Full list of supervisors IME - Institute of Microelectronics Surname Given Names Department Research Interests Email Contact Cai Hong Sensors Actuators & Microsystems Program caih@ime.astar.edu.sg Campanella Pineda Humberto Sensors Actuators & Microsystems Program Chai Tshun Chuan, Kevin Integrated Circuits & Systems Laboratory - Analog & Mixed Signal IC Chang Hyun Kee, Peter Sensors Actuators & Microsystems Program Cheam Daw Don MEMS Program 1. Nano-opto-mechanical-systems (NOMS) development, which is based on the core technologies of nanomechanics and nanophotonics. It can be exploited for actuating optomechanical devices, including sensors, accelerometers, gyro, nanooptical switches and array, and nano-actuators etc. It will be technological impact for revolutions traditional micro-silicon-devices through the light-and-motion connection. 2. Nano-Photonics research area, focusing on silicon photonics devices development. Including CMOS platform-based silicon micro- and nano-fabrication process development, photonic devices with applications in high-speed optical interconnects development. Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), Microelectronics, Micro and Nano Fabrication Technologies, Bulk Acoustic Wave Devices (BAW, FBAR) for Mobile Telecomm. Systems and Sensor • Analog mixed signal design; • Readout interface for sensors applications in biomedical areas such as cellomics, genomics and proteomics; • interface readout for MEMS sensors using capacitive, piezoelectric, piezoresistive, resonance etc. MEMS; Inertial Sensors (Gyroscopes, Accelerometers and Magnetometers); Inertial Switch and Resonators MEMS / MEMSEN Chen Bangtao MEMS Program MEMS integration and packaging, vacuum packaging chenb@ime.astar.edu.sg CHENG Ming-Yuan Miniaturized Medical Devices Implantable miniaturized medical devices, 3D neural probe array system, sensorized guide wire chengmy@ime.astar.edu.sg campanellaph@ime.astar.edu.sg chaitc@ime.astar.edu.sg changhk@ime.astar.edu.sg cheamdd@ime.astar.edu.sg Jan 2015 Full list of supervisors system, bio-packaging, microassembly for medical device, and flexible tactile sensing arrays. Low power ASIC design for implantable wirelessly powered blood flow monitoring system Materials characterization, reliability testing, failure analysis, wafer level and die-level bonding optimization, MEMS hermetic and vacuum packaging Inertial MEMS – accelerometers, gyroscopes; MEMS Vacuum sensors – Pirani Gauges, resonators RF/analog integrated circuit design Cheong Jia Hao Integrated Circuits & Systems cheongjh@ime.astar.edu.sg CHIDAMBARA M NACHIAPPAN Vivek TD-AdvPkg-Bonding Fernando Sanchitha Nirodha Sensors Actuators & Microsystems Program Gao Yuan Integrated circuits and system design Gu Yuandong Alex MMD/SAM Energy harvesting, inertia sensor, NEMS, medical devices and their biocompatibility. guyd@ime.astar.edu.sg Huang Ying NanoP Silicon Photonics, Quantum photonics integrated circuit, Multilayer integrated photonics platform, Non-linear Optics huangy@ime.astar.edu.sg Kwong Dim-Lee Director's Office kwongdl@ime.astar.edu.sg Li Hong Yu TSV Program Lim Eu-Jin, Andy Nano Photonics Program Liow TsungYang Jason NanoPhotonics Program 1. 3D IC and TSV 2. Advanced Optical Interconnect technology 3. Si-based Biosensors 4. Miniaturized medical devices 5. MEMS-CMOS integrated Microsystems 1. 3D IC and 3D packaging process integration by TSV technology. 2. Fine pitch Cu to Cu bonding. 3. 3D interconnect reliability. 1, Semiconductor process integration and device physics (Silicon, III-V) 2. Advanced gate stack technology in particular metal gates, high-k dielectrics, interface engineering for CMOS applications 3. Silicon photonics devices or optoelectronic devices 4. Thin film chemical vapour deposition process technology for e.g. Ge, Si, SiC, SiGe epitaxial films and superlattice structure Silicon Photonics Liu Xin Integrated Circuits & Systems Digital signal processing; VLSI circuit design; Wireless communication liux@ime.a-star.edu.sg nachiappanvc@ime.astar.edu.sg fernandosn@ime.astar.edu.sg gaoy@ime.astar.edu.sg lihy@ime.a-star.edu.sg limej@ime.astar.edu.sg liowty@ime.astar.edu.sg Jan 2015 Full list of supervisors Laboratory - Digital IC Lo Guo-Qiang Patrick Nano Electronics & Photonics; TSV Taskforce; Gallium Nitrade (GaN) Program 1. Si-Based Light-Emitting Devices and white solid-state lighting 2. 