Department of Electrical Engineering

Integrated Circuits

The research area of the group is advanced purely-analog and mixed-signal IC design (RF/IF/LF), applied to frontends, especially for wireless RF transceivers and sensors. In this context, frontends are defined as the functional blocks that process and translate analog signals (communication signals, sensor signals) to digital signals (bits), and vice versa, see the figure below. This includes on the one hand system, concept and algorithm level design, and on the other hand circuit block design (antenna-matched low-noise amplifiers, sensor amplifiers, power amplifiers; oscillators, mixers, modulators, detectors; data converters). At all these levels, we strive to implement smartness (autonomous calibration, adaptivity, error correction, reconfiguration, etc.).

Research Profile

As regards performance, we focus on improvements in speed (up to THz), power-efficiency, and ultra-low-power. As regards the application domains, our current focus is on communication systems, sensor systems, and medical systems. As regards technology, we focus on advanced deep-submicron processing (CMOS, BICMOS), emerging technologies (organic electronics, metal oxides), and THz technology.

News

May 30, 2022
New printing method for artificial "skin" containing heat sensors
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February 12, 2021
Exploring unknown environments with ultrasound
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Creating a next-generation photonic-electronic integration circuit
December 1, 2020
Go with the flow! Exploring the unknown with a swarm of smart marbles
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CURRENT OPEN POSITIONS

All scientific as well as non-scientific vacancies are centrally cataloged by the Electrical Engineering department and can be found here. 

Our Labs

Eugenio Cantatore

Emerging Technologies

The mission of the research on emerging technologies and applications is to design circuits and systems that exploit novel device…

Irena Zivkovic

MRI Hardware development

Our research is focused on an MRI hardware development that manipulates both static (B0) and RF (B1) fields from ultra-low to ultra-high…

Pieter Harpe

Resource Efficient Electronics

In this research area we focus on a variety of frontends where low power consumption, energy efficiency, and form factor play energy…

Marion Matters

RF

Wired and wireless communication both comprise an analog front-end which can receive and transmit information. In this research area, we…

Georgi Radulov

Wideband Data Converters

In our research on data converters we focus on the contradicting demands of high speed, high accuracy, small size and low power consumption…

GO WITH THE FLOW!

Exploring the unknown with a swarm of smart marbles

A swarm of marbles that flows through your intestines in order to detect thickening. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s closer to reality than you might think. Engineer Peter Baltus of Eindhoven University of Technology has developed sensors that are able to inspect hard-to-reach or even inaccessible environments. His primary focus is on large-scale pipeline networks such as drinking water systems, oil pipelines or transport systems for kerosene. But his dream is that these small balls will one day explore the inside of volcanos, or maybe even the human digestive tract.

READ THE STORY ABOUT THE SMART MARBLES

Meet some of our researchers

Full Professor

Peter Baltus

Full Professor

Eugenio Cantatore

Full Professor

Marion Matters-Kammerer

Associate Professor

Pieter Harpe

Associate Professor

Georgi Radulov

Associate Professor

Vojkan Vidojkovic

Assistant Professor

Marco Fattori

Assistant Professor

Dusan Milosevic

Assistant Professor

Irena Zivkovic

Education and Research Technician (Design and Development)

Rainier van Dommele

Innovation

The IC group is cooperating with other groups at the university via our so-called Centers, especially in the Center for Wireless Technology Eindhoven (CWTe) and the Center for Care and Cure Technology Eindhoven (C3Te). This ensures a strong multidisciplinary link, which not only enhances our research, but also facilitates the innovation chain to industry and society.

IC cooperates with many industrial partners; key partners are NXP, Holst/IMEC, Philips, and Xilinx. The group strives for a close cooperation with industry through hosting guests, parttime positions for industrial specialists, consultancy to industry, and integration of MSc and PhD students during their project with industry. Our work is directed along roadmaps that are aligned with industry. In most of our projects for which we apply funding, industry is operating as a partner. Finally, we facilitate measurement facilities for our prime partners. In this way we integrate our work as much as possible, resulting in a smooth innovation chain, as stated in our mission.

Recent Publications

Our most recent peer reviewed publications

Education

Check out all our courses

An overview of all Master Courses from the IC group, with the specialization tracks Data Converters (IC-1) and RF (IC-2) can be seen below this block.

 

 

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