Course Description

Harsh Environment Electronics

Objective ot this course

Present the main aspects of the electronics devices and circuits operating in extreme environments, such as low and high temperatures as well as radiation hardness, by experts in field. The course will cover the important concepts from the basic device physics up to the circuit design for these extreme environments, in 1 day and a half, in accordance with the following program.

Date and Place :

January 15th and 16th, 2009.
Euler Building, room 002, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Louvain-la-Neuve map (Euler room on D9) : http://www.dom.ucl.ac.be/info_plan.html

Course program :

 January 15th:
14:00 - 14:10 - Course Introduction - Prof. Denis Flandre, UCL and Prof. Marcelo Pavanello, FEI
14:10 - 15:30 - Low-Temperature Operation of MOSFETS: Fundamentals and Device Operation (1) - Prof. Marcelo Pavanello, FEI
15:30 - 15:50 - Interval
15:50 - 17:20 - Low-Temperature Operation of MOSFETS: Fundamentals and Device Operation (2) - Prof. Marcelo Pavanello, FEI

January 16th:
9:00 - 10:30 - Low-Temperature Circuit Design - Ir. Ybe Creten, IMEC
10:30 - 10:50 - Interval
10:50-12:20 - Radiation Effects on MOSFETs - Dr. Eddy Simoen, IMEC
12:20 - 14:20 - Lunch
14:20 - 15:20 - High-Temperature Effects on MOS Devices - Dr. Valeria Kilchytska, UCL
15:20 - 15:40 - Interval
15:40 - 16:40 - High Temperature Circuit Design - Ir. Bertrand Rue, UCL
16:40 - 17:00 - Concluding Remarks

Organizers

Prof. Denis Flandre (denis.flandre@uclouvain.be <mailto:denis.flandre@uclouvain.be>) and Prof. Marcelo Antonio Pavanello (pavanello@fei.edu.br <mailto:pavanello@fei.edu.br>).

If some additional information is required, please contact the course organizers.

Registrations are open through the following web site : http://www.tele.ucl.ac.be/musics/registration.php  till jan. 9th

 Accomodation

Hotel Mercure, in Louvain-la-Neuve,

You might also look at some hotels in Wavre (10 km far from Louvain-la-Neuve) :