Microsystems Concentration
- 1. Microsystems at Georgia Tech QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. are needed to see this picture. QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. microelectronics Electronic QuickTime™ and a sciences and TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Electronics and solid-state classical physics physics microsystems
- 2. So, you wanna study microsystems… • Undergraduate coursework opportunities • Graduate coursework opportunities • Research opportunities – UROP/special problems – MS thesis work – PhD thesis work
- 4. Core Graduate Pathway * * * * * = microsystems core
- 5. Microelectronics/Microsystems Research Areas Microsystems and Nanosystems Faculty: Mark G. Allen, Farrokh Ayazi, Oliver Brand, Albert B. Frazier Photovoltaics Faculty: Christiana Honsberg, Bernard Kippelen, Ajeet Rohatgi Microelectronics Systems Packaging Faculty: Farrokh Ayazi, Gary S. May, Rao R. Tummala Manufacturing and Gigascale Integration Faculty: John D. Cressler, Gary S. May, James D. Meindl Compound Semiconductors Faculty: William A. Doolittle, Ian T. Ferguson Biomedical Microsystems Faculty: Mark G. Allen, Albert B. Frazier, William D. Hunt
- 6. Microelectronics Research Center • 10,000 m2 building • 2,000 m2 annex • 700 m2 clean room space • 18 individual laboratories • 470 graduate student researchers • 230 clean room users • 76 affiliated faculty Engineering: ECE, MSE, ME, ChE Sciences: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics Complete facilities list & info: www.mirc.gatech.edu 7 Startup Companies utilize facilities under negotiated arrangements with Georgia Tech Coming soon: the ‘Nanocenter’
- 7. What about Microelectronics Research? Almost 10% of GT research !?
- 8. Some Current Microsystems Programs Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Platform (CMOS) Microelectromechanical Systems Nanofabrication Packaging Research Center (resource) University Center of Excellence in Photovoltaics Wide Bandgap Materials: Lasers, Lighting, Devices Chemical Process Research Computational Electronics Optoelectronics Quantum Devices Computer Aided Manufacturing Wireless RF Electronics Ultrafast Fiber Optical Communications
- 9. Center Research Possibilities TIFFQuickTime™ thisdecompressor and a (Uncompressed) picture. are needed to see QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. University Center of Excellence in Photovoltaics Packaging QuickTime™ and a Research Center TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Center for MEMS and Microsystem Technologies
- 10. Polylithic integration of optical interconnection for fiber-to-the-chip communication
- 11. Magnetic Micromachined Materials and Devices relays Upper plate Springs inductors Pads high energy product magnets
- 12. RF MEMS LC filters surface micromachined inductors RF switches
- 13. High Temperature Wireless Sensors Pratt and Whitney Compressor Combustor Sensor placed here DC sputtered 3.8mm 3.8mm Conductive Cu electrode Paste 161µm Electroplated Electroplated Cu electrode Cu Coil
- 14. Biomedical Devices microneedles flexible microelectrode arrays