2. New PRC Research Strategy
Consortia Projects – Fundamental Research
Multifunction Testbeds
Company-Specified Projects
3. DIRECTOR: Prof. Rao R. Tummala
DEPUTY DIRECTOR: Prof. Madhavan Swaminathan
ADMINISTRATIVE
Lauren Hall
Mary Ellen Mount
INFRASTRUCTURE
Dean Sutter
Mike Toole
FINANCIAL &
INDUSTRY
RELATIONS
Carl Rust
Mary Ellen Mount
Judy Lorier, Tina Crouch
MARKETING
Reed Crouch
Carl Rust
Lauren Hall
RESEARCH
WLP&A
SOP
C.P. Wong
RF SOP
Manos Tentzeris
OPTO SOP
G.K. Chang
Multi-
Functio
SOP
DESIGN
Madhavan
Swaminathan
FABRICATION
Rao Tummala
NANO & Bio
SENSOR
Z.L. Wang &
Farrokh Ayazi
3D SOP
Chong Yoon
MULTIFUNCTION
Venky Sundaram
5. Lauren Hall
Mgr. Admin. & Operations
Newsletters, Promotional
Carl Rust
Associate Director, Industry
Open Houses, Industry Meetings
Reed Crouch
Communications Coordinator
Mass Communications, Website, Publications, Graphics
Marketing
Leyla Conrad
Associate Director, Education
Courses, Programs, Students
Swapan Bhattacharya
Research Scientist
DBO-1 & Nano Bio Workshop
Ravi Doraiswami
Research Engineer
DBO-2
Mahesh Varadarajan
Research Engineer
SOP Textbook
Education &
Conferences
Boyd Wiedenman
Research Engineer
3S Workshop
Mary Ellen Mount
Administrative Coordinator
Special Projects, Planning, Support
Lauren Hall
Mgr. Administration & Operations
Scheduling, Events, Travel
PRC Administration
Dean Sutter
Associate Director, Infrastructure
Labs, Equipment, Support
Mike Toole
Lab Technician
Maintenance, Testing, Calibration
Infrastructure
Carl Rust
Associate Director, Industry Relations & Financial
Industry Partnerships, International Collaborations, Financial
Judy Lorier
Accounting Manager
Budgets, Reports, Projects
Tina Crouch
Accountant
Budgets, Reports
Industry Relations
& Financial
Mary Ellen Mount
Administrative Coordinator
Special Projects, Planning, Support
ADMIN OPS
6. Core Technologies
DESIGN & TESTMATERIALS
THERMAL
MECHANICAL
&INTER-
CONNECTS
SUBSTRATE NANO BIOELECTRONICS
Core Technologies & Teams
Extended Faculty Team
Organics
Si
Core Teams
Process
Staff
Admin
Staff
Center Leadership
7. Europe
ATOTECH
AT&S
BOSCH
EPCOS
INFINEON
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
India
SAMEER
Korea
HYNIX
LG ELECTRONICS
SAMSUNG TECHWIN
Japan
DISCO
IBIDEN
NGK-NTK
OAK-MITSUI
PANASONIC
SONY
POLITECNICO DI
TORINO
Institute of
Microelectronics
A Global Center
U.S.A.
APPLIED MATERIALS
BREWER SCIENCE
CELESTICA
CHOMERICS
DOW CHEMICAL
DOW CORNING
DRAPER LABORATORY
DUPONT
ENDICOTT INTERCONNECT
GENERAL ELECTRIC
HONEYWELL
IBM
INDIUM
INTEL
JACKET MICRO DEVICES
LORD
MAXTEK
MEDTRONIC
QUALCOMM
ROCKWELL COLLINS
ROGERS CORP.
ROHM & HAAS
SONOSCAN
STARFIRE SYSTEMS
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
11. What Are 3D ICs?
Courtesy MCNC
2D to 3D
SOC (800 µM) Functional
ICs
Thinned
ICs
(30 µM)
3D ICs
12. Impact of 3D ICs Limited without 3D Systems
3. Discrete Components2. Stacked Memory 4. Connectors & Batteries
1. Processor
Package
13. Thermal Interfaces
IC IC
ICs & 3D ICs Interconnects
Nanoscale Components
BEOL-Like Wiring
BEOL-Like Wiring
Nanoscale Components
IC
SOC
IC
IC
IC
IC
ICs & 3D ICs Interconnects
Thermal Interfaces
Power
CORETSV TSV
Cavity
3D ICs 3D Systems
3D ICs vs. 3D Systems
Transceiver
Controller
Memory
Logic
Transceiver
Controller
Memory
Logic
14. Concept of System Wafer Fab
Silicon or Large
Area Core
Cavity
5. Battery nano
1. Through Si vias (TSVs) and stack bonding 10-50µ pitch
4. System interconnections 20-100µ pitch
2. High density wiring 1-5µ L/S
3. Embedded passives and actives 1µ thickness
IC IC
Stacked ICs
IC
Battery
16. Open Innovation is Key to Global Competitiveness
Research
Technology Development
Product Development
Industry Role
Industry Role
25%
Academic Role
15%
Academic Role
Pre-Competitive
3-5 Years 3 Years
Competitive
2 Years
Products
18. PRC Finances & GT Support Req’d
Note: Includes In-kind Services, Equip, $ Materials
NSF ERC Era
$1.6M
$2.6M
GT Contributions
$15M
PRC FY12 and Beyond
$1M
$2.0M
$10M
5-Year Post-ERC Era
$1.3M
$2.0M
PRC Costs
$10M
19. GLOBALLYSHAREDVISION
Industry • Academia – END USERS – Further Research
NSECMANAGEMENT
VISION•FOCUS•PR•COLLABORATION
•EDUCATION•ADMINISTRATION•PERSONNEL
NSECINFRASTRUCTURE
SHAREDFACILITIES
COLLABORATION
NATIONAL•INTERNATIONAL
SYSTEMS & ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES
INDUSTRY
WIRING,DIELECTRICS,FLUIDICS
PHOTONICS
RF
INTERCONNECTS
BATTERIES&THERMAL
BIO-SENSORS
INT.NETWORKCOMMS
CANCERDETECTION
MOLECULARMANIPUL.
COMPUTERPOWER
CHEMISTRYADVANCES
BIOMEDICALADVANCES
COMMUNICATIONS
MATERIALSADVANCES
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
LABS & FACILITIES
NANO PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
NANO MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION
PRE-COLLEGE
UNIVERSITIES: GRADUATE, UNDERGRAD
INDUSTRY
OUTREACH:
• INTERDISCIPLINARY
FELLOWSHIPS
• INDUSTRY
• INT’L PARTNERS
• MINORITIES
• VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
• NATIONAL ACADEMIC
PARTNERS
• OTHER
RESEARCH
Personal Health & Safety • Education – NEEDS – Economic Growth • Multiple Use Technology