ERFURT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the leading foundry group in analog/mixed-signal semiconductor applications known for its expertise in “More than Moore” technologies, will present an hour-long webinar next week entitled, “Design for Reliability – How Process and Design Work Together to Enable Robust Technologies.” This free webinar focuses on reliability as a critical performance factor for semiconductor technologies. It delves into the physics behind wear-out mechanisms to provide a technical base for modeling and predicting reliability at the component and circuit levels. It also describes the physical phenomena that can lead to device degradation during circuit operation, and shows how to deduce reliability models for CMOS technologies. These models apply to multiple analog/mixed-signal processes; they can be used for design optimization (“Design for Reliability”) to enable very robust products, and for reliability risk assessment for advanced operating conditions such as high temperature and high voltage. Attendees will hear about the most relevant failure mechanisms in CMOS technologies and learn practical design techniques to enable:
- reliability risk assessment based on aging models; and
- sufficient robustness margins per design optimization.
| WHO: |
Anyone wanting to learn about the underlying physics of reliability issues and anyone involved in analog/mixed-signal design with a focus on optimizing for reliability and robustness. |
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| WHAT: |
One-hour webinar that provides an overview of the underlying physics of reliability issues. |
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| WHEN: |
Thursday, March 3, 2011 |
Thursday, March 3, 2011 |
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| 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. PST | 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Central European Time (CET) | ||
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. EST | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. China/Taiwan | ||
| 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Korea/Japan | |||
| WHERE: | Online webinar; registration links: | ||
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For Europe & Asia: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/913043603/ |
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For North & South America: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/719292314/ |
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| WHY: |
Efficient, convenient way to become better informed about how to optimize analog/mixed-signal designs for reliability. |
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About X-FAB
X-FAB is the leading analog/mixed-signal foundry group manufacturing silicon wafers for analog-digital integrated circuits (mixed-signal ICs). X-FAB maintains wafer production facilities in Erfurt and Dresden (Germany), Lubbock, Texas (US) and Kuching, Sarawak (Malaysia), and employs approximately 2,400 people worldwide. Wafers are manufactured based on advanced modular CMOS and BiCMOS processes with technologies ranging from 1.0 to 0.18 micrometers, for applications primarily in the automotive, communications, consumer and industrial sectors. For more information, please visit www.xfab.com.