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 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 / MEMSEN Chen Yu Postgraduate Research 1. Microdevice and system for point of care diagnosis application 2. Microdevice and system for cell based assay 3. Microdevice and system for high throughput drug screening ( molecular and cell based) 4. Microfludic system, micro reactor, micro separator or micro extractor for molecular or cell based sample chenyu@ime.astar.edu.sg campanellaph@ime.astar.edu.sg chaitc@ime.astar.edu.sg cheamdd@ime.astar.edu.sg Full list of supervisors Chen Bangtao MEMS Program CHENG Ming-Yuan Miniaturized Medical Devices Cheong Jia Hao Integrated Circuits & Systems CHIDAMBARA M NACHIAPPAN Vivek TD-AdvPkg-Bonding Ding Liang TSV Taskforce Fernando Sanchitha Nirodha Sensors Actuators & Microsystems Program Gao Yuan Integrated circuits and system design He Cairan Je preparation and enrichment 5. Biosensors and chemical sensors for molecular, specific cells or cell secretion detection MEMS integration and packaging, vacuum packaging chenb@ime.astar.edu.sg Implantable miniaturized medical devices, 3D neural probe array system, sensorized guide wire 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 TSV 3DIC integration TSV interposer Thin wafer handling Si photonics Inertial MEMS – accelerometers, gyroscopes; MEMS Vacuum sensors – Pirani Gauges, resonators RF/analog integrated circuit design chengmy@ime.astar.edu.sg Miniaturized Medical Devices Implanted and Embedded Sensor for Biomedical applications hec@ime.a-star.edu.sg Minkyu Integrated Circuits & Systems Lab jemk@ime.astar.edu.sg KEE Jack Sheng Bio-Electronics Program 1. Wireless implantable sensor ASIC for medical devices 2. Circuits and systems for neurodevices 3. Sensor node SoCs for wireless health monitoring 4. Nano-scale biosensor interface ASIC for diagnostics 5. MEMS sensor and actuator interface circuits for consumer and industrial applications 6. Analog & mixed-signal ICs and wireless ICs 7. High temperature circuits and systems for oil & gas industry Biophotonics, Nanoplasmonic, Labon-chip Kwong Dim-Lee Director's Office 1. 3D IC and TSV 2. Advanced Optical Interconnect technology 3. Si-based Biosensors kwongdl@ime.astar.edu.sg cheongjh@ime.astar.edu.sg nachiappanvc@ime.astar.edu.sg dingl@ime.astar.edu.sg fernandosn@ime.astar.edu.sg gaoy@ime.astar.edu.sg keejs@ime.astar.edu.sg Full list of supervisors Li Hong Yu TSV Program Lim Eu-Jin, Andy Nano Photonics Program Liow TsungYang Jason NanoPhotonics Program Liu Xin Lo Guo-Qiang Patrick Integrated Circuits & Systems Laboratory - Digital IC Nano Electronics & Photonics; TSV Taskforce; Gallium Nitrade (GaN) Program Luo Xianshu Nano Photonics Program Ng Sheung Yan Simon Integrated Circuits & Systems Park Mi Kyoung Bioelectronics program 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 lihy@ime.a-star.edu.sg limej@ime.astar.edu.sg liowty@ime.astar.edu.sg Digital signal processing; VLSI circuit design; Wireless communication liux@ime.a-star.edu.sg 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 logq@ime.astar.edu.sg luox@ime.astar.edu.sg ngsys@ime.astar.edu.sg parkmk@ime.astar.edu.sg Full list of supervisors Randles Andrew Benson Sensors Actuators & Microsystems Program IPP-Packaging Materials RHEE Minwoo SELVARAJ Susai Lawrence GaN Singh Navab Singh electrochemical sensor; Cancer Diagnostics, Surface Chemistry for bio-conjugation SAW Temperature compensation, cMUT design and fabrication randlesab@ime.astar.edu.sg Advanced packaging material and simulation. Power electronics / Rugged Electronics Packaging. GaN device process, integration and characterization. rheem@ime.astar.edu.sg MEMS Program MEMS/NEMS devices and technology navab@ime.astar.edu.sg Ravinder Pal Integrated Circuits & Systems Power Management IC design ravinderps@ime.astar.edu.sg Song Junfeng Nano Photonics Program songjf@ime.astar.edu.sg Sun Winston Miniaturized Medical Devices Sun Cheng Liang Sensors Actuators & Microsystems Program Tu Xiaoguang Nano Photonics Program Silicon photonic III-V on SOI Silicon Plasmonics Radio on SOI Silicon photonics biosensor MEMS components design, packaging, assembly, and system integration. Research Area: Piezoelectric MEMS sensors and actuators Projects: RF-MEMS Resonator Energy harvester Silicon Photonics Device and Integration Wang Jian MEMS Program wangj@ime.astar.edu.sg Wang Xinpeng Nano Electronics Program WONG Chee Chung Bio-Electronics Program 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; Semiconductor based biosensor Electromechanical sensors Yao Lei Integrated Circuits & Systems yaol@ime.astar.edu.sg YU Hongbin Miniaturized Medical Devices Mixed signal VLSI design, biomedical circuit and system, neural stimulation and recording circuits, data conversion circuits Development of MEMS devices and system as well as their applications Yu Mingbin TSV Taskforce mingbin@ime.astar.edu.sg Zhang Qingxin MEMS Program 1. Silicon Nano photonics 2. TSV process technology development Si based MEMS device design and fabrication, Intergation of MEMS selvarajsl@ime.astar.edu.sg sunw@ime.astar.edu.sg sunc@ime.astar.edu.sg tux@ime.a-star.edu.sg wangxin@ime.astar.edu.sg wongcc@ime.astar.edu.sg yuh@ime.astar.edu.sg qingxin@ime.astar.edu.sg Full list of supervisors Zhang Xiaowu Interconnection & Advanced Packaging Program Zhou Jun Integrated Circuits & Systems ZHU Shiyang NanoP 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 xiaowu@ime.astar.edu.sg zhouj@ime.astar.edu.sg zhusy@ime.astar.edu.sg