{"id":7,"date":"2018-11-27T09:17:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T08:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/projects\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T09:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T07:30:06","slug":"infrastructures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/infrastructures\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructures"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7\" class=\"elementor elementor-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ac9ca5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ac9ca5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc40e94\" data-id=\"fc40e94\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c207ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0c207ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/welcome_logo-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8283\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-90988fe\" data-id=\"90988fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a1c612 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a1c612\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Infrastructure<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8372c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8372c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">&amp;  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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"552f6d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">UCLouvain's \"WELCOME\" Platform<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-524dfe6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"524dfe6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7eb1a2d\" data-id=\"7eb1a2d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b142657 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b142657\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>WELCOME <\/strong>facility is the<strong> W<\/strong>allonia <strong>EL<\/strong>ectronics and <strong>CO<\/strong>mmunications <strong>ME<\/strong>asurements platform at UCLouvain (<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/welcome\/index.php?l=en\">website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/welcome\/index.php?page=visite-virtuelle&amp;l=en\">virtual tour<\/a>).<strong> <br \/><\/strong><\/p><p>It provides state-of-the-art multidisciplinary technological tools in the field of electrical and electromagnetic characterization, enabling measurements ranging from the physical behavior of materials, sensors and devices, to the behavior of complex system architectures and wireless signal propagation.<\/p><p>A powerful range of equipment and an exceptional pool of expertise acquired over more than 40 years at UCLouvain are available to support various research axes including micro- and nanotechnology (materials and devices), Silicon-on-Insulator technology, RF and microwave circuits, digital systems and VLSI architectures, MEMS\/NEMS, cryptography, ultra low-power wireless biometric and biological sensors, molecular electronics, signal propagation and wireless communications between sensors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-885647e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"885647e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Differential S-parameters<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9280602 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9280602\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d181904\" data-id=\"d181904\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a5df21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a5df21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The infrastructure goes further bringing together three pillars: research, education, and services to the industry. <span style=\"color: #f02850;\"><strong>WELCOME<\/strong><\/span> helps to cover all steps of development in electronics and communications, from design to prototyping, including modeling, fabrication, testing and reliability assessment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d92e297 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d92e297\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a044182\" data-id=\"a044182\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89bbceb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89bbceb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Characterization and Extraction<\/strong><\/h4><p>UCLouvain&#8217;s RF-SOI group have developed test-benches as a part of <strong>WELCOME<\/strong> for extensive on-wafer device and RF characterization, including:<\/p><ul><li>Ultra-wideband VNA characterization from 900 Hz to 130 GHz.<ul><li><ul><li>Device model extraction [<a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/0268-1242\/20\/5\/025\">DL05b<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/4117322\">DL07<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/4160026\">VK07<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9440125\">LN21b<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9349757\">VK21<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9373427\">AM21<\/a>].<\/li><li>Device self-heating extractions [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/6515360\">SM13<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0038110115002506?via%3Dihub\">SM16<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9395481\">LN21h<\/a>].<\/li><li>Crosstalk measurements [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/6062398\/\">KBA11<\/a>].<\/li><li>\u00a0mm-wave and sub-THz substrate characterization [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/international-journal-of-microwave-and-wireless-technologies\/article\/abs\/effective-resistivity-extraction-of-lowloss-silicon-substrates-at-millimeterwave-frequencies\/28204EE93E1BE53698D7071070E366D6\">LN19<\/a>].<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Large-signal measurements up to 30 dBm over a range of fundamental frequencies (between 50 MHz and 28 GHz).<ul><li><ul><li>RF and mm-wave switch characterization [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8290836\">BKE18<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9218317\">MR20s<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9440095\">MR21s<\/a>].<\/li><li>Substrate linearity evaluation [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/6151089\">CRN12<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9494724\">MR21b<\/a>].<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Chuck temperatures from 4 K to 200\u00b0C.<ul><li><ul><li>Cryogenic device behavior, extraction and modelling [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8672466\">BKE19<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9320656\">LN19c<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9107227\">LN20c<\/a>].