Imec , Coventor, and Cadence invite you to EUROPRACTICE Workshop

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Imec , Coventor, and Cadence have the pleasure to invite you to:

EUROPRACTICE Workshop:

imec SiGeMEMS technology &
MEMS+IC co-design-simulation using Coventor MEMS+^©
in conjunction with Cadence Virtuoso simulation environment

October 11-12, 2010

imec, Kapeldreef 75, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium

The Workshop provides an introduction to imec’s SiGeMEMS technology folowed by hands on sessions on Coventor and Cadence MEMS tools.

Imec’s CMORE Silicon Germanium MEMS platform technology, referred to as SiGeMEMS, is developed to enable monolithic integration of CMOS and MEMS. SiGeMEMS is based on a MEMS-last approach which allows state-of-the-art CMOS foundries to be employed.

EUROPRACTICE offers a fixed baseline SiGeMEMS process in a Multi-Project Wafer Service. This unique baseline process consists of MEMS structures defined by an electrode layer and a 4μm-thick SiGe-mechanical layer on top of a TSMC 0.18um CMOS wafer. Nanogaps of 500nm will allow fabrication of extremely small features.

Coventor’s SEMulator3D emulates Silicon processing in software, allowing you to fabricate your device in a virtual 3D environment. The SiGeMEMS process will be illustrated with SEMulator3D.

MEMS+ from Coventor provides MEMS and IC designers with a common platform for MEMS+IC design, MEMS+IC simulation, and MEMS+IC product development. MEMS+ provides a standard methodology for modeling MEMS devices and simulating them together with control electronics within Cadence Virtuoso to enable simulation of a MEMS and IC together in the Cadence environment.

This 2 day Training Event will comprise of lectures by imec, Cadence and Coventor Engineers plus hands-on practical sessions.

Who should attend:

The training is open to industrial attendees and staff and research students from accademic and research institutions:

• Engineering Managers
• MEMS & Analog/digital Design Engineers

Attendance at this Training Event is free of charge.

Attendees must arrange and finance their own travel and accommodation, and meals outside those offered as part of the training.

Register Now! 

Places are limited and it is essential to register. Interested persons should complete the on-line booking form on the Microelectronics Support Centre Registration pages at:

http://www.europractice.stfc.ac.uk/software/SiGeMEMSworkshop.html

In case the workshop is overbooked, it might be that we have to limit participation to 2 attendees from each company/institute.

For more information on this workshop, including complete agenda and registration information, click on the attached PDF.

Visit the Coventor booth at Semicon Taiwan 2010. September 8-10, 2010

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APIC (Alpha Precision Instrumentation Corp.)
http://www.apic.com.tw/

Coventor’s Matt Kamon will be presenting an overview on integrating a MEMS design methodology with IC design flows in a presentation entitled “Bringing MEMS to the Mainstream”. His talk will be given on September 10 at 13:30 in the Innovation technology Centre (Room #A 1336). Click here for complete presentation schedule.

Matt will also be available throughout the day on September 10 at the APIC booth to demonstrate the latest versions of Coventor’s MEMS+ design suite and answer questions.

From September 8^th through September 10^th.

SEMICON Taiwan is the premier event in Taiwan for microelectronics manufacturing. Connect with the companies, people, products and information shaping the future of design and manufacturing for semiconductors, nanoelectronics, MEMS, Photovoltaics and related advanced electronics.

SEMICON Taiwan, More than 30,000 visitors from across the industry are expected to attend the largest industry event!

Northern CA MEMS Networking Group-August 2010

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No RSVP required. Open bar. Pass this on to others in the community.

Please join us for the monthly meeting of the Bay Area MEMS Meet Up. This month's meeting will be held at the Steelhead Brewing Company at Burlingame Station. The detailed contact information and directions are shown below.

Purpose: Adventure sharing in the MEMS industry! Business management, engineering, and academics are all encouraged to attend. The venue is casual and unstructured.

Date: Tuesday August 17th, 2010

Time: 6:30 pm - ?

Location: Steelhead Brewing Company at Burlingame Station - NOTE: Event will take place in the billard area.

We look forward to meeting you there!

