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CHAPTER MEETINGS Conference Calendar
OEB-CS - 2/1 | CPU dominance in the 2010s: x86 or ARM? - Forum Jan 31 - Feb 3: DesignCon — Electronic Design
Discussion: commodity computing, smartphones, architectures ... [more] - Santa Clara Convention Center [more]
SCV-CSS - 2/1 | Adaptive Inverse Control (Part 2) - feedback control, February 23-24: Ethernet Technology Summit
filtering, plant dynamics, disturbances ... [more] -- Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara [more]
SCV-TMC - 2/3 | Maximizing the Potential of your Start Up Business:
March 7-11: Int'l Wireless Communications Expo
The Four Quadrants of Business Events - simple framework ... [more]
(IWCE) - Las Vegas Convention Center [more]
SCV-Rel - 2/3 | Best of RAMS 2011 - scope, presentations, best talks,
new developments ... [more] March 14-16: Int’l Symposium on Quality Electronic
SCV-CSS - 2/5 | Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems - Design (ISQED) Hyatt Regency Hotel, Santa Clara [more]
Seminar, 5 talks, models, simulation, visualization ... [more] March 20-23: IEEE Power Systems Conference &
SCV-EDS - 2/8 | Photovoltaic Module Reliability and Failure Exhibition (PSCE 2011) - Phoenix Conv Center [more]
Analysis: Enduring a Storm - weather extremes, modes ... [more]
March 20-24: Semiconductor Thermal Modeling,
SCV-CS - 2/8 | Participatory Urbanism: Smart Computing, or Big
Brother is Watching? - mobile authoring, sharing, remixing ... [more] Measurement and Management Symposium (SEMI-
THERM) DoubleTree Hotel, San Jose [more]
SCV-EMC - 2/8 | Grounding Application for Space Systems -
theoretical, practical, design, generation, current flow, test ... [more] March 28-31: Wireless Communications & Networking
SCV-CPMT - 2/9 | Impact of Packaging on Photovoltaic Panel Conference (WCNC) Cancun, Mexico [more]
Performance and Reliability - methodologies, failure modes ... [more]
SPECTRUM - 2/10 | RF and Microwave Heating - webinar:
multiphysics, modeling tools, simulation ... [more]
Chapter Seminars
Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems [more]
SCV-Nano - 2/15 | Using Process-ready Silicon Composite Materials Feb 5 - 9 AM – 3 PM - 5 talks - $40 for members
to Increase Li-ion Cell Capacity - ecofriendly, 40% increase ... [more]
SCV-CNSV - 2/15 | Architecting the Internet-Of-Things - low cost of Addressing System Control Complexity with Multi-
entry, new product, connecting equipment, buildings ... [more] Physics Modeling and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
SCV-ComSoc - 2/15 | IPv6 Migration, Business Continuity, Simulation [more]
Implementation Gaps - 2 talks: trends, SaaS, DSL, gaps ... [more] Feb 24 - full-day - no cost - Sunyvale Grand Hotel
OEB-Mag - 2/16 | Pure Spin Currents: Discharging Spintronics -
relaxation mechanisms, eliminating currents, approaches ... [more] Career Development
SCV-EMB - 2/16 | The Basics of Intellectual Property - business Professional Skills Courses [more]
factors, timelines, protection, applying ... [more]
- Transitioning from Individual Contributor to Manager
SCV-PES+IAS - 2/16 | Bloom Energy - Transforming Distributed
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- Working Together Apart -Team Building Using MBTI
SCV-PELS - 2/16 | Ultrafast Nanoscale Electrothermal Energy
Conversion Devices and Measurements - nanoparticles, results [more]
OEB-IAS - 2/17 | Solid State Lighting for Industrial Locations - Santa Clara University
hazardous & industrial locations, evaluation, trends ... [more] Emerging Technologies Courses [more]
SCV-GOLD - 2/17 | Volunteer Information Evening: Presentations One-day Short Courses
on Engineering Volunteering Opportunities - talks, demos ... [more] -- The Design of CMOS RFICs -- The Art of Radiometry
OEB+SCV+SSC - 2/20 | IEEE SPICE Milestone Plaque Unveiling at -- Hydropower Generation and Smart Grid
UC Berkeley - brief ceremony, refreshments ... [more]
SCV-Mag - 2/22 | Solid-State and Spinning Discs in Evolving Internet
Landscapes - semiconductor, SSD, HDD forecasts, scenarios ... [more]
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OEB+SCV+SSC - 2/23 | IEEE SPICE Milestone Celebration and
Discussion - reception: origins, evolution, future ... [more]
Your Networking Partner ® OEB-PES - 2/23 | Renewable Energies -- PV Solar Cogeneration -
wasted heat, hot water, 5X energy output, lifespan ... [more]
February 2011 • Volume 58 • Number 2 SCV-CSS - 2/24 | Addressing System Control Complexity with
Multi-Physics Modeling and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
IEEE-SFBAC ©2011 Simulation - full-day: environments, testing, effectiveness ... [more]
SCV-CPMT - 2/24 | An Evolutionary Leadless Package -
DIRECTORS OFFICERS leadframe-based, designed around chip and PCB ... [more]
Santa Clara Valley Chair: Allen Earman SVEC - 2/24 | Engineers Week Dinner & Hall of Fame Awards -
Secretary: Bill DeHope reception, keynote, scholarships, inductees ... [more]
Ram Sivaraman
Treasurer: Dan Sparks SCV-Rel - 3/3 | Recent Developments in Hard Disk Drive
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SCV-TMC - 3/3 | Leadership Development - What Does It Take
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OEB-Life - 3/8 | TOPS: A Program to Increase Elementary (K-8)
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Michael Butler SCV-CS - 3/8 | Stereoscopic-3D: Looking at the Next Decade -
Dan Sparks visualization, realism, interoperability, changes ... [more]
SCV-CPMT - 3/9 | Low Cost, Small Footprint Die Stacking and
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SCV-Nano - 3/15 | Scalability of Conductive-Bridge Random
Francisco Bay Area Council of the Institute of Electrical and Access Memory (CBRAM) -current capabilities, future ... [more]
Electronics Engineers, Inc. As a medium for news for SCV-TMC - 4/7 | Scrappy Project Management ... [more]
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Systems ● Tools and Calculators ● Greening of the Data
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Centers ● Packaging Advances - 3D ● Heat Transfer
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Model Generation, Dirk Schweitzer and Heinz Pape, EXHIBITS AND VENDOR WORKSHOPS
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ISQED 2011, 12th International Symposium & Exhibits on
QUALITY ELECTRONIC DESIGN Symposium 2011

March 14-16, 2011
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Santa Clara, CA, USA www.isqed.org
The International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) is a leading Electronic Design & Design Automation conference, aimed at bridging
the gap among electronic design tools and processes, integrated circuit technologies, processes & manufacturing, to achieve design quality. ISQED
is the pioneer and leading international conference dealing with design for manufacturability and quality issues front-to-back. ISQED emphasizes
a holistic approach toward electronic design and intends to highlight and accelerate cooperation among the IC Design, EDA, Semiconductor Pro-
cess Technology and Manufacturing communities. ISQED spans three days, Monday through Wednesday, in three parallel tracks, hosting over 100
technical presentations, six keynote speakers, panel discussions, workshops/tutorials and other informal meetings.
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
TUTORIALS/WORKSHOPS
ISQED2011 is pleased to offer a single full-day tutorial track, as well as several embedded tutorials. These tutorials explore critical areas in electronic design and are
presented by several experts in their respective fields. List of topics covered is as follows:
SRAM and Logic Circuit Techniques for Low Power Design in 32nm and Below System Level Power Management for Cellular Chipsets
Muhammad M. Khellah - Intel Christopher Chun, Qualcomm
Automated Design and Porting of Analog/Mixed-signal Circuits Modeling, Abstraction, and Verification of Industrial Flash Memories
David Colleran - Magma Design Automation Sandip Ray - University of Texas at Austin
Current and Electric Field Induced Switching of Ferromagnets for Low-power Jay Bhadra, Freescale Semiconductor Inc.
Memory Applications Stress Management for 3D ICs using Through Silicon Vias
Sayeef Salahuddin - University of California, Berkeley Riko Radojcic - Qualcomm
Application of Spintronics for MRAM and Memristor-based Computing Valeriy Sukharev - Mentor Graphics
Hai (Helen) Li - Polytechnic Institute of New York University Xiaopeng Xu - Synopsys
Hybrid Electrical Energy Storage Systems Ehrenfried Zschech - Fraunhofer Institute for Non-Destructive Testing
Naehyuck Chang - Seoul National University Verification of Power Managed Wireless SoCs
Massoud Pedram - University of Southern California Bhanu Kapoor - Mimasic, Amit Kumar - CSR plc, Prapanna Tiwari - Synopsys
KEYNOTES ISQED Awards

Plenary sessions will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Several industry ISQED Quality Award (IQ-Award), and ISQED Quality Quest (Q2-Award) ceremony
leaders will discuss the issues surrounding electronic design, design for yield and will be held during Tuesday March 15 luncheon. Best papers will be also an-
manufacturability and other critical topics from various point of views. List of keynote nounced during the same session.
speakers will be announced soon.
PANEL DISCUSSIONS VENDOR EXHIBITION

