{"title":"The next generation: CAD/CAM/CAE","authors":"H. Cohen","doi":"10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471051","url":null,"abstract":"CAD became better when we added other software specialities to our drafting tools. We added word processing, and coupled notes to our drawings. Today you have to add a spell checker, or you'll be embarrassed. We added spread sheets and got bills of materials. We added data bases and evolved huge libraries of component parts. So what is reasonably next. One answer in multimedia. Let's add video to our drawings so we can SHOW the assembler how to put the parts together. Let's use sound bites to instruct a service tech working on a new product. Let's use animation and rendering for both better understanding our mechanisms and illustrating them. Let's take the next step and integrate virtual reality so the user has control of what he or she will look at and explore. What a boon to technical training, either future engineers or service personnel, if they could travel around inside an engine and see how things work. One writer called this 'teaching in the first person'. Rather than our old, traditional 3rd person style. Then there is the use of the Client-Server. How many companies have yet to handle drafting room documents on a distributed system? After putting Administration, Accounting, Marketing and Personnel on line, let's put Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Materials Management, and the Service Department on the same network. Let's create the data modalities so new designs (CAD drawings) can easily assist manufacturing to better define their processes and controls, Materials Management can begin its procurement process and start to plan inventory control. And in turn these activities can create feedback to Engineering to fine tune details of design. Then integrate your animated releases and VR training files.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":397146,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of Electro/International 1995","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129849311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who is going to buy the darn thing? [marketing]","authors":"R. E. Grabowski","doi":"10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471046","url":null,"abstract":"Why do some new products take off, while others do not sell at all? Marketing is a process of ascertaining needs which customers are willing to spend money to satisfy, thus guiding engineering to design the right products. How much shall we invest in marketing to enable commercial success, and when? The paper discusses a new metric which has been developed to answer these questions, the marketing/engineering investment ratio. This model separates marketing from the functions of promotion and selling. Formulating a ratio of marketing to engineering installs marketing concurrently with engineering, and sizes the marketing budget with a readily identified number (engineering investment).<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":397146,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of Electro/International 1995","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116935356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New IC stacking process ideal for high-density memory module and hybrid applications","authors":"C. Brown","doi":"10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471053","url":null,"abstract":"A patented assembly technology for stacking integrated circuits, developed by Cubic Memory, Inc. (CMI), offers immediate applications for significantly increasing memory density and secondary storage capacity in PCMCIA, SIMM (Single in-line Memory Module), DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) and other small form factors while simultaneously reducing power consumption. The technology can also be used to combine microprocessors, memory and other ICs in very small spaces, opening new opportunities for new or more powerful types of PCMCIA cards and multi-chip modules. CMI has developed the first cost-effective process for vertical and horizontal interconnection of bare (unpackaged) semiconductor memory wafer segments or individual die. By thinning and vertically interconnecting the wafer segments, CMI has been able to achieve unparalleled storage densities. As a result, much higher density, small-form factor memory and mass storage products can be produced than have previously been available. Furthermore, the close physical proximity of the chips significantly reduces the system delay associated with interconnect capacitance and printed circuit board trace length. Performance is increased and power requirements and operating temperature are reduced. This new vertical interconnection technology opens up many new opportunities for powerful memory, secondary storage and custom applications in PCMCIA, SIMM, DLMM, multi-chip modules and other small form factors. In addition to previously unattainable densities of DRAM, SRAM and Flash memory, the technology can be used to stack custom combinations of processors, memory and other ICs to create new solutions that have not previously been possible due to space and power limitations.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":397146,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of Electro/International 1995","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126290908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Career advancement and survival for engineers","authors":"J. Hoschette","doi":"10.1109/electr.1995.471042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/electr.1995.471042","url":null,"abstract":"The career advancement and survival seminar is especially designed for engineers. In the course electrical staff engineer John Hoschette fills you in on what most engineers have to learn the hard way. He teaches you all about the business end of engineering, and more importantly, he shows you how to use that knowledge to get your career on the fast track to promotion. Tools are identified which you can use to determine what is stopping your career growth and what is needed to get it going. The material identifies proven career strategies not taught in any engineering curriculum which you can adapt to your own needs.