4th India ESD Workshop (2020)
About InEW
India ESD workshop (InEW), envisioned by MSDLab @ IISc Bangalore (India) and ESD Association (USA), is a unique annual eÂffort with an aim to increase ESD design expertise among academia and industry in and around India. The two day workshop, which is largely supported by VLSI industry around the world, is a vibrant gathering of experts from semiconductor industries. It’s executive committee has a presence of all the leading chip design/manufacturing companies while having several world renowned ESD experts in it’s advisory board.
Technical Program
| 09:15 AM – 09:30 AM |
Remarks & Welcome address on behalf of ESDA BOD. Dr. Gianluca Boselli (Texas Instruments) |
| 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM |
Keynote Speaker: Â Prof. Mayank Shrivastava (IISc Bangalore) Topic:Â The Future of Microelectronics |
| 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM |
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Heinrich Wolf (Fraunhofer Institute, Germany) Topic: Transmission Line Pulsing TLP – Applications and Challenges |
| 12:00 PM – 01:45 PM | Networking Lunch |
| 01:45 PM– 03:15 PM |
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Christian Russ (Infineon, Munich, Germany) Topic: Predicting System Level ESD Robustness Using a Comprehensive Modelling Approach |
| 03:15 PM – 04:45 PM |
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Gianluca Boselli (Texas Instruments, USA) Topic:Â Challenges in High-Voltage ESD Design |
| 04:45 PM – 05:00 PM |
Invited Speaker: Nitesh Trivedi (Intel Corp.) Topic: Drive Towards IP/Macro enablement for SoC ESD Verification |
| 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM | Poster Session & High tea |
| 06:00 PM – 06:15 PM |
Invited Speaker:Â Nandu Kumar Chowdhury (Cadence) Topic: Voltus-Fi ESD-Optimizing Large circuits for fast CDM/HBM Simulations |
| 06:15 PM – 06:30 PM |
Invited Speaker: Vaidyanathan S. (Texas Instruments) Topic: Case studies in System ESD |
| 06:30 PM – 06:45 PM |
Invited Speaker: Sagar (GlobalFoundries) Topic: HV ESD solutions in 55nm BCD Technology |
| 06:45 PM – 07:00 PM |
Invited Speaker: Aditya Desai (NXP Semiconductors) Topic: Designing ESD Robust IOs for Automotive Grade Applications |
| 07:00 PM – 07:15 PM |
Invited Speaker: Harshit Dhakad (Intel Wireless Corp.) Topic: Challenges in SoC/SiP ESD interconnect verification |
| 07:15 PM – 07:30 PM |
Invited Speaker: Jagadeesh Mallaiah (Cadence) Topic: A Case Study of CDM issues |
| 07:30 PM – 09:00 PM | Networking Dinner |
| 09:30 AM – 11:00 AM |
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Charvaka Duvvury (IEEE Distinguished lecturer & Fellow) Topic: ESD Background, Overall IC Reliability and Basic Protection Design |
| 11:00 AM– 12:30 PM |
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Souvik Mitra (GlobalFoundries, USA) Topic:Â ESD Protection Design Challenge: Technology Scaling and Application Space |
| 12:30 PM – 02:00 PM | Networking Lunch |
| 02:00 PM – 03:30 PM |
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Charvaka Duvvury (IEEE Distinguished lecturer & Fellow) Topic: Advanced ESD Protection and High-Speed IO Protection Design |
| 03:30 PM – 05:00 PM |
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Harald Gossner (Intel, Munich, Germany) Topic: Current challenges in IC and system level ESD protection |
| 05:00 PM – 05:20 PM | Coffee Break |
| 05:20 PM – 05:40 PM |
Student Speaker: Monishmurali M (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore) Topic: SCR Design Challenges in FinFET technology |
| 05:40 PM – 06:00 PM |
Student Speaker: Kranthi Nagothu (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore) Topic: Unique Low Current Failure in High Current ESD Devices |
| 06:00 PM – 06:15 PM |
Invited Speaker: Raj S Dua (Intel Corp.) Topic: ESD Design and Validation Challenges for an Intel Server SoC |
| 06:15 PM – 06:30 PM |
Invited Speaker: Shivaraj Dharne (GlobalFoundries) Topic: ESD issues in Silicon-their debug approach |
| 06:30 PM – 07:30 PM |
High-Tea (Parallel to Panel Discussion) Topic: Guidelines for Circuit Designers to Ease ESD Challenges in Emerging/Advance Technologies Moderator: Prof. Mayank Shrivastava (IISc Bangalore) |
| 08:30 PM – 08:40 PM |
Concluding Remarks and Feedback session Dr. Charvaka Duvvury (IEEE Distinguished lecturer & Fellow) |
| Participants |
Early Bird |
Late/Onsite |
| Industry | 13,500 ₹ |
15,000 ₹ |
| Academia | 3,500 ₹ |
7,000 ₹ |
The last date for early bird registration is extended till Feb 21st .
