region 10 chapters meeting - update of singapore chapter (dec 2007 – nov 2008) yong-ping xu

Region 10 Chapters MeetingRegion 10 Chapters Meeting- Update of Singapore Chapter- Update of Singapore Chapter

(Dec 2007 – Nov 2008)(Dec 2007 – Nov 2008)

Yong-Ping Xu

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008

Solid-State Circuits Singapore ChapterSolid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter

Summary of Activities Conference -1 Distinguished Lecture – 1 Short courses – 3 Seminar/technical talks – 4 Industry event (Sponsor) – 1 Administrative committee meeting - 4

Reported by: Rajan Walia

Rasa Sentosa Resort, Singapore, December 9 - 11, 2007

Event highlight and participants statistics

Australia 2 Germany 3 Japan 14 Singapore 69Belgium 2 India 2 Korea 17 Sweden 2Canada 1 Iran 3 Malaysia 9 Switzerland 2

China 10 Iraq 4 Netherland 2 Taiwan 10France 4 Italy 1 Spain 1 USA 7

Nationality of attendees and speakers :

Total participants: 165, Speakers: ~80

Program highlights and number of papers submitted and accepted:

24 invited papers 4 tutorials 2 keynote 14 sessions 2 interactive forums57 papers accepted from 98 submissions, representing 22 countriesAcceptance rate 58%



Distinguished Lecture Prof Thomas Lee

“Overview of CMOS RFIC Design”

Date: 8 Dec 2007

Attendance: 70



Short course -1 ISSCC 07 Tutorial replay

“Continuous-time Data Converters"

by Yiannos Manoli “How to write good ISSCC papers”

by Jan van de Spiegel and Kenneth Smith

Date: 22 August 2008

Venue: National University of Singapore

Attendance: 90



Short course -2 ISSCC 07 Tutorial replay

“Embedded Power Management Circuits "

by Philip Mok

Date: 5 Sept 2008

Venue: Nanyang Technological University, S’proe

Attendance: 85



Short course -3 “Analog Circuits for Image Sensors "

by Dr Gunhee Han, Yonsei Univ. Korea

Date: May 2008

Venue: Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore

Attendance: 10



Seminars/Technical talks 1. CEO talk

Topic: From Idea to Necessity – “The unfolding of Analog IP

Industry”Prof Jose Franca, MIPS-ChipideaAttendance: 40

2. “Low-power analog IC Design in nanometer CMOS Technologies” Prof Willy Sansen Date: 27 April 2008Attendance: 60



Seminars/Technical talks 3. “High performance RF circuit blocks for GHz

Applications”

Mr Frank Henkel, Managing Director, IMST DSI GmbH, Germany

Attendance: 36

4. “Field-Plate Technology for CMOS RFICs”

Prof. Jeffrey S. Fu, Chang Gung University, Taiwan

Attendance: 30



Industry Event (Chapter as a sponsor) “Semicon Summit 2008” Theme: “Leveraging on Singapore’s

semiconductor Ecosystem” Organized by MIDAS – Singapore’s

Semiconductor Community

Attendance: 80



4 Administrative committee meetings

Future Plan Short course by Prof Thomas Lee – “RFIC Design

& Implementation: An Introduction Plus” (15 Nov 2008)

More ISSCC 2007 DVD Tutorial replays RFIT Symposium 2009 (Dec 2009) DL/Seminars/Short courses

region 10 chapters meeting - update of singapore chapter (dec 2007 – nov 2008) yong-ping xu

Documents

chapters meeting update

analog circuits

singapore chapterdec

cmos rfics

industry event sponsor

event highlight

korea date

invited papers