Scope

Area 1 Advanced LSI Processing & Materials Science

Papers related to advanced LSI process technologies and science are solicited, including: (1) Semiconductor device process and integration technologies for Si, Ge, III-V, and emerging materials of high mobility channel, junction/contact, steep-slope transistor, novel memory, heterogeneous functions, etc.; (2) Science and characterizations of nano electronic materials and their interfaces, including novel transistor and memory applications; (3) Reliability physics and modeling; (4) Theoretical and simulation studies for device designs.

Area 2 Interconnect Technologies, MEMS, and Reliability

Papers related to interconnect materials, processes and devices are solicited including (1) TSV, microbump, wafer level packaging, 3D integration and, Sensor/MEMS integration; (2) Cu/low-k and packaging; (3) RF or high-speed operation dvice/MMIC integration; (4) optical interconnect; (5) printable, molecular, and carbon-based interconnects; (6) characterization; (7) reliability phenomena and their physics.

Joint session : Area 7 on Optical Interconnects

Area 3 CMOS Devices / Device Physics

Papers related to advanced CMOS device technologies and physics are solicited, including: (1) advanced or extended CMOS devices; (2) energy efficiency optimization technologies including performance-boosting, ultra-low power, subthreshold-slope steepening, etc; (3) physics, modeling or simulation of emerging transistors; (4) reliability assessment; (5) design technology co-optimization (DTCO); (6) manufacturing and yield sciences.

Area 4 Advanced Memory Technology

Papers related to advanced memory technology are solicited, including: (1) any volatile or nonvolatile memory devices; (2) memory-function related circuit elements; (3) memory device physics, modeling, simulation; (4) process and characterization; (5) materials, reliability or quality; (6) applications including memory based computing and storage class memory.

Joint session : Area 9 on Physics and Applications of Novel Functional Devices and Materials, and Area 12 on Spintronics Materials and Devices.

Area 5 Advanced Circuits and Systems

Papers related to advanced circuits and systems are solicited, including: (1) device-circuit interactions, material and circuit fusion, modeling and related technology; (2) imaging and sensing devices, circuits, systems; (3) circuits, systems and interface for memory and MEMS devices, including RF MEMS; (4) digital, RF analog and mixed-signal circuits; (5) SoC or SiP technology including 3D integrated circuits and systems;

Joint session : Area 4, 10, 11, 12 on Memory, Organic Circuits, and MEMS.

Area 6 Compound Semiconductor Electron Devices & Related Technologies

Papers related to compound semiconductor electron devices are solicited, including: (1) FETs, HFETs, HEMTs, HBTs, or other novel devices; (2) high-voltage or high-temperature electron devices; (3) high-speed devices and ICs; (4) advanced sensors; (5) transparent TFTs; (6) device physics; (7) process and characterization; (8) stability and reliability; (9) novel applications.

Joint session : Area 14 on Power Devices.

Area 7 Photonic Devices and Related Technologies

Papers related to photonic devices are solicited, including: (1) lasers, LEDs, photodetectors, optical modulators, optical amplifiers, optical isolators, optical waveguides, wavelength filters and other photonic devices; (2) photonic/optoelectronic integration such as Si photonics; (3) optical interconnects; (4) optical signal processing; (5) optical sensing technologies for living body, in-vehicle, and others, (6) device physics; (7) materials and process technologies; (8) implementation and packaging for optical communication system and LED lighting; (9) novel optical phenomena and applications.

Joint session : Area 2 on Optical Interconnects.
Joint session : Area 12 on Photonics and Spintronics.

Area 8 Advanced Material Synthesis and Crystal Growth Technology

Papers related to advanced materials and structures are solicited, including: (1) novel fabrication methods; (2) materials including silicon-related materials, III-V compounds with nitrides, carbon nanomaterials, functional oxides; (3) nanowires and nanoparticles; (4) self-assembly and nanoscale structures; (5) characterization.

Joint session : Area 4, 6, 9 and 13

Area 9 Physics and Applications of Novel Functional Devices and Materials

Papers related to new physics and its applications in novel devices and materials are solicited, including: (1) quantum-mechanical phenomena in low-dimensional structures such as quantum dots, nanowires, and two-dimensional systems; (2) nanodevices utilizing single electron, exciton, photon, plasmon, and other quanta; (3) emerging material systems such as topological insulators, graphene, diamond NV centers, other carbon-based materials, and 2D materials; (4) emerging device systems aiming at neuromorphic computing or neuro science.

Joint session : Area 4, 8, 12 and 13.

Area 10 Organic Materials Science, Device Physics, Applications and Printed Technologies

Papers related to organic materials and printed electronics are solicited,
including: (1) organic or printed transistors and circuits; (2) organic light emitting devices;
(3) organic or printed photovoltaics and photodiode; (4) sensors; (5) molecular electronics;
(6) organic-inorganic hybrid systems; (7) interfacial phenomena; (8) process and characterization.

Joint session : Area 11 on Organic Bio-electronics and Area 15 on Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells.

Area 11 Sensors and Materials for Biology, Chemistry and Medicine

Papers related to biological, chemical and medical applications are solicited, including:
(1) MEMS/NEMS, bio-CMOS, and other chemical/biomedical related devices; (2) µ-TAS and LOC; (3) chemical and medical sensors; (4) imaging and spectroscopy systems; (5) sensors and materials in biological environments.

Joint session : Area 5 on Circuit & Systems for Biomedical Applications and Area 10 on Organic Bio-electronics.

Area 12 Spintronics Materials and Devices

Papers related to spin-related physics and spintronic materials are solicited, including (1) spin transport; (2) spin-based devices; (3) interaction with light and high-frequency electromagnetic waves; (4) novel material systems.

Joint session : Area 4 on Memory, 5 on Circuit & System, 7 on Photonics, and 9 on Novel devices.

Area 13 Applications of Nanotubes, Nanowires, and Graphene and related 2D materials

Papers related to low-dimensional materials such as nanotubes, nanowires, graphene, and 2D materials, and their device applications are solicited. The scope includes both experimental and theoretical studies on (1) growth and characterization; (2) fundamental physics; (3) electronic and optical devices; (4) sensors; (5) interconnections; (6) nano-mechanics; (7) novel functional devices.

Joint sessions : Areas 8 and 9 on Graphene and Nanowires.

Area 14 Power Devices and Materials

Papers related to power devices, materials (Si/SiC/GaN/Ga₂O₃/diamond) and applications are solicited, including: (1) materials and physical properties; (2) process and characterization; (3) device physics; (4) reliability and modeling; (5) interconnect, packaging, and module technologies; (5) novel applications.

Joint session : Area 1 on SiC/SiO₂ interface and Area 6 on Wide-gap Semiconductors.

Area 15 Photovoltaic Materials and Devices

Papers related to photovoltaic materials and devices are solicited, including: (1) materials; (2) process and characterization; (3) device physics and simulation/modeling; (4) module technologies, including encapsulation and interconnections.

Joint session : Area 10 on Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells.