NanoMEMS Research , LLC 
services
We are engaged in Analysis & Design Services, Intellectual Property (IP) Development and Licensing, and in Consulting
I. Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) Design Services
for Radar, Networking, Communication and Memory Products- Establish or augment your design capacity by sub-contracting to us your Analog/Mixed-Signal, RFIC & MMIC designs in advanced SiGe, CMOS, BiCMOS, GaN, and GaAs processes.
- Silicon Process Nodes: SiGe BiCMOS, RFSOI CMOS.
- Circuits & Systems Competencies include: TIAs, LNAs, Mixers, PAs, Switches, VGAs, PLLs, VCOs, Phase Shifters, etc.
- Frequencies cover from Microwave to Millimeter-wave.
- FinFET-based Circuits: SRAMs, Gate-Level Design.
- FinFET Device Physics.
- CAD tools we are conversant with include: Cadence Flow (Schematic Capture, Layout, Calibre: DRC, LVS, PEX), ADS, Microwave Office, Sonnet, HFSS, CST.
- Establish or augment your design capacity by sub-contracting to us your Analog/Mixed-Signal, RFIC & MMIC designs in advanced SiGe, CMOS, BiCMOS, GaN, and GaAs processes.
II. Advanced Analysis, Modeling, Simulation, Design, and Prototyping
- Scientific Computing (Computational Science, ...)
- Computational Electronics (Quantum Transport, NEGF, Drift-Diffusion, Monte Carlo...)
- High-Performance Computing (C, C++, MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, Python, FORTRAN, R...)
- IR Detectors (Impurity-Band Conduction, Quantum-Well, ...)
- Study of device physics and their modeling (numerical and analytical)
- Investigation and exploitation of novel device-circuit interactions
- Radio-frequency microelectromechanical (RF MEMS) devices & circuits
- Plasmonics
- Nanophotonics (Reconfigurable, Switches, Slow-Light, ...)
- Research and development of novel device, circuits, systems and antenna applications
- Feasibility Studies of Novel Concepts
- Antennas (Near-Field Coupling, Reconfigurable ...)
- Foundry Selection and Management
- RF/Microwave Circuits and Antennas; EMI/EMC/Electrostatic Discharge Simulation (HFSS, CST, SPICE, ADS)
- Analog Behavioral Modeling(DAC, ADC, PLL, mixers, amplifiers, voltage regulators, RX/TX paths, etc.)
- Worst Case Circuit Analysis (WCCA)
- Design and Fabrication Procedure for High-Q RF-MEMS Resonators, Microwave Journal , February 2004
- Wide Tuning Range RF-MEMS Varactors Fabricated Using the PolyMUMPs Foundry, Microwave Journal , August 2003
- On the Ultimate Limits of IC Inductors—An RF MEMS Perspective , ECTC 2002 , May 2002.
- MEMS for RF/Wireless Applications: The Next Wave-Part I , Microwave Journal , March 2001.
- MEMS for RF/Wireless Applications: The Next Wave-Part II, Microwave Journal , July 2001.
Do you think "out of the box"?
- Wish to explore the feasibility of revolutionary device concepts?
- Wish to develop an understanding of novel devices?
- Wish to reduce to practice novel devices?
- Need to perform advanced modeling: quantum device and transport, thermal, electromagnetics, optical, nanofluidics, MEMS?
III. Worst Case Circuit Analysis
(IC Process, Voltage & Temperature-PVT Sensitivity Analysis and
Correction)
- Elucidating Device Theory vs. Performance Mismatches and Corrective Action
- Elucidating Circuit & System Theory vs. Performance Mismatches and Corrective Action
- RF & Microwave Oscillators
- Microwave Filters
- Power Amplifiers
- Power Supplies
- Wireless Transceivers, etc.
Surprised by mysterious circuit behavior?
- Circuit start-up problems?
- Abnormal temperature behavior?
- Obscure nonlinear behavior?
- Unsure of End-of-Life performance?
IV. Assisting on Client's In-House R&D Projects
- Assistance in R&D Project Planning
- You bring us in to help your team in assessing R&D plans, objectives, and goals.
- R&D Project Kick-Off
- You bring us in to help your team in setting up specific, meaningful progress milestones.
- Regular R&D Group Meetings
- We join your team during regular technical meetings to help in evaluating current progress, to anticipate potential problems, and to help with problem resolution.
- Design Reviews
- You bring us in as an extra, unbiased, pair of eyes into your design review, prior to submitting your project for fabrication, thus providing for yourself a "sanity check."
- Debugging
- You bring us in to help evaluate and make sense of the test results of your fabricated devices.
- Ad hoc Interaction
- You bring us in as a resource to help solve unanticipated problems.
Is your R&D project running the risk of falling behind schedule, failing?
- Does your team have the right expertise to tackle a challenging R&D project?
- Is your team under-staffed and overworked?
- Do you need temporary engineering help?
- Is your excellent team lacking in the area of highly theoretical or specialized physico-mathematical skills?
V. Other Services
- Semiconductor device modeling
- Numerical
- Analytical
- RF/Microwave circuit analysis and design
- Technical Evaluation of Intellectual Property
- Proposal Development & Writing
- From RFP to concept to final document (SBIR, DoD, etc.)
- Technical Writing
- Documentation (Software, Proceses, High-Tech Products, etc.)
- Reports
- Scientific Computing
- Development of Mathematical Software Tools
- Technical Document Translation (English<=>Spanish)
- Physics-Based RTD Current-Voltage Equation , IEEE Electron Dev. Letts, Vol. 17, May 1996..
Must establish link between internal and external device behavior?
- Wish to develop an understanding of device physics for device optimization?
- Need compact device models related to device physics?
- Need new device models for novel materials (GaN, Graphene, etc.)?
VI. Tutoring Services & Technical Training Courses Offered on Demand!
- Fundamentals of Nanotechnology
- Introduction to RF/Wireless MEMS Technology and Commercialization*
- RF MEMS Circuit Design for Wireless Communications*
- Hands-On RF MEMS Design
- MEMS in RF and Microwave Electronics
- Nanoelectromechanical Quantum Circuits and Systems
Books
1. Introduction to Microelectromechanical (MEM) Microwave Systems , Norwood, MA: Artech House, 1999 .
2. RF MEMS Circuit Design for Wireless Communications , Norwood, MA: Artech House, 2002.
3. Introduction to Microelectromechanical (MEM) Microwave Systems , Second Edition, Norwood, MA: Artech House, 2004.
4. Principles and Applications of NanoMEMS Physics, The Netherlands: Springer, September 2005.5. Radio Systems Engineering: A Tutorial Approach, New York, Springer, August 2014.
6. Understanding Nanoelectromechanical Quantum Circuits and Systems (NEMX) for the Internet of Things (IoT) Era, The Netherlands,
River Publishers, December 2019.4. P
Need to get your technical staff up-to-date on the latest technologies?
- Modern Radio Systems Engineering?
- RF MEMS?
- Nanotechnology?
- Novel Applications?
- NanoMEMS Systems on Chip, 19th Symp. on Microelectronics Tech. and Dev., Pernambuco, Brazil, September 7-11m 2004.
- Nanoelectromechanical Quantum Circuits and Systems — NEMX , IEEE Proceedings , November 2003.
- Impact of the Casimir Force on Movable-Dielectric RF MEMS Varactors, IEEE NANO'03, August 12-14, San Francisco, CA.
Do you share our Research interests? Let's explore how we can join forces to expedite progress! Let's partner!