Microelectronics Education: Proceedings of the 2nd European Workshop held in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 14–15 May 1998

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The View of Siemens on Training, Collaborative Projects, Continuing Education....Pages 3-5
An SGS-Thomson Perspective on the Microelectronics Industry and Education....Pages 7-8
The Microelectronics Engineer: Educating for the Future....Pages 9-12
A Report from a Japanese Microelectronics Company Concerning the Education of Information Technology....Pages 13-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Professional Development Microelectronics Training in Europe....Pages 19-22
Initiative to Address the Skills Shortage in the Microelectronics Industry in Ireland....Pages 23-26
Design of a Low Voltage/Low Power Mixed Analog/Digital ASIC in Continuing Education....Pages 27-30
The Limits of the Electrical Neutrality Hypothesis....Pages 31-34
Virtual Device: A New Approach in Microelectronics Device Education....Pages 35-38
Interactive Learning Environment for the Practical Training on Digital Electronics....Pages 39-42
An Interactive Electronics Course Using Pspice....Pages 43-45
Microelectronics Teaching — The Glasgow Approach....Pages 47-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Education Concepts on III–V Based Microsystems....Pages 53-56
Microsystems Education without Using the Clean-Room Environment : Study of an Accelerometer Realized Using Printed Circuit Technology....Pages 57-60
Education in Microsystem Design and Realization....Pages 61-64
Teaching Reliability in Microelectronics....Pages 65-68
Alterations in the Basic Course “Solid State Physics” in Connection with Microsystems Study....Pages 69-72
Use of System Approach in Micro/Optoelectronic Devices Design....Pages 73-76
Teaching Devices and Technology with Simulation on PC as a Didactical Approach....Pages 77-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
A Microengineering Curriculum at EPFL....Pages 83-85
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Mechanical Engineering Component in Microelectronic Systems Curriculum....Pages 87-90
Surface Micromachining and Electrical Characterization of Polysilicon Microcantilevers....Pages 91-94
Education on Complex Microelectronic Systems. Hardware — Software Co-Design with VHDL....Pages 95-98
Realization in Clean Room and Electrical Characterization of P-Type Thin Film Transistor....Pages 99-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Micro Electronics Systems Design....Pages 105-108
The Gm/ID Methodology on MATLAB: a pedagogical tool for analog integrated circuit design education ....Pages 109-112
How to Make the Study of Microelectronics More Attractive....Pages 113-116
Trends on Microelectronic Systems Education....Pages 117-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Multimedia Web-Based Courseware on Microelectronics....Pages 123-126
Remote Education Experience on Learning IC Characterization/Production Test....Pages 127-130
Hypermedia in the Analog Integrated Circuit Design Education....Pages 131-134
A Multimedia Educative Tool Concerning Microwave Circuits, Based on a Physical Approach of Their Time-Domain Operation....Pages 135-138
Distance Education in Microelectronics Via Multimedia....Pages 139-142
An Interactive Multimedia Course on Basic Digital Electronics....Pages 143-146
Optimisation of a Solar Cell....Pages 147-150
VLSI Design in the Modem Project....Pages 151-154
Materials Analysis in the MODEM Project....Pages 155-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
ProTest: A Low Cost Rapid Prototypig and Test System for PCB, ASIC and FPGA....Pages 161-164
Fast Prototyping for BiCMOS Analog Integrated Circuits Design....Pages 165-168
The Mixed-Signal ASIC Design Course at Twente....Pages 169-172
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Analog Integrated Circuit Demonstrator for Electronic Engineering Education....Pages 173-176
i-Button Electronic Identification Technology: Hi-Tech Tool for Final Year Student Project Development....Pages 177-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Microelectronic Systems Education in the U. S.....Pages 183-186
Helping to Shape Microelectronics Education in Canada....Pages 187-190
The Review of Engineering Education and the New Role of Cooperative Education....Pages 191-194
Microelectronics Education in Japan....Pages 195-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Teaching Basic Electronic Systems with Multimedia....Pages 201-204
EDEC — A Computer-Based Teaching System for Electronic Design Education....Pages 205-208
Multimedia VHDL Learning Systems: An Overview....Pages 209-212
The ASTEP Educational Multimedia Framework....Pages 213-216
Microwind : Introducing Microelectronics Design on PC....Pages 217-220
Experiences of Computer-Aided-Learning in Degree-Level Electronics....Pages 221-224
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Introduction to Digital Integrated Circuit Design....Pages 227-230
Design of a Multi-FPGA System for Rapid Prototyping Experimentation....Pages 231-234
Circuit Fault Detection Using Industrial Cadence Software....Pages 235-238
Accurate Timing Modeling and Design-Kit Development for a Sub-Micron CMOS Technology....Pages 239-242
A VHDL Course Based on the EVITA™ Multimedia Tutorial....Pages 243-246
Introduction to FPGA by Training Examples — Application in a PCM System....Pages 247-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Write and Use Hypermedias for Microelectronic Teaching, How to Take Up this New Challenge?....Pages 253-260
The EU Telematics Application Programme “MODEM” Research Project; A European Microelectronics Telematics Based Educational Initiative....Pages 261-264
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Distance Measurement of Sub-Micron MOS Devices Via Internet....Pages 265-268
A Multimedia Learning and Design System for Microprocessors....Pages 269-272
Multimedia Training on Integrated Circuits Design with Low Cost Hardware....Pages 273-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
The Dutch PICO-Project on Education of Microelectronics....Pages 279-282
Using Industrial ATE for Tertiary Electronics Education: Is it the Best Solution?....Pages 283-286
Turbo Tester: A CAD System for Teaching Digital Test....Pages 287-290
A Project-Oriented Undergraduate Course in Mixed Analog/Digital ASIC Design....Pages 291-294
Perspectives of Reconfigurable Computing in Education....Pages 295-298