Introduction
Objective of CADS
To focus on research and development of Smart Electronics encompassing opto-electronics, and nano-electronics, Energy Harvester circuit design, IoT systems, microchip and circuit designs, and intelligent control systems.
Mission of CADS
To spearhead research and development and to promote a culture for innovation and collaboration with industries in Smart Electronic designs, fabrication and system control.
Subgroups of CADS
Group 1: Smart Electronic Materials & Devices
Objective: To bridge the gap between the advanced functional materials and novel devices
In particular, the group aims to:
(a) Develop processing technologies for the fabrication of advanced functional materials
(b) Engineer the functional materials into novel devices, including advanced sensors, organic light-emitting diodes, transistors, solar cells, smart windows based on electrochromic technology, magnetic nano-particles for heavy metal detections in water, and other smart devices for emerging applications.
(c) Integrate the functional materials and novel devices into micro- and nano-technology, biotechnology, sensing, display, energy storage and renewable/sustainable energy technologies.
Group 2: Circuits & Systems
Objective: To promote research in the theoretical analysis, design, implementation and application of circuits and systems. The group aims to:
(a) be involved in the following research areas:
- Analog/RF
- Digital and mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) design
- Embedded systems
(b) pursue continuous architectural and circuit innovation for sensor interfaces, transceivers, digital processing focuses on low power solutions and design techniques towards the implementation of IoT/IoE applications
(c) focus in various areas of reconfigurable computing and its application in high performance low-power, high speed embedded systems such as Edge-AI and FPGA.