System Architectures department researches and develops high-end communication and embedded Systems
The System Architectures department strategically focuses on three important topics: Design and Test Methods for Digital Circuits, Fault tolerant Computing and Wireless Broadband Systems. The group of Design and Test Methods for Digital Systems is focused on providing the service activities to internal and external customers (ASIC design & test, chip integration) and applied research in industry projects. The group Fault Tolerant Computing investigates the following research areas: fault tolerance in computer architectures and multi-processors, design methodology for fault tolerant and radhard designs, intelligent sensing based on radar technology and reliable hardware for accelerating AI applications. The activities of the group Wireless Broadband Systems relate to 5G and Beyond 5G communication systems. Important topics of the IHP are primarily ranging and localization, which can be achieved with cooperative time-of-flight methods and non-cooperative radar methods. Another goal is high data throughput for fronthaul/backhaul networks, whereby wireless links with 100 Gbit/s and more are aimed for.
Technical Competencies
- design of fault tolerant computer architectures and multi-processors
- design methodology for fault tolerant, robust and radhard designs
- digital signal processing for localization and ranging based on n-way ranging and radar technology
- management and modelling of hardware for accelerating AI applications
- highest data rate wireless communication (5G and Beyond-5G)
- safety related WLAN for low latency systems
- fronthaul/backhaul networks
- signal processing for ultra-high speed at 60-300 GHz
- ASIC design and test
