Ph.D./Post-doc position in optical computing
Your mission: Silicon photonics has advanced by lightyears during the past few years, and finally, we have a reliable technology platform (e.g., GF, IMEC) being offered to researchers to try out different circuit design ideas. Light is already a great medium for extremely low-energy computation at extreme speeds. And as the technology progresses, the (…)
Ph.D. Position in in-memory computing
Your mission: In-memory computing is a particularly interesting area for mixed-signal circuit designers as it is where analog meets digital almost in a literal sense. Many and many in-memory computing demonstrations have come out in the past several years – at a record pace reflecting on my past 15+ years of observation. We all (…)
Ph.D. / Post-Doc Position – Ultra-low-power image sensor
Your mission: The goal of the mm-scale nano-watt sensor system is to penetrate spaces where the previous generation of sensors (current day’s IoT devices) could not enter. As our continuing endeavor, we are now looking into putting sensors into a textile fabric! In this project, we will create an extremely small and low-power image (…)
Post-Doc Position: High-Voltage Generation
Your mission: Small (mm-size) low-power systems rely on harvested energy to survive. However, in realistic scenarios, this availability of power cannot be naturally guaranteed. For these devices to live with limited energy, some groups research heavily on lowering the leakage power of the system to elongate the survival time. (Our MSIC Lab also does this.) (…)
Ph.D. Position – compact ADC
Your mission: ADC research in the current decade has largely been stagnant as ADC architectures on all fronts are simply converging to a capacitor-array-based SAR ADC. Of course, there is a lot of work to do in this direction, but we, at MSIC Lab, are envisioning something grander and different: we will focus on the (…)
Semester: Flicker noise measurement of amplifiers
Main duties and responsibilities include : Measure the flicker noise behavior within an already taped-out IC Design/implement PCB for testing Configure/automate an optimal test setup for the flicker noise Report findings as publication-worthy figures and tables Your profile: Strong desire to learn about analog design Dedicate >2 full working days per week on Neuchâtel campus(travel (…)
Master: Gain calibration for ciDAC-based ADC
Your mission: MSIC Lab is heavily investigating a compact and energy-efficient ADC architecture called ciDAC-based ADCs. This ADC architecture is relatively new and unexplored. And, one of the key challenges is the need for calibration methods to adjust the ciDAC gain auto-magically. We will mainly explore a hybrid ADC architecture using a capacitor-array-based DAC and (…)
Semester: 17 bit ADC testing
Main duties and responsibilities include : Operate the testing infrastructure to measure the performance of a custom ADC IC and report the measurement result Design/implement PCB for testing Configure/automate an optimal test setup for the ADC Report findings as publication-worthy figures and tables Your profile: Strong desire to learn about ADC design Dedicate >2 full (…)