MINATEC in figures

The global coronavirus pandemic has arrived in France, and in mid-March the nation went on lockdown until further notice, putting much of the activity on the MINATEC campus on standby. For the first time in the CEA Grenoble campus’ history, which dates back to 1957, all non-essential activities have been curtailed. Major laboratories IMEP-LAHC and LMGP have implemented the same restrictions in line with the French government’s orders. Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma has closed its doors to all students, faculty,… More information

Digital and analog electronics could soon be sharing space with a quantum system on a FD-SOI substrate cooled to 110 mK. Sound strange? Researchers from Leti and Irig recently designed a circuit with these unusual characteristics and presented it at a conference in February. It is only at the proof-of-concept stage. However, it does meet the requirements of tomorrow’s qubit circuits. Specifically, the researchers demonstrated that it is possible to boost the transistors to several GHZ, even at 110 mK,… More information

Leti’s FD-SOI transistor model, used by companies like Samsung and STMicroelectronics, was recently recognized by the Si2 Compact Model Coalition, a working group made up of 30 international semiconductor industry stakeholders. The fact that Leti’s L-UTSOI model is now recognized as a standard model guarantees that it will be maintained and updated to meet the changing needs of the industry. Leti plans to pursue its model development work. To be recognized as a standard, the model had to make it… More information

Grenoble startup eLichens finished rolling out 30 air quality monitoring stations in San Francisco in March. The stations’ sensors monitor fine particles, carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and methane in real time. And, because they are installed 2 meters to 3 meters off the ground, the stations monitor the air that people are actually breathing. The technology in eLichens’ solution leverages algorithms to determine the optimal position for each monitoring station, and then map and forecast area-by-area results. The solution… More information