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Call For Papers / MRS Symposium D
Materials, Integration, and Technology for Monolithic Instruments
Session Topics | Invited Speakers | Symposium Organizers
Monolithic instruments are systems and subsystems that combine conventional integrated circuits with novel solid-state components so that they can interact with their physical environment. Such systems can achieve cost and performance enhancements through integration and miniaturization. Examples include a-Si:H photodiode arrays, OLED-based microdisplays, integrated biological and chemical detection systems, integrated optical and photonic systems, and digital micromirror displays. The goal of this symposium is to provide a forum for scientists and engineers interested in the materials, electrical, and physical design, fabrication, and analysis of monolithic instruments. A non-exhaustive list of materials include those that can be incorporated into integrated circuits, such as (1) deposited semiconductors including a-Si:H and silicon nanocrystals, (2) OLED materials, (3) polycrystalline silicon, (4) chemically active and inert conductors, (5) organic conductors, (6) biocompatible materials, and (7) magnetic thin films. Contributions will be solicited in the areas of a) materials integration into integrated circuits, b) physical behavior of the integrated elements, c) circuit integration and operation, and d) applications. As this is an emerging field, one key aspect of this session is to start bringing together the materials and circuit design communities to foster critical discussion into the creation of monolithic instruments.
Session Topics
Selected session topics include:
Materials
- a-Si:H and microcrystalline silicon
- Organic light-emitting films
- Chemically inert conductors
- Adhesion layers
- Biocompatible layers
- Ferromagnetic and paramagnetic thin films
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Device Integration
- Integration of new materials
- Processing and performance interactions
- Novel device structures
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Applications and Devices
- Solid-state displays
- Performance image arrays
- Chemical/biochemical sensing
- Lab-on-microchip
- Optical interconnects
- High-speed optical switching
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Devices
- Integrated thin-film transistors
- Microfluidic devices
- Light-emitting devices
- Photonic crystal passive components
- Planar waveguide components
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System Design Issues
- Noise-reduction techniques
- System size-reduction techniques
- Signal-detection techniques
- Device modeling and design
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Invited Speakers
Invited speakers (partial list) include: Eric Fossum (Univ. of California-Los Angeles), Kenneth Suslick (Univ. of Illinois), Roland Thewes (Infineon Technologies), and Albert van den Berg (Univ. of Twente, The Netherlands). |
Symposium Organizers
Jeremy Theil
Lumileds, LLC
MS 91UJ
370 W. Trimble Rd.
San Jose, CA 95131
Tel: 408 435-6233
Fax: 408 435-6012
jeremy.theil@lumileds.com |
Travis Blalock
University of Virginia
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
C215 Thornton Hall
351 McCormick Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4743
Tel: 434-924-1331
Fax: 434-924-8818
blalock@virginia.edu |
Markus Boehm
Universität Siegen
Institut für Mikrosystemtechnik
Hoelderlinstr. 3
Siegen D-57068, Germany
Tel: 49-271-740-3293
Fax: 49-271-740-4512
markus.boehm@uni-siegen.de |
Donald S. Gardner
Intel Corporation
MS SC1-03
2200 Mission College Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Tel: 408-765-2025
d.s.gardner@intel.com |
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