Announcing the 2nd Annual
IEEE-CPMT/ ASME/ SPE / SPIE/ MRS/ AFM/ SF2M Workshop (POLY'99)
POLYMERIC MATERIALS FOR MICROELECTRONICS & PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS: MECHANICS, PHYSICS, RELIABILITY, PROCESSING
Paris, France / December 12-15, 1999
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of the workshop is to address the state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of mechanics, physics and reliability of polymers employed in microelectronics and photonics engineering.
SCOPE:
The scope of the workshop includes, but is not limited to, the following major topics:
Mechanical behavior and short and long-term performance of polymeric materials; Polymeric materials characterization;
Thermal, mechanical, electrical, optical and other properties of polymers; Fracture mechanics of polymeric materials;
Moisture sensitivity of polymeric materials and plastic packages of IC devices; Organic microelectronics; Polymer lightguides;
Polymers for wireless applications; Aging and its effects on the long-term reliability of polymeric materials; Thermal and electric field effects on damage and fracture of polymeric materials; Accelerated testing of polymeric materials and plastic electronic packages: approaches and techniques; Mechanics, physics and chemistry of adhesion, adhesives and adhesively bonded joints; Stress concentration effects in polymeric materials and plastic electronic packages; Performance of polymeric materials at high/low temperatures and in harsh environments; Role of fillers in the mechanical behavior and performance of polymeric materials; Thermal management of systems employing polymeric materials (including electronic components and photonic devices); Interfacial phenomena affecting the polymeric materials reliability; Response of polymeric materials to dynamic and thermal loading;
Manufacturing processes in plastics engineering; Reliability problems associated with manufacturing, testing, surface-mounting and operation of plastic electronic packages.
New and emerging technologies for future electronic and photonic systems.
WORKSHOP ORGANIZORS: E.Suhir, Bell Laboratories, USA; B.Michel, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany; Y.Koike, Keio University, Japan; J. Lu, Universite de Technologie de Troyes, France;
TUTORIALS:
The program of the workshop will include tutorials (short courses) on various aspects of the reliability of polymeric materials for microelectronics and photonics applications.
Application of Computational Heat Transfer to Thermal Management of Plastic Packages of IC Devices/
Reliability and Lifetime Assessments for Polymeric Materials
Failure of IC Plastic Packages
Polymers for Electronic Packaging
Adhesives in Electronic Packaging

For registration or more information, go to the web.
www.asme.org/conf/POLY99/index.htm