Events

Microelectronics for Extreme Environment at Fermilab

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

CSB 453

Davide Braga, Fermilab

Abstract:
Scientific applications in high-energy physics, quantum information science, photon detection, and space instrumentation increasingly require microelectronics capable of operating under extreme conditions, including deep cryogenic temperatures, high radiation levels, and stringent power constraints.

Fermilab is developing advanced microelectronics technologies for these environments through the co-design of sensors, Application-Specific Integrated
Circuits (ASICs), heterogeneous integration, and system architectures. This seminar will present an overview of Fermilab’s activities in cryogenic CMOS,
precision timing ASICs, superconducting sensor readout, silicon photonics, and advanced heterogeneous integration. The talk will also highlight ongoing
efforts within DOE’s CHIME Microelectronics Science Research Center and discuss future directions for scalable intelligent instrumentation and
extreme-environment electronics for science and quantum technologies.

Bio:
Davide Braga received the M.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Padua, Italy, and the Ph.D. degree in Physics from Imperial
College London, U.K. He is currently a Principal ASIC Engineer and Group Leader of the Analog Design and Sensing ASIC Group at Fermi National Accelerator
Laboratory, Batavia, IL, USA, and an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL,
USA. From 2007 to 2014, he was with the ASIC Design Group, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, U.K. His research focuses on low-noise, low-power
mixed-signal and timing ASICs, cryogenic CMOS, and heterogeneous integration for extreme-environment instrumentation, with broader interests in
circuit–sensor co-design and ASICs for high-energy physics and quantum sensing applications. He currently serves as Chair of the U.S. Department of Energy’s CHIME Microelectronics Science Research Center (Co-design and Heterogeneous Integration in Microelectronics for Extreme Environments).