MICROELECTRONICS EDUCA nON

MICROELECTRONICS EDUCATION Proceedings of the 2nd European Workshop held in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 14-15 May 1998

Edited by

Ton J. Mouthaan

and

Cora Salm

MESA Research Institute. University ofTwente. Enschede. The Netherlands

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Foreword

Dear participant in the second European Workshop on Microelectronics Education,

It is a pleasure to present you the Proceedings of the Second European Workshop on Microelectronics Education and to welcome you at the Workshop.

The Organising Committee is very pleased that it has found several key persons, with highly appreciated levels of knowledge and expertise, willing to present Invited Contributions to this Workshop. We have striven for an interesting spread over important areas like the expected demands for educated engineers in the wide field of Microelectronics, and Microsystems, in European industry (and beyond!) and innovations in method and focus of our educational programmes.

This is the second European Workshop in this area; the first one was held in Grenoble in France in the spring of 1996. It was the initiative of Georges Kamarinos, Nadine Guillemot and Bernard Courtois to organise this Workshop because they felt that Microelectronics was 'at a turning point' to become the core of the largest industry in the world and that this warranted a serious (re-)consideration of our educational imperatives. It is now two years since and their feeling has become reality: nobody doubts that by the year 2000 the microelecnonics industry will be the largest industrial sector. It is also obvious that because of that and because of the predicted shortfall of educated engineers we must continuously reconsider the quality of our educational approach.

There are two main questions here: are we teaching the right things and are we teaching them the right way? Nobody can claim to have an answer to these questions but it is through Workshops like this one that we can open our minds to people who have formulated answers from their points of view. May be some consensus may arise from this and almost certainly this Workshop will give you new ideas and inspiration.

The forma( of the Workshop emphasises Work and Shop. There are a very limited number of oral presentations: only those contributions that will interest a large number of people next to the invjted papers are presented orally in extended form. Each session is followed by a panel discussion instead of discussions after each paper; this is the 'Work' part. The 'Shop' part is 'formed by the demonstrations/poster presentations. Here we have sessions lasting 2 hours or more in which a maximum of 8 short oral presentations are given followed by demonstrations and a more personal interaction.

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People can walk around and 'Shop' to fill their minds with new ideas and meet the people behind the ideas.

Our close interaction with the American counterpart of this Workshop, the MicroSystems Education conference, is also new. We are pleased to welcome representatives of this conference in our midst and it is the intention to closely relate both events in such a way that we have a yearly meeting, alternating between the US and Europe. From the programme you can see this international orientation with invited speakers from the US, Canada, Japan and Australia. We have received abstracts from 30 different countries, so the Workshop truly is an International Workshop!

It is the intention of the organisers that a Workshop like this becomes a forum of which everyone feels it is the natural meeting place for people in our profession; if you are serious about your job, you should be there! It is not a scientific conference pur sang; we do not have a best paper award since the mere effort of everyone to reflect and be innovative is best practice in itself.

We hope you enjoy the Workshop.

The Organising Committee,

Ton Mouthaan Nadine Guillemot MESA Institute, Univ. ofTwente Centre Interuniversitaire de MicroElectronique

Jan Fluitman MESA Institute, Univ. ofTwente

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Foreword

Timetable

Session A: Industrial outlook

CONTENTS

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Al The view of Siemens on training, collaborative projects, continuing education 3 H Schmokel, T. Falter, W Beinvogl (invited)

Siemens AG HL MP PT, Munich, Gemlany

A2 An SGS-Thomson perspective on the microelectronics industry and education 7 J. C. Nata! (invited)

SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, Rousset, France

A3 The microelectronics engineer: educating for the future 9 M Pelgrom (invited)

Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

A4 A report from a Japanese microelectronics company concerning the education 13 of information technology

Y. Yano Fujitsu Computer Technology Limited, Yokohama ,Japan

Session PI: Industrial projects/New concepts

Pl. I Professional development microelectronics training in Europe 19 N. Sinnadurai

TWI Electronics Engineering, Cambridge, UK

PI.2 Initiative to address the skills shortage in the microelectronics industry in 23 Ireland

B. O'Neill (1), JDonnelly (1), c. Kelleher (1), G. T. Wrixon (1), J. Linehan (2), P. O'Caliaghan (2) and 0. Duggan (3)

(1) National Microelectronics Research Centre, Cork, Ireland (2) F AS, Cork, Ireland (3) NCV A, Dublin, Ireland

P1.3 Design of a low voltage/low power mixed analog/digital ASIC in continuing 27 education