Address:

Steelhead Brewing Company at Burlingame Station
333 California Drive
Burlingame, CA 94010
Telephone: (650) 344-6050

Go to the below link for Directions to Steelhead Brewing Company http://www.steelheadbrewery.com/

Coventor at COMS 2010 - Workshop - Exhibit - Speaker

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Coventor at COMS 2010

Hands-on Workshop

http://www.mancef.org/MEMSCAD_workshop

This hands-on workshop is intended to support the education community, such as professors and graduate students, to increase their working knowledge of MEMS CAD and tools for MEMS design.

Coventor, the leading provider of MEMS design-automation software, is organizing a workshop at COMS 2010 to give the attendees a hands-on experience of creating a MEMS transducer and characterizing it using a new design platform called MEMS+.  MEMS+ provides MEMS and IC designers with a common platform for MEMS+IC design and Co-Simulation within industry-standard simulation environments. 

Conference Session on Packaging and Systems

MEMS devices offer great potential for continuing the pace of miniaturization that began with Moore’s Law. They have already enabled great advances, from safer cars to digital projection, and are increasingly revolutionizing the way we interface with the latest multi-function consumer electronics. But MEMS design has for too long been confined to specialists who use an ad-hoc design methodology with little or no connection to electronic design environments. 

Only a few large IDMs are well positioned to benefit from this rapidly growing market. This is due to the specialized expertise, long development time, and high costs of bringing MEMS devices to market. Although almost all MEMS devices are tightly integrated with electronics, either on a common silicon substrate or in the same package, MEMS design has traditionally been separated from IC design and verification.

Coventor will be charing this session on Monday August 30th with speakers from the MEMS industry.

MEMS Design Scholarship

Every year Coventor challenges students from across the world to submit a detailed description of their research for the upcoming year. The organizers of the COMS2010 conference will judge the proposal submissions and select 4 project who will receive a 1-year free license of the CoventorWare Designer and Analyzer software.

For more details visit the Scholarship registration page on the COMS2010 web site.

Visit our Booth

Come visit our booth in the exhibition space and learn about our latest products.

Sensors Expo Symposium: Think Outside the Chip: MEMS-Based System Solutions

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Attend Coventor's Session at the Upcoming Sensors Expo & Conference AND Save $50 off a Gold or Main Pass!

Sensors Expo 2010: This all-day symposium addresses, from a global perspective, current and future applications and major issues associated with the creation of a MEMS-based system and its design and manufacturing/testing. The focus is on the system elements which compliment the MEMS sensor/actuator e.g. signal conditioning circuits, microcontrollers, embedded intelligence/software algorithms, networking circuits and their interaction with the MEMS device. System element connectivity and device/system packaging is addressed. The symposium begins with an overview of market and technology trends and the technology infrastructure to support the systems approach. World-renowned researchers from national laboratories and academia review some of their more significant current activities that are expected to form the basis of many innovative products scheduled for near-term commercialization. Technical staffers from major manufacturers and exciting new startups present information on their technology approaches to systems solutions for current and future applications. A panel discussion concludes the event.

Invitation: Join Coventor and Cadence for the MEMS @ DAC: Ready to Cross the Chasm meeting

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Come see us at Booth 269  

This year at DAC, Design Automation Conference on June 14, 15 and 16, Coventor is focused on bringing more awareness about MEMS to the mainstream IC design community. There are several ways you can either learn more about MEMS or contribute to the evolving new eco-system for MEMS production. The MEMS industry is maturing and "ready to cross the chasm", a serious business opportunity for many companies.

MEMS@DAC: Ready to Cross the Chasm: a Birds of Feather (BOF) meeting at DAC

We would like to invite you to attend an informal MEMS business presentation and meeting hosted by Coventor, Cadence Design Systems and a Semiconductor Foundry during DAC. During this BOF meeting Coventor, Cadence and "Foundry" will give short presentations outlining this new vision for the MEMS industry. The two hour interactive discussion will be moderated by noted chip industry executive Jim Hogan.

EVOLVING THE MEMS DESIGN APPROACH FOR ‘MAINSTREAM' ADOPTION

The present approach to MEMS design, with separate design tools and ad-hoc methods for transferring MEMS designs to IC design and verification tools is simply not up to these new challenges. New approaches are necessary to enhance MEMS design and bring it into the IC design mainstream, so design costs are reduced, time-to-market is shortened, and MEMS design is no longer confined to teams of specialists inside IDMs.

