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Research Topics

A synthesis of on-going research activities!

(Last annual report (Pdf format) is available here)

Asynchronous systems: (More)

=> Fundamentals

Study and master:

- The design of delay insensitive circuits: hazard freeness

- The tradeoffs between speed/area/energy/noise and security

=> Applications:

- Automotive, Telecom, SoC (low noise, low power, low voltage)

- Smart cards and secure chips (current signature, fault tolerance)

- GALS, network on chip (delay insensitivity, metastability, arbitration)

- Low Power system design (embedded systems: sensor networks...)

- Low EMI asynchronous circuits

=> Results:

- Asynchronous processors (ASPRO, MICA)

- Contact less smart-card (MICABI)

- Arbiters and networks on chip

- Secure Microprocessors, ciphering blocks (DES, AES)

- "TAL" Libraries: Dedicated digital cells for Asynchronous circuits design

=> Partnership:

- STMicroelectronics, France Telecom R&D, Gemalto, CEA-Leti, SGDN, Lesia

- Projects: Medea+, RNRT, Minalogic, ANR

Information capture and processing:

=> Fundamentals:

- Non uniform sampling and processing of signals and images (More)

- Asynchronous signal processing chain (More)

- CMOS imager architectures (More)

=> Applications:

- Low-power instrumentation, low noise

- Medical (prosthesis, implants...)

- Communicating objects, smart devices, embedded systems

=> Results:

- Asynchronous analog to digital converters

- Radio-frequency system architecture (RFID, UWB)

- High Dynamic Range CMOS vision sensors

=> Partnership:

- STMicroelectronics, France Telecom R&D, e2v, LJK, LPNC

- Projects: Medea+ , Minalogic