<\/li><li>Substrate characterization [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0167931713005765\">CRN14<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TED.2018.2818466\">MR18<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9816115\">QC22<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9494724\">MR21b<\/a>].<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fea0597\" data-id=\"fea0597\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cf285a\" data-id=\"1cf285a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-592a99a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"592a99a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3548e4d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3548e4d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-10dbaa4\" data-id=\"10dbaa4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cfc9d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cfc9d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"color: #8ab507;\"><span style=\"color: #0a96aa;\">inc<\/span><span style=\"color: #8cb407;\">ize<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #8ab507;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> is a spin-off company from UCLouvain&#8217;s RF-SOI research group that specializes in particular in state-of-the-art on-wafer device characterization.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a2696b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a2696b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.incize.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Logo_Incize_horizontal_RVB.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-24093\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Logo_Incize_horizontal_RVB.webp 690w, https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Logo_Incize_horizontal_RVB-300x82.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c6ab61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5c6ab61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31b892d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31b892d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.incize.com\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0a96aa; text-decoration: underline;\">inc<span style=\"color: #8cb40a; text-decoration: underline;\">ize<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">&#8216;s website<\/span><\/span><\/a> for more information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e64bb2c elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e64bb2c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c3d3b0\" data-id=\"6c3d3b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e689666 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e689666\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-01c4f99\" data-id=\"01c4f99\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f077609 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f077609\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fabrication Tools<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ce63f6\" data-id=\"3ce63f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92e4eea elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"92e4eea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8af62ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8af62ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">UCLouvain's \"Winfab\" Cleanrooms<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad729ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ad729ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-846f2be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"846f2be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Winfab <\/strong>is the<strong> W<\/strong>allonia<strong> i<\/strong>nfractructure<strong> n<\/strong>ano-<strong>fab<\/strong>rication platform at UCLouvain (<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/winfab\/NEW_website\/login.html\">website<\/a>).<\/p><p>1000 m<sup>2<\/sup> of cleanroom is spread over two levels, with over 50 high-tech equipments fleet thatand offer a wide range of advanced micro- and nona-fabrication techniques.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c94fce elementor-arrows-position-outside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"7c94fce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/single_electron_memoryu-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"Single electron memory\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Single electron memory<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Flow-sensor-3D-MEMS-capacitors-CMOS-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Flow sensor - 3D MEMS &amp; CMOS\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Flow sensor - 3D MEMS &amp; CMOS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Flow-sensor-on-SiO2-SiN-1-\u00b5m-membrane-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Flow sensor on membrane\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Flow sensor on membrane<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gas-sensor-on-SiO2-SiN-1-\u00b5m-membrane-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Gas sensor on membrane\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Gas sensor on membrane<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"7 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tensile-labs-on-chip_ZrNi.jpg-300x267.png\" alt=\"Tensile lab-on-chip (ZrNi)\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Tensile lab-on-chip (ZrNi)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"8 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Micro-tweezer-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Micro-tweezer (open)\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Micro-tweezer (open)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"9 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Micro-tweezer-closed-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"Micro-tweezer (closed)\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Micro-tweezer (closed)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"10 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tensile-labs-on-chip-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Tensile lab-on-chip\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Tensile lab-on-chip<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"11 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Silicon-shear-on-chip-test-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Shear-on-chip test\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Shear-on-chip test<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"12 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Silicon-shear-on-chip-test_zoom-in-stress-simu-300x107.jpg\" alt=\"Silicon shear-on-chip test_zoom in + stress