State of the Art Seminar
VLSI MULTILEVEL INTERCONNECTION

STATE-OF-THE-ART SEMINAR

Friday, November 30, 2001

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This year's state-of-the-art SEMINAR will address those issues associated with current fundamental developments in advancing VLSI/ULSI multilevel interconnection towards greater functionality, density and speed. It will include a review and discussion of those primary topical areas which impact todays multilevel interconnection events as well as project future direction for this critical industry.

A distinguished set of lecturers will participate in this SEMINAR, which is a MUST for all engineers, managers and technicians working on VLSI/ULSI multilevel interconnection. The registration fee includes coffee breaks, luncheon and a visuals booklet.

THIS COURSE HAS LIMITED ENROLLMENT. YOU ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO ADVANCE REGISTER EARLY.

TOPICAL COVERAGE

  • I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS .
    Dr. Thomas E. Wade
    Seminar Chairman
    University of South Florida

8:35 A.M.

  • II. COPPER INTERCONNECTS:

    A. ADVANCE COPPER TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS
    Dr. Chiu H. Ting
    Mattson Technology
    San Jose, California

8:45 A.M.

  • III. C.M.P. PLANARIZATION:

    A. ADVANCED IN C.M.P. TECHNOLOGY
    Dr. Kathleen Perry
    Cabot Microelectronics
    Aurora, Illinois

9:30 A.M.

Coffee Break 10:15 A.M.

  • B. C.M.P. MODELING AND SIMULATION DEVELOPMENTS
    Dr. Stephen Beaudoin
    Arizona State University
    Tempe, Arizona

10:30 A.M.

  • IV. MICROPHOTONICS:

    INTERCONNECT ASPECT OF MICRO-PHOTONICS AT MIT
    Dr. Jurgen Michel
    Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
    Cambridge, Massachusetts

11:15 A.M.

Seminar Luncheon - 12:00 P.M.

"THE AMAZING WORLD OF ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION (ADL) FOR ULSI"

Dr. Thomas E. Seidel
GENUS CORPORATION
San Jose, California

  • V. 3-D INTEGRATED CIRCUITS:

    THREE-DIMENSIONAL IC's BY WAFER STACKING:
    WHY, HOW & WHEN
    Dr. Ronald Gutmann
    Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute
    Troy, New York

1:45 P.M.

  • VI. OPTICAL PACKAGING:

    FIBER OPTIC PACKAGING AND AUTOMATION
    Dr. Frank Shi
    University of California
    Irvine, California

2:30 P.M.

Coffee Break - 3:15 P.M.

  • VII. THERMAL EFFECTS:

    HEAT TRANSFER IN ADVANCED INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS
    Dr. Kenneth E. Goodson
    Stanford University
    Stanford, California

3:30 P.M.

  • VIII. MEMS:

    INTERCONNECT RELATED DEVELOPMENTS IN MEMS
    Dr. Dale Hetherington
    Sandia National Laboratory
    Albuquerque, New Mexico

4:15 P.M.

  • IX. CLOSING REMARKS

5:00 P.M.