The topic of panel discussion on Wednesday noon will be announced soon. ISQED2011 Exhibition floor will be open on Tuesday afternoon, March 15, and
features vendors offering design tools, methodologies, and services in the areas of
design for manufacturing, yield, reliability, and quality. Exhibition floor attendance
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE is free but needs advance on-line registration.
To be announced soon.
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
ISQED Technical sessions start on Tuesday March 15, and continue until the afternoon of Wednesday, March 16. Beside the above plenary sessions, panel discussions,
and workshops, the program consists of over 20 technical sessions featuring near 150 papers on various challenging topics related to design for manufacturability
and quality. A partial list of topics is shown below. Detail program would be available on the web at www.isqed.org.
 System Level Design, Methodologies and Tools  Power-conscious Devices, Interconnects, and Circuits
 Design for Manufacturability & Quality  Physical Design, Methodologies & Tools
 Design Verification and Design for Testability  Emerging/Innovative Process & Device Technologies
 Package - IC Design Interactions & Co-Design  EDA Methodologies, Tools, Flows & IP Cores;
 Design of Reliable Circuits and Systems Interoperability and Reuse
REGISTRATION
Please refer to ISQED web site at www.isqed.org for information regarding the tutorials, conference, and hotel registration. Direct all conference inquiries to
isqed2011@isqed.org. Early registration is recommended to take advantage of the discounted registration fee.
ISQED2011 corporate sponsors are Synopsys, and Mentor Graphics,. Media Sponsors are Chip Design Magazine, and EDACafe
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CPU Dominance in the 2010s: landscape. However, in the last few years explosive
growth in the smartphone and mobile device markets
x86 or ARM? has revitalized the Arm CPU architecture. Some
(Open Forum Discussion & Chapter planning) pundits are already declaring the death of the WinTel
duopoly. What CPUs and Operating Systems will
Speaker: Moderated by Jonathan Emery of LLNL dominate in the years ahead ...??
Time: Networking (and Optional Food/Beverage
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feedback to control the variable parameters of the
Speaker: Prof. Bernard Widrow, Stanford University controller itself, offering enhanced flexibility and
Time: Networking and refreshments at 6:30 PM; precision in the control of unknown variable systems.
Presentation at 7:00 PM Adaptive filtering techniques have been used
Cost: none successfully in a variety of signal processing
Place: Cogswell Polytechnical College, 1175 problems, including antenna systems, channel
Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale equalization, echo cancellation, and spectral
RSVP: from the website estimation. This presentation will discuss how these
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/css techniques are being used in control systems.
Adaptive inverse control is suited to both stable and
Bernard Widrow received the S.B., S.M., and unstable plants, minimum phase and nonminimum
Sc.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the phase plants, and linear and nonlinear systems.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1951, 1953, Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) plants are
and 1956, respectively. He joined the MIT faculty supported as well as single-input single-output (SISO)
and taught there from 1956 to 1959. In 1959, he plants. Control of plant dynamics is treated
joined the faculty of Stanford University, where he is separately, without compromise, from optimal control
Professor of Electrical Engineering. of plant disturbance.
He began research on adaptive filters, learning Prof. Widrow will be available for book signing after
processes, and artificial neural models in 1957. the presentation.
Together with M.E. Hoff, Jr., his first doctoral student
at Stanford, he invented the LMS algorithm in the
autumn of 1959. Today, this is the most widely used
learning algorithm, used in every MODEM in the
world. He has continued working on adaptive signal
processing, adaptive controls, and neural networks
since that time.
Dr. Widrow is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and a
Fellow of AAAS. He received the IEEE Centennial
Medal in 1984, the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell
Medal in 1986, the IEEE Signal Processing Society
Medal in 1986, the IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer
Medal in 1991, the IEEE Millennium Medal in 2000,
and the Benjamin Franklin Medal for Engineering
from the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia in 2001. He
was inducted into the National Academy of
Engineering in 1995 and into the Silicon Valley
Engineering Council Hall of Fame in 1999.
Dr. Widrow is a past president and member of the
Governing Board of the International Neural Network
Society. He is associate editor of several journals
and is the author of over 125 technical papers and 21
patents. He is co-author of Adaptive Signal
Processing and Adaptive Inverse Control, both
Prentice-Hall books. A new book, Quantization
Noise, was published by Cambridge University Press
in June 2008.

SCV Technology Management
THURSDAY February 3, 2011
Lenny Greenberg will present a simple framework
for looking at the business events (planned and
Maximizing the Potential unplanned) that start-up entrepreneurs encounter on
of your Start Up Business: a daily basis. Lenny believes that how entrepreneurs
The Four Quadrants of act on these events determines whether they will
continue on the road to success and achieve their
Business Events business goals, or move in the opposite direction.
He will provide examples of some of the more
Speaker: Lenny Greenberg , CTO, TapToTalk important events that TapToTalk faced over the last
Time: Networking at 6:00 PM; Forum at 6:30 PM; two years that have helped them grow their business,
Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation at 7:45 PM achieve their goals and maintain their business focus.
Cost: $10 for IEEE members; $13 for others Among these are:
Place: Ramada Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood Ave, - Choosing a business model
Sunnyvale - Pricing strategies
RSVP: not required - Choosing new platforms
Web: www.ieee-scv-tmc.org - Online advertising strategies (SEO, Facebook,
etc.)
Leonard (Lenny) Greenberg is a senior software
executive, business consultant and serial
entrepreneur. For over 20 years, Lenny has led
organizations in planning and developing advanced
technology-based products. He is cofounder of
Assistyx LLC, which sells TapToTalk, a software
product for non-verbal children with autism and other
speech delays. Prior to Assistyx, Lenny was founder
and CTO of Columbus, OH-based Pathlore Software
Corporation, where he was in charge of product
strategy, and was a recognized leader and pioneer in
the development and implementation of learning
management systems and e-Learning industry
standards. Before Pathlore, Lenny managed new
technology initiatives at Computer Associates,
Legent, Goal Systems, Sigma Imaging Systems,
Document Automation Systems and Arthur Andersen
(now Accenture).
Patent Agent
Jay Chesavage, PE
MSEE Stanford
3833 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 94303
info@file-ee-patents.com
www.File-EE-Patents.com
TEL: 650-619-5270 FAX: 650-494-3835

SCV Reliability
Best of RAMS 2011 (Reliability The Reliability and Maintainability Symposium has
and Maintainability Symposium) a wide scope of presentations. Each year, the
RAMS attendees are asked to present a summary of
Speakers: RAMS attendees the two or three best talks.
Time: Networking and snacks at 6:30 PM;
Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Hewlett-Packard Building 48, Oak Room,
19111 Pruneridge Ave, Cupertino
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/rl

SCV Control Systems
SATURDAY February 5, 2011

The IEEE Control System Society is pleased to
Seminar: Modeling and announce this introductory seminar about important
Simulation of Dynamic Systems topics in the modeling and simulation of dynamic
systems. Experts from the academia and industry will
Speakers: Dr. P.K. Menon, Optimal Synthesis; Dr. discuss the theory, practice, and available software
Mark B. Tischler, Ames Research Center; and hardware tools during five 50-minute sessions.
Dr. Karl Mathia; Dr. John Won; Dr. Hadi The seminar is for engineers who develop or utilize
Aggoune, Cogswell Polytechnical College; such models.
Christoph Wimmer, National Instruments Modern control systems are more complex and
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM perform more functions than ever before. The
Cost: $20 full-time students, $40 IEEE controlled systems typically comprise existing
members, $60 Non-members (includes subsystems, commercially available components, as
lunch) well as custom subsystems. Their development
Place: Cogswell Polytechnical College, 1175 requires the collaboration of multi-disciplinary
Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale engineering teams who often work in different
RSVP: from website locations distributed around the globe. Traditional
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/css product development processes can be insufficient to
address the increasing system complexity, the
Dr. P.K. Menon was an associate Professor at the pressure to shorten the time to market, and market
Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, before he demands for more functionality with higher reliability.
moved to Silicon Valley. He is the co-founder and Many companies modify or transform their
president of Optimal Sythesis, a systems technology development processes to exploit a model-based
company focusing on algorithms and software design approach. Models as executable
development for automation/automatic control specifications clarify and communicate requirements
systems and signal processing. Dr. Menon’s areas of and specifications and are replacing traditional,
expertise include automatic control, aircraft flight paper-based specifications. Subsystem concepts are
control, optimization techniques, estimation theory, simulated before the real subsystems are available,
electromechanical systems, digital signal processing, and multi-domain models simulate the system-level
genetic search techniques, system dynamics, behavior of new designs. This multi-domain, model-
modeling and simulation. based design approach requires engineering skills at
a systems level rather than in a single domain,
Dr. Mark B. Tischler is an Army Senior including strong modeling and analytical skills,
Technologist (ST) at the Army Aeroflightdynamics computer hardware and software, and the
Directorate located at the Ames Research Center. mathematical modeling of dynamic systems. This
He is closely involved in the strategic planning of seminar offers an introduction to the modeling and
future Army rotorcraft research programs. Dr. simulation of dynamical systems and a selection of
Tischler also leads the Flight Control Technology helpful hardware and software tools.
group which conducts research in handling qualities
and flight control with application to manned and
unmanned aircraft and rotorcraft. He received a BS Biographies (continued)
(1978) and MS (1979) in Aerospace Engineering from Dr. Hadi Aggoune received his Ph.D. in Electrical
the University of Maryland and earned his Ph.D. from Engineering from the University of Washington in
the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Seattle, WA. He served as faculty at the University of
Stanford University in 1987. He has authored or co- Washington, King Fahd University of Petroleum and
authored over 100 technical papers and two books, Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and The National
including “Aircraft and Rotorcraft System Polytechnic School, Algiers, Algeria. Currently, he is
Identification” (Tischler and Remple, AIAA, 2006). He the Roy C. Anderson Chair Professor and Director of
is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA was recently Engineering programs at Cogswell Polytechnical
named a Technical Fellow of the American Helicopter College in Sunnyvale, CA. Dr. Aggoune is the
Society. Founder and Director of the Engineering Simulation
and Animation Laboratory (ESAL) and winner of the
Boeing Performance Excellence Award. He is the
Principal Investigator on research and development
projects sponsored by the Boeing Company. Dr.
Aggoune is a Senior Member of IEEE and a
Professional Engineer registered in the State of
Washington. His research and development interests
include modeling, simulation, and visualization.
Dr. Karl Mathia is a research and systems

