i-EDGE outcomes

"The inner circle" video series

Researcher's perspective – Ardawan Elahi – TU Wien

PhD student's perspective – Yingying Li – KTH

Researcher's perspective – Victor Marot – University of Bristol

Researcher's perspective – Simon Bleiker — KTH

Exploitation manager's perspective – Piers Tremlett - Microchip Technology

PhD student's perspective – Philipp Lehninger – TU Wien

Coordinator's perspective – Jens Bolten – AMO GmbH

Professor's perspective – Dinesh Pamunuwa – University of Bristol

Introductory videos

A dive into i-EDGE technology

i-EDGE – Integrated layout, design and simulation tool, Elliot Worsey (University of Bristol)

Introductory video

Webinars

Final workshop

“High Temperature and Radiations – Hard Electronics Using Nanomechanical Relays”
2 July 2026, 9:00–12:30 GMT
Cambridge, UK

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Second workshop

“i-Edge”
21 February 2024, 4–6pm CEST
Online meeting

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First workshop

“i-Edge” - a miniaturised rugged sensor/actuator platform
4 October 2023, 11am–1pm CEST
Online meeting

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Scientific publications

Lehninger, P., Steininger, A., Jantsch, A.

Effect of Self-Timed Design Styles on the Lifetime of NEMS Circuits.

in 2026 30th International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems (ASYNC) 88–91 (2026). doi: 10.1109/ASYNC69614.2026.00022. Archive: repositum TUWIEN

Lehninger, P., Elahi, A., Schnöll, D., Jantsch, A., Sauter, T.

Hardware-Efficient System State Detection for Embedded Condition Monitoring.

IEEE Sensors Letters 10, 1–4 (2026). doi: 10.1109/LSENS.2026.3682499. Archive: repositum TUWIEN

Marozau, I. et al.

Mechanical shock and vibration testing of volatile and non-volatile nanoelectromechanical switches.

Microelectronics Reliability 176, 115980 (2026). doi: 10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115980. Archive: Bristol Research Portal

Li, Y. et al.

A CMOS-compatible heterogeneous 3-D integration platform for silicon nanoelectromechanical switches.

IEEE Electron Device Letters 1–1 (2026). doi: 10.1109/LED.2026.3655495. Archive: Bristol Research Portal

Liao, G. et al.

Nanoelectromechanical Voltage-to-Time Converter for Low-Power IoT Devices.

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 1–3 (2026). doi: 10.1109/JMEMS.2026.3679413. Archive: Bristol Research Portal

Timmer, J., Elahi, A., Lehninger, P., Jantsch, A.

A Low-Resource Hardware Design for Bearing Fault Detection Using Support Vector Machines.

IEEE Access 14, 31316–31326 (2026). doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3666778. Archive: repositum TUWIEN

Liao, G., Weerasekera, R., Pamunuwa, D.

Nanomechanical Self-Timed Power Management Circuit for Low-Power IoT Devices.

in 2025 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS) 1–5 (2025). doi: 10.1109/APCCAS67402.2025.11376800. Archive: Bristol Research Portal

Marozau, I. et al.

Robustness of nano-electromechanical switches against mechanical shock and vibration loads.

in ESREF 2025 : 36th European Symposium on Reliability of Electron Devices, Failure Physics and Analysis, 2025 (Université de Bordeaux, ADERA, 2025). Archive: Bristol Research Portal

Rudolf, D., Elahi, A., Jantsch, A., Pamunuwa, D.

A Fault-Tolerant Voter Circuit in NEM Technology.

in 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI and Nanotechnology Systems (DFT) 1–6 (2025). doi: 10.1109/DFT66274.2025.11257557. Archive: Bristol Research Portal

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Li, Y. et al.

Volatile and non-volatile nano-electromechanical switches fabricated in a CMOS-compatible silicon-on-insulator foundry process.

Microsystems & Nanoengineering 11, 140 (2025). doi: 10.1038/s41378-025-00964-w. Archive: PMC

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Li, Y. et al.