3D Optical-Interconnects 3. Low-Loss Passive Waveguide -Process and Modeling 4. Ultra-High Speed Si-based Modulator 5. Ultra-High Speed Si-based Photodetector 6. GaN Power Devices and Technology 7. 3D IC – for High Bandwidth Electrical and Optical Interconnect 8. 3D IC with Thermal management Solution 1. Silicon photonics for on-chip optical interconnects 2. Hybrid Optoelectronics IC for Next-Generation Optical Communications 3. Microwave photonics by using silicon photonics platform Lower power CMOS sensor interface and high resolution data converter design Development of label-free immunosensors - silicon photonics sensor, SPR sensor, and electrochemical sensor; Cancer Diagnostics, Surface Chemistry for bio-conjugation SAW Temperature compensation, cMUT design and fabrication logq@ime.astar.edu.sg Luo Xianshu Nano Photonics Program Ng Sheung Yan Simon Integrated Circuits & Systems Park Mi Kyoung Bioelectronics program Randles Andrew Benson RHEE Minwoo Sensors Actuators & Microsystems Program IPP-Packaging Materials Advanced packaging material and simulation. Power electronics / Rugged Electronics Packaging. GaN device process, integration and characterization. rheem@ime.astar.edu.sg SELVARAJ Susai Lawrence GaN Shin Yong Bio-Electronics Program Molecular Diagnostic, Lab on a chip device based on silicon; DNA amplification/ detection method based on Genetic and Epigenetic analysis MEMS/NEMS devices and technology shiny@ime.astar.edu.sg Singh Navab MEMS Program Singh Ravinder Pal Integrated Circuits & Systems Power Management IC design ravinderps@ime.astar.edu.sg Song Junfeng Nano Photonics Program Silicon photonic III-V on SOI Silicon Plasmonics songjf@ime.astar.edu.sg luox@ime.astar.edu.sg ngsys@ime.astar.edu.sg parkmk@ime.astar.edu.sg randlesab@ime.astar.edu.sg selvarajsl@ime.astar.edu.sg navab@ime.astar.edu.sg Jan 2015 Full list of supervisors Radio on SOI Silicon photonics biosensor Sun Cheng Liang Sensors Actuators & Microsystems Program Tu Xiaoguang Nano Photonics Program Wang Jian MEMS Program Wang Xinpeng Nano Electronics Program Yao Lei Integrated Circuits & Systems Yu Mingbin TSV Taskforce Zhang Qingxin MEMS Program Zhang Xiaowu Interconnection & Advanced Packaging Program Zhou Jun Integrated Circuits & Systems ZHU Shiyang NanoP Research Area: Piezoelectric MEMS sensors and actuators Projects: RF-MEMS Resonator Energy harvester Silicon Photonics Device and Integration sunc@ime.astar.edu.sg MEMS devices, thin film encapsulation schemes, micro mirror devices Advanced architectures and materials for nanoscaled CMOS technology; Emerging NVMs and their application, including metaloxide based ReRAMs, chalcogenide phase-change memories etc; Mixed signal VLSI design, biomedical circuit and system, neural stimulation and recording circuits, data conversion circuits 1. Silicon Nano photonics 2. TSV process technology development Si based MEMS device design and fabrication, Intergation of MEMS and CMOS technology, Wafer transfer technology and its application on RF/Bio technology 1.3D IC integration with TSV technology 2.TSV interposer technology 3.Micro-stress sensor design, fabrication and testing 1. energy-efficient digital signal processor design 2. Low voltage circuit and system design 3. Variation-tolerant circuit and system design 4. 3DIC design Silicon photonics and plasmonics for telecom communication and sensing wangj@ime.astar.edu.sg tux@ime.a-star.edu.sg wangxin@ime.astar.edu.sg yaol@ime.astar.edu.sg mingbin@ime.astar.edu.sg qingxin@ime.astar.edu.sg xiaowu@ime.astar.edu.sg zhouj@ime.astar.edu.sg zhusy@ime.astar.edu.sg Jan 2015