The SmartIES (Smart Integrated Electronic Systems) team focuses on design methods and modeling devices, systems, and integrated circuits. These activities comprise the development of methods, tools, and principles based on physical or electrical simulation approaches. Our main contributions include work on the continuity and extension of, or break with, Moore’s law, the impact of emerging technologies (FDSOI and FINFET) on design methods or functional block architectures, integration approaches (3D stacking and 3D monolithic integration), and heterogeneous integration with novel devices (MRAM, Carbon Nanotubes) on inte-grated circuits. This research is usually paralleled by technological demonstrations (specific circuits, bench experiments, model integration in simulators, etc.), which allow us to illustrate our work with practical examples relating to the transversal research lines of the Department.
Staff
Nadine Azémard-Crestani, Chargé de recherche, CNRS
Jean-Marc Galliere, Maître de conférences, UM
Frédérick Mailly, Maître de conférences, UM
Vincent Kerzerho, Chargé de recherche, CNRS
Serge Bernard, Directeur de recherche, CNRS
Guy Cathebras, Professeur des universités, UM
Fabien Soulier, Maître de conférences, UM
Philippe Maurine, Maître de conférences, UM
Pascal Nouet, Professeur des universités, UM
Loic Masure, Chargé de recherche, CNRS
Laurent Latorre, Professeur des universités, UM
Associates & Students
Louis Dubois, DGA
Idris Rais Ali, SECURE-IC
Anselme Mouette, UM
Sarah Belgaid, UM
Stephane Pitou, CNRS
Pierre Groc, UM
Thomas Chevrier, SAS COOOL
Quentin Ponzo, UM
Thomas Falanga, UM
Ziling Liao, CNRS
Koji Andriamahery, Stella SURGICAL
Regular Co-workers
Ana Tacuri, CDD Ingénieur-Technicien, CNRS
Geoffrey Chancel, CDD Chercheur, CNRS
Fathi Ben Ali, CDD Ingénieur-Technicien, AxLR
Alexandre Boyer, CDD Ingénieur-Technicien, CNRS
Loïc Demange, CDD Chercheur, CNRS
Sami Bouzid, CDD Ingénieur-Technicien, CNRS
Keywords: data fusion, biosensors, life and environmental monitoring, bio impedance, signal processing.
SmartIES develops sensors or the integrated electronics necessary for their conditioning for specific or generic applications. Specific systems have been developed for the conditioning of microsystems, the measurement of bioelectric signals (peripheral nervous system), the measurement of intraocular pressure (glaucoma diagnosis or prevention), broadband bioimpedance spectroscopy (fat content, vitallogenesis in fish) and CNT-FET-based biosensors (enzymatic activity related to cancer).
Generic interfaces for resistive or capacitive sensors are also being developed for signal conditioning and analogue-to-digital conversion. Based in particular on architectures or oscillators, they are compact, robust, adaptive, low-power and close to the sensor.
SmartIES also designs communicating multi-sensor systems. The applications targeted mainly concern inertial navigation and the monitoring of aquatic species (tuna, marlin, turtles) both in terms of geolocation and the measurement of physiological parameters.
Finally, as the constant decrease in the cost of sensors makes it possible to design systems with massive redundancy, SmartIES is developing data fusion algorithms based on neural networks, complementary filtering or dynamic weighting in order to improve the resolution and robustness of these measurement systems.
Keywords: covert channel attacks, fault injection attacks, physical/functional reverse engineering using electromagnetic and thermal channels, circuit integrity and authenticity, signal processing, signal statistics
- The design and characterisation of secure circuits and systems capable of withstanding attacks (covert channel and fault injection attacks) conducted for denial of service or secret extraction purposes are activities of the SmartIES team. More specifically, we focus our efforts on the identification of security flaws;
- modelling electromagnetic emissions and leakage from ICs and the impact of electromagnetic pulses on them;
- The development of tools (software and experimental platforms) to characterise the robustness of components against this type of threat;
- The improvement of CAD flows for the design of secure ICs;
- The definition of hardware countermeasures;
- The detection of hardware Trojans and counterfeits.
This work has been carried out through collaborative projects or direct collaborations with industrial, governmental and academic partners. Technology transfers have been carried out with some of these partners who have notably wished to use our electromagnetic fault injection platforms, a subject in which SmartIES is a pioneer.
Keywords: 3D integration, carbon nanotubes, quantum computing, adiabatic logic, MRAM, MEMS/NEMS, sensors, biosensors, advanced analog design, adaptive circuits and systems, statistical design methods, low power design.
SmartIES is evaluating the potential of new materials that can advantageously replace silicon in the design of tomorrow’s ICs. Carbon nanotubes, which are one-dimensional (1D) materials, are among the promising solutions that could enable the design of very low power ICs. Other alternatives include two-dimensional materials (graphene, MoS2, etc.) as well as vertical stacks of different 2D materials constituting Van Der Waals heterostructures. Similarly, spintronic memories are seen as very serious low-power alternatives to standard CMOS memories.
