Lab full name

Applied Electronics and Microelectronics

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering

ERC 3rd level Code

PE7_3 Simulation engineering and modelling

PE7_4 (Micro and nano) systems engineering

PE7_11 Components and systems for applications

Research Activities

The lab has long been involved in the development and characterization of multichannel integrated circuits for read-out of solid-state detectors and sensors for high energy physics and medical imaging. Another related activity is the characterization of detectors, sensors and electronic devices. In more detail, the main current research lines are the following:

Design of multichannel mixed-signal integrated circuits (ASIC) for the read-out of solid-state detectors used in high energy physics experiments and medical imaging applications

Development of sensor interface electronics for environmental monitoring
Prototyping (via access to the European consortium EUROPRACTICE) and characterization of integrated circuits
Design and realization of hardware/firmware systems based on programmable devices (FPGA)
Characterization of solid-state detectors for physics experiments and medical imaging applications (Silicon Photomultipliers)

Department

DEI

Contact Person

Cristoforo Marzocca

cristoforo.marzocca@poliba.it

Technical Staff

Vincenzo Scarola, Gennaro Gelao

vincenzo.scarola@poliba.it

Companies and Institutions

SLAC Stanford, Menlo Park (CA, USA)

CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)

Munster Technological University, Cork (Ireland)

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

Fbk-IRST, Trento

AVIO AERO, Bari

ETG Risorse, Chivasso (To)

ITEL, Ruvo di Puglia

Matrix s.r.l., Conversano (Ba)

Cupersafety s.r.l., Conversano (Ba)

Microlaben s.r.l.(spin-off company of Politecnico di Bari)

Projects

CMS experiment (CERN – Geneva)

H2020 “PASSEPARTOUT” (European Community)

H2020 "EVOQUE" (European Community)

POC "SPHERE" PNRR

Research contract “Collaboration on the development of a Time-of-Flight (ToF) readout system for Silicon Photon Multipliers” (SLAC Stanford)

Innolabs “Sistema partecipativo attivo per la sensibilizzazione delle comunità al rischio di esposizione al GAS RADON” (Apulia Regional government)

PON “FURTHER - FUture Rivoluzionarie Tecnologie per velivoli più Elettrici” (MIUR)

Funding

MIUR – 445 k€

SLAC Stanford – 34 k€

Apulia Regional government – 20 k€

European Community – 120 k€

Politecnico di Bari – 6 k€

Facilities

-Linux workstations for IC design, equipped with the suite Cadence IC

-Semi-automatic probestation Karl Suss PM8, optical microscope 50X Karl Suss

-Logic state analyzer Tektronix, 32 channels

-Semiconductor parameter analyzers HP4145B and 4155B

-Spectrum analyzer Agilent N1996A, 100kHz-6GHz

-Oscilloscope DPO Tektronix 4GHz, 4 channels

-Oscilloscope Rohde-Schwarz 4GHz, 4 channels

-Arbitrary signal generator Tektronix, 200MHz

-Standard lab instrumentation (stabilized power supplies, digital multimeters, low-end oscilloscopes and function generators)

Softwares

Suite Cadence IC for electronic design

Services

IC design and prototyping, via EUROPRACTICE service (only for research and educational purposes, no commercial activities)

StakeHolder

Graduate

Organizations and Enterprise

Tecnnical Administrative Staff

Visitor

Address / How to reach us

Via Orabona 4, 70125 – Bari (Italy)

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell’Informazione

Plesso Salvatore, IV floor

DEI main building, II floor

Hours

Mon - Fri 9:00 - 17:30

Area (mq)

50

Cristoforo Marzocca

AE&M Lab