News : Research

IMEP-LaHC and Leti will host a meeting on March 10, 2017 on RF and millimeter wave integrated circuits and systems, which have direct applications in radar, sensor networks, and the Internet of Things. The meeting will focus on reliability, ultra-low-power, achieving frequencies up to 150 GHz and beyond, and embedded and in situ characterization. The […] >>

Grenoble’s TIMA lab and a consortium of partners are working on a project backed by the ANR, France’s national research agency, to develop a wireless pacemaker. TIMA’s energy-harvesting system, which is built on a multilayer piezoelectric blade, has already brought in some excellent results, operating in a simulated environment for 109 cycles (which corresponds to […] >>

Wilson’s disease, a genetic disorder that causes copper to build up in the liver, is treated using chelating agents to remove the metal. Research conducted by INAC, BIG*, and DCM** looked at two chelating agents that could ultimately offer improved penetration into liver cells. The chelating agents were functionalized with N-Acetylgalactosamine, a sugar that interacts […] >>

The aeronautics and automotive industries are looking for more compact, efficient power converters. Leti’s latest research on a converter built on gallium-nitride-on-silicon components is producing some results sure to please these demanding industries. When tested on a demonstrator system, the converters displayed low losses and high switching speeds enabling frequencies up to 30 MHz. The […] >>

A joint INAC-CNRS-Thales research team achieved record intensity- and sign-tunable spin-charge conversion in the two-dimensional electron gas at the interface between a layer of strontium titanate and another layer of lanthanum aluminate. The conversion rate was five to ten times higher than with the materials currently used. The researchers worked at 7 K, injecting a […] >>