Advanced electrical characterisation laboratory inaugurated at IIT Delhi

The laboratory will enable measurement of electrical performance of devices and circuits that are used in electronic equipment, such as mobile phones, space satellites and quantum computers. 

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has inaugurated Advanced Electrical Characterisation Laboratory under the aegis of Central Research Facility.  Set up at a cost of Rs 17 crore, the laboratory will enable measurement of electrical performance of devices and circuits that are used in electronic equipment, such as mobile phones, space satellites, and quantum computers to name a few. 

The facility will be accessible to various researchers of IIT Delhi as well as researchers from other institutions. IIT Delhi has also signed an MoU with Keysight Technologies India Pvt Ltd. to co-brand the lab.  

Prof V Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi, said, “IIT Delhi has significantly enhanced its research infrastructure in the past few years in the areas of nano fabrication, materials characterisation, testing and prototype manufacturing. This electrical characterisation facility established with partial support from Keysight Technologies India Pvt Ltd is a welcome addition to the existing facilities in this area. IIT Delhi is also keen to collaborate with Keysight Technologies and other industries in this area to further strengthen its research activities in this space.”  

The laboratory in charge, Prof Abhisek Dixit from the Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Delhi, said, “We are now equipped to perform various types of electrical measurements on a wide variety of packaged and on-wafer devices in a broad range of temperatures from 4,200 to +300 degress Celsius with the highest levels of precision possible anywhere in the world.”  

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