In numerous innovative projects the IME set up comprehensive competencies. It is our task to share these competencies with the industry by doing technology transfer in projects.

Digital ASIC & FPGA Design

• ASIC / FPGA design with VHDL (Verilog)
• Functional verification with VHDL-Testbench, SystemVerilog and PSL-properties
• Formal verification (Equivalent-Checker, Model-Checker)
• Integration of processors, including hard- and softmacros
• Integration of digital signal processing

Mixed-Signal ASIC Design

• Mixed-Signal ASIC design and modeling with VHDL-AMS and Spice
• Low power high speed design
• Characterisation of technologies (noise characterisation)

Integrated Embedded Systems

• Platforms: Altera®, Xilinx®
• OS: Linux, div. Realtime OS
• Languages: C/C++, Assembler, Java, UML
• Tools: Altera Quartus®, Xilinx ISE®, GNU, Mentor Seamless®
• Processors: Altera NIOS®, Xilinx Microblaze®, Sparc

Communication Technologies

• Analog and digital communications systems
• Development and analysis of transmitters and receivers and their communication channels
• Cryptology, coding, signal- and image processing

Continued Education

• Organization of courses to current topics with competent instructors from IME and our partners
• Organization und realization of events

Consulting 

• Mentoring of industry customers
• Modeling and verification of complex circuits
• Feasibility studies and evaluation of concepts