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Outreach Event

 SiVa Members Meeting November 15th 2011


Stay Educated! Stay Current!

Spring 2012 Presentations for the

ESD Society of Silicon Valley In Conjunction with ISQED

March 20, 5:30 to 7:30pm at Techmart Santa Clara, CA

 

Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) Reliability of Solar Cells

So you think those solar panels on your house or business will last 30 years? THINK AGAIN!! The solar industry has been doubling its capacity every 12 to 18 months. One consequence of this rapid growth is extremely aggressive cost reduction, in all elements of solar cell construction. Solar cells from certain manufacturers have been failing in large numbers, and NONE of the certification tests are able to determine why. This presentation by Kent Whitfield, Senior Director of Reliability at Solaria will provide an overview of photovoltaic cells with a discussion of observed ESD phenomena still under investigation.

Recent Developments in Integrated Circuit ESD Electronic Design Automation

The ESD verification of a complex IC design is extremely challenging. If your IC design  tape-out date has been pushed back by slow, inefficient of ESD checks, you have to know relief may be on the way. There has been an extensive effort by several major companies and international organizations like the ESD Association to define ESD checks, and to define

ESD parameters wafer foundry’s must to provide to form a framework for ESD Electronic Design Automation. Certain automated ESD checks defined by the ESD Association and are now possible with tools provided by some EDA vendors. Rosario Consiglio, President of Impulse Semiconductor Inc. will bring you up to date on the status of those efforts. The types ESD verification checks best suited to current EDA tools will be explained, as well as an overview of available tools will be given. If you are a design or design verification professional, don’t miss this presentation!

Location:

Network Meeting Center at Techmart

5201 Great America Parkway, Suite #122

Santa Clara, California 95054

PH: 408.562.6111

FX: 408.562.5716

 


 

Sincerely, 
 
      Wayne Tan

       President