SysMIC project: Design and Test of Microelectronic Systems


Keywords: Architecture, Modeling, Design methods, System/Package-on-Chip (SOC/SIP) integration, Reconfigurable and adaptive circuits, Memory, Analog and mixed circuits, Microsystems, Test and testability

The goal of the SysMIC team is to offer innovative solutions for designing and testing the circuits and integrated systems, now and in the future. Work being carried out involves managing system complexity in terms of volume (number of components / data volume), heterogeneity of elements to integrate (digital, analog, memory, FPGA, RF, MEMS, etc.) and variability of new technologies implemented, requiring understanding and control over the physical phenomena at play in new technologies and moving towards nanotechnologies. Our research activities focus on four main topics:

• Integrated circuit and system testing,
  
• Design and test of microsystems,
  
• Analysis and Models for Circuit Design,
  
• Adaptative Circuits and Systems.

Facts and figures 2005-2008

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DEMAR project: Deambulation and Artificial Movement

(joint LIRMM-INRIA project / in collaboration with the Robotics department)

Keywords: Modeling and control of the human sensor-motor system, neuroprotheses

The DEMAR project is organized around three main research directions:

• Modeling of the sensor-motor system: modeling and identification,
  
• Synthesis and control of movement and physiological functions: synthesis and simulation, control,
  
• Artificial-life interfaces: stimulators, sensors for monitoring and communication

Target objectives are to:

• Understand and quantify motor disorders objectively,
  
• Find palliative solutions for motor deficiencies.

Facts and figures 2005-2008