engineer in the areas of control systems, automation,
and robotics. He is the Principal and Founder of
Zitech Engineering, an engineering consulting firm
specializing in the development of control systems
and automation solutions. He previously worked for
both R&D and automation/robotics companies. Dr.
Mathia received an M.S. in Electrical Engineering
from the Technical University in Munich, Germany,
and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
from Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. He
is the author of the book “Robotics for Electronics
Manufacturing – Principles and Applications in
Cleanroom Automation”, published by Cambridge
University Press in 2010. Dr. Mathia is a Senior
Member of the IEEE and is the Chair of the IEEE
Control Systems Society (CSS) - Santa Clara Valley
Chapter.

SCV Electron Devices
In contrast to integrated circuits, solar panels need
Photovoltaic Module to withstand large variations in environment and
Reliability and Failure Analysis: weather conditions. Photovoltaic modules must
withstand 0-100% humidity at -20C to 100C with
Enduring a Storm voltages in excess of 1000V and thousands of
thermal cycles. Therefore, predicting lifetime is no
Speaker: Dr. Glenn Alers, University of California at
better than predicting the weather. Yet lifetime
Santa Cruz
estimates directly impact the levelized cost of a power
Time: Pizza at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 6:15 PM
generation system and therefore must be quantified.
Cost: none
This tutorial will review some of the qualification
Place: National Semiconductor, Building E1,
procedures used for assuring reliability of photovoltaic
Conference Center, 2900 Semiconductor
panels and the failures that result from these tests.
Drive, Santa Clara
The wide range of indoor and outdoor failure modes
RSVP: not required
will be summarized along with the failure analysis
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/eds
techniques that are commonly used to detect the
failures. Thermal and emission images are the
Glenn Alers is currently with the department of
dominate method for identifying degradation in a solar
Physics at the University of California at Santa Cruz
module including infrared, electroluminescence,
doing research into advanced characterization of
photoluminescence and cathodoluminesence. In
failures in photovoltaic modules and next generation
addition, recently developed differential IV analysis
nanostructured solar cells. He is also president of
techniques permit degradation of individual cells to be
APV Research, a solar energy reliability
measured in fully packaged module providing a
characterization facility located in Mountain View. In
50-100 fold improvement in failure statistics.
2009 he was a visiting scientist at the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) photovoltaic
module reliability group. He has been an organizer
and has given tutorials on photovoltaics reliability for
IEEE Reliability Physics Symposium, IEEE Integrated
Reliability Workshop, SPIE Optics and Photonics and
NREL PV Reliability Workshop. Prior to working on
photovoltaic reliability, he was a principal engineer
and senior process manager at Novellus Systems
working on integration and reliability issues
associated with copper/low k interconnects. At
Novellus Systems, he was responsible for electrical
testing, reliability testing, yield improvement and
FIB/SEM characterization. Prior to Novellus
Systems, he was a member of the technical staff at
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill for seven years working
on reliability issues for silicon based circuits including
electromigration, thin gate oxide reliability and high-k
dielectrics. He received his PhD in 1991 from the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and was a
Research Associate in the Physics Department of
Michigan State University for two years. He has
published over 60 papers in refereed journals and
has received 20 US patents.

SCV Computer
Mobile devices are now globally networked and
Participatory Urbanism: speak the language of the city (SMS, Bluetooth, MMS
etc.). They are urban processors that enable entirely
Smart Computing, or new participatory urban lifestyles and create novel
Big Brother is Watching? mobile device usage models involving open
authoring, sharing, and remixing of new or existing
urban technologies marked by participation.
Speaker: Keshava Rangarajan, Applications
Participatory Urbanism allows individuals to become
Architect, Oracle
proactive in their involvement with their city,
Time: Networking with food and beverage at 6:30
neighborhood, and urban self reflexivity by providing
PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
mobile-device-centered hardware and software
Cost: $2 donation to cover food
toolkits for non-experts to become authors of new
Place: Microsoft Research, 1288 Pear Ave.,
everyday urban objects, collective needs based
Mountain View (use rear/North door)
dialogue tools and data visualizations.
RSVP: Use web link
This talk will present work in the area of Urban
Web: ieeecsfeb8.eventbrite.com
Computing, address the shift in mobile device usage
from communication tool to "personal-super-
Keshava Rangarajan began his career as an
computer-radio- station-with-sensors" and expose the
embedded systems developer but currently architects
impact of Participatory Urbanism with the design of
high performance enterprise applications. His areas
mobile tools and architectures for collective
of focus are SCM, CRM, Planning and Revenue
authoring, sharing, and remixing content.
Management. He holds patents in Optimization,
Semantic Search and other areas. He received his
Master's degree in EE from University of Missouri-
Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and
Technology).

SCV Electromagnetic Compatibility

Grounding considerations result in interaction of
Grounding Application power and signal applications in major aerospace
systems. This talk discusses the theoretical and
for Space Systems practical basis for how to design aerospace ground
systems (including test systems) that maximize
Speaker: Bill Imes, Senior Fellow, Lockheed Martin probability of success.
Time: Networking/light dinner at 6:30 PM; Fundamental concepts of stray voltage generation,
Presentation at 6:30 PM impedance, current flow path control vs frequency,
Cost: fee for dinner/drinks; complimentary stray magnetic field limitation, safety, electrostatic
tea/coffee/snacks discharge prevention (via grounding), and primary
Place: Applied Materials Bowers Cafeteria, 3090 and secondary power grounding approaches will be
Bowers Ave., Santa Clara presented. Handling of grounding and reference
RSVP: not required systems for both analog and digital applications in
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/emc system will be addressed. Power boundary and
isolation techniques (and how to achieve them), and
Bill Imes is a Lockheed prevention, limitation of common mode concerns will
Martin Sr. Fellow, 46 years as a be discussed.
senior engineer, 44 at LM. Bill
provides detailed technical
support on complex issues to all
facilities, all lines of business,
and management. He has been
significantly involved with most
LM programs in Sunnyvale and has made
contributions to numerous others in Space Systems
(GPSIIR, GPB, Lunar Prospector, SIRTF, DMSP,
FBM, AIA, HMI, HIRDLS, RM20), and elsewhere in MET Laboratories
the corporation (Aegis, JSF). His Specialties: analog EMC – Product Safety
& digital electronics design and analysis, systems US & Canada
design and analysis, electromagnetic compatibility, • Electromagnetic Compatibility • Product Safety Cert.
signal integrity, power systems, power electronics. • Environmental Simulation • Full TCB Services
Bill has received numerous technical excellence • Design Consultations • MIL-STD testing
awards, including the prestigious LM Nova Award • NEBS (Verizon ITL & FOC) • Telecom
• Wireless, RFID (DASH7 & EPCglobal Test Lab)
(2007) and acted as consulting engineer to several
companies outside LM developing space systems Facilities in Union City and Santa Clara
and aircraft hardware, biomedical equipment www.metlabs.com info@metlabs.com 510-489-6300
development, and software development, and
developing and delivering training. He is also an
adjunct professor at Stanford University and San
Jose State University. He developed and delivered
numerous internal LM training classes and brown-bag
seminars (Testability, Power Systems, Grounding,
EMC, Worst Case Analysis, Digital Design, Signal
Integrity, Power Line Fault Protection, Engg
Leadership Development, Test Equipment
Development). Bill has presented numerous papers,
and co-authored of book on EMC in switchmode
power supplies. Education: BSEE, Northwestern
University; MS-IT, Carnegie Mellon University.

SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology
WEDNESDAY February 9, 2011
This talk presents an overview of PV industry
Impact of Packaging packaging technologies and methodologies and their
failure modes covering a broad range of PV products.
on Photovoltaic Panel It summarizes PV packaging’s effect on performance
Performance and Reliability and reliability, and about IEC standard certification
testing to detect infant mortality. Areas of future
research and summary of current challenges will be
Speaker: Alelie Funcell, President, Renewable
covered.
Energy Test Center
Time: Networking and buffet dinner at 6:00 PM;
Cost: $20; $10 for fulltime students and currently
unemployed; $5 more at door
Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd (Fwy
101 at Montague Expressway), Santa Clara
RSVP: from website, by Feb 7
Web: www.cpmt.org/scv
Alelie Funcell, Founder, CEO, and President of

the Renewable Energy Test Center, has an extensive
28 years of experience in the Semiconductor Industry
from engineering to senior management positions
and 4 years in the Solar Energy Industry. Most
recently, she served as Chief Operating Officer and
Senior VP of Quality at Solaria, Inc.
At Solaria, she successfully established and led
the effort in the product design, development and
manufacturing of Solaria's CMT technology. This
includes installing a 5 MW pilot line in Fremont and a
State-of-the-Art 25 MW automated manufacturing line
in Asia within an impressive 2 year period.
Prior to Solaria, she served as Vice President of
Supplier Management and Manufacturing Operations
for Xilinx, Inc., a $1.6 billion dollar semiconductor
company and successfully deployed a fabless
manufacturing model. In her more than 10-year
tenure at Xilinx, she directed engineering functions in
the areas of Semiconductor Packaging R & D,
Assembly and Test Manufacturing including Quality,
Reliability and Failure Analysis. Prior to Xilinx, she
also worked in several semiconductor companies,
including Intel, IDT and Silicon Systems.
Alelie has a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical
Engineering from the University of Santo Tomas,
Philippines. She is credited with numerous patents in
the Semiconductor Packaging and Solar Industry.
She is twice a recipient of the prestigious S.C. Valley
YWCA "Tribute to Woman in the Industry" (TWIN)
Award in 1994 while at IDT and in 2000 while at
Xilinx.

SPECTRUM Magazine
The real world is inherently multiphysics.
RF and Microwave Heating Electromagnetics, in particular, does not exist in
isolation. Rather, other physical effects, like heat
(Webinar) transfer and mechanical forces, can make a big
impact on the performance of electromagnetic
Speaker: Walter Frei, Applications Engineer, devices. For this reason, R&D teams are now
COMSOL adopting tools that let them innovate beyond the
Time: 11:00 AM - Noon limited scope of traditional EM-only simulation. By
Cost: none considering all relevant physical effects in your
Place: on the Web designs, you can create computer models that give
RSVP: from website you the accuracy necessary to gain the competitive
Web: spectrum.ieee.org/webinar/1761757 edge. This webinar is meant for anyone interested in
simulation of RF and microwave heating in antennas,
Walter Frei received his PhD circuit boards, living tissue, or any device that has a
from the University of Illinois at combination of lossy dielectric and metallic domains.
Urbana-Champaign in 2007. His
research was on the optimization
of photonic crystal laser cavity
structures, work which was done
entirely within COMSOL. Walter
has over fifteen years experience
in computer-aided design and engineering, and is
responsible for supporting COMSOL users in the
areas of electromagnetic, thermal, and structural
analysis.
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 Multiphysics, Multidisciplinary Engng
 CFD, Stress, Heat Transfer, Fracture
 Fatigue, Creep, Electromagnetics
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 BGA Reliability
Ozen Engineering (408) 732-4665
info@ozeninc.com www.ozeninc.com

SCV Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley
While the current job market is hopefully
Architecting the improving, last year found many talented and
Internet-Of-Things motivated people looking for opportunities. This talk
will describe how one group of people came together,
Speakers: George Schnurle and Michael Weseloh, found an opportunity with a low cost of entry, formed
GEOTiQ a company and -- despite greatly underestimating the
Time: 7:00 PM task -- brought a product to market.
Cost: none This talk will also address how to start a company
Place: KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Ave., on less money than the cost of a mid-size car, the
Santa Clara difficulties of creating a company that sells hardware
RSVP: not required and also provides a web presence for users to access
Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org that hardware, and the many various problems start-
ups have to deal with along the way.
George Schnurle is CEO at GEOTiQ. He has GEOTiQ is an 8-month old start-up focused on
worked on storage platforms at Data Domain, optical "Internet-Of-Things" (IOT) low-power wireless
networking at Alidian, Ethernet switching at Alantec, products that Get Everything Onto The Internet -
picture-in-picture at MultiVision and long ago Quickly. GEOTiQ’s first product is the G900 Dev
designed the Massbus-Ethernet Interface System Kit, a general-purpose platform providing Internet
(MEIS) to connect Stanford’s DEC-20 systems to a connectivity for equipment, buildings, and the
new thing called Ethernet. He has a Bachelor’s in environment. It allows the user to easily query status,
Electrical Engineering from Stanford. continuously monitor and log data, automatically
receive alerts, and control devices.
Michael Weseloh's 17 years of sales, marketing, Applications for the G900 range from simple home
new product development and product launch security using IR motion detection and environmental
experience are grounded with a BS in Electrical monitoring, to monitoring and controlling industrial
Engineering from Santa Clara University. He has processes.
helped numerous companies with product
development and feature enhancements in the Bring your business card to have a chance
consumer, medical, industrial, wireless and for a drawing for a free Developer’s Kit for this
networking products space. Mike's skills were further device!
honed at Mitsubishi Electronics, Renesas
Semiconductor and Oki Semiconductor. He has held
committee and board positions with UPnP and
ZigBee, and has been a voting member in IEEE 802.

SCV Nanotechnology
Lithium ion batteries are the only secondary cells
Using Process-ready in large-scale production which offer ecofriendly
chemistries. However, the storage capacity of Li+
Silicon Composite Materials cells has been doubling at a very slow rate over the
to Increase Li-ion Cell Capacity last 2 decades. With new application opportunities in
both future portable electronics and power hungry
electric vehicles, Li+ cells must make more rapid
Speaker: Dr. Yimin Zhu, Nanosys, Inc
capacity improvements to meet user demands, or
Time: Registration & light lunch at 11:30 AM;
face replacement by new, higher capacity
technologies.
Cost: IEEE Members and Students $5; Non-Members
Dr. Yimin Zhu explains how, through the use of
$10
process-ready silicon composite additives, cell
Place: National Semiconductor Bldg E-1 CMA Room.
capacity can be increased as much as 40% in a
2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
single cost-effective step.
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ieee.org/nano
Dr. Yimin Zhu has authored over 60 peer-

reviewed papers and presented more than 30
conference papers related to battery, fuel cells and
energy conversion. He holds more than 10 energy
storage patents and has worked on energy storage
R&D since 1998 at Yamanashi University and Los
Alamos National Laboratory.

SCV Communications

IPv6 and business continuity
For many years, there's been is a lot of advocacy
IPv6 and Business Continuity in the Internet community on IPv6, but what are web
and technology companies, network operators and
vendors actually doing about supporting it? In this
IPv6 Migration, Business talk, the discussion of IPv6 will focus on the following
areas:
Continuity, Implementation Gaps 1) Current trends in IPv6
2) Why SaaS (Software as a Service) companies
Speakers: Zaid Ali, Principal Network Engineer, should be thinking about IPv6 now
LinkedIn; and Owen DeLong, IPv6 3) Why network equipment vendors should not fall
Evangelist, Hurricane Electric behind the adoption curve
Time: Cheese, crackers, soft drinks and 4) Formulating a simple plan to move to IPv6
Networking at 6:00 PM; Presentation at
6:45 PM This presentation is aimed at network operators,
Cost: none equipment providers and users who wish to learn how
Place: National Semiconductor, Building E, to migrate to IPv6 and also formulate a simple plan.
Conference Room, 2900 Semiconductor This talk will also have a business component that will
Dr, Santa Clara help educate senior or executive management on
RSVP: from website IPv6 and its impact on business.
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/comsoc
IPv6 Migration, Business Continuity,
Zaid Ali is currently Principal Network Engineer at Implementation Gaps
LinkedIn. He was previously Director of Technical While there has been a lot of industry advocacy
Operations & Privacy at Genius.com where he was and significant effort towards migration to IPv6, there
responsible for managing all aspects of data center, are several areas that have fallen behind the curve.
network operations, email delivery, privacy and This talk will explain some of those gaps and talk
corporate IT. Ali managed an engineering team at about the coming workarounds and likely
Procera Networks and was a network architect at consequences. We'll take a hard look at the gaps in
WebEx. Ali is the current Chairman and President of several areas, including:
San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Internet 1) Mobile broadband
Society. 2) DSL Services
3) Home Entertainment Systems
Owen DeLong is an IPv6 Evangelist at Hurricane 4) SOHO CPE
Electric and a member of the ARIN Advisory Council. Workarounds discussed will include: NAT64, DS-
Owen brings more than 25 years of industry LITE, LSN (also known as CGN or NAT444 and more
experience. He is an active member of the systems accurately NAT44444).
administration, operations, and IP Policy
communities. In the past, Owen has worked at The speakers will also be able to answer basic
Tellme Networks (Senior Network Engineer), Exodus questions about IPv6 during the Q&A/panel session.
Communications (Senior Backbone Engineer),
Netcom Online (Network Engineer), Sun
Microsystems (Senior Systems Administrator), and
more. He has been active in internet operations
since before the term URL existed.

