BIT Mesra Scientist To Develop Missile Sensors With ISRO Funding

Dr. Vijay Nath, assistant professor at BIT Mesra Electrical and Communications Engineering department will receive sponsorship from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to research and develop special sensors for missiles. Professor Nath will design ultra low power CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) temperature sensors. ISRO will use the application in missile / rocket systems for determination of its location in space.

ISRO has sanctioned about Rs. 25 lakh for this three year project. The first two years would be spent in design of the chip and the remaining one year will be dedicated to the fabrication in association with HCL, Chandigarh.

Professor Nath has been working in the field of VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) for a long time and has been involved in designing of circuits for over three years. Prof. Nath informed ToI that he had applied for ISRO's assistance about three years ago and after long question/answer series from the experts at ISRO, final approval was given.


The ultra-low power CMOS temperature sensors will be imported from Belgium. Once the technology is developed in-house, it would be useful in multiple applications that require temperature sensors. Nath expects that his work would be useful in future missiles and rockets that send real-time temperature data. The device would require less than a volt and will analyse the temperature difference at various spheres in space to figure out the exact location of missile.

Source: Isro to fund Ranchi scientist’s temp sensor research | Ranchi News - Times of India