Title :
Infrastructures for mixed signals in biology and medicine
Author :
Courtois, Bernard ; Charlot, Benoît ; Di Pendina, G. ; Rufer, Libor
Author_Institution :
CMP, Grenoble
Abstract :
Many medical and biological applications require custom integrated hardware. Infrastructures for the design of CMOS and MEMS hardware allow the education and commercialization at a low cost and in a short time. This paper is reviewing the most recent developments at CMP for the manufacturing of ICs and MEMS. These custom hardware vehicles allow to target many medical and biological applications. Examples are provided through the paper. Such infrastructures may help the Medical and Biological community the same way they helped the Microelectronics community at the time of the VLSI revolution. These applications offer a number of challenges to the MS3T community.
Keywords :
biology computing; chemical mechanical polishing; integrated circuits; medical signal processing; micromechanical devices; CMOS hardware; CMP; IC; MEMS hardware; MS3T community; VLSI revolution; biology; custom integrated hardware; medicine; mixed signal infrastructures; BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS process; Costs; Educational institutions; Fabrication; Hardware; Integrated circuit manufacture; Microelectronics; Micromachining; Micromechanical devices;
Conference_Titel :
Mixed-Signals, Sensors, and Systems Test Workshop, 2008. IMS3TW 2008. IEEE 14th International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2395-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2396-5
DOI :
10.1109/IMS3TW.2008.4581622
