Design, development and verification of Integrated Circuits

Integrated Circuit (IC)
Organizational Unit
ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT
Related Technical facility
LABIC
Laboratory of Integrated Circuits (LABIC)
As part of the IAC's strategic plan, since 2019, the Electronic Department of the Instrumentation Division has been carrying out many activities to obtain the necessary capabilities for designing and testing integrated circuits (ICs) for astrophysical instrumentation with different microelectronic and integrated photonic technologies. In 2022, said
Hugo
García Vázquez
Luis Fernando
Rodríguez Ramos
Type
Engineering applied to the design, development and verification of scientific instrumentation
Solar Physics (FS)
Exoplanetary Systems & Solar System (SEYSS)
Stellar & Interstellar Physics (FEEI)
The Milky Way and the Local Group (MWLG)
Formation & Evolution of Galaxies (FYEG)
Cosmology & Astroparticles (CYA, CTA)
Singular projects
Infrared instrumentation
Visible instrumentation
Microwave instrumentation
Adaptive Optics
Space instrumentation
Telescopes
Research and Development

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