Laboratory for Design of Specialized Integrated Circuits

The main scientific results are related to the development of specialised integrated circuits and their implementation into devices used in various physical experiments both in Russia and abroad. The main focus of our team is placed on the development of new efficient methods of processing of detector (pulse analogue) signals, including their fast digitalisation and processing predominantly in the digital domain.

The Laboratory has developed over a dozen of low-power combined (digital and analogue) integrated circuits in which radiation resistivity is achieved by the development of specialised design methods and roadmaps with the use of cutting-edge microelectronics computed-aided design (CAD) systems.

Implemented results of research:

We have developed new methods and means for the design of specialised (custom-built ) integrated circuits using microelectronics CADs produced by leading companies of the industry. Our team have completed a number of promising projects for the development of integrated circuits, their manufacturing by state-of-the-art semiconductor factories and the research of produced integrated circuits for a host of national and international experiments on accelerators.

Education and career development:

We have developed a lecture course in the automation of the design of integrated circuits. A number of methodological guidebooks (laboratory case studies) have been compiled and published at the Laboratory's website (https://asic.mephi.ru).

The Laboratory regularly organises international and all-Russian events devoted to research and methodology (schools, seminars, trainings) on tools for the computer-aided design of integrated circuits for equipment used in physical experiments. Eight events have been held engaging from 100 to 250 participants each.

Organizational and structural changes:

A new powerful computational cluster has been created in the Laboratory. The cluster allows to work, including remotely, with microelectronics CADs produced by market leaders. On the basis of this cluster, a centre for the collective use of scientific equipment in has been created.

Collaborations:

Participation in the work of international collaborative experiments (by conducting joint research):

1. The СВМ experiment at the FAIR accelerator complex (Darmstadt, Germany) http://www-cbm.gsi.de/cbmcdb/reportgen.cgi?report=clist-html
2. The MPD experiment at the NICA nuclotron (Dubna, Russia) http://mpd.jinr.ru/experiment/organization/institutions/
3. The BM@N experiment at the NICA nuclotron (Dubna, Russia) https://bmn.jinr.ru/member-list/
4. The sPHENIX experiment at the RHIC collider (Brookhaven National Laboratory), USA https://www.sphenix.bnl.gov/pnb/client/
5. The SHIP experiment, CERN (Switzerland) https://ship.web.cern.ch/ship/Constitution/SHiP_Authorlist_sept2017.pdf