OEB Magnetics

Spintronics may help address some of the issues
Pure Spin Currents: of power dissipation due to leakage charge currents
Discharging Spintronics in ever-smaller devices by using the property of
electron spin. Looking further into the future, the
question arises whether eliminating charge currents
Speaker: Axel Hoffmann, Materials Science Division, altogether could provide additional benefits for
Argonne National Laboratory applications.
Time: 3:00 PM As semiconducting electronic devices are
Cost: none miniaturized to ever-smaller dimensions, power
Place: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, dissipation becomes an ever-increasing problem due
Berkeley to leakage charge currents. Spintronics may help
RSVP: Please respond by email with name, addressing some of these issues by utilizing besides
company to Kate Jenkins the charge degree of freedom also the electron spin.
cajenkins@lbl.gov by February 14 Conventional spintronics approaches are used for
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/oeb/mag non-volatile devices, such as magnetic random
access memory, where spin currents are mainly
Axel Hoffmann is a staff scientist in the Materials considered as spin-polarized charge currents and as
Science Division and the Center for Nanoscale a result the spin and charge currents are in parallel
Materials at Argonne National Laboratory. Before and directly coupled. Looking further into the future,
joining Argonne in 2001, he was a postdoctoral fellow the question arises, whether eliminating charge
at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In 1999, he currents altogether could provide additional benefits
received his Ph.D. in physics at the University of for applications. Towards addressing this question,
California – San Diego under the supervision of Prof. non-local device geometries allow for separating spin
Ivan K. Schuller. and charge currents, which in turn enables the
His research interests encompass a wide variety of investigation and use of pure spin currents. This
magnetism-related subjects, including basic approach opens up new opportunities to study spin-
properties of magnetic heterostructures, spin dependent physics and gives rise to novel
transport in novel geometries, and biomedical approaches for generating and controlling angular
applications of magnetism. He currently serves as momentum flow. In this lecture, I will discuss different
the chair of the Technical Advisory Committee of the approaches for generating pure spin currents, such
IEEE Magnetics Society and as a chair-elect for the as non-local electrical injection from a ferromagnet,
Topical Group on Magnetism and its Applications of charge-to-spin current conversion via spin Hall
the American Physical Society. During his research, effects, and spin pumping from ferromagnetic
he published more than 90 articles with over 1000 resonance. Furthermore, I will show how spin
combined citations. currents can then be used for gaining new insights
into spin dependent phenomena. In particular, the
temperature dependence of spin and charge
relaxation times allows to identify different spin
relaxation mechanisms. In addition, spin pumping
facilitates the generation of macroscopically large
pure spin currents. This permits to quantify spin Hall
effects with great precision, even in materials where
these effects are relatively weak. Finally, I will
conclude with a brief outlook on the current scientific
and future technological opportunities for pure spin
currents. This work was supported by the U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic
Energy Sciences, under contract No. DE-AC02-
06CH11357

SCV Engineering in Medicine and Biology
This talk will cover topics such as: What is
intellectual property (IP)? How does IP fit in with the
The Basics of Intellectual Property business factors that investors consider when placing
Speaker: James Fox, PhD, Patent Attorney, Arnold & a value on a company? What are the timelines for
Porter LLP protecting inventions worldwide? What goes into a
Time: Optional dinner at cafeteria at 6:15 PM; patent application?
Presentation at Med School at 7:30 PM
Cost: none (except your own dinner)
Place: Optional dinner at Stanford Hospital
Cafeteria; Presentation at Room M-114,
Stanford University Medical School
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/embs
James Fox is an associate in the intellectual

property practice group in the Palo Alto office at
Arnold & Porter LLP. He has extensive experience
preparing and evaluating patents for biotechnology,
medical device, and pharmaceutical clients
worldwide. His biotechnology experience includes
preparation and prosecution of antibody, growth
factor, medical diagnostic and small molecule patent
applications. He also has experience in preparation
of patentability, freedom-to-operate, and non-
infringement opinions, participated in intellectual
property due diligence reviews, and has negotiated
and prepared technology licenses for medical device
companies.
Prior to practicing law, Dr. Fox was a product line
manager at Axon Instruments, a biomedical
instrumentation company (now a division of Molecular
Devices, part of MDS); a research scientist at Neurex,
a biotech company developing peptide therapeutics
(acquired by Elan Pharmaceuticals); and a post-
doctoral fellow at UCSF and UCLA performing
research in physiology and ophthalmology. Dr. Fox's
research includes stroke research, vision research,
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SCV Power & Energy and Industry Applications

Bloom Energy is a provider of breakthrough solid
Bloom Energy - Transforming oxide fuel cell technology that generates clean,
Distributed Generation highly-efficient power onsite from virtually any fuel
source. Bloom Energy Servers are transforming
distributed generation by providing clean, reliable,
Speaker: Asim Hussain, Director of Product and affordable power onsite 24/7/365. Our speaker
Marketing, Bloom Energy will discuss the following topics:
Time: Dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM 1. Introduction to Bloom Energy
Cost: $25.00 IEEE members, $30.00 non A brief history
members, $10.00 Students 2. Technology Overview
Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Road, 3. Value Proposition for Customers
Santa Clara 4. Deployment Examples
RSVP: by email to James Alvers,
james.alvers@us.schneider-electric.com,
(925) 463-7115
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pes_ias
Asim Hussain is the Director of Product Marketing

at Bloom Energy, where he focuses on marketing,
product management, and strategy. Prior to Bloom
Energy, Asim worked for CURRENT Group, a Smart
Grid solutions provider, in roles focused on executive
leadership, marketing and business development.
Asim previously also worked for Deloitte Consulting
where he focused on strategy and systems
integration engagements for electric utility and
telecommunication clients. Asim earned a BS in
Commerce with Distinction from the McIntire School
of Commerce at the University of Virginia and a
Master of Business Administration from the Harvard
Business School.

SCV Power Electronics
Energy consumption in our society is increasing
rapidly. A significant fraction of the energy is lost in
Ultrafast Nanoscale the form of heat. In this talk we introduce
Electrothermal Energy thermoelectric devices that allow direct conversion of
Conversion Devices and heat into electricity. Novel metal-semiconductor
nanocomposites are developed where the heat and
Measurements charge transport are modified at the atomic level.
Theory and experiment are compared for the case of
Speaker: Ali Shakouri, Baskin School of Engineering, embedded ErAs nanoparticles in a InGaAlAs
University of California Santa Cruz semiconductor matrix. Potential to increase the
Time: Networking & Pizza at 6:00 PM; energy conversion efficiency and bring the cost down
Presentation at 6:30 PM to $0.1-0.2/W will be discussed. We also describe
Cost: Donation for food how similar principles can be used to make micro
Place: National Semiconductor, Building E refrigerators on a chip with cooling power densities
Auditorium, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, exceeding 500 watts per centimeter square. Finally,
Santa Clara we describe some recent advances in nanoscale
RSVP: from the website thermal characterization and modeling. Thermo-
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pels reflectance imaging is used to measure the transient
temperature distribution in LDMOS power transistors
Ali Shakouri is a Professor of Electrical at different ambient temperatures. Resolution down
Engineering at University of California Santa Cruz . to 100ns in time, submicron spatial and 0.1C in
He received his Ph.D. from the California Institute of temperature are achieved using megapixel CCDs. It
Technology in 1995. His current research is on is possible to measure both the temperature on top of
nanoscale heat and current transport in the metal interconnect as well as at the transistors
semiconductor devices, high resolution thermal using near infrared illumination through the substrate.
imaging, micro refrigerators on a chip, and waste heat Recent results in transient thermal imaging of ESD
recovery. He is also working on a new sustainability protection devices, submicron interconnect vias, solar
curriculum in collaboration with colleagues in cells and LEDs are also briefly presented. Finally, in
engineering and social sciences. He has initiated an analogy with image blurring, a new technique is
international summer school on renewable energy developed to estimate the temperature profile in
sources in practice. He is the director of the integrated circuit chips with calculation speeds
Thermionic Energy Conversion center, a multi- hundreds of times faster than the standard finite
university collaboration aiming to improve direct element methods.
thermal to electric energy conversion technologies.
He received the Packard Fellowship in Science and
Engineering in 1999, the NSF Career award in 2000,
and the UCSC School of Engineering FIRST
Professor Award in 2004.

OEB Industry Applications

Talk Outline:
Solid State Lighting Lighting Definitions
Trends in LED Technology
for Industrial Locations LEDs in Hazardous/Industrial locations
Review of NEC 500
Speaker: Ken McFarland, Cooper Crouse Hinds Lamp Technology Comparisons
Time: No-host social at 5:30 PM; Presentation at LED Luminaire Construction
6:15 PM; Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation Technology Considerations
continues at 8:00 PM Evaluating an LED System
Cost: Dinner is $20 for IEEE members; $25 for Case Study – HID Comparison
non-members Summary
Place: Marie Callender's Restaurant, The Garden
Room, 2090 Diamond Blvd, Concord
RSVP: Please respond by February 11 to Gregg
Boltz gboltz@brwncald.com, telephone:
(925) 210-2571
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1102-oeb-ias.pdf
Ken McFarland is a 1979 graduate of San Jose

State University, with a BS degree in Business
Administration. Ken has been employed by Cooper
Crouse-Hinds since 1980 and has a vast experience
specifying Crouse-Hinds electrical solutions for wet,
damp, dirty and hazardous environments, as well as
solutions in modern commercial and industrial
environments that incorporate newer LED, Solar, and
Wireless technologies. Ken is an active member of
IEEE, and currently serves on the Petroleum and
Chemical Industry Committee of IEEE-IAS as
Publicity Chair. Ken was IEEE-PCIC San Francisco
Conference Committee Chair in 2004, and will serve
as Conference Committee Chair in 2014 for IEEE -
PCIC San Francisco, 2014. Ken is a past President
and current member of the Ben Franklin Club of
Northern California. Ken resides in Walnut Creek, CA
with his wife and three children.