A critical key to accomplishing this "democratization" is to organize the new-ecosystem. Coventor is now working together with key players in traditional IC design and manufacturing areas to develop such integrated methodologies, with the goal of shielding IC designers from the complexity of MEMS design, and reducing the time, cost and risk of developing MEMS-enabled products.

If you are interested to learn more on how you can benefit from or contribute to the democratization of MEMS, contact us and setup a time to meet.

We look forward to seeing you at DAC,

Bringing MEMS into the IC design flow: Article in EDA Design Line

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By Stephen Breit, vice president of engineering, and Joost van Kuijk, vice president marketing and business development, Coventor, Inc.

EDA DesignLine  (05/21/2010 8:08 AM EDT)

Micro-electro-mechanical systems have been available for years, and have been successful in selected high-volume applications. But MEMS design is not as organized as it could be. MEMS design typically requires teams of expert specialists, and is mostly confined to IDMs that have their own fabs. Traditionally, there is also little connection between the design of a MEMS device and the electronic circuitry it interacts with, and the handoff between MEMS and IC designers is ad hoc, manual and error-prone. This article describes the traditional MEMS design flow, discusses requirements for a "structured" and automated design flow, and shows an example flow that links a commercial MEMS 3D design environment with a custom IC design and simulation solution.

Figure 1: MEMS models must serve different EDA tools and abstraction levels 

Conclusion 
MEMS devices offer great potential for continuing the pace of miniaturization that began with Moore's Law. They have already enabled great advances, from safer cars to digital projection, and are increasingly revolutionizing the way we interface with the latest multi-function consumer electronics. But MEMS design has for too long been confined to specialists who use an ad hoc design methodology with little or no connection to the electronic design environment.

In this article, we have seen how traditional MEMS design flows involve manual hand-offs to IC designers, making it necessary to rewrite models and redraw layouts. A more structured, automated flow can overcome these deficiencies. The Coventor MEMS+ environment, working with the Cadence Virtuoso custom design platform and MATLAB Simulink, provides an example of a structured flow that helps automate the connection between MEMS design and IC design.  

COVENTOR® BRINGS ‘MEMS FOR THE MAINSTREAM’ MESSAGE TO INDUSTRY EVENTS IN JUNE

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Presentations at Sensors Expo, Hilton Head 2010 and DAC showcase MEMS+IC solution

CARY, North Carolina - May 25, 2010 - Coventor, Inc. (www.coventor.com), will be promoting its industry-leading suite of MEMS design tools and its "MEMS for the Mainstream" message at three key industry events in June. The company's solution revolves around its MEMS+® product line, a full-featured MEMS design platform that is specifically designed to integrate with traditional analog and mixed-signal IC design methodologies and tools, and shield designers from the complexity of MEMS design..

WHO:

Coventor is the leading supplier of solutions for developing micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). Its recently introduced MEMS+ platform integrates MEMS-based design approaches with traditional IC design flows facilitating the development of MEMS-enabled products.

WHAT:

The company will showcase its MEMS+® platform at the following events

Sensors Expo

Symposium: Think outside the chip: MEMS-based systems solutions

"Blending MEMS into IC design flows" (June 7, 2:20PM)

Hilton Head 2010: A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop

"A Novel Approach to MEMS/IC Co-design and Co-simulation"

Product demonstrations throughout event. Poster Session at event

47^thAnnual Design Automation Conference:

MEMS+® product demonstrations in suite #269 in main exhibit area

Co-host of "Birds of a Feather" meeting on MEMS (Tuesday, June 15, 6PM)

WHEN & WHERE

Sensors Expo: June 7-9, 2010; Stephens Convention Center Chicago, Ill.

Hilton Head 2010: June 6-10, 2010, Crown Plaza Resort, Hilton Head, SC

Design Automation Conference: June 13- 16, 2010; Convention Center, Anaheim Calif.

