IX Stage: Programma didattico

  1. "Modellistica elettromagnetica di sistemi biologici"
    prof. Bruno Bianco, Università di Genova
    1. Caratteristiche EM dei materiali biologici:la scala macroscopica o dei tessuti
    2. Caratteristiche EM dei materiali biologici: la scala microscopica o cellulare
    3. Materiali biologici attivi (neuroni, muscoli)
    4. Interazione tra Campi EM e materiali biologici
    5. Metodi topografici
    6. Tendenze e prospettive
  2. "Modelli circuitali di nanodispositivi"
    prof. Marco Gilli, Politecnico di Torino
    1. Meccanica quantistica dei sistemi a due stati in contatto con un bagno termico. Modello della dissipazione.
    2. Interazione fra il sistema quantistico e l'onda elettromagnetica classica.
    3. Analisi di piccolo segnale nell'intorno dello stato fondamentale e dello stato eccitato.
    4. Matrice di diffusione del nanodispositivo.
    5. Applicazioni agli amplificatori. Tendenze e prospettive future.
  3. "Perspectives and challenges in the future of integration: an electromagnetic modeling approach”
    Prof. José Schutt-Ainé, Università dell’Illinoys, U.S.A.
    1. Signal Integrity Issues
      Motivation for high-speed and for high-density. ITRS forecast. On-chip resistance and capacitance. Loss and skin effect. Dispersion. Crosstalk. Radiation, connectors and discontinuities. Terminations, reflections and devices models . Power integrity issues, PDN networks. Intersymbol interference. Eye diagram analysis . Packaging complexity. Tools and methodologies for SI design. SI-aware CAD tools
    2. Transmission Line Modeling and Simulation
      Types of transmission lines. Effects of losses and skin effect. Coupled transmission lines; crosstalk. Even- and odd-mode parameters. Coupled TL solutions. Coupling of modes. N-line analysis . Eigen analysis . N-line solution
    3. Package and Interconnect Analysis
      Scattering parameters. Nonuniform transmission lines. TL with discontinuities. Lossy N-line solutions (W element). Scattering parameter of N-line solution. Twisted pair transmission lines. V transmission lines
    4. Static and Full-Wave Solutions of Interconnects
      Overview. Capacitance Extraction. Moment method. Inductance extraction. PEEC method. Multilayer dielectrics. FDTD method. Finite element method. Fast multipole approach.
    5. Macromodel and Advanced Simulation Techniques
      Motivations. IFFT and direct convolution methods. Signal pre -processing techniques . Passivity. Causlity. Realness. Model-order reduction methods. Rational approximation methods. Orthogonal-function approximation methods. Vector fitting method. Enforcing passivity; convex method. Latency insertion method for large networks.