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Canada Research Chair in Advanced Microelectronic Systems Architecture and Development

The Chair is aimed towards basic and applied study of electronic components. It will contribute to the emergence of new micro-electronics technologies, a world market worth $350 billion.

Microtechnologies of the Future

In the last thirty years, the number of transistors, or electronic components, contained in an integrated circuit has doubled about every eighteen months. This is possible because of the significant reduction in the size of transistors, and because of a better understanding of how they work.

Yvon Savaria of the École Polytechnique de Montréal has earned an international reputation for his work on electronic components. A cutting-edge researcher, he has pushed back the frontiers of science in virtually all areas of micro-electronics (system architectures, algorithmic and heuristic strategies, development of design methods and tools, proposal and analysis of physical structures and circuits). He is just as skilled a practitioner as he is a theorist, and he holds a number of patents. His work has led to the creation of a high-precision circuit manufacturing company. Professor Savaria was a member of the team that launched the micro-electronics activities of the École Polytechnique, and it is largely because of his work that the school is now one of the leading research institutions in this field.

The Chair acts as a centre for research on the design of the integrated electronic systems that will take over from existing systems. The chair enables Professor Savaria to study potential fields of application such as on-demand video, the design of high-performance switches for telecommunications, and the development of implantable biomedical stimulators.

Yvon Savaria, Full professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
(514) 340-4711 poste 4737
yvon.savaria@polymtl.ca