Research at the Department of Microelectronics spans all major aspects of electronic engineering including the design and development of silicon-based devices, analogue and digital circuits for smart sensors, biomedical implants and wireless communication systems, signal-processing algorithms for communication and biomedical signals, as well as microwave and terahertz systems for remote sensing and radio astronomy.

ME’s research is a major contributor to a number of EEMCS themes:

• Health and Wellbeing - from materials to systems, with specific expertise in:
  • diagnostic technology : visualization and tumor detection, high-Tesla MRI, ultrasound arrays and other sensors
  • monitoring with low power wireless technology and implantable stimulators, such as cochlear implants and neural stimulators for treatment of tinnitus;
• XG - Next Generation Sensing and communication - from devices to systems:
  • energy-efficient electronics
  • scaling of frequencies from GHz to THz - with the promise of Gb/s wireless networks
  • advanced signal processing , such as 'cognitive radio ', use of large antenna arrays
  • communication for localization and control
  • underwater RF and acoustic communication
• Safety and Security - from material to systems:
  • microwave vision
  • distributed sensor systems for environment monitoring
  • large sensor arrays and applications in security and radio astronomy
  • resource management in distributed sensing systems

The Department provides expertise for each of these research areas, throughout the whole system chain, from the technology layer to the sub -system and component layer and to the system layer, with a direct link to the challenges facing today's society.