In this quest for energy efficiency, SmartIES is also exploring different 3D integration routes (stacking & monolithic (M3D)) that should allow for a very high density heterogeneous design. In addition, other computing paradigms are being explored (adiabatic, neuromorphic and quantum logic), which require a rethinking of system architectures to obtain reliable, low-power and high-performance systems.
However, designing ICs with these emerging technologies requires a foundation of realistic behavioural models of these components, interconnections and memories. Our activities therefore focus on the development of both deterministic and statistical (taking into account process variations) physics-based electrical and thermal models.
- Physically driven modelling and simulation methods of interconnects designed with 1D and 2D materials;
- Use of 1D/2D field effect components for biosensor design;
- Modeling and simulation methods of MRAM memories in a heterogeneous IC design flow and analysis of their performance and reliability;
- Modelling and design of micro and nano electromechanical systems (NEMS);
- Design methodologies for high performance, low power systems in the presence of large variations in manufacturing process;
- Exploration of the integration potential of 3D technologies for the design of very large integrated heterogeneous systems;
- Projection on heterogeneous technologies (CMOS and emerging) of new computing paradigms (adiabatic, neuromorphic and quantum logic).
Title: Attaques par Canaux Auxiliaires Horizontales en Présence de Bruit
PhD defendant: Gauthier Cler
Defense date: 2024-07-04
Thesis director:
Philippe Maurine
Title: Injection de fautes par impulsion dans le susbstrat : modélisation
PhD defendant: Geoffrey Chancel
Defense date: 2024-01-29
Thesis director:
Philippe Maurine
Title: Conception d’Architecture pour les Réseaux de Neurones Oscillants Analogiques
PhD defendant: Corentin Delacour
Defense date: 2023-12-19
Thesis directors:
Aida Todri-Sanial,
Nadine Azémard-Crestani
Title: Implémentation de réseaux de neurones oscillatoires digitaux sur FPGA pour des application et de l’apprentissage pour l’intelligence artificielle embarquée
PhD defendant: Madeleine Abernot
Defense date: 2023-12-18
Thesis directors:
Aida Todri-Sanial,
Nadine Azémard-Crestani
Title: Une Approche de Conception d’Enregistreur Bioacoustique Efficient en Energie dans le Contexte de la Classification d’Événements Audio par Apprentissage Automatique.
PhD defendant: Jonathan Miquel
Defense date: 2023-12-15
Thesis director:
Laurent Latorre
Title: Solutions innovantes pour le conditionnement de capteurs résistifs
PhD defendant: Ibrahim Shankhour
Defense date: 2022-12-09
Thesis director:
Pascal Nouet
Title: Analyse par Canaux Auxiliaires Non-Supervisée Basée sur l’Information Mutuelle et son Estimation Neurale
PhD defendant: Valence Cristiani
Defense date: 2022-12-07
Thesis director:
Philippe Maurine
Title: Système embarqué multicapteurs intelligents de géolocalisation pour les animaux marins
PhD defendant: Pierre Gogendeau
Defense date: 2022-11-29
Thesis director:
Serge Bernard
Title: Développement et optimization des performances dun accéléromètre convective triaxial CMOS micro-usiné
PhD defendant: Sonia Abdellatif
Defense date: 2022-11-08
Thesis directors:
Brahim Mezghani,
Pascal Nouet
Title: Implémentation, analyse et améliorations bas-niveau d’algorithmes quantiques pour le calcul scientifique.
