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KU Leuven Faculty of Engineering Technology organises bachelor and master degrees in Engineering Technology on six campuses across Flanders, Belgium. This vacancy is situated in the research group Emerging technologies, Systems & Security at campus Diepenbeek. Integrated circuits based on flexible thin-film transistors have received lots of attention due to recent progress in literature and the pioneering aspect of multi-project wafers with thin-film transistor foundries. The targeted semiconductors are Indium-Gallium-Zinc-Oxide (IGZO) from the UK-based foundry Pragmatic. IGZO is attractive due to a simple process flow and potential small channel lengths on flexible substrates.
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Project
The ambition of this PhD topic is to design and realize several complex chips in the flexible electronics domain, focusing on digital or mixed-signal electronics. The main purpose of this project is to develop a dedicated microprocessor on flex and its accompanied memory block, such as SRAM. The key application is to design flexible chips for next-generation wearable healthcare applications. It will be your task to perform a detailed system level study, to design the targeted circuits for tape out and to characterize the manufactured circuits. The characterization can occur at our ES&S lab at the campus Diepenbeek. It will be important to understand the opportunities of the specific technologies, and to overcome the challenges related to the flexible technology.
Profile
- You have a master's degree in electrical engineering or engineering technology.
- You have good basic knowledge and hands-on experience in digital electronics and/or mixed-signal electronics and have a keen interest in technology-aware design activities.
- You have a good knowledge of VLSI IC design, and Cadence has no secrets to you;
- You mast the tape out flow for chips.
- You can work independently and pro-actively, you are well-organized, accurate and stress resistant.
- You are analytical, flexible, result-oriented, customer and market oriented.
- You are an enthusiastic and enterprising team player with innovative ideas that searches for improvements, experiments with new concepts and solves problems in a creative and clear manner.
- You want to dedicate yourself to spreading the mission and values of the faculty: you are open to other cultures and world views and you are motivated to work internationally.
Offer
The successful candidate will be offered a PhD fellowship to become part of our team to work towards a PhD. This full-time mandate is initially limited to 1 year contract with a possible extension depending on the performance of the candidate as well as competitive financing successes. The final goal will be obtaining a PhD after 4 years.
Interested?
For more information please contact Prof. dr. ing. Kris Myny, tel.: +32 11 75 17 31, mail: kris.myny@kuleuven.be.
You can apply for this job no later than August 18, 2023 via the online application tool
KU Leuven seeks to foster an environment where all talents can flourish, regardless of gender, age, cultural background, nationality or impairments. If you have any questions relating to accessibility or support, please contact us at diversiteit.HR@kuleuven.be.
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