ICCDCS'08

The 7th International Caribbean Conference on Devices, Circuits and Systems has just released the call for papers. This conference is biannually held in different locations near the Caribbean Sea, and is a very inspiring place to present new results. This edition will be held on 28-30 April, 2008, in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, which is near many interesting archaeological sites, as well as touristic resorts. If you want more information, visit their homepage, but I would not think twice about going there.... (the deadline is on January, 18, so you have plenty of time...)

[Sedemos News] CMRF 2007

The 2007 Workshop on Compact Modeling for RF/Microwave Applications (CMRF'07), organized in conjunction with the IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM2007) will be held on October 3 2007 in Boston, Massachussets.

CMRF 2007 is sponsored by the Delft Institute for Micro-electronics and Submicrontechnology and technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Electron Devices Society.

CMRF is focused on the compact modeling for RF and microwave applications, but not only of bipolar devices. Papers on RF and microwave FET devices can also be presented at CMRF. In fact, CMRF has become a very useful event to get a good picture of the state-of-the-art in this field, and discuss the new trends on compact modeling for RF and microwave applications of all types of devices.

The 2007 edition of CMRF will consist on four sessions: SiGe Compact Modeling, Analog Circuit Verification, III-V compact modeling, and Advanced Characterization and Modeling for RF Power Applications.


Besides, this year CMRF will include a meeting of experts from advanced SiGe technology and from III-V technology.

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Posted By Benjamin Iniguez to Sedemos News on 9/16/2007 10:23:00 AM

[Sedemos News] BCTM'07

The 2007 IEEE Bipolar and BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM2007) will be held in Boston, Massachussets, from September 30 to October 3 2007. The conference site will be the Marriot Long Wharf Hotel in Boston.

BCTM is the largest conference in bipolar and BiCMOS technologies and circuits, addressing fabrication, design, performance, testing and applications of bipolar and BiCMOS devices and circuits.


BCTM'07 will include three modeling sessions about bipolar devices: one large signal modeling session, one session about thermal effects, modeling and reliability, and one session about bipolar modeling and characterization. The power device session also incxludes one paper about compact thermal modeling.

In conjunction with BCTM'07, there will be a number of intersting BCTM short courses.

But for compact modeling researchers, the most interesting event held in conjunction with BCTM 2007 is the Workshop on Compact Modeling for RF/Microwave Applications, on October 3 2007.

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Posted By Benjamin Iniguez to Sedemos News on 9/16/2007 10:01:00 AM

[Sedemos News] BMAS 2007

The 2007 IEEE International Behavioral Modeling and Simulation Conference (BMAS 2007) will be held in San Jose, CA, on September 20-21, in conjunction with the 2007 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), in the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, at the heart of Silicon Valley.

BMAS addresses behavioral modeling and simulation for analog electronic circuits and systems. Topics include the development and application of behavioral languages and simulators, modeling practices and automatic extraction of models. Particular focus is placed on the Verilog-AMS and VHDL-AMS languages are of particular interest. The General Chair is Colin C. McAndrew (from Freescale Semiconductor), a recognized authority in the field of compact and behavioral modeling.

This year the BMAS program consists of several interesting sessions: applications of behavioral modeling, behavioral modeling tools, two sessions about behavioral models, and one poster and exhibit session.

Among the models presented in BMAS 2007, we can highlight a liquid crystall cell macro-model with Verilog-A, a SPICE model for piezoelectric transducers, a MEMS accelerometer model, a phase change memory model using Verilog-A, and a behavioral simulation of biological neuron systems using VHDL and VHDL-A.

For compact and behavioral modeling researchers, BMAS is no doubt a very interesting conference to attend, and for circuit designers, it is a very good complement to CCIC.

Keithley free web Seminar on Measurement

This seminar covers precision test and measurement applications for an emerging class of low cost (<$1000 USD) 6½-digit digital multimeters. Learn how to assemble a testing error budget for various applications for electronic devices and products. Examples include simple test programming to support automatic acquisition and evaluation of measurement data, as well as basic front panel operation.

By participating in this seminar, you will learn and understand:

• How to establish a measurement accuracy budget for an application
• How to account for central and parasitic sources of error
• How to match your accuracy requirements with the appropriate DMM
• How to calculate system test uncertainties and errors

This seminar is recommended for development and test engineers and scientists who need to make high precision electrical measurements using widely available, highly accurate 6½-digit DMMs.

About the Presenter:

Chuck Cimino is the Marketing Director for Multi-Application Instruments at Keithley Instruments, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio. He joined Keithley Instruments in 1981 and has held many positions, including Test Engineer, Design Engineer, Project Manager, and Product Marketer.
The seminar will be broadcasted over the internet and requires your registration prior to the event.

When is it?

Europe:

Thursday, September 13, 2007 15:00 Central European Time (UTC/GMT: 13:00)

To register for this FREE webcast seminar click here.

Primer Seminario en Nanoelectrónica y Diseño Avanzado 2007

A friend of mine (Francisco J. Garcia Sanchez) has sent me the announcement of the first Seminar on Nanoelectronics and Advanced Design to be held at the INAOE in Puebla, Mexico. Here you have the link: http://www-elec.inaoep.mx/castour2007

The program is VERY interesting, with five stellar speakers, and, best of all, the admision is free...

P R O G R A M

Dr. Francisco J. Garcia Sanchez, /Universidad Simón Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela
De la Microelectrónica a la Nanoelectrónica: Una Visión de la Evolución de los Dispositivos Electrónicos.

Prof. Krishnendu Chakrabarty, /Duke University, USA
Modular Testing of Core-Based System-on-Chip Integrated Circuits.

Prof. Rajendra Singh, /Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
Nanotechnology and Pathways to Green Energy Conversion

Prof. Naveen K. Yanduru , /Design Manager, Texas Instruments, Inc. Dallas, Tx, USA
Front-ends in deep sub-micron CMOS with an example of a WCDMA, GSM/GPRS/EDGE receiver front-end without inter-stage SAW filter in 90nm CMOS.

Dr. Mauricio Terrones, /Advanced Materials Department, IPICyT, San Luis Potosí, México.
Recent Advances on N-doped Carbon Nanotubes: Applications and Biocompatibility

For more information:
Dr. J. Alejandro Díaz
ajdiaz@inaoep.mx
Tel y Fax: (222) 2470517