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":397146,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of Electro/International 1995","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131380489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designing, developing, and prototyping devices and systems: the University option","authors":"B. Goodhue, M. Fiddy","doi":"10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471049","url":null,"abstract":"Our Photonics and Optoelectronics Device Fabrication Facility and The Center for Electromagnetic Materials and Optical Systems are resources available to industry for the development of novel materials and the designing and prototyping devices and systems. We discuss novel techniques and technologies for use in developing and characterizing electronic and photonic materials; in designing photonic and optoelectronic devices for optical interconnects, filters, and specialized mirrors/beam splitters; in developing systems architectures for neural and digital optical computation; and testing prototype systems. This discussion includes the use of photolithographic techniques to fabricate parts, thin film technologies coupled with stenciled mask technologies for packaging applications, silicon carbide technology in motor controls, and other novel applications.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":397146,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of Electro/International 1995","volume":"198 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122380798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Material and device characterization to improve yield and performance","authors":"C. Sung","doi":"10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471022","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. In this paper, TEM characterization of thin film devices of the electronic materials in addition to thin film diamond is emphasized to solve problems of poor control over interfaces and to understand a complex set of parameters in deposition techniques which have hindered the deposition of device-quality films. Also, strategies of the fast turn-around-time for failure analysis in electronic devices are discussed with respect to efficient sample preparation, non-destructive technique, and advanced TEM analysis for nanostructural characteristics.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":397146,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of Electro/International 1995","volume":"235 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133397860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The application of advanced economic analysis techniques to the evaluation of network expansion alternatives","authors":"B.D. Huntley","doi":"10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471041","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents advanced economic analysis techniques for comparing network expansion alternatives and providing cost justifications for new technology and network support staffing. Revenue requirements and internal rate of return analysis are applied to the problem of deciding which technical option(s) will best lead to the delivery of systems that both meet valid requirements for networking and drive the achievement of strategic business goals and objectives. The \"Process Value Index\" (PVI), a Total Quality Management (TQM)-based business process metric, is introduced and applied in case studies to identify and justify cost-optimized network solutions. This paper demonstrates the use of benefit/cost ratios, payback and breakeven based on PVI calculations and application of the TQM technique of Work Process Analysis.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":397146,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of Electro/International 1995","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129142109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How agile manufacturing can improve your manufacturing productivity and quality","authors":"J. Buford, P. Krolak","doi":"10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471039","url":null,"abstract":"The concepts of agile manufacturing and/or the virtual corporation have been under discussion for some time and various authors have cited examples in the shipping, needle trades, and entertainment industries. The aerospace industries have begun to show the benefits of concurrent engineering and strategic planning for manufacturing. The authors have created a laboratory scale manufacturing environment to explore the benefits utilizing an advanced set of interactive multimedia tools in conjunction with video conferencing to discover the issues and benefits of applying these tools to the general manufacturing company. Preliminary results are encouraging but indicate that new tools and changes in management will be needed before agile manufacturing becomes common place. This presentation covers a variety of case studies and prototypical environments for recording and managing multi-point video conferences. Ubiquitous tasks such as: engineering change orders involving multiple vendors or staffs, creating and recording of the minutes of a multi-site meeting, and ordering a late night pizza are undertaken with these new tools and captured on video to illustrate the talk.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":397146,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of Electro/International 1995","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124815570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel polymeric materials for electronic and electro-optic applications","authors":"J. Kumar","doi":"10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471038","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. The conjugated and conducting polymer systems developed at the university have electronic and optical properties which can be tailored to suit specific applications. The electrical conductivity can be varied almost ten orders of magnitude and the dielectric constant can be varied by an order of magnitude. Diodes, light emitting diodes and field effect transistors on flexible polymer substrates using such materials have been reported in literature. In addition, a number of different polymeric materials for waveguide electro-opticai modulation and optical recording media have been developed.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":397146,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of Electro/International 1995","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127651746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The next generation: CAD/CAM/CAE","authors":"K. Spenser","doi":"10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471029","url":null,"abstract":"The author discusses the effect of near future increases in computing power on CAD/CAM. This will allow drastically shorted development cycles and a more global approach to design. This in turn will reduce the number of component suppliers.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":397146,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of Electro/International 1995","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126799871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}