GTW 2005 - Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS

Scope -- Author Information -- Committees

Scope

Chips running in the multi-GHz clock ranges and/or including I/O capable of multi-Gbps data rates
are now increasingly common. The characterization and production testing and diagnosis of such
chips pose significant challenges. Such chip and system trends are mirrored by new trends in ATE
and test methodologies. GTW’05 is a TTTC workshop that specifically focuses on problems and
solutions related to the test-related issues that arise with ICs running at such GHz clock and/or Gbps
data rates. GTW'05 will offer a focused forum for experts in the field, as well as for members of the
community with a particular interest in this rapidly expanding specialized field.

Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

Tester architecture and circuitry to provide and support high-speed analog signal sourcing/generation
and response capture/sampling
Embedded and internal/external (hybrid) schemes and circuits for sourcing and capturing high speed
signals
Low bandwidth testing/testers of GHz/Gbps circuits
Low-cost testing/testers of GHz/Gbps circuits
BIT/BIST for GHz/Gbps circuits
Jitter generation and analysis techniques, and circuitry using embedded, external, and hybrid circuitry
Driving and measuring specifications of I/Os with differential signaling
High-speed/multi-channel test problems and solutions (test fixturing, noise, signal integrity etc)
On-chip infrastructure IP for accurate on-chip timing, voltage, and current measurements
Noise modeling and characterization of channels, cabling, sources, receivers, etc.
Device interface circuitry, and tradeoffs in accuracy and bandwidth
Tradeoffs between yield, ATE overall timing accuracy (OTA), test environment specifications, and I/O
timing specifications
DFT and design for manufacturing (DFM) of Gbit/s I/Os
High-speed I/O test power management
Test stimulus and response data transfer and processing, for go/no-go testing and diagnosis

Author Information

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To present at the workshop, authors are invited to submit paper proposals. The proposals may be
extended abstracts (1,000 words) or full papers. Each submission should include: title, full name and affiliation of all authors, an abstract of 50 words, and keywords. Also, identify a contact author and include a complete correspondence address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address.

Submit a pdf version of your paper proposal via E-mail. Proposals for panel discussions are also
invited. Submissions are due no later than 20 August 2005.

Submit your paper/panel proposal(s) to Prof. David Keezer, Georgia Tech.,
david.keezer@gatech.ece.edu, Tel: +1-404-894-4741.

Authors will be notified of the disposition of their papers by 10 September 2005.

Authors of accepted papers may submit an illustrated text by 30 September 2005 for inclusion in the
Digest of Papers, which will be provided to the attendees.

For general information contact:

André Ivanov
U. of British Columbia
Tel: +1-604-822-6936
Fax: +1-604-822- 9506
E-mail: ivanov@ece.ubc.ca

Committees

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General Co-Chairs
A. Ivanov, U. of British Columbia
A. Chatterjee, Georgia Tech.

Program Chair
D. Keezer, Georgia Tech.

Publicity
D. Gizopoulos, U. Piraeus

Finance Chair
S. Tabatabaei, Virage Logic

Publications Chair
M. Lubaszewski, UFRGS/IMSE

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (to include):

K. Arabi, PMC-Sierra
R. Aitken, Artisan
Y. Cai, Agere
T. Cheng, UCSB
A. Crouch, Inovys
J. Figueras, U. Politecnic Catalunya
C. Force, Texas Instruments
W. Maichen, Teradyne
W. Mann, SWTW
A. Meixner, Intel
M. Li, Wavecrest
S.-I. Liu, National Taiwan U.
S. Ozev, Duke U.
G. Roberts, McGill U.
M. Slamani, IBM
M. Soma, U. Washington
T. Yamaguchi, Advantest
J. A. Abraham, UT Austin
H. Haggag, National Semiconductor
W. R. Eisenstadt, U. Florida
M. A. d’Abreu, Sun Microsystems

For more information, visit us on the web at: http://www.unipi.gr/gtw

The 2nd IEEE International GHz/Gbps Test Workshop (GTW’05) is sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society's Test Technology Technical Council (TTTC).