SCV GOLD (Grads of the Last Decade)
If you’ve always wanted to get involved in
Volunteer Information Evening: professional engineering volunteering activities but
Presentations on Engineering did not know where to start, this is the event for you.
SCV GOLD hosts a night of presentations/demos on
Volunteering Opportunities opportunities relevant to younger members/
Speakers: on After-school mentoring, Educational Graduates Of the Last Decade. There will be 6-8
outreach, Science fairs, Robotics and more featured speakers presenting on organizations and
Time: Pizza and drinks at 6:30 PM, Talks opportunities in:
at 7:00 PM * After-school mentoring
Cost: none * Educational outreach (SVEC Discover-E week,
Place: Qualcomm, 3165 Kifer Road, Santa Clara IEEE K-12)
RSVP: from the website * Science fairs
Web: www.ieee-scv-gold.org * Robotics (FirstRobotics, BotBall)
* Other voluntary organizations
We will have handouts and further contact details
on how to get involved with each organizations. Also
a calendar of all 2011 events.
Annual Election Notice:

GOLD seeks nominations for committee members
for 2011. We will have elections that night. Come
talk to the existing committee if you want to find out
how you can get involved in making your preferred
activities become a reality. You can get involved in
whatever capacity and time commitment suits you.

OEB and SCV Sections, with Solid State Circuits
SUNDAY February 20, 2011

The IEEE Milestone plaque, which will be installed
IEEE SPICE Milestone Plaque in Cory Hall at the University of California at Berkeley
on February 20 in shown in the photo below.
Unveiling at UC Berkeley
The February 23 event held at the Computer
Time: 3:00 PM History Museum, in conjunction with ISSCC, is likely
Cost: none. Parking will be available on the street to be a sell out. Please reserve early.
(no meters on Sunday)
Place: Inside the main entrance to Cory Hall, UC Biographies of the panelist are on the Registration
Berkeley, Hearst Ave at Gayley, Berkeley site, at www.eecs.berkeley.edu/IPRO/spice
RSVP: Please register at the website by Feb. 11
Web: www.eecs.berkeley.edu/IPRO/spice
Caption:
SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis),
1969 - 1970
SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) was

created at UC Berkeley as a class project in 1969-1970. It evolved to
become the worldwide standard integrated circuit simulator. SPICE
has been used to train many students in the intricacies of circuit
simulation. SPICE and its descendants have become essential tools
employed by virtually all integrated circuit designers.

SCV Magnetics
As has often happened in recent years in the
Solid-State and Spinning Discs wake of new SSD announcements, many analysts
in Evolving Internet Landscapes: tend to stare right through the thicket of explosive
Semiconductor, SSD and need for cost-effective HDD storage capacity in a
complicated variety of computing and non-PC
HDD Forecast Scenarios applications as if this technology were already dead.
It is not, and it will not be for many years.
Speaker: John Monroe, Gartner Inc New semiconductor technologies usually require
Time: Cookies, Conversation & Pizza at 7:00 PM; a decade to reach cost-effective, massive-volume
Presentation at 7:30 PM maturity, and we have not yet seen the new
Cost: none semiconductor technology that has the right stuff to
Place: Western Digital, 1710 Automation Parkway, entirely replace HDDs as the primary repositories of
San Jose digital data.
RSVP: not required Meanwhile computers come and go, but data
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/mag remains, and it grows. Less storage “in hand” or “on
the desk” simply means more storage elsewhere.
John Monroe is a research vice Reliable, high-capacity, high-speed, low-cost HDDs
president in the storage group at have been and, in concert and conjunction with
Gartner. He is responsible for tracking SSDs, will continue to be key enablers of the
all aspects of the hard disk drive widespread proliferation of information, entertainment
industry, including technology and and communication technologies.
market trends, as well as financial
results. Mr. Monroe has established a
reputation as an eloquent, imaginative industry
spokesperson, has been quoted in many newspapers
and magazines, including Forbes, the Wall Street
Journal and the New York Times, and has been an
invited speaker at conferences in Japan, Singapore,
Thailand, China, France and the United States.
Mr. Monroe has been involved with disk drive
sales, product management and market analysis for
more than 27 years. Unlike many analysts, Mr.
Monroe has had extensive experience as a business
line manager, responsible for the profitable purchase
and resale of disk and tape products. Prior to joining
Gartner in October 1997, Mr. Monroe spent seven
years as vice president of storage products at
SYNNEX Information Technologies (where, among
other duties, he coordinated the flow of more than 2
million hard disk drives per year), two years as
director of North American sales and marketing for
Kalok Corporation, five years as vice president of
OEM products and sales for Media Winchester Ltd.,
and three years as a general manager at Electrolabs,
a small distribution company, where he began his
electronics career in 1980 by selling hybrid integrated
circuits and 8-inch floppy disk drives.

OEB and SCV Sections, with Solid State Circuits
Please Join us for the 40th Anniversary
IEEE SPICE Milestone Celebration of the SPICE (Simulation Program with
Celebration and Discussion Integrated Circuit Emphasis), circuit simulator.
SPICE was born as a class project at UC Berkeley
Speakers: Kim Hailey, Ken Kundert, Larry Nagel, Ron and first released in 1971. You will get to witness a
Rohrer, with Prof. Dave Hodges as roundtable discussion of those responsible for the
Moderator creation and world-wide propagation of this invaluable
Time: Reception at 6:00 PM; celebration and and universally used software program. Topics will
discussion at 7:00 PM include the origins, evolution, and future of SPICE,
Cost: none and its seminal role as early open-source software.
Place: Computer History Museum, 1401 N.
Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View SPONSORS
RSVP: Please register at the website Cadence, IEEE Solid State Circuits Society, Mentor
Web: www.computerhistory.org/events Graphics and Synopsys.

OEB Power & Energy

Renewable Energies -- Despite recent advances, standard photovoltaic
(PV) technology only captures roughly 15-20 percent
PV Solar Cogeneration of the sun’s energy, allowing the remaining 80
percent to dissipate in the form of wasted heat.
Speaker: Ratson Morad, COO & VP of research & Tapping into this lost resource, Cogenra Solar’s solar
development, Cogenra Solar cogeneration technology captures up to 75 percent of
Time: Social/Snacks/Drinks/Desert at 5:30 PM; the sun’s incident energy by combining solar PV and
Presentation at 6:10 PM solar hot water (SHW) technologies in a single array.
Cost: none Producing both electricity and hot water, solar
Place: EATON Cutler-Hammer, 20923 Cabot cogeneration is the most efficient and environmentally
Blvd., Hayward beneficial solar energy solution available, with five
RSVP: Required, by email, to Henry Chan, times the energy output, three times the GHG
Henry@edesignc.com reduction (both gridrelated and boiler-related local
Web: www.e-grid.net/docs/1102-oeb-pes.pdf emissions, e.g. NOx & VOC) and twice the financial
savings compared to traditional solar panels.
Ratson Morad brings 20 years experience building Furthermore, the process of capturing excess heat
start-up companies and global organizations in the improves the lifespan, efficiency and performance of
high tech sector, predominantly for photovoltaic and the solar cells.
semiconductor equipment. Prior to joining Cogenra,
Mr. Morad was president and chief operating officer
of DayStar Technologies (DSTI) where he was
responsible for design, construction and staffing of a
photovoltaic production facility. Previously, he was
founding member and vice president of Engineering
and Technology at Solyndra, where he was
instrumental in developing an innovative PV system.
Mr. Morad held earlier executive positions at Applied
Materials, including vice president and general
manager, where he led the development and
commercialization of new 300mm wafer processing
systems.
Mr. Morad earned his Master of Science degree in
Mechanical Engineering from Ben Gurion University
in Israel and completed his Business Management
studies at the Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology.

SCV Control Systems
The IEEE Control Systems Society is pleased to
Addressing System Control offer this workshop about Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
simulation. Experts from industry will discuss the
Complexity with Multi-Physics theory and practice of HIL simulation and testing and
Modeling and Hardware-in-the- offer hands-on experience with industry-grade
hardware and software tools.
Loop (HIL) Simulation As the growth in system complexity outpaces the
expansion of development resources and project
Speaker: Christoph Wimmer, National Instruments timelines, the tools and techniques must evolve to
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM; complimentary buffet achieve success. As an example, multi-physics
lunch served at noon modeling environments are providing design
Cost: none; sponsored by National Instruments efficiency for these mechatronics systems by
and Maplesoft simplifying the modeling process allowing more time
Place: Sunnyvale Grand Hotel, 865 West El for design analysis and innovation. But the ability to
Camino Real, Sunnyvale re-use the investments in these models in real-time
RSVP: from website testing applications including HIL simulators and test
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/css cells can greatly expand the impact of this evolution.
This presentation will provide an overview of the HIL
Christoph Wimmer graduated from Graz testing process, the impact it has made in various
University of Technology in Austria with a master’s industries, and new HIL testing techniques that have
degree in electrical engineering with the focus on emerged to increase its effectiveness. It will also
control systems. He started working at National discuss how multi-physics modeling environments
Instruments in 1998 and is currently working as are being used with these systems.
business development manager for industrial During a self-paced hands-on workshop in the
measurements and control for Washington, Oregon, afternoon, attendees will step through the process of
and California. Using his expertise in real-time, creating models with MapleSoft's MapleSim multi-
embedded, and industrial monitoring and control, physics modeling environment, automatically
Christoph focuses on assisting customers with generating a compiled, real-time executable version
system simulation, rapid control prototyping, and of the model, and then using that version of the
hardware in the loop applications. model with National Instruments’ VeriStand to create
a HIL test system. Several advanced application
demonstrations will be performed at the end of the
workshop.

