SEMI-THERM

March 20-22, San Jose

The Program Committee of the IEEE SEMI-THERM Symposium has selected session titles and technical papers for the 17th annual symposium. SEMI-THERM, the Semiconductor Thermal Measurement and Management Symposium will be held March 20-22 at the Double Tree Hotel in San Jose, California.
For more information contact:
Connie Leigh Crystall
C/S. Communications, Inc.
520-323-2870
Fax 520 323 2803
cscom@goodnet.com

Session Topics:
Simulation in Thermal Management
Chair: Bill Maltz
Novel Measurement Techniques
Chair Savithri Subramanyam
Advances in Compact Models
Chair Wendy Luiten
Active Cooling Technology
Chair: Alan Claasen
Thermal Enhancement Technology
Chair: Alfonso Ortega
Component Thermal Performance
Chair: Paul Hundt

Short Course
The optional Short Course held Sunday and Monday, March 18 and 19 will be conducted by Robert E Simons, a retired IBM engineering manager. This intensive short course is titled "Thermal Design for Electronics Cooling Applications," and is designed to provide an appreciation and understanding of the important role of thermal design in the development and operation of electronic equipment, as well as the basic techniques for estimating thermal performance of electronic packages and systems.

Workshop
Tuesday evening's workshop is a panel discussion chaired by Jeff Montgomery of Electronicast. "Thermal Issues in Optoelectronic Packaging," takes a look at optical and thermal issues in the packaging of optical IC's and similar devices. New to SEMI-THERM this year is a panel discussion concluding Wednesday mornings technical sessions, "System Level Modeling---Status and Challenges", chaired by Roger Schmidt, IBM.

Luncheon Speakers
The technical luncheon presentation on Tuesday, March 20 features Jukka Rantala of Nokia Research Center speaking on "Thermal Management Challenges of Third Generation Telecommunication Devices." Wednesday's non-technical luncheon presentation will be given by Robert Moffat of Stanford University and president of Moffat Thermosciences, Inc. Entitled "The Arte of Fyshing with an Angle----in the 21st Century." Dr. Moffat will take a historical look at fly-fishing, the politics of trout fishing and the serious considerations of stream husbandry.

Thermi
Each year, SEMI-THERM honors a person as a Significant Contributor to the field of semiconductor thermal management. The "THERMI" award is intended to recognize a recipient's history of contributions to important thermal issues affecting the performance of semiconductor devices. This year's "THERMI" will be presented to Clemens J. M. Lasance of Philips Research, The Netherlands. He will receive this prestigious award on Thursday, March 22 at the awards luncheon.

Posters
In an effort to allow more papers into the conference, a poster session was started last year and continued into this year. There will be eight poster papers presented at SEMI-THERM XVII with session chair Seri Lee of Intel presiding. The poster sessions are scheduled for Tuesday, March 20 from 1:30 to 3:00 pm with five-minute presentations from each poster paper presenter during the morning technical sessions.