During your studies, you can contribute to our ongoing research projects. Join us in pushing the limits of what is technically feasible and be part of breaking new ground together. We offer a variety of challenging and practice-oriented topics for mandatory internships, Bachelor’s or Master’s theses or for student research assistants. You will analyse important scientific preliminary questions and support the project teams with development activities.

Place of work: Erfurt

Team: Microelectronics

Career level: Mandatory Internship, Thesis or Student Research Assistant

Research field: Integrated sensor systems

Time scope: By agreement

Start: As soon as possible

Application deadline: 2024-12-31

Reference number: IMMS_STUD_ME_0724

To introduce new innovations and architectural ideas in microelectronics, parts of the requirements must be implemented in integrated digital circuits. Typically, recurring requirements arise that can be realized repeatedly through specific sub-circuits. To minimize design effort and enable reusability, one goal in designing these circuits is to make them highly configurable. However, to meet the new design, the circuits often need to be manually modified. This particularly prevents a quick time-to-market (TTM) and slows down further development in subsequent projects.

To further automate circuit design and reduce the design effort in modifying existing circuits, a Python-based generator should be developed to modify these circuits according to specified requirements. Additionally, a manufacturable layout and initial simulations of the circuit will be generated. This allows for easy integration of the generated circuit blocks into an existing design environment. A Digital Clock Manager (DCM), which multiplies the input clock and provides it to the system, will serve as an example circuit to test the generator.

WHAT TO DO:

• Introduction to digital synthesis and simulation/verification of integrated circuits
• Definition of a repository structure where circuit templates can be stored for use by the generator
• Definition of the necessary inputs for the generator
• Design and implementation of a generator to create circuit variants from circuit templates
• The following functions should be covered by the generator:
• Creation of a datasheet for the circuit from the provided configurations
• Generation of Verilog code for the digital circuit
• Conducting initial simulations for verification/evaluation
• Adjustment and execution of synthesis scripts and generation of a circuit layout
• Testing the generator using an existing example circuit by generating variations of this circuit in different process technologies and configurations
• Evaluation of the results and assessment
• Documentation

WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU:

• Programming languages: Python, Verilog.
• Experience in digital circuit design (e.g. FPGA)

AND THIS IS US:
We strengthen enterprises with application-oriented research and development in microelectronics, systems engineering and mechatronics and transfer the results of basic research into applications and products. We support companies in launching internationally successful innovations for health, the environment and industry and provide solutions from the feasibility study to series production.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU!

We thank you for your interest in working with us.

Please only apply once – for your favourite topic or for the one that comes closest to your interests. This is the quickest way for us to process your application and get back to you. If you are interested in more than one topic, please include this in your cover letter. In case our current suggestions are not suitable, please send us your with a topic you would like to work on.

WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU:

• An attractive workplace in a modern, very well-equipped and industry-oriented research institute
• Work directly at the interface between university and industry
• Work in a flexible and creative team and on innovative and challenging topics

For the tasks described in the job offer and with the existing working conditions, an application is possible irrespective of gender and/or any physical disabilities. We foster professional equality of women and men. We invite women in particular to apply. As women are underrepresented at IMMS, they will be given priority in the case of equal suitability, ability and professional performance.

Address:
IMMS Institut für Mikroelektronik- und Mechatronik-Systeme gemeinnützige Gmb H (IMMS Gmb H)
Ehrenbergstraße 27
98693 Ilmenau
Germany

Contact: Eric Schäfer

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