simu\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"13 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Deep-Bosch-dry-etching-SMALL-SIZE-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Deep Bosch dry etching\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Deep Bosch dry etching<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"14 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crack-on-chip_crack-propagation-in-SiO2_a-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Crack-on-chip propagation\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Crack-on-chip propagation<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"15 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crack-on-chip_crack-propagation-in-SiO2_b-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"Crack-on-chip propagation\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Crack-on-chip propagation<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0be8aec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0be8aec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Winfab<\/strong> is a multidisciplinary platform active in various research and technological fields, including SOI (silicon-on-insulator) CMOS microelectronics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), lab-on-chip devices, sensors, solar cells, batteries, bio-technologies, nanoelectronics, 2D materials (graphene, &#8230;), photonics devices, organic electronics, and more.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9a3295 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9a3295\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>RF Substrate Development<\/strong><\/h4><p>In particular, the <strong>Winfab<\/strong> platform has served over the years to develop novel RF substrate solutions:<\/p><ul><li>Starting with<strong> trap-rich<\/strong>-passivated high-resistivity substrates in the early 2000&#8217;s [<a href=\"https:\/\/patents.google.com\/patent\/EP1665367A2\/en\">DL05p<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/1522461\">DL05<\/a>], this solution, developed in UCLouvain&#8217;s <strong>Winfab <\/strong>facilities, is nowadays the reference substrate solution for RF applications, being commercialized by Soitec as the RFeSI\u2122 (RF enhanced Signal Integrity) products [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.soitec.com\/media\/files\/rf_substratestechnologies_2011-07-07.pdf\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soitec.com\/media\/files\/soitec_rf-soi_substrates_wp.pdf\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microwavejournal.com\/articles\/34713-engineering-soi-substrates-for-rf-to-mmwave-front-ends?v=preview\">3<\/a>].<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>UCLouvain has also been developing <strong>porous silicon<\/strong> as an RF substrate solution for several years. Starting with a frontside porosification approach using highly-doped silicon wafer [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/7038591\">YB14<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0038110117302290?via%3Dihub\">YB17<\/a>], the process was successfully applied to standard resistivity samples in [<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TED.2018.2818466\">MR18<\/a>]. In 2019\/2020, a post-CMOS-process approach was proposed, by which localized porous regions are formed after the foundry process, in targeted areas for increased RF performance, and initial <strong>Winfab<\/strong>-fabricated prototype results demonstrate excellent performance in [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8700844\">GS19i<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0038110119307221?via%3Dihub\">GS19ss<\/a>].<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>A novel interface passivation scheme was proposed in 2019 to counter the parasitic surface conduction effect in high-resistivity silicon wafers (similar objective as trap-rich passivation) by employing a<strong> smart array of P- and N-doped regions at the interface<\/strong>. Initial prototypes fabricated in Winfab showed promising performance results in [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8676307\">MR19<\/a>], and implementations at the industrial level further demonstrate the achievable passivation quality in a full foundry process [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9560171\">MM21<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9924803\">MR22<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9924803\">LN22<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4991864\">MR24<\/a>].<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34bc0b7 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34bc0b7\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9494724\">MR21b<\/a>], Au-compensated silicon [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S003811011930721X?via%3Dihub\">MN19<\/a>], and smart PN interface implants [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8676307\">MR19<\/a>].<\/li><li>The impact of the source\/drain underlap charge on channel mobility extraction in short gate-length devices (28 nm FD-SOI) [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9373427\">AM21<\/a>].<\/li><li>The substrate&#8217;s effect on the output conductance&#8217;s (gd) signature over frequency [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/1503912\">VK02<\/a>], and its impact on the extraction of self-heating characteristics of FD-SOI devices [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9395481\">LN21<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9437955\">MV21<\/a>].<\/li><li>3D simulations of sub-100 nm multi-gate devices [<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1142\/S0219581X06004917\">TM06<\/a>].<\/li><li>The non-linear behavior of silicon-based substrates at RF, and the evaluation of signal distortion. In [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9494714\">MR21a<\/a>] physical mechanisms are highlighted, including carrier and trap finite response times, and in [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9494724\">MR21b<\/a>] extensive model-hardware correlations are presented.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-879c273 elementor-arrows-position-outside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"879c273\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-461d37a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"461d37a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Electromagnetic Simulations (EM)<\/strong><\/h4><p>UCLouvain regularly performs EM simulations, that solve for Maxwell&#8217;s equations, typically in RF and mm-wave passive devices and interconnects such as spiral inductors, transformers, baluns, and transmission lines.