About Coventor

Coventor, Inc. is a market leader in automated design solutions for micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). Its software tool suite and expertise in MEMS design address the challenges of integrating these devices into the growing number of products - from smart phones to video games to home entertainment systems - that are adopting MEMS-enabled capabilities. Coventor's solutions specifically offer designers of traditional digital and mixed-signal ICs, ASICs and SOCs a way to efficiently integrate MEMS into their design methodology without having to be experts in mechanical design. Its MEMS+® design platform works seamlessly with popular electronic design automation (EDA) flows and tools, reducing the complexity and risk of adopting MEMS. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina and has offices in San Mateo, Calif., Cambridge, Mass, and Paris. More information is available at http://www.coventor.com.

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Coventor's position on MEMS: Recent articles written about us

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Together with leading EDA and MEMS companies Coventor is developing a new MEMS eco-system. Let us know if you can be part of this, and join our open discussion at DAC. 

 

Coventor to Provide Overview of "MEMS for the Mainstream" Strategy at Globalpress Electronics Summit

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CEO of MEMS Design Tool Leader to Discuss Solutions for Integrating MEMS as Part of Traditional IC Design Methodology in Consumer Electronics.

CARY, NC--(Marketwire - April 19, 2010) - Coventor, Inc., the leading supplier of solutions for developing micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), will discuss its strategy for integrating MEMS-based design approaches with traditional IC design flows at the upcoming Globalpress Electronics Summit, April 27 in Santa Cruz, California. Coventor president and CEO Mike Jamiolkowski will be part of a panel discussion entitled "MEMS is Hot" that will include leading MEMS device and infrastructure suppliers such as Analog Devices, Applied Materials, Bosch Sensortec and Kionix. MEMS Industry Group, the trade association representing the MEMS industry, collaborated with Globalpress to bring this elite panel together.
The panel session is scheduled for Tuesday, April 27 at 9AM PDT. It will be moderated by Stephen Ohr, Research Director of Analog Semiconductors at the Gartner Group. The panel will look at how MEMS can fuel growth in electronics in the post-recession economy, particularly in consumer products. Market researcher Yole Développement forecasts that MEMS growth will outpace that of the overall semiconductor market and reach $13 billion in revenues by 2012.
"This is an ideal venue with a global audience of electronics industry influencers to outline our strategy for expanding the use of MEMS," said Jamiolkowski. "MEMS have long been thought of as a very specialized area of electronics, with development limited to just a small group of expert companies and tightly controlled infrastructure. Our goal is to 'democratize' MEMS and make MEMS-enabled product ubiquitous. We do that by bridging the gap between the world of MEMS experts -- where we have established a proven track record -- and traditional IC designers who increasingly need MEMS-enabled capabilities in their products."
Coventor's strategy is based on reducing the cost, risk and expertise required to develop MEMS-enabled products, which typically require deep mechanical design expertise, specialized manufacturing processes, and MEMS-specific design tools. The company's solution revolves around its MEMS+^TM product line, a full featured MEMS design platform that is specifically designed to integrate with traditional analog and mixed-signal IC design methodologies and tools, and shield designers from the complexity of MEMS design. MEMS+ provides a standard methodology for modeling MEMS devices and simulating them together with control electronics within industry-standard simulation environments. The first version of its MEMS+ product, introduced last year, features tight integration with the Virtuoso^TM design system from Cadence Design Systems, to provide a seamless co-design and optimization platform.
Coventor is also actively working with other key suppliers in the IC design ecosystem, such as EDA suppliers and foundries, to develop an infrastructure more conducive to MEMS development and implementation for fabless and IDMs that are not familiar or lack expertise with MEMS.
The Globalpress Electronics Summit is an annual event that brings electronics industry press and analysts together with leading suppliers of semiconductor and electronics related technologies. It offers an interactive forum for key influencers from around the world to engage with executives from top-tier technology suppliers.
About Coventor
Coventor, Inc. is a market leader in automated design solutions for micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). Its software tool suite and expertise in MEMS design address the challenges of integrating these devices into the growing number of products -- from smart phones to video games to home entertainment systems -- that are adopting MEMS-enabled capabilities. Coventor's solutions specifically offer designers of traditional digital and mixed-signal ICs, ASICs and SOCs a way to efficiently integrate MEMS into their design methodology without having to be experts in mechanical design. Its MEMS+^TM design platform works seamlessly with popular electronic design automation (EDA) flows and tools, reducing the complexity and risk of adopting MEMS. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina and has offices in San Mateo, Calif., Cambridge, Mass, and Paris. More information is available at http://www.coventor.com.
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