IEEE Distinguished Lecture by Dr. M K Radhakrishnan
The integrated circuit (IC) history started more than 55 years back and the technology progression during this period has immensely helped in understanding various materials and interfaces at the most miniaturized scale. The studies in turn have helped in developing many useful tools and techniques for the benefit of mankind. All these technological innovations and related advancements in the society – life style, health care and well-being, etc - are indebted to semiconductor device technology. Currently, we stand at another juncture as well, where the fruits of developments in the last century science and the depth of knowledge mankind acquired through research in material science and various mathematical tools merge to emerge in the form of nano-electronics, a new set of advancement for technological evolution. The progression of device technology and its transformation from microelectronics to the present stage of nano devices will be discussed in this talk. An overview of the evolution of electronics to the modern day smart devices employing nano technology will be included. The major challenges in analysis and metrology are discussed with relevance to the limitations in application of the tools and the complexity in analysis. Understanding the device physics in terms of electron conduction through various interfaces can provide a deep insight into the challenges in the technology progression. Many a times, our curriculum lacks the practical aspects of device processing and the complexity of science and engineering involved. The objective is to provide a broad picture of the vast area for study in the field of device technology, where the importance still lies on understanding the fundamentals of device physics, materials and interfaces.
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- Date: 06 Oct 2015
- Time: 04:30 PM to 06:00 PM
- All times are (GMT+05:30) Asia/Calcutta
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Dr. MK Radhakrishnan
VLSI – The Soul of Engineering Evolution in Electronics
The integrated circuit (IC) history started more than 55 years back and the technology progression during this period has immensely helped in understanding various materials and interfaces at the most miniaturized scale. The studies in turn have helped in developing many useful tools and techniques for the benefit of mankind. All these technological innovations and related advancements in the society – life style, health care and well-being, etc - are indebted to semiconductor device technology. Currently, we stand at another juncture as well, where the fruits of developments in the last century science and the depth of knowledge mankind acquired through research in material science and various mathematical tools merge to emerge in the form of nano-electronics, a new set of advancement for technological evolution. The progression of device technology and its transformation from microelectronics to the present stage of nano devices will be discussed in this talk. An overview of the evolution of electronics to the modern day smart devices employing nano technology will be included. The major challenges in analysis and metrology are discussed with relevance to the limitations in application of the tools and the complexity in analysis. Understanding the device physics in terms of electron conduction through various interfaces can provide a deep insight into the challenges in the technology progression. Many a times, our curriculum lacks the practical aspects of device processing and the complexity of science and engineering involved. The objective is to provide a broad picture of the vast area for study in the field of device technology, where the importance still lies on understanding the fundamentals of device physics, materials and interfaces.
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Dr.M.K. Radhakrishnan is a scientist in the area of semiconductor device physics and failure analysis & reliability for the past four decades, and the Founder Director of NanoRel-Technical Consultants Singapore providing analysis based solutions for improving reliability to microelectronic industries in design and process. He was a scientist with Institute of Microelectronics Singapore, Philips, ST Microelectronics and ISRO at various senior positions. He also served as Adjunct Professor at National University of Singapore and visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Dr. Radhakrishnan is an IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer, Member of Board of Governors of IEEE Electron Devices Society and EDS Region 10 SRC Vice-Chair. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE EDS Newsletter, Editor of IEEE Journal of Electron Devices (IEEE JEDS), Editorial Board Member of Microelectronics Reliability Journal (UK), Editor of the European Journal Facta Universitas and Guest Editor to IEEE TDMR. He was General Chair for IEEE international conferences IPFA 1999 and IEDST 2009 and editor of Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science (2002-2005). He is also a reviewer to many highly reputed journals of IEEE, Pergamon and Science publications. As a researcher in the area of device reliability physics and failure analysis, he has more than 60 research publications and two US patents. As a technical consultant he works with different Government organizations in India and Singapore, many MNCs in Asia and Europe and a number of Higher Education Institutions. He is a Fellow of IETE, Senior Member of IEEE, Member of EDFAS and ESDA.
Dr. MK Radhakrishnan
VLSI – The Soul of Engineering Evolution in Electronics
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