<\/p><p>The following EM tools are regularly used at UCLouvain, in particular for the following applications:<\/p><ul><li><em><strong>Momentum from Keysight<\/strong> <\/em>is used as either a standalone solver in the ADS environment, or as a plugin EM solver in the Cadence environment (of a foundry PDK) to rapidly and accurately compute EM interactions in metallic back-end-of-lines.<ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>Accurate modelling of UCLouvain-fabricated passives are presented in [<a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1149\/09204.0079ecst\">MR19e<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TED.2018.2818466\">MR18<\/a>].<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><em><strong>HFSS from Ansys<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>CST Studio Suite from Simulia<\/strong><\/em> are employed as a 3D field solvers to model a variety of EM effects, including multi-mode excitations in waveguides [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9249432\">4<\/a>] and parasitic modes originating from probe-to-chip or probe-to-chuck coupling at high-end mm-wave frequencies [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9123692\">5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8439837\">6<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/8423820\">7<\/a>].<ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>In particular,our works [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/10697743\">LD1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/10867596\">LD2<\/a>] on high-frequency on chip antennas study the effects of <em>surface waves<\/em> on their energy efficiency. In [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/10697743\">LD1<\/a>] we propose a method of capturing and radiating the generated surface waves, making the antenna&#8217;s radiation pattern independent of edge effect and chip dimensions, while in [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/10867596\">LD2<\/a>] we extend the study to different properties of the Si-substrate, from standard resistivity materials to high-resistivity and trap-rich substrates.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1df7b95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1df7b95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>RF-IC Design<\/strong><\/h4><p>Cadence Virtuoso software is employed at UCLouvain to run the PDK models of a variety of foundries, and in particular advanced SOI nodes targeting RF and mm-wave applications.<\/p><p>From a simulation and modelling perspective, this includes:<\/p><ul><li>Running the DC and RF testbenches in the ADE tool of active devices, netlists, S-parameter files, and more.<\/li><li>Using Momentum from Keysight to generate interaction matrices of the full fabricated layout and passive components, usually running on the top metal layers of the BEOL.<\/li><li>Running parasitic extraction tools to model the added resistive and capacitive networks around active devices, usually accounting for the impact of interconnection in the lower-level metals of the BEOL.<\/li><li>Verifying fabrication design rules (DRCs) as well as DC and RF current density design rules and failure rates (electromigration).<\/li><li>Controlling metal dummy fill densities for reduced (and known) impact on RF passive behavior.<\/li><\/ul><p>UClouvain&#8217;s RF-SOI group has demonstrated excellent hardware-simulations agreement for a variety of RF and mm-wave circuits. Please consult our dedicated <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/research_topics\/design\/\">page on RFIC designs<\/a><\/span> for more details.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d85aca elementor-arrows-position-outside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"0d85aca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;slides_to_scroll&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;slides_to_show_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;slides_to_show_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;image_spacing_custom&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:45,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;image_spacing_custom_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/LNA60_B-2-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"Wideband 60 GHz LNA\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Wideband 60 GHz LNA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SPDT1-1024x523.jpg\" alt=\"DC-80 GHz SPDT\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">DC-80 GHz SPDT<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/LNA60_B-1-1024x583.jpg\" alt=\"Differential 60 GHz LNA\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Differential 60 GHz LNA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SPDT2-1024x488.jpg\" alt=\"High Isolation SPxTs\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">High Isolation SPxTs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/LNA39-1024x586.jpg\" alt=\"39 GHz LNA\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">39 GHz LNA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91b15f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91b15f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Multiphysics<\/strong><\/h4><p>UCLouvain&#8217;s team also has experience in multiphysics simulations, such as:<\/p><ul><li>The non-linear behavior of silicon-based substrates at RF, and the evaluation of signal distortion. Distributed electromagnetic effects must be taken into account when simulating RF passives, but to capture the non-linear field-sensitivity of the electrical properties of semiconductor substraters, these must be coupled with semiconductor transport equations and physics. UCLouvain have developed such a modelling approach. Physical mechanisms are highlighted in [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9494714\">MR21a<\/a>], including carrier and trap finite response times, and in [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9494724\">MR21b<\/a>] extensive model-hardware correlations are presented.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Using commercially available multiphysics tools (such as <em><strong>Comsol Multiphysics from Comsol<\/strong><\/em> or <em><strong>OOFELIE Multiphysics Suite from Open Engineering<\/strong><\/em>) to model a variety of effects, such as:<ul><li><ul><li>Micro-Electro-\u200bMechanical Systems (MEMS) for RF switch applications.<\/li><li>Heat propagation and dissipation within a chip, originating from the self-heating effects of active devices.<\/li><li>Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) filters for RF application on piezoelectric materials.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infrastructure &#038; Expertise UCLouvain&#8217;s &#8220;WELCOME&#8221; Platform Characterization Tools WELCOME facility is the Wallonia ELectronics and COmmunications MEasurements platform at UCLouvain (website, virtual tour). 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