PhD defendant: Adrien Suau
Defense date: 2022-10-27
Thesis director:
Aida Todri-Sanial
Title: Compilation de circuits et atténuation des erreurs pour l’informatique quantique à court terme
PhD defendant: Siyuan Niu
Defense date: 2022-10-25
Thesis director:
Aida Todri-Sanial
Title: Modélisation des émissions électromagnétiques dans les composants sécurisés
PhD defendant: Davide Poggi
Defense date: 2022-04-20
Thesis director:
Philippe Maurine
Title: Amélioration des résolutions spatiale et temporelle des plateformes d’analyse et d’injection électromagnétiques
PhD defendant: Julien Toulemont
Defense date: 2021-12-13
Thesis directors:
Philippe Maurine,
Pascal Nouet
Title: Développement d’un biocapteur à base de transistors en nanotubes de carbone
PhD defendant: Nicolas Champauzas
Defense date: 2021-04-14
Thesis directors:
Aida Todri-Sanial,
Serge Bernard
Title: Évaluation de la Menace dAttaques par Canaux Auxiliaires sur Appareils Mobiles
PhD defendant: Aurélien Vasselle
Defense date: 2020-12-16
Thesis director:
Philippe Maurine
Title: Etude de circuits de détection et d’IPs analogiques basés sur les jonctions tunnel magnétiques pour la prochaine génération de circuits et systèmes CMOS
PhD defendant: Jad Mohdad
Defense date: 2020-12-09
Thesis director:
Pascal Nouet
Title: Modélisation de linjection de faute électromagnétique sur circuit intégré sécurisé et contre-mesures
PhD defendant: Mathieu Dumont
Defense date: 2020-10-09
Thesis director:
Philippe Maurine
Title: Analyse et développement d’algorithmes de fusion de données pour les matrices de capteurs
PhD defendant: Josue Rivera Velazquez
Defense date: 2020-07-17
Thesis director:
Pascal Nouet
Title: Imagerie Infrarouge, Intégrité des Circuits Intégrés et Sécurité Matérielle
PhD defendant: Maxime Cozzi
Defense date: 2019-11-18
Thesis director:
Philippe Maurine
Title: Méthodologie dinjection de fautes par médium électromagnétique sur Systèmes sur Puces et analyse de leur propagation dans des architectures complexes
PhD defendant: Maxime Madau
Defense date: 2019-11-08
Thesis director:
Philippe Maurine
Title: Exploration de nanotubes de carbone et de composites de nanotubes-cuivre pour des applications d’interconnexion sur puce de la prochaine génération efficacité energitique
PhD defendant: Jie Liang
Defense date: 2019-06-17
Thesis director:
Aida Todri-Sanial
Title: Conception et optimisation d’une alimentation-horloge et d’un réseau de distribution pour la logique adiabatique.
PhD defendant: Nicolas Jeanniot
Defense date: 2018-11-28
Thesis director:
Aida Todri-Sanial
Title: Conception dun système intégré de mesure de bioimpédance pour le suivi long terme de la composition des tissus biologiques
PhD defendant: Achraf Lamlih
Defense date: 2018-11-26
Thesis director:
Serge Bernard
Title: Solutions pour l’amélioration des performances des miroirs de courant dynamiques CMOS : Application à la conception de source de courant pour des dispositifs biomédicaux.
PhD defendant: Mohan Julien
Defense date: 2018-11-23
Thesis director:
Guy Cathebras
Title: Nouvelles architectures intégrées d’interfaces capteurs en technologie SOI, pour applications très hautes températures
PhD defendant: Emna Chabchoub
Defense date: 2018-11-05
Thesis director:
Pascal Nouet
Title: Simulation et modélisation des effets de l’injection de fautes laser sur les circuits intégrés
PhD defendant: Raphael Camponogara-Viera
Defense date: 2018-10-02
Thesis director:
Philippe Maurine
Title: Auto-adaptation appliquée à un dispositif de mesure de variation de pression intra-oculaire
PhD defendant: Anthony Deluthault
Defense date: 2017-07-05
Thesis director:
Serge Bernard
Title: Microsystèmes inertiels vibrants pour application spatiales : apport des fonctions numériques
PhD defendant: Baptiste Maréchal
Defense date: 2016-12-19
Thesis director:
Pascal Nouet
Title: Etude des mécanismes de contamination particulaire et des moyens de detection: proposition et evaluation de solutions innovantes pour la detection en temps-reel de la sedimentation des particules sur les surfaces critiques
PhD defendant: Nina Menant
Defense date: 2016-12-16
Thesis directors:
Pascal Nouet,
Laurent Latorre
Title: Développement d’une unité de mesure inertielle à base de Smart-MEMS
PhD defendant: Gaurav Chatterjee
Defense date: 2016-12-15
Thesis director:
Pascal Nouet
Title: Etude statistique de lénergie dans les circuits intégrés CMOS-FDSOI : caractérisation et optimisation
PhD defendant: Rida Kheirallah
Defense date: 2016-10-19
Thesis director:
Nadine Azémard-Crestani
Title: Conditionnement de capteurs capacitifs dans des systèmes faible consommation
PhD defendant: Patcharee Kongpark
Defense date: 2016-10-14
Thesis directors:
Laurent Latorre,
Pascal Nouet
Title: Évaluation de méthodes faible consommation contre les attaques matérielles
PhD defendant: Sebastien Ordas
Defense date: 2015-11-30
Thesis director:
Philippe Maurine
Title: Développement darchitectures avancées de contrôleurs de puissance dédiées aux convertisseurs DCDC à ultra-haute fréquence de découpage.
PhD defendant: Adnan Fares
Defense date: 2015-10-22
Thesis director:
Guy Cathebras
Title: Efficacité, Généricité et Praticabilité de l’attaque par information mutuelle utilisant la méthode d’estimation de densité par noyau
PhD defendant: Mathieu Carbone
Defense date: 2015-03-16
Thesis directors:
Gilles Ducharme,
Philippe Maurine