[UCI-Calit2] Ultra-thin Chips -- a New Paradigm in Silicon Technology

Anna Lynn Spitzer aspitzer at calit2.uci.edu
Thu Feb 5 15:36:29 PST 2009


Calit2 at UCI and IEEE Orange County EDS/MTT (Electron Devices Society/Microwave Theory and Techniques Society) Joint Chapter Present an EDS Distinguished Lecturer


Title:        	Ultra-thin Chips - a New Paradigm in Silicon Technology

Speaker:   	Joachim N. Burghartz, Institute for
              	Microelectronics Stuttgart (IMS CHIPS), professor at 
                University of Stuttgart and IEEE Fellow

Time:         	10 a.m.            

Date:           Friday, Feb. 13, 2009    

Location:       Calit2 Building, Room 3008

Abstract:    In contrast to conventional thick silicon chips, ultra-thin chips will be the basis for new applications, such as 3D integrated circuits (3D-ICs) and systems-in-foil (SiF). This talk will introduce and compare two generically different process technologies that can be exploited for the fabrication of ICs on extremely thin chips. Furthermore, several application results and demonstrations will be presented and discussed based on material that has been presented at recent IEDM and ISSCC conferences.

Bio:    Joachim N. Burghartz is an IEEE Fellow, an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, and an AdCom member of the IEEE Electron Devices Society. He received his MS degree from RWTH Aachen in 1982 and his PhD degree in 1987 from the University of Stuttgart, both in Germany. From 1987-1998 he was with the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, where he was engaged in early development of SiGe HBT technology and later, in the integration of passive components, particularly inductors, for application to monolithic RF circuits. From 1998-2005 he was a professor at TU Delft in the Netherlands, serving as scientific director of Delft research institute DIMES from 2001-2005. In fall 2005, he moved to Stuttgart, Germany, to head the Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart (IMS CHIPS). In addition, he is affiliated with the University of Stuttgart as a full professor. Burghartz has published more than 250 reviewed articles and holds approximately 30 patents.



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