Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits RFIC Symposium

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Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC)
Symposium

• SSCS Meeting
• Toronto, August 28th, 2006

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Agenda

• From RFIC 2006 to RFIC 2007
• RFIC operations
• Conclusions

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RFIC 2007

• Where
• Honolulu, Hawaii
• When
• 3 8 June, 2007
• More info
• www.rfic2007.org

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Steering Committee 2007
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RFIC 2007 organization

• Operations
• Logistic/event management shared with IMS
• Sponsorships from MTTS, EDS, SSCS
• Technical activities
• Coordinated by Technical Chairs
• Fully managed by RFIC organization
• Paper Management
• Paper submission system set to open in October
• TPC meeting held in coordination with ISSCC
• Website
• Updated frequently as info becomes available
• www.rfic2007.org

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RFIC 2007 highlights

• RFIC symposium is a 3 day event
• Sunday
• Workshops/Tutorials kick off the RFIC technical
  activities
• Plenary Session follow right after the workshops
• Award ceremony for the 3 best student papers
• Reception wraps up the day in a friendly
  atmosphere
• Monday
• Oral sessions
• Panel Session at lunchtime
• Tuesday
• Oral sessions
• Panel Session at lunchtime
• Interactive forum

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Workshops

• Exact number will be finalized with IMS
  organization in spring 2007
• RFIC workshop strategically offered on Sunday
• IMS/RFIC co-sponsorship of selected workshops
  through MTT Technical Subcommittees
• RFIC 2006
• 7 RFIC workshops
• WSA, WSB, WSC, WSD, WSF, WSG, WSH
• 3 Co-sponsored workshops
• WSE, WSJ, WSO

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Panels and Tutorials

• 2 Panels and 1 Tutorial
• RFIC panels offered on Monday and Tuesday at
  lunchtime
• RFIC 2006
• Monday 4G Do We Really Need 1 Gbits/s?
• Tuesday SoC vs. SiP Dollars Sense
• 1 Tutorial
• RFIC 2006
• Sunday CMOS RFIC Design Fundamental Building
  Blocks

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Technical Sessions

• 263 papers submitted to RFIC 2006
• 60 reviewers in 11 subcommittees
• 130 accepted (49.8 acceptance rate)
• 13 invited papers
• 87 regular papers (of which 13 student papers)
• 30 interactive forum papers
• Monday
• 16 sessions (80 presentations)
• Tuesday
• 4 sessions (20 presentations)
• Interactive forum (30 presentations)
• RFIC activities suspended during IMS plenary
  sessions

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RFIC Registration Figures

• IMS/RFIC 2007 expect a lower domestic attendance
  due to event site in Hawaii
• Foreign attendance from far east may increase
• Conservative planning
• Expected fewer attendees in 07
• 800 RFIC registrants in 2006

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Sponsorship

• Financial sponsorship
• MTT-S
• Technical sponsorship
• SSCS
• EDS

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Conclusion

• RFIC 2007 appreciates SSCCs technical
  sponsorship
• Looking forward to improving this partnership
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• Call For Papers
• Thanks to SSCS liaison, Prof. K. O