L. Hebrard, H El Kbantour, C. Peter and F. Braun LEPSI, Strasbourg, France

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Pt.4 The limits of the electrical neutrality hypothesis, a pedagogical approach 31 G. Kamarinos

LPCS, ENSERG, Grenoble, France

Pt.5 Virtual device: a new approach in microelectronics device education 35 A. Negoi (1), A. Guyot (2), S. Bara (2) and J. Zimmermann (1)

(I) LPCS-Enserg, UMR CNRS, Grenoble, France (2) TIMA, Grenoble, France

P1.6 Interactive learning environment for the practical training on digital 39 electronics

L. Rodriguez-Pardo, MJ. Moure, MD. Valdes and E. Mandado Universidad de Vigo, Dept. de Tecnologia Elecronica, Spain

PI. 7 An interactive electronics course using pspice 43 J.J. Gonzales (1) and E. Mandado (2)

(1) State University of New York at New Paltz, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, New York, USA (2) University of Vigo, Dept. of Electronic Teclmology, Vigo, Spain

Pt.8 Microelectronics teaching - the Glasgow approach 47 J. Thayne

University of Glasgow, Dept. of Electronics and Electrical Eng., Scotland, UK

Session P2: Emerging fields/Technology

P2.t Educat.ion concepts of III-V based microsystems 53 G. Jacquemod, F Gaffiot, P. Rojo-Romeo, J.L. Leclercq, X Letartre and P. Viktorovitch

Ecole Centrale de Lyon, LEAME UMR· CNRS, Ecully, France

P2.2 Microsystems education without using the clean-room environment: study 57 of an accelerometer realized using printed circuit teclmology

G. Amendola and L. Babarfjian ESIEE, Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris, Noisy-Ie-Grand, France

P2.3 Education in microsystem design and realization 61 M Husak

Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Republic

P2.4 Teaching Reliability in Microelectronics 65 F· Fantini (1,2), L. Cattani (1), B. Ricco' (3) and M Catelani (4)

(1) University of Parma, DII, Italy (2) University of Modena, DSI, Italy (3) University of Bologna, DEIS, Italy (4) University of Firenze, DIE, Italy

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P2.S Altemtions in the basic course "Solid State Physics" in connection with 69 microsystems study

Y.M Poplavko Microelectronics Dept. of National Technical University of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

P2.6 Use of system approach in micr%ptoelectronic devices design 73 P. Vigier, C. Berthelemot-Aupetit and J.A·i Dumas

CNFM, PLM, ENSIL, Limoges, France

P2.7 Teaching devices and technology with simulation on PC as a didactical 77 approach

A.J. Mouthaan (1), MS. Obrecht (2) (1) Twente University of Technology, Enschede, The Netherlands (2) University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Session B: Emerging Fields

Bl A microengineering curriculum at EPFL 83 P. Renaud (invited)

DMT-IMS, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

B2 Mechanical engineering component in microelectronic systems curriculum 87 A. RUCinski, R. Jerard, G. Sedor and T. Visegrady

University of New Hampshire, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Durham, USA

B3 Surface micro machining and electrical chamcterization of 91 polysilicon micro cantilevers

A.M ]onescu (1), P. Morfouli (1), M Mt,lthieu (J), J. Brini (J), N. Guillemot (J,2) and J.-M Terrot (2)

(1) ENSERG-INPG, Grenoble, France (2) CIME-INPG, Grenoble, France

B4 Education on complex microelectronic systems. Hardware-software 95 co-design with VHDL

E. Sofo, MA. Pereira and S. Fernandez University of Vigo, Dept. of Electronic Technology, Vigo, Spain

BS Realization in clean room and electrical characterization ofP-type thin 99 film transistor

O. Bonnaud, D. Guillet, F. Raoult and A. C. Salaun Universite de Rennes, Groupe de Microelectronique et Visualisation, France

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Session C: New Concepts in teaching

Cl Microelectronics systems design 105 WJ. Th. de Kaper

The Hague University of Professional Education, The Hague, The Netherlands

C2 The gmIID methodology on MA TLAB: a pedagogical tool for analog 109 integrated circuit design education

D. Flandre and P. Jespers Universite Catholique de Louvain, Microelectronics Laboratory, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

C3 How to make the study of microelectronics more attractive 113 D. Donoval

Slovak University of Technology, Dept. of Microelectronics, Bratislava, Slovakia

C4 Trends on microelectronic systems education 117 1. C. Teixeira and J.P. Teixeira

