Satellite Event: “MEMS Manufacturing Technologies” (Session 1)
Powered by Yole Développement – Sponsored by Coventor
Barcelona, Monday 17 June 2013
Session 1: MEMS Manufacturing Technologies
1:15 PM – MEMS Manufacturing Technologies
Glass Substrates for MEMS Manufacturing – Technology and Market
Christophe Fitamant, Sales & Marketing Director, Yole Développement
Glass is everywhere: from substrate, to carrier, to Wafer Level Capping - WLC - or 3D MEMS Through Glass Via – TGV. Most MEMS devices and sensors require Wafer Level Capping to protect or seal devices such as TPMS or some optical MEMS. Main drivers are cost, form factor and higher level of integration mainly supported by consumer applications that require less than 1.0 mm total package thickness. Wafer Level Packaging using Glass wafers is key enabler to be part of the fast growing market of consumers and automotive sensors.
Christophe Fitamant joined Yole Développement in 2013 to lead Média and Sales activities.
He holds an engineering degree of INP Grenoble - Phelma - with a major in Chemical Process Engineering. He started his career at IBM Corbeil-Essonnes as process engineer before leading the Atmel Fab 7 Rousset start-up for Applied Materials. He’s lived in California when he managed the Applied etch product support group for Taiwan and Japan. Back to France for Lam Research he first took the responsibility of the ST Crolles site, before moving to Business Operations, followed by Business Management, Business Development and ultimately Sales Account Management for Europe. With the acquisition of SEZ in Austria by Lam in 2008, he led Sales and Marketing for Lam penetration in MEMS and Advanced Packaging for Clean.
SEMulator3D - A Virtual Fabrication Environment for MEMS and Semiconductors
Christopher J Welham, Worldwide Applications Engineering Manager, Coventor
We describe a software platform that offers a range of development capabilities for the manufacture and assembly of MEMS and Semiconductor devices. The platform provides a systematic virtual development approach that avoids conventional trial-and-error experimental methods. Key capabilities include Virtual Fabrication, Process Variation Studies, Virtual Metrology, Design-Process Interaction and Predictive Modeling. Joint projects with leading foundries such as XFAB, Infineon and IBM are described that demonstrate the impact on the real manufacturing world…
Chris Welham studied at Warwick University where he gained a BEng in Electronic Engineering in 1992 and a PhD in Engineering in 1996, which was focused on resonant pressure sensors. He then worked for Druck (now GE Druck) developing commercial resonant sensors and interface electronics. He moved to Coventor in 1999 as a Senior Application Engineer for Europe and now manages the Worldwide Application Engineering Group for MEMS CAD Tools from Coventor’s Paris Headquarters.
2.00 PM – Q&A (10 min)
2.10 PM – Networking with coffee, finger foods and networking
About Coventor:
Coventor, Inc. is the market leader in automated design solutions for micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and virtual fabrication of MEMS and semiconductor devices. Coventor serves a worldwide customer base of integrated device manufacturers, fabless design houses, independent foundries, and R&D organizations that develop MEMS-based products for automotive, aerospace, industrial, defense, and consumer electronics applications, including smart phones, tablets, and gaming systems. Coventor’s software tools and expertise enable its customers to simulate and optimize MEMS device designs and fabrication processes before committing to time-consuming and costly build-and-test cycles. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina and has offices in California’s Silicon Valley, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Paris, France. More information is available at https://www.coventor.com.
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Venue:
Barcelona International Convention Centre (CCIB)
Plaça de Willy Brandt, 11-14
08019 Barcelona
