Contacts

• Director: Prof Laurie Faraone <faraone@ee.uwa.edu.au>
• Secretary: Ms Sabine Betts <sabine@ee.uwa.edu.au>
• Website: http://mrg.ee.uwa.edu.au/
  

Overview

The Microelectronics Research Group (MRG) is a world leading research and development group delivering solutions, new knowledge and education in advanced microelectronics, optoelectronics, nanotechnology, photonics and microsystems technology. The group has established unique facilities and capabilities to undertake internationally competitive research and development into these areas, to serve the strategic needs of industry and government organisations for the long term benefit of Australia. This is achieved by carrying out fundamental research of international excellence, by being responsive to the needs of industry, and by demonstrating and transferring technology from theory to practice.

Achievements

Major Research Grants in 2005

• MEMS and NEMS Technologies for Temperature Sensitive Semiconductors and Smart Materials (ARC Discovery Project, 2005-2008, $850,000);
  
• Adaptive Focal Plane Arrays (AFPA), (US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, 2003- 2005, $3.5 Million);
  
• WA Centre for Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Microsystems (WACSOM), (State Government Centre of Excellence and Innovation, 2003-2006, $1 Million);
  
• Investigation of l/f noise mechanisms in HgCdTeheterostructure IR photodiodes (ARC Discovery Project, 2004-2006, $360,000);
  
• New generation of hyperspectral infrared photon detectors (ARC Discovery Project, 2003-2005, $290,000);
  
• Charge and interface properties of novel GaN transistor structures for application in low-noise high-frequency electronics (ARC Discovery Project, 2004-2006, $261,000);
  
• Infrared optoelectronic sensors based on p-type MBE-grown HgCdTe (ARC Discovery Project, 2004-2006, $350,000);
  
• Ion implantation doping of GaN for high performance electronic devices (ARC Discovery Project, 2005-2007, $685,000);
  
• Biomimetic Ultra-Thin Compound-Eye VisionSensor (ARC Discovery Project, 2006-2008, $162,000)