Volatile and Non-Volatile Nanoelectromechancial Switches with Ruthenium-Enhanced Nano Contacts.

in 2025 23rd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers) 2098–2101 (2025). doi: 10.1109/Transducers61432.2025.11110616. Archive: diva

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Marot, V., Pamunuwa, D.

Nanomechanical Relay-based Switchblock For FPGA Interconnect.

in 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 1–5 (IEEE, 2025). doi: 10.1109/ISCAS56072.2025.11043259. Archive: Bristol Research Portal

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Tang, Q. et al.

Measurement and Analysis of Dynamic Energy Consumption in Microelectromechanical Relays.

in 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 1–5 (IEEE, 2025). doi: 10.1109/ISCAS56072.2025.11043513. Archive: Bristol Research Portal

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Lehninger, P. et al.

Muller C-Element for NEMS.

in 2025 29th IEEE International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems (ASYNC) 56–62 (IEEE, 2025). doi: 10.1109/ASYNC65240.2025.00016. Archive: repositum

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Tang, Q., Pamunuwa, D., Weerasekera, R.

DT2HDL: A Binary Decision Tree to HDL Generation Tool.

in 2025 26th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) 1–8 (2025). doi: 10.1109/ISQED65160.2025.11014334. Archive: Bristol Research Portal

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Marot, V. et al.

Nanoelectromechanical Binary Comparator for Edge-Computing Applications.

in 2025 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference (DATE) 1–7 (IEEE, 2025). doi: 10.23919/DATE64628.2025.10992913. Archive: Bristol Research Portal

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Marot, V., Kulsreshath, M. K., Tang, Q., Krishnan, M. B., Pamunuwa, D.

Reconfigurable Non-Volatile 4-Way Routing Switch with Zero Standby Power.

in 2025 IEEE 38th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) 611–614 (IEEE, 2025). doi: 10.1109/mems61431.2025.10917544. Archive: Bristol Research Portal

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Lehninger, P.

Context-aware sensor data monitoring on NEMS technology.

(TU Wien, 2025). https://repositum.tuwien.at/handle/20.500.12708/212819

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Marot, V.

Nanoelectromechanical Circuits for Low Energy Edge Computing.

(University of Bristol, 2025). Archive: Explore Bristol Research

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Rudolf, D.

Fault-tolerant Design Techniques for Nano-Mechanical Circuits.

(TU Wien, 2025). https://repositum.tuwien.at/handle/20.500.12708/212004

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Tang, Q. et al.

Energy Consumption in Micro-and Nanoelectromechanical Relays.

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 1–8 (2025). doi: 10.1109/TED.2025.3537945. Archive: Bristol Research Portal

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Theimer, O.

Pass-through logic optimizations in NEM technology.

(Technische Universität Wien, 2025). doi: 10.34726/hss.2025.130982

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Worsey, E., Tang, Q., Krishnan, M. B., Kumar Kulsreshath, M., Pamunuwa, D.

Nanoelectromechanical analog-to-digital converter for low power and harsh environments.

in 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 1–5 (IEEE, 2024). doi: 10.1109/ISCAS58744.2024.10558630. Archive: Explore Bristol Research

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Worsey, E.

Nanoelectromechanical technology for radiation and temperature harsh environments.

(University of Bristol, 2024). Archive: Explore Bristol Research

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Kulsreshath, M. K. et al.

Digital Nanoelectromechanical Non-Volatile Memory Cell.

IEEE Electron Device Letters 45, 728–731 (2024). doi: 10.1109/LED.2024.3362956. Archive: Explore Bristol Research

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Design, Fabrication and Characterisation of Micro and Nano-electromechanical(MEM/NEM) Relays for Circuit Applications.

University of Bristol https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/design-fabrication-and-characterisation-of-micro-and-nano-electro/

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i-EDGE has received funding from the European Union (grant number 101092018), the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government's Horizon Europe funding guarantee (grant numbers 10061130 and 10063023).

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