VLSI  MULTILEVEL  INTERCONNECTION

STATE-OF-THE-ART
SEMINAR

Monday, October 27, 2008 

 

    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 today’s multilevel interconnection event as well as project future directions  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 ENCOURAGED TO ADVANCE REGISTER EARLY.

I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 9:00 A.M.
Dr. Thomas E. Wade
Seminar Chairman
University of South Florida

II. C.N.T./G.N.R:

CARBON-NANOTUBES & GRAPHENE-NANO-
RIBBONS AS INTERCONNECTS
Dr. Azad Naeemi 9:15 A.M.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia

Coffee Break     10:00 A.M.

III. 3-D INTEGRATED CIRCUITS:

WAFER-LEVEL 3-D IC’s: TECHNOLOGY
PLATFORMS & APPLICATIONS 10:15 A.M.
Dr. Ronald Gutmann
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York

IV. T.S.V.:

THROUGH SILICON VIA TECHNOLOGY
Dr. Fred Roozeboom 11:00 A.M.
NXP Semiconductor
The Netherlands

Seminar Luncheon 12:00 P.M. “IMPACT OF INTERCONNECT
VARIATIONS ON DESIGN”
Dr. Nagaraj NS
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
Dallas, Texas

V. LOW - k DIELECTRICS:

LOW - k & ULTRA LOW - k DIELECTRIC
MATERIALS & CHALLENGES 1:15 P.M.
Dr. Willi Volksen
IBM Almaden Research Center
San Jose, California

VI. IMPRINT:

IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY FOR INTER-
CONNECT APPLICATIONS 2:00 P.M.
Dr. Grant Willson
University of Texas
Austin, Texas

Coffee Break 2:45 P.M.

VII. VCM:

IMPLEMENTATION OF VCM TECHNOLOGY
IN SEMICONDUCTOR
APPLICATIONS 3:00 P.M.
Drs. James St. Ville & Ardy Sidhwa
Armor Designs Inc
Phoenix, Arizona


VIII. OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS:

PROCESS & DESIGN TECH. FOR ON-CHIP
OPTICAL INTERCONNECT 3:45 P.M.
Dr. Ian O’Connor
Institute for Nanotechnology
Lyons, France

IX. CLOSING REMARKS 4:30 P.M.

Short Course registration materials may be picked up at the Registration Desk from 7 - 10 A.M. Monday, October 27.  Additional at-door registrations will be conducted during this time as well.