Multiphysics systems and microsystems

An integrated system for instrumentation is composed of two specific subsets:

• a transducer that converts a physical quantity into an electrical signal,
• the instrumental chain that performs signal conditioning (amplification, processing, handling) of the transducer's electrical signal.

Most of the research topics in that area are strongly related to applications and are often based on industrial partnerships. Our main research activities focus on single-chip co-integration of transducers and their dedicated instrumental chains. In particular, ICube's SMH team has been developing advanced skills in the fields of mixed-signal, low-power, low-noise, ultra-fast systems design and complex signal processing.

Integrated magnetic sensors

Current activities concern the development of CMOS technology-compatible high-resolution magnetic sensors and mainly on Hall effect-based sensors that can measure one, two or three axis magnetic fields components. Hall effect typically allows the measuring of ... 200px|thumb|right|Layout view of a Hall effect transducers-based 3D magnetic sensors integrated in CMOS technology