Mar 17, 2021

[Workshop] Democratizing IC Design, April 7th, 2021

Solid-State Circuits Directions Workshop:
Democratizing IC Design
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021 at 7:00 AM PT / 10:00 AM ET
This event is free and open to all

EVENT DESCRIPTION
Solid-State Circuits Directions (SSCD) is a new technical committee within the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (related article). Its charter is to promote forward-looking topics, build new communities and stimulate interaction with others. Following SSCD’s inaugural event on hardware security, the upcoming workshop will look at the new movement toward an open-source ecosystem for integrated circuit design.

Over the past several decades, society has strongly benefited from free and open-source software. More recently, the open-source spirit has expanded to hardware and has energized a new maker community that tinkers with embedded systems at the printed circuit board level. Groundbreaking developments have now also opened the door toward democratizing integrated circuit design.

Last year, Google, SkyWater and efabless have partnered to launch a shuttle program based on SkyWater’s SKY130 open-source process (130 nm CMOS). This technology is offered to the open community along with a complete design flow to enable designers to implement their ideas. This workshop will provide an overview of this program and highlight upcoming opportunities to benefit from it. Finally, it will showcase specific design work delivered by the community members and articulate a call to action for volunteers to design, teach and mentor.

AGENDA
7:00 AM PT- Welcome & Introductions (Boris Murmann, Stanford University)
7:05 AM PT- Fully open source manufacturable PDK for a 130nm process (Tim Ansell, Google)
7:35 AM PT- 45 Chips in 30 Days: Open Source ASIC at its best! (Mohamed Kassem, efabless)
7:55 AM PT- Design 1: Open Source eFPGA implementation in SKY130 (Xifan Tang, University of Utah)
8:25 AM PT- Design 2: Amateur Radio Satellite Transceiver (Thomas Parry, SystematIC Design)
8:55 AM PT- Call to Action: Need volunteers to design, teach and mentor
9:00 AM PT- Adjourn

[C4P] ISPS 2021 Prague, August 25–27, 2021

 15th INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON POWER SEMICONDUCTORS

ISPS 2021

Prague, 25 August – 27 August 2021


Organised byIET Czech Network in co-operation with the IEEE Czechoslovakia Section
Co-sponsored byFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrotechnology, Czech Technical University in Prague
Technical sponsorECPE European Center for Power Electronics e.V.
Conference websitehttp://technology.fel.cvut.cz/ISPS2021

BACKGROUND

The 15th International Seminar on Power Semiconductors (ISPS 2021) provides a forum for technical discussion in the area of power semiconductor devices and their applications. It is a small conference with the special flair of an atmosphere of searching deeper insight and intensive discussion.

AREAS OF INTEREST

  • Power semiconductor devices (materials, physics, modelling, technology, diagnostics)
  • Packaging, advanced device applications, reliability

Papers oriented in the field of power semiconductors are supposed to be presented in sessions on

  • Device Physics and Technology
  • Power Bipolar Devices
  • Voltage-Controlled Power Devices
  • Wide Bandgap Power Devices
  • Power Integration
  • Advanced Applications
  • Packaging, Reliability & Modelling.

A round table discussion oriented on topical problems of research and education in the field of power semiconductors will be organised in the framework of the seminar.

PAPER SUBMISSION

A summary of 300–500 words (maximum two pages including figures and tables) is required for review. It should be uploaded in electronic format (.doc or .pdf files) to the ISPS 2021 easychair conference system:

http://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isps2021

before April 30, 2021.

PUBLICATION

Presented papers will be published in the seminar proceedings, which will be distributed at the seminar registration. We are delighted to announce that the best papers presented at the conference will be invited for consideration in a special issue of the IET Power Electronics Journal dedicated to the ISPS 2021 seminar.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Chairman:Prof Vítězslav Benda, FIET
Members:Dr Vítězslav Jeřábek, MIET
Dr Martin Molhanec
Dr Ladislava Černá, MIET
Dr Pavel Hrzina


Mar 16, 2021

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Mar 15, 2021

[paper] 3D integrated GaN/RF-SOI SPST switch

Frédéric Drillet, Jérôme Loraine, Hassan Saleh, Imene Lahbib, Brice Grandchamp, Lucas Iogna-Prat, Insaf Lahbib, Ousmane Sow, Albert Kumar and Gregory U'Ren 
RF Small and large signal characterization of a 3D integrated GaN/RF-SOI SPST switch 
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, pp. 1–6, 2021.

*X-FAB France, Corbeil-Essonnes (F)

Abstract: This paper presents the radio frequency (RF) measurements of an SPST switch realized in gallium nitride (GaN)/RF-SOI technology compared to its GaN/silicon (Si) equivalent. The samples are built with an innovative 3D heterogeneous integration technique. The RF switch transistors are GaN-based and the substrate is RF-SOI. The insertion loss obtained is below 0.4 dB up to 30 GHz while being 1 dB lower than its GaN/Si equivalent. This difference comes from the vertical capacitive coupling reduction of the transistor to the substrate. This reduction is estimated to 59% based on a RC network model fitted to S-parameters measurements. In large signal, the linearity study of the substrate through coplanar waveguide transmission line characterization shows the reduction of the average power level of H2 and H3 of 30 dB up to 38 dBm of input power. The large signal characterization of the SPST shows no compression up to 38 dBm and the H2 and H3 rejection levels at 38 dBm are respectively, 68 and 75 dBc.

Fig: X-FAB 3D integration proposal cross-section (left) and the picture of a GaN coupon (right).

Acknowledgement: We would like to acknowledge the Nano2022 program for partially funding this work.

Supplementary material: The supplementary material for this article can be found at DOI: 0.101/1759078721000076

#SMIC reported to regain license to receive process equipment



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