Microelectronics education : proceedings of the 3rd European Workshop on Microelectronics Education ; hosted by ST University (ST Microelectronics), France, May 18 & 19, 2000

This is the third edition of the European Workshop on Microelectronics Education (EWME). A steady-state regime has now been reached. An international community of university teachers is constituted; they exchange their experience and their pedagogical tools. They discuss the best ways to transfer the rapidly changing techniques to their students, and to introduce them to the new physical and mathematical concepts and models for the innovative techniques, devices, circuits and design methods. The number of abstracts submitted to EWME 2000 (about one hundred) enabled the scientific committee to proceed to a clear selection. EWME is a European meeting. Indeed, authors from 20 different European countries contribute to this volume. Nevertheless, the participation of authors from Brazil, Canada, China, New Zealand, and USA, shows that the workshop gradually attains an international dimension. th The 20 century can be characterized as the "century of electron". The electron, as an elementary particle, was discovered by J.J. Thomson in 1897, and was rapidly used to transfer energy and information. Thanks to electron, universe and micro-cosmos could be explored. Electron became the omnipotent and omnipresent, almost immaterial, angel of our W orId. This was made possible thanks to electronics and, for the last 30 years, to microelectronics. Microelectronics not only modified and even radically transformed the industrial and the every-day landscapes, but it also led to the so-called "information revolution" with which begins the 21 st century. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Medea EDA Roadmap, and How it Should Influence Microelectronics Education....Pages 55-56 The MOSIS Service....Pages 57-60 Achievements and Advances at CMP....Pages 61-64 The EUROPRACTICE IC Service offers a new approach to deep submicron design....Pages 65-68 Women in Engineering in Europe....Pages 71-74 Roles and Prospects of IDEC Activities for the Promotion of Integrated Systems Education in Korea....Pages 77-80 The Specific Challenges of Electronics and It Education in New Zealand....Pages 81-84 Situation and Developing Trend of Microelectronics Education in China....Pages 85-88 Enhancing System-Level Education with Reusable Designs....Pages 5-8 Demands on Microelectronics Education and Research in the Post-PC Era....Pages 9-14 On the Design of Microelectronic Design Projects to Fulfill Given Learning Objectives....Pages 15-18 System-on-Chip Design and its Transfer to Microelectronics Education....Pages 19-22 Best Practices from 100 Corporate Universities World-Wide....Pages 25-25 Quality Labelling for Electronic Training Courses....Pages 27-30 System LSI Design Methodology Training in Hitachi Ltd.....Pages 31-34 A University Network for the Silicon Industry....Pages 35-38 Computer Simulations of Microdevices and Microsystems: Gaining Insights by Visualizing Physical Concepts....Pages 91-94 Educational Multimedia and Microelectronics: Should We Think First about the Conditions of Use?....Pages 41-44 The Use of Streaming Multi-Media in Microelectronic Education....Pages 45-48 Distributed VLSI Design Education Using MOCA: the Multimedia On-line Collaboration Architecture....Pages 49-52 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Teaching Modules for a Class in Mechatronics....Pages 95-98 Multimedia CD-ROM: “An Introduction to the World of Microsystems”....Pages 99-102 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 Action-Based Learning System for Teaching Digital Electronics and Test....Pages 107-110 Medicis: An Environment for Remote FPGA Circuit Testing by Internet....Pages 111-114 WEB based exercises on Computer Arithmetic....Pages 115-118 Distance Interactive Microelectronics Technology Course: A Tool to Make Easier the Understanding and the Learning....Pages 119-122 TRANSTEC — online training for innovative micro-fabrication techniques....Pages 123-126 The Role of CAL/CBT Tools in Microelectronics Education....Pages 127-130 Geographically Distributed Teaching Laboratory