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1/20/06Unless otherwise advised all seminar series will be held at:
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Analog Device's building II, (Forsyth conference room) 7736 McCloud Rd Suite 100 Greensboro, NC 27409 |
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Contact: Tony Ivanov TIvanov@rfmd.com 336-678-7906
ED_MTT_SSC Joint Society Chapter Officers elected July 13, 2005
Chair: Tony Ivanov
Vice Chair: Mike Hughes
Secretary: Numan Dogan
Date - Feb 13, 2006
1/20/06
Time - 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Speaker - Jim Rautio.
Talk - The life of James Clerk Maxwell
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Abstract
James Clerk Maxwell stands shoulder to shoulder with Newton and Einstein, yet even those of us who have spent decades working with Maxwell's equations are almost totally unfamiliar with his life and times. This presentation, from the viewpoint of a microwave engineer, draws on many sources in providing an understanding of James Maxwell himself. What was Maxwell like as an infant? What was the tragedy at eight years old that profoundly influenced his life? What unique means of transportation did young Maxwell use to escape a cruel tutor? What memorable event occurred on his first day of school? When did he publish his first papers, and what were they about? What did Maxwell have to do with the rings of Saturn? Why did he lose his job as a professor? Why did he have a hard time getting another job? What was his wife like? What is Maxwell's legacy to us? The answers to these questions provide insight into Maxwell the person and add an extra dimension to those four simple equations we have studied ever since. |
James C. Rautio received a BSEE from Cornell
in 1978, a MS Systems |
As usual, pizza and refreshments will be provided.
Contact: Tony Ivanov TIvanov@rfmd.com 336-678-7906
Date -
Nov 21, 2005
Time - 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Speaker -
Dr. Paul Ampadu, University of Rochester
<<Dr.
Ampadu Bio>>
Talk -
Nov 21, 2005:
Ultra-low Voltage
Design Techniques for Nanoscale Silicon CMOS
Abstract
Because of
the quadratic relationship between power and voltage, supply voltage
reduction has
become an
important method for reducing active power in VLSI systems, improving
reliability in
highly
scaled MOSFETs, and minimizing the effects of heat dissipation in
high-performance systems.
As silicon
CMOS is scaled beyond the 90 nm and 65nm to the 32 nm and 22 nm
technology nodes,
ultra-low
supply voltage becomes one of the most critical and powerful mechanisms
for improving
device
reliability and energy efficiency. Unfortunately, ultra-low voltage
operation has been limited by
performance constraints and other challenges. This presentation
evaluates the current state of low voltage
VLSI
design, provides techniques for maintaining acceptable throughputs at
these sub-volt
supplies,
and
suggests noise tolerant techniques to mitigate the reduced voltage
margins. Trends and
prospects
for
ultra-low voltage VLSI in nanoscale CMOS are discussed.
As
usual, pizza and refreshments will be provided.
Contact: Tony Ivanov TIvanov@rfmd.com 336-678-7906
Date - Oct. 24, 2005 (Monday)
Time - 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Speaker -Dr. Yuhua Cheng, Siliconlinx,
Inc. <<DrYuhuaCheng_Bio>>
Talk -
The Influence and Modeling of Process Variation and Device Mismatch
for Analog/RF Circuit
Design
PDF
10/28/05
This talk will review the influence of local process variation and device mismatch to the electrical characteristics of resistors, capacitors, and MOSFETs. The discussion is mainly focus on the device mismatch as it becomes more and more important in analog design utilizing modern CMOS technology. The models to describe the mismatch behavior are also discussed. To reduce the design circle and help improving the circuit yields, physical and accurate statistical modeling approach is needed to predict correctly the circuit behavior with the consideration of local process variation and device mismatch. As an example, an advanced statistical model based on totally independent process variables is presented. It can predict the measured data well at different bias conditions for devices with wide geometries.
Date - Sept. 15, 2005
Speaker -Dr. Juin J. Liou, University of Central Florida,
<<JJLiou_Bio>>
Talk - On-chip Spiral Inductors for RF Applications,
<<Inductors.ppt>>
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