1ST, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Portugal

Session P3: Multimedia in Microelectronics Education

P3.1 Multimedia web-based courseware on microelectronics 123 D. Caviglia, G. Da Bormida, D. Ponta, M Terrizzano and M Valle

University of Genova, DIBE, Genova, Italy

P3.2 Remote education experience on learning IC characterization/production test 127 Y. Bertrand, R. Lorival, M Robert and G. Cambon

Universite Montpellier II, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Robotique et de Microelectronique, France

P3.3 Hypermedia in the analog integrated circuit design education 131 A. Ferreira, J.L. Noullet and E. Sicard

INSA-DGEI, Toulouse, France

P3.4 A multimedia educative tool concerning rnicrowave circuits based on a 135 physical approach of their time domain operation

NIR. Friscourt and C. Daile lnst. d'Electronique et de Microelec. du Nord, Villeneuve d'ascq, France

P3.5 Distance education in microelectronics via multimedia N. Radu (1), A. Drondoe (1), E. Radulescu (1), G. Dima (1), C. von Koschembahr (2) and M Projirescu (1)

(1) Technical University of Bucharest, Dept. ElectronicslEDIL, Romania (2) IBM Global Services, Education & Training, La Hulpe, Belgium

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P3.6 An interactive multimedia course on basic digital electronics 143 D. Del Corso (1), p. Civera (1), V Pozzolo (1), c. Sansoe (1), C.Scrizzi (2)

(1) Politecnico di Torino, Dept. of Electronics, Torino, Italy (2) Politecnico di Torino, Multimedia Laboratory and COREP, Torino, Italy

P3.7 Optimisation of a solar cell; exercise in simulation based training, using the 147 MODEM tele-Iearning concept

JH Hovius (1), H Leemkuil (1), JG. Hensgens (2), A.J. Mouthaan (1), C. Salm (1)

(1) University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands (2) RIKS, Maastricht, The Netherlands

P3.S VLSI design in the MODEM project 151 u.s. Lidholm (1), A. Chagoya (2), R. Leveugle (2)

(1) UCC, NMRC, Cork, Ireland (2) CIME-INPG, Grenoble, France

P3.9 Materials analysis in the MODEM project 155 F. Pecheux (1), y. Herve (1), H Marchal (1), N Hertel (2), JP. Stoquert (1), R. Stuck (1), P. SifJert (1)

(1) CNRSIPHASE, Strasbourg, France (2) ISA, Univ. of Aarhus, Derunark

Session P4: Design innovations

P4.1 ProTest: a low cost rapid prototyping and test system for PCB, ASIC 161 andFPGA

]V!. Jacomet, J Breitenstein, R. Walti, L. Winzenried and M Gysel Ingenieurschule Biel, MicroLab-I3S, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland

P4.2 Fast prototyping for BICMOS analog integrated circuits design 165 J Tomas, E. Ragbi, P. Fouillat and JP. Dom

IXL Lab. de Microelectronique, University Bordeaux 1, Bordeaux, France

P4.3 The mix-signal asic design course at Twente 169 R.J. WT. Tangelder, S.H Gerez, HG. Kerkhoff, E.A.M Klumperink, J. Smit, H Snijders, H Speek, H de Vries

University of Twente, Fac. of Electrical Engineering., Enschede, The Netherlands

P4.4 Analog integrated circuit demonstrator for electronic engineering education 173 E. Farres (1), F. Serra-Graells (1), A. Uranga (2) and N Barniol (2)

(1) Institut de Microelectronica de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (2) Universitat Autono~a de Barcelona, Dept. d'Enginyeria Electronica, Barcelona, Spain

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P4.6 i-button electronic identification technology: hi-tech tool for final year 177 student project development

lvJ.-T. Chew, S. Demidenko, B. Tok, D. Koh, J. Hon, P.-s. Loh, D. Lim andJ. Lee

Singapore Polytechnic, EC Department, Singapore

Session D: International outlook

D1 Microelectronic Systems Education in the U.S. 183 D. W. Bouldin (invited)

University of Tennessee, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Knox'Ville, USA

D2 Helping to shape Microelectronics Education in Canada 187 D. Gale and A. Marsh (invited),

CMC, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

D3 The review of engineering education and the new role of cooperative education 191 H.E. Harrison and C-J. Patrick (invited)

Faculty of Engineering, Innovation Centre for Engineering Education Griffith University, Queensland 4111, Australia

D4 Microelectronics education in Japan 195 K. Asada (invited)

