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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Microelectronics Process Engineering Laboratory College of Engineering September 25, 2003. Founding Partners Award Intel Corporation Dr. Jai Hakhu. Founding Partners Award Applied Materials, Inc. Dr. David N.K. Wang.
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Ribbon Cutting CeremonyMicroelectronics Process EngineeringLaboratoryCollege of EngineeringSeptember 25, 2003
Founding Partners Award Intel Corporation Dr. Jai Hakhu
Founding Partners Award Applied Materials, Inc. Dr. David N.K. Wang
Microelectronics Process Engineering Program Highlights • BS degree curriculum • Fab-based courses • Enhancements to traditional BS curricula • Workforce development activities
Metal Depositionand Etch DiffusionandOxidation Photo-lithography OxideRIE Wet ChemEtch/Clean Intel Applied Materials NovellusAMDCypress Quintel Current process capabilities
Current design facilities • Hardware: • 500MHz Logic Analyzer • 40 Sun workstations • 280 Sunfire server • CAD Software • Cadence Design Systems • Synopsys • Silvaco
Student Impact 2000-03ProE Courses • Basic IC Processing (EE/MatE129) • Fabricate and test devices • NMOS technology • 207 students • Advanced Thin Film Processes (MatE/ChE166) • Statistics/DOE • Metrology and thin film dep/etching • 32 students • Microelectronics Mfgr Methods (EE/MatE167) • CMOS technology/SPC • Sea of Gates developed • 37 students
Student Impact 2000-03Related Courses • Electronic Design I (EE122) • Pilot study in which students designed a current mirror • Introduction to Engineering (E10) • Solar cell testing • 500 students/year • Electronic Properties of Materials (MatE153) • Solar cell processing • 300 students/year • Introduction to Materials (MatE25) • Lithography (souvenirs) • 250 student/year
Research Activity • LDMOS devices • Nitride Gate oxide • MEMs projects • RIE characterization • Photovoltaics • Internships
Impact 2000-03Workforce Development • Creating interest in semiconductor technology and engineering • High school/community college instructor workshop • SEMI’s Workforce Development Institute Workshop (HS students) • Community college class visits • Discover Camp (high school students)
Next Big Things • Addition of CVD/polysilicon growth • Allow self-aligned gate technology • Reduction in mask set • Allow Analog Leaf Cell manufacture entirely in-house • Allow MEMs research • Enhanced materials science component • Analog-Mixed Signal (AMS) designs • very sensitive to manufacturing variations • Students will do design/manufacture/test • Enhancement to EE curriculum • Materials Characterization Facility