Technical Program
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| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
Annual Meeting
| 4:00pm |
| 4:00pm | Annual Meeting: CMC Microsystems member representatives and invited guests only | Richelieu Room
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Registration
| 4:30-6:30pm |
| 4:30pm | Registration | International Ballroom Foyer |
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| Welcome Reception | 5:00-6:30pm |
| 5:00pm | Welcome Reception
Opportunity to network with graduate student researchers, innovation agency exhibitors and delegates from industry, government and academia. | Richelieu Room |
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| CMC Board of Directors Meeting | 6:00pm
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5:45pm
| CMC Board of Directors Meeting: CMC Microsystems Board of Directors and invited guests only. | Panoramic Room
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CMC Microsystems Presentations
| 6:30-8:00pm |
6:30pm
| CMC Microsystems Presentations: Macro..Micro..Nano: A Report about the Technology and Putting it to Good Use | Richelieu Room |
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| Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Microsystems and Nanoelectronics Research Conference (MNRC 2009) |
Registration
| 7:30-8:00am |
| 7:30am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | International Ballroom Foyer |
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
| 8:30-8:45am |
| 8:30am | Welcome and Opening Remarks : Dr. Ian McWalter | International Ballroom A |
| 8:35am | Program Overview : Dr. Manoj Sachdev | |
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| Keynote Presentation | 8:45-9:30am |
8:45am
| Small World, Large Impact: A WIN Perspective on the Potential of Nanotechnology: Dr. Arthur Carty, Executive Director, Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo
| International Ballroom A |
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Session 1: RF & Analog, CAD Simulation & Modeling
| 9:30-10:30am |
| 9:30am | Remote Frequency Calibration of Passive Wireless Transponders Using Injection-Locked PLL
Nima Soltani and Fei Yuan, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| International Ballroom A |
9:45am
| A CMOS Low Power Ultra-Wideband LNA Utilizing Feedback Technique
Kimia Taghizadeh Ansari and Calvin Plett, Department of Electronics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
10:00am
| High Speed Metamaterial-Inspired Negative Group Delay Circuits in CMOS for Delay Equalization
Symon K. Podilchak*†, Brian Frank*, Al Freundorfer* and Yahia M. M. Antar†* *Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada †Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON | |
10:15am
| On the Speed of Symbolic Network Analysis of Joule Heating in IC Interconnects
Chiun-Shen Liao, Andrew Labun and Abbas Milani, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada | |
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Refreshment Break
| 10:30-10:45am |
10:30am
| Refreshment Break
| International Ballroom Foyer |
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Session 2: Photonics, Sensors, Integrated Microsystems
| 10:45-12:00pm
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10:45am
| A 5-Gbps Opto-Electrical Receiver with On-Chip Photodetector in 0.18-um CMOS
Tony Shuo-Chun Kao and Anthony Chan Carusone, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | International Ballroom A |
| 11:00am | Threshold current reduction in third-order laterally coupled DFB lasers
Atousa Assadihaghi, Ron Millett, Henry Schriemer, Kais Dridi, Trevor Hall, Hassan Teimoori and Karin Hinzer
Centre for Research in Photonics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
11:15am
| Micro Thermal Actuator with Integrated Capacitive Position Sensor
Peng Yang, Chris Mechefske and Yongjun Lai, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada | |
11:30am
| Battery-less Electrostatic Micro-Power Generator
M.A.E. Mahmoud, E.M. Abdel-Rahman†, E.F. El-Saadany and R.R. Mansour Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, †Department of System Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada | |
11:45am
| Reconfigurable Amplifier with Tunable Impedance Matching Networks Based on CMOS-MEMS Capacitors in 0.18-um CMOS Technology
Siamak Fouladi and Raafat R. Mansour, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada | |
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Lunch
| 12:00-1:00pm |
12:00pm
| Lunch
| International Ballroom A |
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TEXPO & MNRC Research Exhibition
| 12:00-2:30pm
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12:00pm
| TEXPO & MNRC Research Exhibition: TEXPO Research Demonstrations and MNRC Poster Exhibition | International Ballroom B & C |
Graduate student demonstrations and poster presentations of current microsystems research activity. Includes competitions for:
MNRC 2009 Awards:
- GOLD LEAF Certificate : Two awards of $1000
- SILVER LEAF Certificate : Two awards of $600
- BRONZE LEAF Certificate : Two awards of $400
TEXPO Research Competition Awards:
- The Brian L. Barge Award for Excellence in Microsystems Integration - $3,500
- DALSA Corporation Componentware/CAD Award - $3,000
- Micralyne Microsystems Design Award - $3,000 Strategic Microelectronics Council of ITAC Industrial Collaboration Award (SMC Award) - $3,000
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Session 3: Digital & Test, Data & Signal Processing, System-Level Design
| 2:30-3:45pm
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2:30pm
| A 64-bit, 2.4 GHz Adder with Time Redundancy Based Soft Error Detection Capability
Jaspal Singh Shah, Shah M. Jahinuzzaman, David Li, Pierce Chuang and Manoj Sachdev, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada | International Ballroom A |
2:45pm
| Design of a Novel High-Performance Reduced Clock-Swing Pre-Discharge Flip-Flop
David Li, Pierce Chuang, Jaspal Singh Shah and Manoj Sachdev,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada | |
3:00pm
| Soft Error Robust Impulse and TSPC Flip-flops in 90nm CMOS
Shah Jahinuzzaman, David Rennie and Manoj Sachdev, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada | |
3:15pm
| A 12-bit 10MS/s 2-stage Algorithmic ADC in 130-nm CMOS Utilizing Capacitor Sharing and Capacitor Scaling Technique
Noman Hai and David Nairn, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada | |
3:30pm
| An Interconnection Network for a Novel Reconfigurable Circuit Board
Etienne Lepercq, Olivier Valorge, Yan Basile-Bellavance, Nicolas Laflamme-Mayer, Yves Blaquière† and Yvon Savaria Department of Electrical Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada † Département d'informatique, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada | |
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Refreshment Break
| 3:45-4:00pm
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3:45pm
| Refreshment Break
| International Ballroom Foyer |
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Session 4: MEMS
| 4:00-5:00pm |
4:00pm
| Mass Measurement with Micromechanical Single Harmonic Oscillators
Jacky Chow and Yongjun Lai, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada | International Ballroom A |
4:15pm
| Microgripper Design For Use in Parallel Microassembly Processes
Henry Chu, James Mills and William Cleghorn, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
4:30pm
| A Structurally Multifunctional Pressure-Temperature Sensor
Ali Najafi Sohi, Mohammad Shavezipur, Patricia Nieva and Amir Khajepour, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada | |
4:45pm
| Quadratic controller for a chaotic micro-resonator
Shahrzad Towfighian, Glenn R. Heppler† and Eihab M. Abdel Rahman† Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering †Department of System Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada | |
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Celebrating and Recognizing Excellence
| 5:30-8:30pm |
5:30pm
| Cocktail Reception
| International Ballroom Foyer |
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Banquet and Awards Presentations
| 6:30-8:30pm |
| 6:30pm | Annual Awards Banquet: Collocated with the ITAC/SMC Outstanding Service Awards Banquet
- Presentation of Colton Medal for Research Excellence
- Presentation of TEXPO Awards
- Presentation of the MNRC Awards
- Presentation of the ITAC/SMC Outstanding Service Awards Banquet
| International Ballroom A&B
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