Organization
The Institute of Microelectronic Systems (IMS) divides into two separate groups:
- Architectures and Systems (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Blume)
- Electronic Design Automation (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Erich Barke)
The group Electronic Design Automation is further divided into the sub-groups Tools for Circuit and System Design, Tools for Physical Design and Tools for Test.
Working Field
The institute works in the domain of microelectronics and computer engineering. Activities comprise conception, design, and evaluation of architectures and integrated circuits for digital signal processing applications. Further, methodologies and tools for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) are developed.
Thus, the focus of research projects is twofold. On the one hand, software is developed to improve circuit and system design techniques. On the other hand, powerful architectures and integrated circuits are designed to meet the computational requirements of video signal processing applications. National and European Union funding programs as well as industrial partners help to finance the projects.
The above topics are not only subject of research projects, but also part of education. In order to educate in a more job-oriented way, the conventional set of lectures and labs has been augmented by a project-oriented course in order to teach engineering skills together with soft skills. Participating students are challenged to learn about the design flow of integrated circuit design and problem solving strategies as well as interactive team work and presentation techniques.