We propose the design of a reconfigurable impedance matching network for the lower RF frequency band, based on a developed RF-MEMS technology. The circuit is composed of RF-MEMS ohmic relays, metal-insulatormetal (MIM) capacitors and suspended spiral inductors, all integrated on a high resistivity Silicon substrate. The presented circuit is well-suited for all applications requiring adaptive im...

In this study, we developed a method for fabricating a microfluidic device with integrated large-scale all-glass valves and constructed an actuator system to control each of the valves on the device. Such a microfluidic device has advantages that allow its use in various fields, including physical, chemical, and biochemical analyses and syntheses. However, it is inefficient and difficult to int...

Process disturbances during the manufacture of an integrated circuit cause the fabricated circuit to vary from the design specifications. In some cases the variations are such that circuit faults result. The relationship between circuit faults and process disturbances is of interest because some applications such as yield prediction require information about what circuit faults are caused by a ...

Fabless semiconductor industries are facing the rise of design costs of integrated circuits. This rise is link to the technology change and the complexity increasing. It follows that integrated circuits have become targets of counterfeiting and theft. The SALWARE project aims to study (theoretically and experimentally) salutary hardware design in order to fight against theft, illegal cloning an...

In this paper, an integrated passive device (IPD) inductor modeling is demonstrated. The IPD technology is a system in package (SiP) solution where passive devices with high quality can be fabricated on a chip and then connect with another circuit chip by using flip-chip micro-bump bonding. For an RF circuit simulation, the IPD inductor model is built and verified from the measurement results. ...

Scalable photonic quantum technologies are based on multiple nested interferometers. To realize this architecture, integrated optical structures are needed to ensure stable, controllable, and repeatable operation. Here we show a key proof-of-principle demonstration of an externallycontrolled photonic quantum circuit based upon UV-written waveguide technology. In particular, we present non-class...

The paper presents some results of the experiments with IEEE 1149.4 KLIC Test Chip in the area of active RC filters implemented in thick-film hybrid technology. The influence of analog boundary modules (ABMs) on circuit performance is analysed in the case study of active RC notch filter. INTRODUCTION In this paper we present some results of the experiments with IEEE 1149.4 KLIC Test Chip in the...