Research Group: Circuit Design

Introduction

This group is well established in all aspects related to electronic design. It focuses on research/development of design techniques and circuit and integrated systems’ testing.

Highly respected specialists are part of this group, they are trained in analog design, digital design and mixed design, they also work in technique design for low-energy consumption, integrated circuits’ testing and computer assisted design development (CAD).

We have a Circuit Design Lab that allows circuit design for diverse applications, this within a design trajectory that ranges from explanation of specifications to geometrical pattern generation for its later fabrication in submicrometric technologies.

We also have a Characterization and Integrated Circuit Measurement Lab which allows verification of fabricated circuits in a practical manner.

Group Researchers:
The Microelectronics Group currently has 8 researchers:

Champac Vilela, Víctor
Díaz Méndez, Alejandro
Díaz Sánchez, Alejandro
Gutiérrez De Anda, Miguel Ángel
Hernández Martínez, Luis
Sanz Pascual, María Teresa
Sarmiento Reyes, Librado Arturo
Tlelo Cuautle, Esteban

Currently, we have the following visiting researchers:
Padilla Cantoya, Iván
Jiménez Fernández, Víctor

Group Lines of Research:

The Circuit Design Group has a lot of experience in the lines of research of Electronic Design and maintains avant-garde design methodologies (the latest) and designs for integrated circuits with modern technologies, in which dimensions reach nanometers. Some of the group lines of research are described below:

Analog Circuit Design: An electronic system must carry out certain functions, some of these functions are analogical in nature. The group develops research in this field and hopes to increase circuit performance within cutting edge fields, such as: better speed, better band width, less noise and lower energy use. Particularly, it focuses on circuit development for communications and optoelectronics applications.

Digital Design: In this aspect, new techniques are developed for digital circuit design and for facing problems related to clock signal distribution, as well as digital circuit signal integrity (high performance) fabricated in submicrometric technologies.

Mixed Design: Its undeniable that modern electronic systems coexist with analog and digital circuits, converters are an important part of system communication with the exterior environment (A/D and D/A). The group also carries out research for new converter architecture design that will respond to the increasing and demanding VLSI system performance.

Integrated Circuit Testing: This investigation topic reacts directly with techniques for integrated circuit (high performance) failure detection, this is something that the Electronics Industry requires for microchip testing in a more reliable, repetitive and cheap way.

Computer Assisted Design (CAD). To develop new methodologies for circuit and verification design. Structured and analogical design, design based on genetic algorithms, design of non linear and linear section (piecewise linear) systems; all are research topics.

Doctoral students:
Castañeda Sheissa Roberto
Gurrola Navarro Marco Antonio
Hernández Cruz Néstor
García Gervasio José Luis
Valdovinos Fierro Gregorio
Cisneros Sinencio Luis Fortino
González Díaz Víctor Rodolfo
Delgadillo Checa Nery
Santillán Quiñónez Gerard Franz
Muñoz Pacheco Jesús Manuel
Salazar Torres Jacobo
Sánchez Gaspariano Luis Abraham