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SHORT IINTENSIVE
ENGINEERING COURSES
EWME Workshop 2004
EPFL, April 15-16, 2004
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BACKGROUND
•1st course in August 1988 at EPFL
•Analog and Digital CMOS IC Design
•Directors: Michel Declercq, Gabor Temes,
Vlado Valence, Eric Vittoz
• Since 1988:
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16 editions of CMOS (Analog & Digital) course
22 other specific topics, 68 (1-week) courses
Above 5200 participants
51 different countries
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TYPICAL FORMAT
Practical Aspects of Mixed-Mode IC Design
(CMOS IC Design , 2004)
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Noise coupling
Substrate Crosstalk
Bus Routing & Grounding
Disortion
Mismatch Shaping
Advanced Opamp Designs
Non-Ideal Effects in SC
ESD and Reliability of Ics
Design for Robustness
MOS Modeling
Tim Schmerbeck
Francois Clement
Paul Brokaw
Michiel Steyaert
Gabor Temes
Michiel Steyaert
Gabor Temes
Yusuf Leblebici
Barrie Gilbert
Christian Enz
JDS Uniphase
Cadence
Analog Devices
KU Leuven
OS University
KU Leuven
OS University
EPFL
Analog Devices
CSEM
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OTHER PARTICULAR TOPICS
Wireless Communications (10)
Low Power, Low Voltage Analog (9)
Delta Sigma Data Converters (7)
Nyquist Rate Data Converters (6)
PLLs and Data Recovery (6)
Optical Communications, Power Management, Low
Noise Analog, Transistoir-Level Analog, etc.
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CMOS IC DESIGN SERIES
250
200
150
Enrollment
100
50
0
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Wireless Communications vs LP-LV
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
Wireless
LP-LV
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OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
180
160
140
120
100
US
80
EPFL
60
40
20
0
2001
Dec 2001
2002
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SUCCESS DEPENDS ON :
• Economic
situation
• New hires in industry
• Topic
• Program
• Location
• Partnership with Universities
• Long-term view (organization)
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SUCCESS DEPENDS ON ….
Actually,
it is quite unpredictable !
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FUTURE GOALS
• 20th edition of CMOS course in 2007
• Introduce new topics
• Offer courses in Far East