Our group focuses on the characterization, modeling and simulation of electron devices, contributing to the development of Key Enabling Technologies, with impact in areas such as healthcare, smart mobility, digital industry and communications, thus fostering the knowledge transfer. In particular, we focus on low-power devices required for IoT distributed/portable systems, new computing paradigms that merge memory and logic and push semiconductor devices towards quantum technologies, artificial intelligence and cryptography. Our concrete activities include: (1) the mitigation and exploitation of variability and noise in CMOS and emerging devices; (2) the characterization and compact modelling of memristors for the circuit simulation of large artificial neural networks and in-memory logic; and (3) the simulation of emergent devices based on 2D materials for quantum technology, thermal/electronic management and silicon/graphene hybrid circuits targeting RF electronics.

Montserrat Nafría Maqueda