7th European HICUM Workshop
June 18/19, 2007,
Technical University, Dresden, Germany

Workshop location : GWT-TUD GmbH
Chemnitzer Str. 48b, 01187 Dresden, Germany


Day 1
June 18, 2007

09:00 M. Schröter (CEDIC): "Welcome and Opening"


Session I - Model implementation

09:20 A.Mukherjee, M.Schröter, A.Chakravorty (CEDIC): "HICUM - Productization and Support Update"

09:40 E.Darcourt, N.Derrier (ST): "Status of HICUM/L2 & HICUM/L0 implementation in circuit simulators: a real case"

10:00 J.C.Perraud (CAEN): "New Models into SPICE using improved advanced Verilog-A Model compiler for SPICE3F5"

10:20 M.Schroter (CEDIC): "NQS effects and their implementation"

10:50 Break


Session II - Compact Modeling related Infrastructures

11:10 Z.Huszka (AMS): "A stand-alone Hicum/L2v2.23 characterization environment in Matlab"

11:30 J.Krause (CEDIC): "Experience with the HICUM Master Toolkit at National Semi"

11:50 B.Ardouin (XMOD): "Update of XMOD activities"

12:10 K.E.Moebus, M.Schröter, Y.Zimmermann, M.Claus (CEDIC): "New TRADICA features"


12:30 Lunch


Sesssion III - Poster Session

13:30 M.Claus, G.Wedel, H.Wittkopf, H.Tran (CEDIC): "Poster briefings"

14:00 All: "Poster Exhibition and Discussion"


Sesssion IV - Parameter Extraction

14:30 Z.Huszka (AMS): "Normalized HICUM/L2 and new advancements in TF extraction "

15:00 C.Raya, N.Kaufmann, D.Celi(ST), T.Zimmer(IMS): "A new transit time extraction algorithm based on matrix deembedding techniques"

15:30 P.Y.Sulima, J.L.Battaglia, T.Zimmer (IMS): "Solving the Heat Equation with the Quadrupole Approach"

16:00 J.Berkner(Infineon): "Extraction of thermal resistance and its temperature dependence using DC methods"

16:30 Break


Demo Session

16:50 K.E.Moebus, Y.Zimmermann, H.Wittkopf (CEDIC): "TRADICA-DEVICE System"

17:05 G.Wedel (CEDIC): "Modeling non-isothermal effects in DEVICE"

17:20 B.Ardouin (XMOD)

17:35 Z.Huszka (AMS)

17:50 All: Open discussion session (any topic)

18:10 Day 1 - Wrap up


19:00 Dinner



Day 2
June 19, 2007

Sesssion V - Geometry Scaling and Statistical Modeling

09:00 S.Yoshitomi (Toshiba): "Modification of HICUM and GP model card for DFM (Design for Manufacturing) applications"

09:30 S.Lehmann, J.Krause, M.Schröter (CEDIC): "Base resistance modeling for advanced SiGe HBT process technologies"

10:00 D.Celi (ST): "Review of some HICUM/L2 scaling laws: Issues and Proposals"

10:30 M.Schröter, S.Lehmann (CEDIC), D.Celi (ST): "Non-standard geometry scaling effects"

11:00 Break


Sesssion VI - HICUM/Level0

11:20 C.Thiele (Infineon): "HICUM/L0-Investigation and Improvement of the DC- High current modeling"

11:45 H.Beckrich, F.Pourchon (ST): "HICUM/L0 temperature modeling: towards improvement"

12:10 All: Discussions, conclusions, plans

12:20 Workshop wrap-up
            Adjourn

Note: Schedule leaves enough space for discussions (which are an important feature of this workshop).
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