Apr 18, 2008

TFT Symposium in the ECS Meeting in Hawaii

The 214th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, on October 12-17 2008, in the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

The ECS Meeting includes a number of Symposia.

For the TFT community, I want to highlight the TFT 10 Symposium.

The TFT symposium is an intersting forum for the presentation and discussion of
the latest developments in all types of thin film transistors (TFTs) and
related fields. This symposium is chaired by Prof Yue Kuo (Texas A&M University)

Papers can deal with all aspects of fabrication processes, materials, device
physics, characterization, structures, and applications of TFTs. This TFT symposium will address the following topics:
(1.) new TFT Structures; (2.) novel or new processes; (3.) organic, inorganic, oxide, etc. thin film materials; (4.) device physics, modeling, characterization, and reliability; (5.) applications in LCDs, imagers, sensors, biochips, MEMS, etc.; (6.) applications in circuits; and (7.) integration of TFTsto large area displays, VLSIC, and other complex systems.


Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters by May 30.

Being this TFT Symposium in Hawaii, no doubt it will be a big success!

SINANO Device Modeling Summer School

The Third SINANO Device Modeling Summer School will be held in the historic Bertinoro Castle (Bertinoro (FC), Italy) on September 1-5 2008.

The SINANO Summer School was held in 2005 and 2006 in the framework of the former SINANO European Network of Excellence, and is currently continued under the umbrella of the new NANOSIL Network of Excellence and of the Integrated Project PULLNANO.

The goal of the SINANO Summer School is to increase the knowledge of PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in the fields of advanced modeling, simulation and characterization techniques for conventional and nanoscale CMOS devices. The lectures use to address topics such as device physics, device models, numerical techniques, device simulation tools, and experimental characterization techniques.

The 5 days program of the School will be dedicated to the following topics:

  • Prospects for further development of CMOS technology

  • Transport models for device simulation

  • Experimental electrical device characterization

  • Analytical and compact models

  • Post CMOS devices

  • Silicon technology for photo-voltaic energy conversion

These lectures will be conducted by very prestigeous professors and researchers.
Regarding the topic of "Analytical and compact models", Dr RaphaĆ«l Clerc (IMEP, France), will talk about “Device technology oriented analytical models”
Peter Baumgartner (Infineon) will give a lecture entitled: “RF and noise characterization of transistors and circuits”
Prof Paolo Pavan will talk about “Current trends in non-volatile memories”

Besides, there will also be a great social program which will include dinners, hiking and other outdoor activities..

The registration form should be sent before July 30.