for Microelectronic Design and Testing....Pages 131-134 Multimedia Tool for Self-Learning VHDL....Pages 135-138 Using Multimedia in a Digital Design Lab....Pages 139-142 Memphis, a hypermedia system for learning microelectronics....Pages 143-146 Hypermedia Applications as Interactive Database Resources....Pages 147-150 Chips on the Net....Pages 151-154 Web Based Tutorials for Teaching Electronics....Pages 155-158 A Web Application Experience in Electronic Education in the Engineering Syllabus....Pages 159-162 Basic Microelectronics Self Instructor....Pages 163-166 MREL: Metaregister of Expert Links....Pages 167-170 EuroPractice Training — a Pan-European Infrastructure for Microelectronics Training....Pages 173-175 An Experimental Approach to The Study of Semiconductor Laser Sources....Pages 177-180 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 Laboratory of Microelectronics: An Advanced Practical Course on Analog ICs Design....Pages 181-184 A World Wide Web Teaching and Learning Environment Applied to Educational Courses in Microelectronics....Pages 185-188 FPGA and DSP Based Programmable System Used for Educational Purposes....Pages 189-192 Training of New Experts for Electronics at the BSU....Pages 193-196 Application-Oriented Microelectronics Education....Pages 197-200 Interactive Logic Design on the World Wide Web....Pages 201-204 Mixed-Signal Testing at the ASIC Design Course at Twente University....Pages 205-208 Multidisciplinary DSP-Based Control Project....Pages 209-212 Introducing GSM Basic Circuits Principles....Pages 213-216 Improving Student Assessment in Electronics: Open Exams....Pages 217-220 A Proposal of the Curriculum Concerning the Information Engineering for Microelectronics and Computer Industries....Pages 221-224 A Graduate Program in Integrated Communication Systems....Pages 225-228 Concepts for Teaching New Circuit Techniques....Pages 231-234 Managing Microelectronics Education for the Future and Tackling the Information Overflow....Pages 235-238 A Case Study in VLSI Design for Communications: Design of a Pipelined Adaptive DFE for GMSK over Indoor Radio Channels....Pages 239-242 Towards a Reusable SoC Design Methodology....Pages 243-246 Design in Microelectronics & Computer Engineering: Teaching Undergraduates....Pages 247-250 Mixed-Signal Test Training at CRTC....Pages 251-254 Multidisciplinary Collaborative Design Course for System-on-a-Chip ( SOC )....Pages 257-260 Introducing Digital Circuits Design and Formal Verification Concurrently....Pages 261-264 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 Design of the Hadamard Coprocessor with the Alliance CAD System Carried by Post-Graduating Students....Pages 265-268 Microsystem Project-Oriented Education....Pages 269-272 A New Trial on HDL Exercise Class for Undergraduate School in EE Department....Pages 273-276 Providing Flexible Internet Infrastructure for FPGA-Based CAD Courses....Pages 277-280 PICO — A Model Microprocessor Framework for Architecture Education....Pages 281-284 A Java-Based Framework for Simulation and Teaching: HADES — the Hamburg Design System....Pages 285-288 Design of Analog Integrated Circuits: Freeware PC-Based CAD for Student Practices....Pages 289-292 CMP Experience On Deep Sub-Micron Design-Methodology Support and Transfer....Pages 293-296 An Introduction to Microsystems Fabrication....Pages 297-300 Experimental and Analytical Methods for ESD Phenomena and Their Failure Analysis in CMOS IC’s....Pages 301-304 Electronics Manufacturing Learning Factory....Pages 305-307 Physics of Semiconductor Devices: A 2D Simulation Training Course....Pages 309-312 Back Matter....Pages 313-317

this Volume Contains The Contributions Presented At The 3rd European Workshop On Microelectronics Education. They Give An Overview Of Current Initiatives In Europe (and Beyond) On Innovation In Microelectronics And Microsystems Teaching. The Book Details The Desired Focus Of Curriculum Content As Viewed By The Major Industrial Players, Describes Innovative Methods In Teaching, Lists Several Multi-media Initiatives In (distance) Learning And Virtual Laboratories And Virtual Campus Environments.
The Book Focuses On University And Polytechnic Course Levels.