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𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 — 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 2025 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐇𝐏! We have once again opened our door for young people across Brandenburg at IHP’s Future Day. Last week, we had 19 participants who explored the world of microelectronics and future technologies through exciting talks, hands-on workshops, and career speed dating. They also connected with professionals from various departments at IHP — from science and engineering to administration — exploring wide range of job roles at IHP. Additionally, young participants also gained insights about working in the MBE laboratory and the clean room and put their manual skills to the test by soldering spinning tops, LED running lights and wire octahedrons. ”𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘴.” – says Anna Herfurth, Head of HR at IHP. Future Day continues to play a vital role in helping young people make informed career and study choices, sparking interest in #STEM and other fields, and we are proud to do our part in educating and inspiring the future generation. Link to our full press release is in the comments. #STEMEducation #Microelectronics #FutureOfWork #YouthInTech

Bei den Tagen der vertrauenswürdigen Elektronik am 29. und 30. April  spricht unser Kollege Dr. Frank Vater über Multi-Project-Wafer Service. Seien Sie dabei und diskutieren Sie mit! VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH | Chipdesign Germany | edacentrum GmbH | Fraunhofer EMFT | FMD - Forschungsfabrik Mikroelektronik Deutschland

𝐅𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐇𝐏 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤! Fantastic presentations by our scientists from the Technology department Thomas Voß and Keerthi Dorai Swamy Reddy, and Max Uhlmann from the Circuit Design department, with great moderation by Inesa Posypai. How to link working in the cleanroom to driving lessons, a fairytale about twin kings to wafer bonding, chips for AI to high-end cuisine – and make it a lot of fun? This is art! As Inesa said in her closing words: "𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵." This time, there is a recording of the show available on YouTube! (The first 5 minutes are missing due to technical issues.) Check out the link in the comments! Big thanks to the science slam team Inesa Posypai Sebastian Schulze, Emilio Pérez-Bosch Quesada, Costanza Manganelli 👏

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 – 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫! Dr. Letícia Maria Bolzani Pöhls leads the newly founded group “Neuromorphic Hardware” in the Systems Architectures department. Get to know her plans and challenges in a short Q&A. #neuromorphichardware

𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧-𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 (𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐒) 𝐟𝐨𝐫 Jianan Wen! One of the key challenges in designing systems with emerging memory technologies is the limited support of EDA tools for rapid prototyping, design space exploration, and system-level simulations that account for process-dependent device variability. To address this, our joint research between IHP, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Universität Rostock, and University of Potsdam introduces an FPGA-based emulation approach for RRAM crossbars, enabling real-time, cycle-accurate emulation without complex device models. By leveraging pre-generated LUTs to describe device behavior and applying multivariate kernel density estimation (KDE) to augment measured data for device variability modeling, our FPGA emulator accurately and efficiently captures RRAM crossbar behavior during both programming and computation. The paper highlights: 🔸 Precise cycle-accurate emulation 🔸 Significant speedup over traditional behavioral simulations 🔸 Energy estimation via NeuroSim integration 🔸 Co-simulation potential with large designs like RISC-V processor Congratulations to our IHP team: Fabian Luis Vargas, Andrea Baroni, Markus Fritscher, Eduardo Pérez Diez, Christian Wenger, and Milos Krstic! Find the link to the paper in the comments.

𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 2025  𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬: 𝐈𝐇𝐏 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭 (𝐎𝐝𝐞𝐫)! We are absolutely happy to announce that IHP will be hosting the FSiC 2025. Open Source is close to our hearts - as pioneers in this movement, we are honored to organize this event at our institute. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: July 2-4, 2025 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: IHP, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Participants can expect an extensive program, including: 🔸 Digital Circuit Design 🔸 Analog & Mixed-Signal Circuit Design 🔸 Open-Source-Hardware 🔸 and much more As a part of the program, we offer exclusive lab tours providing insights into our research, as well as a city tour. Frankfurt (Oder) is located directly on the German-Polish border and offers a unique landscape for intercultural getaway. Hobby contributors can participate in the program free of charge, but still need to register. Everyone else needs to be fast, as 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 16 𝐌𝐚𝐲. Click here for registration and further information: https://lnkd.in/eZGGn6JG We look forward to welcoming you to FSiC 2025 soon!

Already next week, from March 17th to 19th, 2025, the Technische Universität Dresden will host the 16th 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. In addition to numerous experts from academia and industry, we have some highlights for you: 🔸 Live demo of Keysight Technologies' Vector Component Analyzer on FormFactor Inc.'s EPS200mmW, testing IHP's power amplifier with 17.1 dBm OP1dB and 26.2 dB gain at 170 GHz. 🔸 Keynote by Prof. Corrado Carta: On March 18th at 13:50, Prof. Carta will give a talk on “BiCMOS Technology for the Communication and Sensing Systems of the Next Generation.” 🔸 Workshop on our Open-Source SG13G2 PDK: Also on March 18th, a team of our researchers will lead a hands-on workshop focused on this process design kit. 🔸 Focus Session on High-Performance mm-Wave Technologies hosted by Prof. Andreas Mai: On March 19th from 12:50 to 14:30. Also, experts from IHP Solutions GmbH will be at the booth at all times, so don’t miss the chance to connect with them. We are looking forward to welcome you at the GeMiC! For further information on the program, visit: https://lnkd.in/ghxhzRBg

We are proud that our scientists from the Material Research department have been awarded the MOCCA (Most Creative Customer Award)! Collaborating with NplusT and working with the TESTMESH TMC-100 configuration opens up exciting new possibilities for our research, so stay tuned for the first electrical results soon.

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞. At IHP, we believe in it and actively develop collaboration with our partners. Last week, we had two great visits: 🔸 Assistant Professor Dr. Doowon Lee and electrical engineering students from Kangju University explored our growth and characterization labs, guided by Dr. Carlos Alvarado Chavarin. They also attended a tutorial on RRAM device characterization by Dr. Eduardo Pérez Diez. Discussions with colleagues from the Materials Research Department focused on memristor-based gas sensors for energy-efficient ambient monitoring and potential collaborations in neuromorphic computing. 🔸 At the same time, a meeting of IHP’s international lab with Università degli studi Roma TRE and Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP Greifswald) e.V., HyPhoX and Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg brought together 13 scientists from five research groups to advance electro-optical sensing. They discussed biofunctionalization strategies for sensor surfaces and leveraging atmospheric-plasma polymerization for improved detection. Thank you to all our guests. We look forward to continuing our collaboration and welcoming you again!

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐇𝐏 𝐒𝐆13𝐆2 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧-𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐃𝐊 After the great success of our trial course in digital design, we are excited to launch a 5-day onsite trial course focused on analog design using open-source tools! Participants will gain hands-on experience with an open-source IC design flow, including simulation and layout with the IHP SG13G2 PDK. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: May 19–23, 2025 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: IHP, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Topics include: 🔸 Bandgap Reference Design: Learn DC and transient simulation, mismatch analysis, and layout techniques. 🔸 RF Workflow: Design a 50 GHz MPA with emphasis on exploring the RF work-flow in Open Source. 🔸 8-Bit SAR-ADC: Perform mixed-signal analysis and Monte Carlo scripting. Spots are limited so don't wait too long! 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/e6aQMKf4 Your contact: Christian Wittke This course is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the FMD-QNC project (16ME0831).