, atomistic design approaches that solely focus either on theory, algorithms, or on circuit design.
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chevron_right iip.ethz.chIntegrated Devices, Electronics, and Systems Group
The Integrated Devices, Electronics, and Systems (IDEAS) Group led by Prof. Hua Wang is composed of three research clusters. The RF/mm-Wave/THz circuits and systems cluster addresses the challenges of 5G/6G communications and sensing through high performance circuit and system designs. We are particularly interested in innovative circuits and systems with wide bandwidth, high energy-efficiency, low latency, and security. The Bioelectronics cluster designs circuits and hybrid systems to address challenges in medicine and healthcare through the combination of circuit design, post-processing, microfluidics, and packaging. The Emerging Technology cluster explores the use of novel devices with integrated circuits and systems to address new applications, such as quantum computing, quantum sensing, and electronics-photonics integration.
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chevron_right ideas.ethz.chPhysical Characterization
The Physical Characterization Group lead by Dr. Mauro Ciappa focuses on understanding failure in microelectronics devices, using electronic and physical characterization methods.
Bio Electromagnetics
The Bio Electromagnetics Group works to both quantifies and models the interaction of electromagnetic radiation from wireless technologies with the human body and develops medical monitoring systems to measure specified physiological data with provide location-based information. More information: www.itis.ethz.ch