In the semiconductor packaging world, we want it
An Evolutionary all. Of course it does not always work that way. If we
could somehow incorporate and integrate the
Leadless Package advantages of QFN, fpBGA, CSP, TAPP/TLA, FC,
TQFP, TSOP and other assembly technologies into a
Speaker: Kelly R. McKendrick Sr., UTAC UGS single package, we would be getting close. With
America Sales Inc. assembly and packaging now more of an integral part
Time: Buffet lunch at 11:30 AM; Presentation at of the whole semiconductor design solution, more
12:15 PM flexibility in the actual package design has evolved
Cost: $15; $5 for fulltime students and currently into a requirement. The bottom line is that the
unemployed; $5 more at door semiconductor industry wants a package that is
Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd (Fwy extremely flexible to the die design as well as the
101 at Montague Expressway), Santa Clara PCB board design; has higher I/O in relation to body
RSVP: from website, by Feb 22 size; has the largest die-to-package body size ratio;
Web: www.cpmt.org/scv reduces the board level footprint; is green, reliable,
thin; and of course is manufacturable. Oh, and don't
Kelly McKendrick is a Sales and Technical forget high yields, cost-competitive, and with excellent
Manager for UTAC (UGS America Sales Inc). He has thermal and electrical performance. Sounds easy
been in the Semiconductor industry for over 30 years enough.
both as a customer and as an assembly A leadframe-based technology offered at UTAC
subcontractor. Kelly started out as an operator at called HLA™ (Hi-Density Leadframe Array) has truly
Signetics in their state of the art 3" wafer fab. After 3 made a breakthrough in taking advantage of many of
years he not only graduated from Brigham Young the best attributes of the aforementioned packages
University but also to the Package Assembly area. and incorporating them into a package that is truly
Since then he has been involved with the assembly of evolutionary. The result is the industry's highest I/O
military, commercial, memory, games, MEMS, solution for a lead-frame-based package (e.g. 5x5
ceramic, plastic, leaded, balled, thin, tiny and about mm with 100 leads with 0.5 mm pitch). It can replace
every other package technology out there. Kelly many types of QFN, TQFP, FC, CSP and even
designed, tooled & implemented the saw QFN line fpBGA products. Basically, HLA allows the designer
still in use at Amkor in the Philippines. He lived with to design the package around the chip as well as the
his family for several years in Korea managing all PCB board.
assembly engineering and production for NCR
Corporation. In addition he worked with Samsung on
OEM Memory products as well as wafer foundry
services for NCR. He was instrumental in getting
several assembly factories up and running in Asia
and was with Hyundai when they became ChipPAC.
He has been with UTAC, formerly ASAT, for a little
over 3 years.
Kelly has been married for 31 years and has
collected quite a few children over that time, including
through adoption and foster parenting. He is now
working on his grandchildren collection. He is the
maintenance man at home who loves to sing, be with
family and tinker with old cars in his spare time,
especially old Mopars. He works with the Boy Scouts
of America and would like to volunteer more at his
younger children's schools. He eventually wants to
be a retired rich guy when he grows up.

Silicon Valley Engineering Council

The Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC)
Annual Engineers Week Dinner proudly presents its 2011 Silicon Valley Engineers
& Hall of Fame Awards Week Banquet on Thursday, February 24, 2011. The
SVEC will honor several outstanding individuals for
their contributions by welcoming them into its Hall of
Inductees: Celeste Voltz Ford, CEO/Founder, Stellar Fame. The banquet will also feature a distinguished
Solutions, Inc.; Dr. Terry E. Shoup, ME keynote speaker (TBA) and award several
Prof, Santa Clara University and past scholarships for academic excellence. The Hall of
ASME President Fame ceremony will recognize local engineers for
Time: Reception at 5:00 PM; Gormet dinner and their outstanding professional achievements, both in
Presentations at 6:30 PM engineering and technology -- and for significant
Cost: $75, through Feb. 12 contributions to the community.
Place: Doubletree Hotel, 2050 Gateway Place,
San Jose 4:30 PM Registration begins
RSVP: from website, by Feb 12 5:00 PM Reception and No-Host Bar
Web: svecbanquet2011.eventbrite.com 6:30 PM SVEC President’s Welcome
6:45 PM Dinner with Friends
Dinner Choices:
No walk ins! Dinner includes wine at your table, a
Montrachet Salad, Apple and Almond Tartlet with
Maple Mousse dessert, coffee, and international teas
plus the entree of your choice.
* Grilled Salmon with Pesto Orzo, Roasted Red
Pepper Sauce, Broccolini Bundle
* Seasonal Curried Vegetables with Coconut
Jasmine Rice
* Grilled Beef Flat Iron Steak with Caramelized
Onion, Fingerling Potatoes, Seasonal
Vegetables, Sauce Bordelaise
2011 Hall of Fame Inductees:
Celeste Voltz Ford, CEO/Founder, Stellar

Solutions, Inc.
Dr. Terry E. Shoup, Professor of Mechanical

Engineering, Executive Director for International
Programs, Former Dean of Engineering, Santa Clara
University, and Past President, American Society of
Mechanical Engineers

SCV Reliability
THURSDAY March 3, 2011

Inexpensive, reliable storage provided by hard disk
Recent Developments drives (HDD) fuels many aspects of modern life such
in Hard Disk Drive as the internet, mobile computing and home
entertainment. This talk will start with an educational
Reliability Engineering overview of the hard drive industry and of reliability-
critical technology developments of the past decade.
Speaker: Bernhard Hiller, Ph.D., Advanced Reliability The main part of the talk will show how the ever-
Engineering, Western Digital Corp increasing storage capacity affects HDD failure
Time: d Networking and snacks at 6:30 PM; behavior, and how this is addressed through
Presentation at 7:00 PM technology, variance reduction and reliability testing.
Cost: none
Place: Hewlett-Packard Building 48, Oak Room,
19111 Pruneridge Ave, Cupertino
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/rl
Bernhard Hiller has been working in the hard disk

drive and medical device industries for more than
twenty years. He was instrumental in bringing
several novel technologies to market, as diverse as
ramp load in hard drives and fluid bearings in medical
imaging x-ray tubes. Other significant work centered
on reliability improvements via hard defect and
contamination reduction. His current work focuses on
improved understanding of the physics of head/disk
interface failure in hard drives and on using this
understanding to devise more effective reliability
testing and failure prediction in all market segments.
He received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from
Stanford and a B.S./M.S. degree in ME from the
University of Karlsruhe, Germany. He holds twelve
U.S. patents and has published more than twenty
journal papers. He is a member of IEEE, ASME and
ASQ.

THURSDAY March 3, 2011
As project managers we can't always choose the
members who will make up our project team. No
Leadership Development - matter who these people are, they are valuable
What Does It Take resources who will execute and complete work on the
to Develop Team Members' project, and it is part of the project manager's
responsibility to develop that team for optimum
Leadership Skills? performance. It's therefore essential for the project
manager to understand the potential of each team
Speaker: Sonja Koppensteiner, Ph. D, Interglobe member and to enable that member's leadership
Consulting skills.
Time: Networking at 6:00 PM; Forum at 6:30 PM; The program introduces a case study to help the
Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation at 7:45 PM audience gain insights into what it takes for a team
Cost: $10 for IEEE members; $13 for others member to stand up and become a leader in his or
Place: RAMADA Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood her area.
Ave, Sunnyvale This presentation is appropriate for all levels of
RSVP: not required project management and non project managers.
Web: www.ieee-scv-tmc.org
Dr. Sonja Koppensteiner has 15 years of

experience in the high tech industry as a project
manager, program manager and as a business
consultant. Using knowledge of the full product
lifecycle, Sonja's experience ranges from software
project management at Siemens to overall project
management responsibility of highly complex cross-
functional solutions at Cisco Systems.
Dr. Koppensteiner speaks at international
conferences and is a book author and instructor for
M.B.A. classes.

OEB Life Members
TUESDAY March 8, 2011
TOPS (Teaching Opportunities for Partners in
TOPS: A Program to Increase Science) is an outreach program using volunteers
Elementary (K-8) Student (the “Partners”) for (1) assisting teachers in grades
K-8 with preparation and delivery of science and
Science Achievement with engineering lessons in the classroom, (2) providing
Retired Scientists and Engineers content knowledge to teachers when needed to teach
quality science and engineering lessons,
Speaker: Art Krakowsky, Lawrence Livermore (3) motivating students with career and educational
National Laboratory (retired) models and information, and (4) educating families
Time: 6:00 PM through after school family science events. The
Cost: $15, includes buffet dinner outreach program began with Partners who were
Place: Willow Tree Restaurant, 6513 Regional St, retired scientists and engineers. Currently, the
Dublin source of volunteers includes scientists and
RSVP: from website engineers who are employed or on leave as well as
Web: www.ieee4life.org retired. The program began in 1993 at the San
Joaquin County Office of Education with three
Arthur M. Krakowsky was an engineer at Bell Partners at three elementary schools. The program
Labs and then, for 26 years until 1993, an now has 33 Partners at 32 schools in a five-county
Engineering manager at Lawrence Livermore region in Central California.
National Laboratory in the field of electronics and Most Partners volunteer to serve a minimum of a
telecommunications. He has a BS in Math, an MS in half day per week during the school year; however,
Electronic Engineering, and an MA in Psychology . the schedule can be flexible to accommodate differing
He has worked to interface computers to analytical needs of the Partners. The Partners attend a TOPS
chemistry equipment, designed electronic circuits, Institute during the summer preceding each school
written software, overseen large telecommunication year. The Institute serves as a training course for
projects, and managed groups of engineers, new Partners.
technicians, and service representatives. He has This talk covers the history of the TOPS program,
been in the Livermore TOPS program since 2000 and the selection and training of Partners, the relationship
is now the Staff Developer there. In his spare time, between the Partners and classroom teachers,
he has had a private practice in Marriage, Family, and development of lessons, and some comments on the
Child Counseling. experience in participating in the TOPS Program from
the speaker.
**Comments from the Organizers: We are all
aware that tests show that the performance of students
in science and mathematics in elementary school in the
United States fall behind students in many industrialized
countries in the world and even some of the developing
countries, such as China and Korea. Furthermore,
eighth grade students in California ranked 47th out of 52
(50 states plus DC and DoD) in mathematics
achievement in 2009 according to the National
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Report.
We believe that IEEE Life Members can make a
significant contribution in solving this problem. In this
talk, you will hear about a very successful program that
has been in place for over seventeen years in San
Joaquin County and now in Livermore. We intend to
make education in science and engineering in
elementary schools one of our top priority topics in this
Affinity Group. Please join us to hear our plans and to
provide your input.

