Projects
THz Electronics Design in Nanometer CMOS KU Leuven
With the continuing scaling of CMOS nodes and increases in operation frequency of RF integrated circuits, there is more interest in the terahertz (THz) spectrum than ever before. Ranging from 300 GHz to 3 THz, the THz or sub-mm wave spectrum lies between the domains of optics and electronics on the frequency scale, resulting in a wide range of possible applications. Non-destructive quality control of packaged goods, as well as 3D imaging and ...
Study of failure mechanisms in high-k/metal gate transistors with sub-1nm EOT gate dielectrics. KU Leuven
In order to meet the specifications in terms of drive current and electrostatic channel control of nanoscale metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET), scaling of the equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) is essential. However, with EOT scaling down to dimensions of only a few atomic layers, the reliability of these dielectrics start to become an issue. One of the main MOSFET degradation phenomena is Bias-Temperature-Instability ...
How to cope with time-dependent variability problems by a combined design and technology development. KU Leuven
Defects, both as-fabricated and generated during operation, are an inevitable reality of real-world CMOS devices. Intermittent charging of these defects during operation is responsible for many reliability degradation mechanisms, including Bias Temperature Instability (BTI), Time Dependent Dielectric Breakdown (TDDB), Stress Induced Leakage Current (SILC) and Random Telegraph Noise (RTN). Their decreasing absolute numbers in downscaled ...
High efficiency digital RF power amplifiers for telecom infrastructure. KU Leuven
Study of µTCA as a new standard in the design of FPGA-based embedded (data acquisition) systems. University of Antwerp
Context-based Reasoning for Object Detection and Object Pose Estimation KU Leuven
Computer vision algorithms have become very effective at detecting the occurrence of objects in images. Parallel to this, notable advancements have been achieved in estimating the orientation in which such objects occur. Different methods have been proposed during the last decade, ranging from methods that model the appearance of the object as it is projected on the 2D image space to methods that reason about physical properties of the ...