VLSI Design and Education Center, University of Tokyo, Japan

Session PS: Multi Media in Microelectronics Education

PS.1 Teaching basic electronic systems with multimedia 201 E. Zysman and M Delercq

RPFL - LEG, Lausanne, Switzerland

PS.2 EDEC - a computer-based teaching system for electronic design education 205 P.L. Jones

The Manchester School of Engineering, The University of Manchester, UK

PS.3 Multimedia VHDL learning systems: an overview 209 M Koch and D. Tavangarian

University of Rostock, Dept. of Computer Science, Rostock, Germany

P.S.S The ASTEP educational multimedia framework 213 P. Foulk (1), M Desmulliez (1), L. MacKinnon (1) and M Ferreira (2)

(1) Heriot-Watt University, Edimburgh, UK (2) FEUPIDEEC, Porto, Portugal

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PS.7 Microwind: introducing microelectronics design on pc 217 E. Sicard and CHEN Xi

INSA, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Toulouse, France

PS.8 EXlleriences of computer-aided-leaming in degree-level electronics 221 J.N Coleman (I), D.J. Kinniment (1), G. Russell (1) and A.M Koelmans (2)

(1) The University, Dept. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (2) The University, Dept. Computer Science, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Session P6: Design innovations

P6.1 Introduction to digital integrated circuit design 227 M Jezeque/, P. Adde and G. Graton

ENST de Bretagne, Dept. Electronique, Brest, France

P6.2 Design of a multi-FPGA system for rapid prototyping experimentation 231 J-D. Legal and J-P. David

Universite Catholique de Louvain, Microelectronics Laboratory, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium

P6.3 Circuit fault detection using industrial CADENCE software 235 C Baron, P.Bourdeu-d'Aguerre, F Caignet, A. Ferreira and J-C Geffroy

LESIA, INSA Toulouse, France

P6.4 Accurate timing modelling and Design-kit development for a submicron 239 CMOS technology

K. Torki and S. Saulnier TIMA-CMP Laboratory, Grenoble, France

P6.S A VHDL course based on the Evita™ multimedia tutorial 243 J. Mirkowski, M Kapuslka, Z. Skowronski and A. Biniszkiewicz

Technical University of Zielona Gora, Dept. of Computer Engineering and Electronics, Zielona Gora, Poland

P6.6 Introduction to FPGA by training examples: application in a PCM system 247 F Nouvel, C .Moy and 0. Paviot

Lab. Composants et Systemes pour Telecommunications, CCMO, Rennes, France

Session E: Multimedia

El Write and use hypermedias for microelectronic teaching, how to take up 253 this new challenge?

A. Gallison (1) and E. Zysrnan (2) (1) ENST, Paris, France (2) EPFb-LEG, LausaIme, Switzerland

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E2 The EU telematics application programme "MODEM" research project; 261 a european microelectronics telematics based educational initiative

G. M. Crean, N. Cordero, S Lidholm and M. 0 :'lullivan NMRC, University College Cork, Cork Ireland

E3 Distance measurement of sub-micron MaS devices via internet 265 G. Laprade, E. Marques, CNEN Xi and E. Sicard

INSA, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Toulouse, France

E4 A multimedia learning and design system for Microprocessors 269 R. Afayer, M. Koch and D. Tavangarian

University of Rostock, Dept. of Computer Science, Rostock, Germany

E5 Multimedia training on integrated circuits design with low cost hardware 273 R. Casanueva, FJ Azcondo, M. Martinez and S Bracho

University of Cantabria, Microelectronic Engineering Group Dept., Santander, Spain

Session F: Design innovations

Fl The dutch PICa-Project on education of Microelectronics 279 J Davidse (invited)

Chairman of the PICa organisation, Professor emeritus TU Delft, The Netherlands

F2 Using industrial ATE for tertiary electronics education: is it the best solution? 283 S Demidenko, SK. Jhajharia, T-B. Tan and w.-Y Wong

Singapore Polytechnic, Electronics and Comm. Engineering Dept., Singapore

F3 Turbo Tester: A CAD system for teac:hing digital test 287 G. Jervan, A. Markus, P. Paomets, J Raik and R. Ubar

Tallinn Teclmical University, Dept. of Computer Engineering, Estonia

F4 A project-oriented undergraduate course in mixed analog/digital ASIC design 291 L. Hebrard, C. Peter and F Braun

ULP-LEPSI, Strasbourg, France

F5 Perspectives of Reconfigurable computing in education 295 J Becker, F -M. Renner and M. Glesner

Darmstadt University of Technology, Instituteof Microelectronics Systems, Germany