Full Name: 3rd International Workshop on Compact Thin-Film Transistor Modeling for Circuit Simulation (C-TFT 2010)

Location: Tarragona, Spain

Venue: Sala de Graus, University Rovira i Virgili, Campus Sescelades

Date: Jul 2, 2010 - Jul 2, 2010

Description:
In recent years, the increasing use of active matrix flat-panel displays and bio-medical imagers in commercial electronic products has drawn a significant attention to thin-film transistors (TFT) and technologies. TFTs on amorphous- and poly-silicon as well as newly emerging organic, transparent metal oxide and nano-composite semiconductor technologies are becoming increasingly common. For example, flat panel displays are finding widespread use in many products such as cellular phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), camcorders, laptop personal computers (PCs), to name a few. The active matrix display is composed of a grid or matrix of picture elements called as "pixels". Thousands or millions of these pixels together create an image on the display, in which the TFTs act as switches to individually turn each pixel. More increasingly TFTs are starting to be used as analog circuit elements for rudimentary signal conditioning. Therefore, physically-based compact modeling of TFTs for circuit simulation is crucial to accurately and reliably predict TFT behavior in the active matrix. A concentrated R&D effort is critical for developing physically-based compact TFT models for emerging thin-film technologies, and significant R&D efforts along these lines are underway world-wide.

This workshop will provide a forum for discussions and current practices on compact TFT modeling. The workshop is sponsored by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in collaboration with the IEEE EDS Compact Modeling Technical Committee and the University College London.

Other details:
Prospective authors are invited to submit an abstract of up to 500-word to: nae.bogden@urv.cat

Important dates:

- Deadline for abstract submission: May 7, 2010
- Notification of acceptance: May 21, 2010
- Camera-ready version: Jun 18, 2010

Technical comitee members:

General chair person: Prof. Benjamin Iniguez, University Rovira i Virgili, Spain

Rodrigo Picos, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Bill Milne, Cambridge University, UK
Maria Merlyne De Souza, Sheffield University, UK
Arokia Nathan, University College London, UK
Norbert Fruehauf, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Samar Saha, Silterra Corp., USA
Jamal Deen, McMaster University, Canada
Magali Estrada, CINVESTAV, Mexico
James B. Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Hyun Jae Kim, Yonsei University, Korea
Zhou Xing, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Local Committee Members:

Benjamin Iniguez, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Lluis F. Marsal, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Josep Pallares, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Josep Ferre, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Roger Cabre, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Pilar Formentin, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Francois Lime, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Bogdan Nae, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain

Directions and maps:

University of Rovira i Virgili Campus Map

Tarragona is well connected with the spanish airports of Madrid, Barcelona or Reus by means of trains or buses.

For train tickets, please visit the national railroad company, RENFE. For bus information, please visit La Hispano Igualadina company.


About Tarragona:
Tarragona is located in the south of Catalonia, in the northeast corner of the Iberian Peninsula. Tarraco (the Roman name for Tarragona) was one of the most important cities in the Roman Empire. On 30 November 2000, the UNESCO committee officially declared the Roman archaeological complex of Tàrraco a World Heritage Site. This recognition is intended to help ensure the conservation of the monuments, as well as to introduce them to the broader international public.

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