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THURSDAY January 31, 2013
SCV Magnetics Chapter
Speaker: Prof. Stephane Mangin, Center for Magnetic Recording Research, UC-SD
Time: Networking and Pizza at 7:00 PM; Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Western Digital, 1710 Automation Parkway, San Jose
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/mag

Magnetization reversal using circularly polarized light provides a way to control magnetization without any external magnetic field and has the potential to revolutionize magnetic data storage.? However, in order to reach ultra-high density data storage, high anisotropy (more…)

TUESDAY February 19, 2013
SCV Nanotechnology Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Jin-Woo Han, Research Scientist, NASA AMES Research Center
Time: Registration & light lunch at 11:30 AM; Presentation at 12:00 Noon
Cost: IEEE Members and Students $5; Non-Members $10
Place: Texas Instruments Bldg E-1 CMA Room, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: sites.ieee.org/sfbanano

Vacuum tubes had been the major workhorse in electronics before the commercial silicon transistor emerged in 1960’s.? The vacuum tube performs rectifying and amplifying functions by utilizing the electrons movement through a free space.? However, the vacuum tube is (more…)

THURSDAY Febuary 7, 2013
SCV Reliability Chapter
Speakers: Attendees’ highlights, reactions, news
Time: Networking/Refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentations at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Agilent Technologies, 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/rl\

The Reliability and Maintainability Symposium has a wide scope of presentations.? ? Each year, the Valley’s RAMS attendees are asked to present a summary of the two or three best talks.? If you can’t attend the conference in Florida, come (more…)

TUESDAY January 15, 2013
SCV Nanotechnology Chapter
Speaker: Mark Bunger, Research Director, Lux Research Inc.
Time: Registration & light lunch 11:30 AM; Presentation at 12:00 Noon
Cost: IEEE Members and Students $5; Non-Members $10
Place: Texas Instruments Bldg E-1 CMA Room, 2900 Semiconductor Dr, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.ieee.org/nano

Printed electronics promises the ability to manufacture devices through low-cost, high-throughput manufacturing with novel materials and inks.? Three materials areas – opaque conductive inks and pastes, transparent conductors, and (more…)

TUESDAY December 4, 2012
SCV Nanotechnology Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Blanka Magyari-Kope, Stanford University
Time: Registration & light lunch at 11:30 AM; Presentation at 12:00 PM noon
Cost: IEEE Members and Students $5; Non-Members $10
Place: Texas Instruments Bldg E-1 CMA Room, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: sites.ieee.org/sfbanano

Recently, numerous experimental and theoretical investigations have been undertaken in academia as well as various product-oriented efforts are going on in industry for resistives witching memory.? The rapid rise in publications for RRAM have mostly dealt with (more…)

THURSDAY November 29, 2012
SCV Magnetics Chapter
Speaker: Prof. E. Dan Dahlberg, University of Minnesota
Time: Networking and pizza at 7:00 PM; Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Western Digital, 1710 Automation Parkway, San Jose
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/mag

One of the current frontiers in magnetism is to understand the domain structure and the magnetization reversal in nanometer sized particles.? Explorations at these length scales have been aided by the development of new (more…)

WEDNESDAY December 5, 2012
SCV Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter
Speaker: Zhenan Bao, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Time: Optional dinner at Stanford Hospital Cafeteria, 6:15 PM ; Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Room M-114, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/embs

Organic and carbon nano materials are attractive for low cost electronic units for electronic skin as well as medicinal, food storage, and environmental monitoring applications.? The ability to couple the sensory electrical output with on-chip signal processing (more…)

THURSDAY November 29, 2012
SCV Magnetics Chapter
Speaker: Prof. E. Dan Dahlberg, University of Minnesota
Time: Networking and pizza at 7:00 PM; Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Western Digital, 1710 Automation Parkway, San Jose
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/mag

One of the current frontiers in magnetism is to understand the domain structure and the magnetization reversal in nanometer sized particles.? Explorations at these length scales have been aided by the (more…)

TUESDAY December 4, 2012
SCV Nanotechnology Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Blanka Magyari-Kope, Stanford University
Time: Registration & light lunch at 11:30 AM; Presentation at 12:00 PM noon
Cost: IEEE Members and Students $5; Non-Members $10
Place: Texas Instruments Bldg E-1 CMA Room, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: sites.ieee.org/sfbanano

Recently, numerous experimental and theoretical investigations have been undertaken in academia as well as various product-oriented efforts are going on in industry for resistives witching memory.? The rapid rise in publications for RRAM have mostly dealt (more…)

WEDNESDAY January 9, 2013
SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Chapter
Speaker: Yusuke Matsuda, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Time: Optional dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 6:45 PM
Cost: $20 for dinner ($10 for students, unemployed); no cost for presentation
Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd, Santa Clara
RSVP: from website
Web: www.cpmt.org/scv

Low-k dielectrics in microelectronic interconnects play a crucial role in increasing device performance and lowering power consumption.? Silica-based low-k dielectrics are fragile, and have low device yield in packaging and limited (more…)