Technologies successfully developed and transferred/demonstrated include:

Digital Programmable Hearing Aid

An ASIC based Digital Programmable Hearing Aid (DPHA) named TARANG along with hearing aid programming software has been designed and developed by CDAC Thiruvananthapuram. TARANG, available as Body-Worn (BW) and Behind-the-Ear (BTE) models, is suitable for hearing impaired patients with mild, moderate and profound hearing loss. The project won the National Award instituted by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India for "Development of Best product and technology to empower physically impaired persons". The technology has been transferred to M/S Best Hearing Solutions, Delhi and M/S Keltron, Kerala and over 50,000 units have been sold till date.

Micro-Electrical Mechanical Systems (MEMS) based Gas sensors

MEMS based Integrated Micro Gas Sensor for detection of Ammonia gas developed by CEERI Pilani. The technology has been transferred to M/s Macwin India.

Low-Temperature and Low-Pressure Cu-Cu Thermo-Compression Bonding for Vertical (3-D) Integration

The technology for Low-Temperature and Low-Pressure Cu-Cu Thermo-Compression Bonding Technique for Vertical (3-D) Integration developed by IIT-Hyderabad. The technology has been transferred to M/s Solidblocks Semiconductor Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

General Purpose 8 port Secure Microcontroller

A general purpose 8 port secure microcontroller developed and fabricated by Bharat Electronics with features like 4 KB RAM and 32 KB Flash EEPROM, bi-directional ports, SPI module& RS232 serial port. The technology has been transferred to ANURAG, DRDO.

 

20 GHz Low Noise Amplifier (LNA)

20 GHz Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) technology for amplification of weak RF signal developed by IISc Bangalore. Field trial of the prototype completed successfully.

Patents

About 35 patents have been filed under the projects sponsored by Microelectronics Development Division. Some of the recently filed patents are as follows:

1 N-Stage OTA Buffer Amplifiers with Unity Gain and High Input Dynamic Range and Tunable Gain for Driving Large Resistance Loads- NIT Calicut

2 Optimized ultra-thin alloys leads sub 140 degree Celsius and Low Pressure 2.5 bar Cu-Cu bonding for 3D ICs- IIT Hyderabad

3 A Handheld Battery Operated Pulse Oximeter Recording and Analysis System- IIT Bombay

4 Establishing communication between transmitter and receiver in MedRadio Spectrum band- IIT Bombay

5 SAW Resonator Oscillator Based Injection Locked OOK Transmitter- IIT Bombay

6 A design method for low-power low-noise biomedical signal conditioning circuit with extracted noise and mismatch parameters- IIT Bombay

7 CMOS wideband RF amplifier with gain roll-off Compensation for external parasitics- IISc Bangalore

8 Low Phase Noise Quadrature Oscillators- IIT Madras

9 Phase Error Measurement Circuit with Referenceless Gain and Offset-Calibration- IIT Madras

10 Low Power Continuous - Time Delta-Sigma Converters (Indian and International Patent)- IIT Madras

11 Novel subtractive process for easy patterning of printed thick films in LTCC- CMET Pune

12 Fine Laser patterning of printed thick films on LTCC- CMET Pune

13 Syringe dispensing method and compatible silver paste for direct writing of patterns on LTCC- CMET Pune

14 Sub 1000C Thermo-compression metal-metal direct bonding (Indian patent) - IIT Hyderabad.

Publications

Over 1000 research papers have been published in the reputed Journals/ Conference proceedings under the projects sponsored by Microelectronics Development Division.