2015 CICC Forums
Monday Forum
Session 8– Forum- Silicon Photonics Opportunities and Challenges
Monday Afternoon, September 28, Silicon Valley Ballroom
Organizer: Dr. Mike Peng Li, Altera
This forum reviews the advancements in the past 1-2 years in silicon photonics and optical phase array ICs, as well as a forward looking discussion on quantum dot laser and silicon photonics. Key subjects covered includes: energy efficiency, modulation format, performance, density, testability, manufacturability, and reliability, and applications.
1:00 pm
Recent developments in Heterogeneously Integrated Photonics: Enabling the transformation of photonics from boutique to consumer-scale deployments
John Bowers (UCSB) and Alex Fang (Aurrion)
Impact of Quantum Dot Lasers on Silicon Photonics
Yasuhiko Arakawa (Tokyo University, Japan)
Monolithic Optical Phased Array Transceiver in Commercial Foundry CMOS SOI Process
Hossein Hashemi (USC)
Silicon Photonics in Mainstream Applications
Brian Welch (Luxtera)
Silicon Photonics Transformation from Technology of interest to Products
Bipin Dama (Cisco)
Tuesday Forum
Session 17 – Forum- Wireless Power for Biomedical Applications
Tuesday Morning, September 29, Silicon Valley Ballroom
Organizer: Ed Lee (Alfred Mann Foundation)
Wireless power delivery is widely used for powering implantable biomedical devices. In this forum, different fundamental issues in delivering power to the implants in the human body wirelessly will be addressed. State-of-the-art techniques for simultaneously delivering power to the implants and data communication with the implants will also be discussed.
9:00 am
Coil-Based Systems for Neuroimplants: from Wireless Power and Data Transfer to Direct Neurostimulation
Gianluca Lazzi (University of Utah)
Wireless Power Delivery for Implantable Medical Devices
Wing-Hung Ki (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Near Field Simultaneous Wireless Power and Data Transmission across the Skin
Maysam Ghovanloo (Georgia Tech)
Wireless power for tiny medical devices in the body
Ada Poon (Stanford University)
Wednesday Forum
Session 26 – Forum- Advanced Power Amplifier Techniques for Mobile Devices
Wednesday Afternoon, September 30, Oak Ballroom
Organizers:
- Yanjie Wang (Intel)
- Debopriyo Chowdhury (Broadcom)
The focus of this forum is on how to exploiting impedance transformation techniques in integrated CMOS Power Amplifiers for average power efficiency boosting. Impedance modulation is a powerful technique that can help boost efficiency at lower average power levels for power amplifier and can even be extended to wideband signals. We are going to explore suitable and efficient methods of achieving impedance transformation in CMOS integrated power amplifiers – which can enhance average efficiency, thereby improving overall battery life in portable applications.
1:30 pm
A Dual Mode Transformer-Coupled CMOS Class AB Power Amplifier with Back-Off Efficiency Enhancement
Debopriyo Chowdhury (Broadcom Corporation)
Leveraging RF Power DACs to Enhance the Doherty Power Amplifier and Broadband Power Amplifier
Hua Wang (Georgia Tech)
mm-Wave Digital Power Amplifier with Dynamic Load Modulation
Eric Kerherve (University of Bordeaux)
Power Efficient PA matching design on Advanced CMOS Technology
Hongtao Xu (Fudan University, Shanghai, China)
Switched Capacitor RFDACs For Power Efficient Multimode Transmitter
Michael Fulde (Intel)