VIT - Semiconductor Prototyping, Assembly, Characterization & Engineering Centre (V-SPACE)
Focused Working Areas
V-SPACE operates across nine strategic verticals, offering diverse product development opportunities:
- VLSI Design & Architectures
- Digital, Analog, and Mixed-Signal IC Design; RISC-V Custom ISA; AI/ML Hardware Accelerators; Verification (UVM); DFT; Physical Design; and STA.
- Semiconductor Materials & Physics
- Research into Wide Bandgap (WBG) materials ($SiC$, $GaN$), 2D materials, and Substrate Engineering.
- Device Modeling & PDK Development
- Compact Modeling (BSIM, PSP), PDK Development, TCAD Simulation, Device characterization and model parameter extraction to deliver custom PDKs for sensor foundries and high-accuracy model IP.
- System Prototyping & Embedded Intelligence (Biomedical)
- FPGA-Based System Design, FPGA Implementation, Embedded System Design, Firmware Design, Edge Computing, and Medical Electronics.
- Defining physiological sensor requirements, ensuring biocompatibility, create wearable health patches, portable diagnostic tools, and custom FPGA accelerators.
- Connectivity, IoT & Antenna Systems
- IoT Systems, Antenna Design (5G/6G specific), MEMS Integration, and Wireless Protocols.
- Concept-to-product sensor node development and wireless system optimization to produce integrated IoT smart sensor nodes and custom antennas.
- Robotics, Drones & Autonomous Systems
- Robotics, Drones, AI/ML Integration for vision, and real-time control algorithms.
- Drone assembly, ROS (Robot Operating System), and AI-based navigation to engineer autonomous agri-drones and warehouse logistics robots.
- Power Electronics & Sustainable Mobility
- Battery Management Systems (BMS), On-Board Chargers (OBC), and Power Conversion.
- Cell balancing, thermal modeling, and ISO 26262 compliance to develop indigenous smart BMS and EV motor controllers.
- Manufacturing & System Engineering
- PCB Design (High-speed multilayer), and SMT Line to build market-ready hardware MVPs.
- Reliability & Post-Silicon Validation
- Post-Silicon Validation, Environmental Testing, and EMI/EMC Pre-compliance.
- Characterization of fabricated chips and industrial failure analysis to build automated validation test suites.
