GTW 2007 - Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS

Scope -- Author Information -- Location -- Committees

Scope

Electronic circuits running in the multi-GHz clock range and/or including I/O capable of multi-Gbps data rates are now increasingly common. The characterization, production testing, and diagnosis of such circuits pose significant challenges. GTW’07 is a workshop sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Test Technology Technical Council that specifically addresses problems and solutions related to ATE and test methodologies concerning issues that arise with circuits running at such GHz clock and/or Gbps data rates. GTW'07 will offer a focused forum for experts, 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 external (hybrid) schemes and circuits for sourcing and capturing high speed signals
Low bandwidth/Low-cost testing/testers of GHz/Gpbs circuits
BIT/BIST for GHz/Gbps circuits
Passive and active loopback testing
Jitter generation and analysis techniques, 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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Prospective authors are invited to submit extended abstracts (1,000 words) or full papers (including an abstract of 50 words). Each submission should include: title, full name and affiliation of all authors, and keywords. Also, identify a contact author and include a complete correspondence address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address. All submissions are to be made electronically through the GTW'07 website. Proposals for panel discussions are also invited.

Important Dates:
Submission deadline: March 25th, 2007
Notification of acceptance: April 6th, 2007
Camera-ready full papers: May 6th, 2007

Location

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The Workshop will take place in the Novotel Vermar Hotel in the city of Póvoa de Varzim. Located 18 km north of the Porto International airport, and with easy access to downtown Porto, Póvoa de Varzim lies in a sandy coastal plain in the northwest region of the country known as Costa Verde. Inland, there are several historic and interesting cities, towns and villages that fascinate the passing tourist and bear testimony of the ancient beginnings of modern Portugal.

Committees

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General Chair
D. Keezer, Georgia Tech., USA

Local Chair
J. Machado da Silva, U. Porto, Portugal

Program Co-Chairs
A. Chatterjee, Gerogia Tech, USA
W. R. Eisenstadt, U. Florida, USA

Publicity Chair
D. Gizopoulos, U. Piraeus, Greece

Publications Chair
Vitor G. Tavares, U. Porto, Portugal

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (to include):

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

Ex-Officio
A. Ivanov, U. British Columbia, Canada

Liaisons
North American Liason
S. Sunter, LogicVision

Local Organization
Finance: J. C. Ferreira
Audiovisuals: A. J. Araújo
Local information: J. Martins Ferreira
Industry liaisons: J. S. Matos

Faculty of Engineering, U. Porto
4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Tel.: +351 225081502
Fax: +351 225081443
E-mail: jmf@fe.up.pt

For more information, visit us on the web at: http://www.fe.up.pt/gtw07

The 3rd IEEE International GHz/Gbps Test Workshop (GTW’07) is sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society's Test Technology Technical Council (TTTC).