Francesca Grossi, a PhD candidate in Information Technology at the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering – Politecnico di Milano and a member of the Photonic Devices research group, received the Outstanding Lecture Award, dedicated to PhD students, at the 24th edition of the IEEE Sensors 2025 Conference, held in Vancouver.
The awarded work, titled “Integration and FOV characterization of an all silicon microlens array for temperature detection,” co-authored by Prof. Francesco Morichetti and Prof. Andrea Melloni from Politecnico di Milano, presents the design of silicon microlenses integrated on a TMOS sensor developed by STMicroelectronics, operating in the Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR) region. The integration of these optics allows for a reduction of the sensor’s Field of View, making it suitable for body temperature measurement. The entire device is designed to be integrated into smartphones or smart devices.
This research project was supported by the JRP STEAM (Sensor sysTEms with Advanced Materials) between Politecnico di Milano and STMicroelectronics and carried out at Polifab. The PhD program is part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR 352), dedicated to Innovation and Technology for Microelectronics.