Micro-Nano Devices@ IIIT Hyderabad
Electronics & Sensors, Biomimetic Engineering Lab
Micro-Nano Devices Research is an amalgamation of different areas of science and engineering.
Analog VLSI Design
Design of analog Circuits for Bio & Sensing Applications.
Using Cadence and 180 nm CMOS technology for designing custom circuits for system on a chip. Design includes low power design, bio-mimetic design, mixed signal design, integrating silicon sensing, electronic noise characterisation and reduction. Lab is also looking into the process variation, other process technology, chip testing techniques and different types of devices.
For students: Interest and knowledge of electronics, semi-conductor physics, circuit design and some statics is preferred.
Micro/Nano Fabricated Devices
Micro/Nano-fabrication techniques.
Fabricating sensors and integrating with silicon chips to produce System-On-A-Chip. The work includes characterising different nano materials, polymers and fabricating devices in silicon, glass, polymer. Devices modelling is done using FEM and also prototyped. The devices include chemical/gas sensor, electrophysiological signal sensing, bio-based sensors, uTAS (micro-total analysis system) and microfluidics.
For students: Liking towards bench experimental work, strong fundamentals in physics, chemistry, inquisitiveness and commitment towards increasing their knowledge is required.
Sensor for Environment Monitoring & Wearable Biomedical Devices
Developing cutting edge techniques for power harvesting, research into new ways of sensing, development of smart sensor devices, integrating sensors with ML and IoT, focus on portable bio-medical instrumentation, catering to increasing bio-medical demands.
For students: Keen interest in electronics, circuit design, fabrication, experimental work, simulation tools is needed.
Projects in progress:
Characterising gas sensors
Development of capacitive sensor
Development of Micro-fabrication lab
Material characterisation
Semiconductor Process Tech. & Reliability
Bio-medical Instrumentation
Lab progress:
Link to IIIT RnD Day March 2021 poster by Sampath Kumar Inguva (B. Tech 3rd year) on Low Cost Sensor Fabrication
RnD Day 2022 poster (link).
IEEE STCR 2021 Paper on `Low Cost, Versatile UV exposure System for Photolithography'. Authors: KM Dhivakar & A Sarje. DOI: 10.1109/STCR51658.2021.9588848
IEEE Sensor FLEPs 2022 `Fabrication & Characterisation of a Low Cost Humidity Sensor' , Authors: Venkat Prashanth Pasupulethi & A Sarje. DOI: 10.1109/FLEPS53764.2022.9781593 Presentation Link
ICFAST (India Japan Science & Technology Seminar) 2022, Univ. of Hyderabad, Telangana.
IEEE Silicon 2022 `System Design for EMG Wearables', Nov 2022, Silchar, India. Authors: Vamsidhar Naik Guggulothu & A Sarje DOI:
IEEE ISCAS 2023, `CMOS Compatible Color photodiode for LOC Applications'; May 2023, Monterey, CA. Authors: Harshit Nimmagadda, A Sarje. DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS46773.2023.10181776
IEEE ISCAS 2023, 'Microheater & Controller for Lab-on-a-chip application', Presentation (Industry Innovation Track), May 2023, Monterey, CA. Authors: Anjali Singh, Vikrant Kosuri Varma and A Sarje
IEEE BioCAS 2023 `Design of Integrated System for Detection of Micro-Organisms with Fabrication and Testing of ZnO Nanorods Based Biosensor,' Toronto, Canada, 2023, Authors: Arpit Sahni, Vikranth Kosuri Varma, DBhaswar Ghosh, A Sarje, Abhishek Srivastava. DOI: 10.1109/BioCAS58349.2023.10388668
IEEE APCCAS 2023, `Comparative Analysis of SPAD models for Low Light Imaging', Hyderabad 2023. Authors: Harshit Nimmagadda and A Sarje. DOI: 10.1109/APCCAS60141.2023.00036
IEEE APCCAS 2023, `'Implementation of Microheater & Controller for LOC applications', Hyderabad 2023. Authors: Authors: Anjali Singh, Vikrant Kosuri Varma and A Sarje. DOI: 10.1109/APCCAS60141.2023.00037
IEEE APCCAS 2023, 'Design and Characterization of Quantum Cellular Automata (QCA) based Optimized Circuits for Emerging Technologies Sourav Karmakar', Hyderabad 2023. Authors: Sourav Karmakar, A Sarje and Aftab Hussain. DOI: 10.1109/APCCAS60141.2023.00085
IEEE MWCAS 2024, 'Control Circuit for Fast Responding Flexible Microheater', accepted MWSCAS 2024 Aug, Arizona. Authors: Anjali Singh, M Shamim Shawkat & A. Sarje.
Interested in joining?
Hardworking and motivated UG, DD/Masters students interested in research & students interested in doctoral research, please send me an email with your CV, research interest and projects at anshu.sarje@iiit.ac.in . Pre-requisite: good knowledge of any engineering discipline: Analog Circuits, Semiconductor physics/Material physics, Micro-fabrication and Nano-technology, Physics (electrical+material). Additional knowledge and interest in Biology, Genomics &/or Chemistry/material sci, Optics will be an added bonus. Strong inquisitive nature and willing to learn and ask questions is a must. Student should be willing to work hand on in lab as well as run simulation tools. (Please also check the `openings' link).
About Me:
I am an Assistant Professor in IIIT Hyderabad. I explore and research the ways and technologies to help all the beings and the earth. I am driven by passion to explore our world and to design/make things to increase the coefficient of happiness and peace. I have UG degree in Electrical Eng, MS in Biomedical Eng, MS in ECE and PhD in ECE. I worked in the consumer technology industry for over 7 year with Intel (Ronler Acers, Oregon) , Texas Instruments (Bangalore) and a startup. I also love yoga, fine arts and traveling. You can find my CV here.