IIT-Bombay has entered a strategic partnership with TCS to develop Indias first Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager

In order to create India's first Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-Bombay) and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have forged a strategic alliance. This cutting-edge sensing instrument has the potential to decrease chip failures, increase the energy efficiency of electronic devices, and open up new avenues for precision in the analysis of semiconductor chips.

TCS experts and Dr. Kasturi Saha, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay, will collaborate for the next two years to create the quantum imaging platform in the PQuest Lab. Better semiconductor chip quality control will be made possible by this platform, which will enhance electrical device energy efficiency, safety, and product dependability. All contemporary electronic devices are intelligent and effective because semiconductor chips are necessary for them. These chips serve as the brains of devices in a variety of industries, including communications, computers, healthcare, military systems, transportation, and clean energy. They can process data and accomplish tasks. 

The partnership between TCS and IIT-Bombay is in line with the National Quantum Mission, an effort by the Indian government to establish the country as a leader in the world of quantum technology. Traditional sensing techniques are unable to identify anomalies in semiconductors due to their lack of precision and capacity as they get smaller. Similar to a hospital MRI, the Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager maps semiconductor chips in a non-invasive and non-destructive manner by imaging magnetic fields. 

It makes use of the Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centers in diamonds as well as additional gear and software to identify and describe anomalies in semiconductor chips. According to Mr. Kedare, the diagnostic skills will have a big impact on failure analysis, device development, and other optimisation activities. 

Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager is a breakthrough in semiconductor imaging due to its sophisticated skills to detect chip flaws like current leaks and allow the visualization of three-dimensional charge flow in multi-layer circuits. 

It will find extensive use in fine-scale imaging of magnetic fields, biological and geological imaging, and microelectronics. The dynamic collaboration between TCS and IIT-Bombay, which dates back to the 1990s, is being expanded upon by this project. It includes cooperative research projects, joint research projects, faculty development programs, internships, and more. The first university to join TCS' Co-Innovation Network, a platform that fosters industry-academia cooperation for ground-breaking ideas, as an academic partner was IIT-Bombay.