The DSE research group combines photonic sensing, diagnostics & failure analysis, and modular exploration projects. The goal is to translate novel ideas rapidly into verifiable demonstrators and carry them forward across partners—with a strong focus on trustworthy electronics.
Main targets
- Provide precise measurement and analysis pathways for devices, circuits, and modules.
- Investigate new photonic sensing principles and evaluate them in application-oriented prototypes.
- Systematically test high-potential, higher-risk ideas and transition them into collaborative projects.
Research topics
- Sensing
• Biosensing (detection of biomarkers using photonic technology)
• Development of optical gyroscopes (interferometers/resonators)
• Co-integration of silicon-based sensors into SiGe-BiCMOS environments
- Diagnostics & Failure Analysis
• Electronic failure analysis incl. laser-based methods (photon emission, thermal laser stimulation, electro-optical probing/EOP)
• Development of new sample-preparation workflows for gentle backside access and reproducible analyses
• Connection to a broad spectrum of measurement and analysis methods (SEM, FIB, ToF-SIMS & D-SIMS, AES, XPS, TEM)
- Explorations (cross-group & cross-partner)
• Initiating and driving an open-source hardware ecosystem (open flows, reference designs)
• SME-ready heterogeneous integration of chiplets, e.g., NanoWired-based low- temperature interconnects—especially for sensors with pressure/temperature constraints
• Optical die-to-die communication as an energy-efficient short-reach option within the package
Cooperation & Transfer
- Cross-team & cross-partner: close collaboration with IHP groups and external partners.
- Clean handovers from lab demonstrators into collaborative/service pathways and—where appropriate—into open workflows.
- DSE contributes to Germany’s “Trustworthy Electronics” initiative through membership in the VDE ITG Working Group MN 5.8 “Vertrauenswürdige Elektronik,” founded jointly by Velektronik and VDE on Aug 12, 2024