SCV Computer
After multiple decades of wand waiving and
Stereoscopic-3D: fizzling, 2010 felt like a real inflection point for
Stereoscopic-3D. Significance of this major transition
Looking at the Next Decade in visualization from 2D-to-3D is profound. After all,
nature has equipped humankind with binocular vision
Speaker: Sunil Jain, Lead Architect and Strategy – it is the limitation of technology that has kept our
Planner, Intel Corporation civilization staring fixated in front of 2D screens. This
Time: Networking with food and beverage at 6:30 next decade could very well be a step towards
PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM realism in viewing and touching.
Cost: $2 donation to cover food Content is limited. Solutions are expensive.
Place: Microsoft Research, 1288 Pear Ave., Technologies are ferociously competing, vying for the
Mountain View (use rear/North door) top place in each market segment. Usages beyond
RSVP: Use web link watching movies and playing games have not even
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/computer been conceived yet. Standards and interoperability
are in the infancy and tug of war between verticals
Sunil Jain is Lead Architect and Strategist at Intel. and horizontals has already begun! Most importantly,
As part of the PC Client Group, Sunil is responsible the scientific algorithms that can accurately emulate
for bringing innovative technologies to PC platforms the depth perception and visualization processes that
such as Desktops, Notebooks, and handheld devices. are natural to human brain are pretty much non-
Sunil joined Intel in 1999 and has played several existent, and this is the holy grail of S3D quality and
roles – chip Architect, platform Architect, Director of the skepticism 3D encounters after failed attempts in
Strategic Technology Programs, Manager of the the past.
Video and Display Architecture teams, and now he is Mechanisms of content creation, processing,
the Lead Architect and Strategist. Sunil started his rendering, and consuming will need to change -
career in 1985 at Siemens Medical and served as positing growth opportunities for everyone in the S3D
founder-managing-director of Span Mechnotronix food chain. Let’s discuss how this next decade with
from 1991-98. Sunil has multiple patents and S3D looks like…
innovations to his credit including world’s first PMIC
for X-86 systems, and first true universal 3D glasses
that work for Active and Passive and PC and CE in
many usage scenarios.

WEDNESDAY March 9, 2011
Low Cost, Small Footprint By now, most of us have read about the promise of
Die Stacking and Interconnect for TSV (through silicon via) and the myriad of
applications, mostly portable and low power, that are
3D Package Integration expected to benefit from 3D TSV solutions. While
TSV does have the potential to address and abate
Speaker: Marc Robinson, Vice President & CTO,
the relentless drive for continued feature size
Vertical Circuits Inc.
reduction, it still requires investment in significantly
Time: Networking and buffet dinner at 6:00 PM;
expensive capital equipment to achieve its promise of
increased functionality in a smaller footprint. Vertical
Cost: $20; $10 for fulltime students and currently
Circuits (VCI) has developed an alternative
unemployed; $5 more at door
packaging based solution to 3D integration that does
Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd (Fwy
not require significant capital expenditures, yet
101 at Montague Expressway), Santa Clara
provides low cost, high volume manufacturing
RSVP: from website, by March 7
capabilities The technology focuses on the ability to
Web: www.cpmt.org/scv
insulate critical die surfaces, and the formation of
conformal conductors over those surfaces to
Marc Robinson is Vice President and CTO, for
interconnect multiple, stacked die. VCI’s core
Vertical Circuits Inc., where he currently focuses on
competency is the use of dispensable conductors for
IP (intellectual property) strategy, analysis,
multi die packaging (flash, DRAM, MCP, MEMS,
assessment, and protection. He joined Cubic
etc.), and the integration of materials to meet
Memory, the predecessor to VCI, in 1996, as Vice
reliability and cost requirements for multi die high
President of Engineering and Operations. Before
volume commercial applications. Although VCI
joining VCI, Mr. Robinson served as Vice President,
initially focused the technology on stacking memory
Technology Development and Quality for Sierra
die, it has broad applicability for multi die packaging.
Semiconductor. Prior to Sierra, he was Vice
Mr. Robinson will review the path VCI took in the
President of Engineering, and Vice President of TQM
development of this technology as it sought to
and Quality at GEC Plessey Semiconductors, and he
support the increasing breadth of applications for the
served as a Business Unit Director at International
technology, review the benefits of using an assembly
Microelectronics Products (IMP). Mr. Robinson holds
based approach for high volume production, and
a BS degree in Physics from The Cooper Union, and
update us on the latest work VCI is doing to maximize
an MS degree in Physics from Franklin & Marshall.
reliability and yield as it ramps this technology for
Marc has extensive experience in the semiconductor
large, commercial applications.
industry, having held positions in business
development, manufacturing, process engineering,
and product and process design and development.

SCV Nanotechnology

The scaling limitations facing flash memory have
Scalability of Conductive-Bridge created an opportunity for new types of nonvolatile
memory to enter the marketplace. However, no new
Random Access Memory technology will likely become a mainstream
(CBRAM): How Far Can We Go technology unless it can be scaled to technology
nodes far beyond the ultimate limit of flash
and Where are We Now? technology. We discuss the state of knowledge
concerning the scalability of CBRAM technology,
Speaker: Dr. John Jameson, Member of Technical which is a sub family of resistive RAM technologies,
Staff, Adesto Technologies and provide a perspective on the performance of
Time: Registration & light lunch at 11:30 AM; ultimately scaled CBRAM devices.
Cost: IEEE Members and Students $5; Non-
Members $10
Place: National Semiconductor Bldg E-1 CMA
Room. 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa
Clara
RSVP: From website
Web: www.ieee.org/nano
Dr. John Jameson is a Member of the Technical

Staff at Adesto Technologies, where he focuses on
the physics and modeling of CBRAM memory cells.
He received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford
University and is the author or co-author of 25 papers
on electronic devices and materials.

THURSDAY April 7, 2011
Scrappy Project Management
Speaker: Kimberly Wiefling, Wiefling Consulting
Time: Networking at 6:00 PM; Forum at 6:30 PM;
Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation at 7:45 PM
Cost: $10 for IEEE members; $13 for others
Place: RAMADA Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood
Ave, Sunnyvale
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ieee-scv-tmc.org
Kimberly Wiefling, Executive Editor of the

Scrappy About Series, is a proven expert in enabling
people to achieve what seems impossible, but is
merely difficult. She is the author of one of the top
project management books in the US, “Scrappy
Project Management – The 12 Predictable and
Avoidable Pitfalls Every Project Faces”, a book
growing in popularity around the world, and recently
published in Japanese by Nikkei Business Press.
She is the founder of Wiefling Consulting, LLC, a
global leadership and business management
consulting firm. She currently spends about half of
her time working with high-potential leaders in
Japanese companies, facilitating leadership,
innovation and execution excellence workshops to
enable Japanese companies to solve global problems
profitably.
A physicist by education, and a successful
business leadership and project management
consultant for the past 9 years, she began her
professional career working for 10 years at HP in
product development project management and
engineering leadership. She spent 5 years in the wild Over 5000 people
and wacky world of Silicon Valley startups, including have viewed the hysterical
a Xerox Parc spinoff where she was the VP of video documenting the
Program Management. In 2001 she rose from the final phase of completing
ashes of the dot-com bust, launched her consulting her book. Kimberly is
practice, and never looked back. contributing to making the
In typical Silicon Valley style, Kimberly has helped world a better place in a
to start, run and grow a dozen small businesses. number of ways. She’s
Several of the startups that she co-founded are still in the co-founder of the
business and profitable. Open Kilowatt Institute
Kimberly’s clients include companies like Cisco (OKI) and the co-chair of
Systems, Symantec, Intuit, HP, Agilent Technologies, the SDForum Engineering Leadership Special
Mazda, Daiichi Sankyo, Dow Corning Toray, Interest Group (EL SIG). She’s supporting micro-
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the University of finance for entrepreneurs throughout the world via
California, the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Kiva, and she supports the economic independence
Siemens, Hitachi, Alcoa, Xerox PARC, NECsoft, NTT of women in various ways around the world because
DoCoMo, and many more. she believes that this is the most effective way raise
the quality of life for all people.

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