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Technology Exchange Forum

 

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Preliminary Agenda

 

High Efficiency, High Linearity Semiconductor Devices for Basestation Power Amplifiers 
 

Devices and Packaging for RF Power Generation and  
Linearization and for Thermal Management

 

 Co-Hosted by: 

            
             

 

 November 7-8, 2005

Munich, UK

Kempinski Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Munich

Maximilianstrasse 17

80539 Munich, Germany

Phone: +49-89-2125-2711

Fax:     +49-89-2125-2720

Online-Reservation:  www.kempinski-vierjahreszeiten.de

 


Organized by the International Wireless Industry Consortium

 

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Moderated by
Don Brown, Director, IWPC
and
Rene Douville, Technical Director, IWPC

TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE FORUM BACKGROUND

The last IWPC Workshop on basestations hosted by T-Mobile was preceded by a very successful and popular one day workshop hosted by several Basestation Power Amplifier companies.  

As the key and limiting component in these amplifiers are the semiconductors and the semiconductor packaging, it  was decided to focus a full one day event on these to address how they are evolving to meet the stringent demands being imposed both by the need for higher efficiency and powers, but also for use in mast head located radios.

TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE FORUM GOALS

The goals of this Technology Exchange Forum are:

  • For the power amplifier developers to get a better understanding of the future developments in semiconductors to meet the emerging needs of the cellular basestation industry

  • For the Operators and OEM cellular system suppliers and network integrators to get a better understanding of what might be anticipated from power amplifier developers and the implications of of these requirements on the semiconductor sector

  • For the semiconductor suppliers to better understand the needs of the power amplifier companies and how they are emerging and to communicate the limitations of their technologies.

  • For the supply chain to better understand the key technology and procurement needs for future 3G+ basestation power amplifiers

  • For the supply chain to share their current and key technologies, with special attention to packaging and thermal management.

Monday, November 7, 2005

7:00PM

Social and Networking 

Reception & Registration

 Kempinski Hotel

Tuesday, November 8, 2005

7:00AM

Breakfast & Registration

 

8:00AM

Opening Remarks

Don Brown

8:15AM  

Introductions

Each person will be asked to introduce him/herself and share how they can contribute to this process

THE PA SEMICONDUCTOR TYPES AND PERFORMANCE  

9:00AM


Power Amplifier Semiconductor Supplier Host speakers will address their latest developments and achievements
.

  •  Technologies

    • GaAs, LDMOS, GaN

  • Performance

    • Linearity 

    • Testing under dynamic signal conditions for e.g. HSDPA

    • Expected performance for classes of operation other than class AB and suitability for these

    • Efficiency

    • Consistency of performance and specifications

    • Maximum operating junction temperature and implications for reliability

  • Level of integration possible including ability to include higher functions such as RF control

  • Packaging Requirements

  • Thermal management issues

  • Reliability and degradation factors

  • Availability and manufacturability

  • Relative costs

  •  

RF Power Technology for High Efficiency BTS Power Amplifiers, potentials, limitations and benchmarking

Gordon Ma

Infineon

Technology Challenges for Future Systems, How Can This Be Addressed with LDMOS

Mark Murphy

Program Manager 

MST RF Power/Base Station 

BL Cellular Systems

Philips Semiconductors

RF Power integration in plastic packages: A cost effective system solution for distributed basestations

Jean-Claude Loirat

Director of EMEA Operations

RF Division.

Freescale

 

10:15AM

BREAK

 

10:40AM

HOST PRESENTATIONS

(Cont'd)

GaAs Amplifiers for High Efficiency

Dr. Richard Ranson

Chief Engineer

Filtronic Semiconductors

Evaluation of HBT devices for BTS Linear PA Applications

Elias Reese

Business Director

TriQuint

 

11:30AM

 NETWORKING LUNCH

  

12:30PM

HOST PRESENTATIONS

(Cont'd)

GaN Power Transistors for Next Generation High Efficiency Amplifiers

Walter Nagy

Senior RF Engineer

Nitronex

Wide Bandgap Device Capabilities

Ray Pengelly

VP/Chief Technology Officer

Cree Microwave

High Power, High Efficiency GaN HEMT Devices for High Linearity (WCDMA) Basestation Applications

Matthew Poulton

Director, Design Engineering
Infrastructure Product Line

RF Micro Devices

 

1:45PM

PANEL OF CO-HOSTS  

Co-hosts PA device suppliers will be given the opportunity to clarify their needs, requirements and views and will engage in a panel session where the audience is invited to ask questions and panelists will be given the opportunity to ask each other and the audience questions.

 

Co-Hosts 

Cree, Filtronic, Freescale, Infineon, Nitronex, Philips, 
RF Micro Devices, TriQuint 

2:45PM

NETWORKING BREAK

 

DEVICE PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS

 3:15PM

KEY ENABLING TECHNOLOGY PRESENTATIONS

Suppliers will address the most important technologies and their key developments and expectations to address the emerging Power Amplifier requirements.

  • Plastic Packages

  • Ceramic Packages

  • Thermal management issues and materials

 (3 speakers)

IWPC Members

Next generation RF Power Amplifier Packaging

Lisa Hamel

Engineering Manager

Technology Development Group

Kyocera

Thermal Management and Materials in the Packaging of Power Devices

Stephan Martin

Thermal Expert

Dow Corning

4:45PM

TAKEAWAYS

 

5:30PM

Adjourn

 

 

DEADLINE FOR HANDOUT MATERIALS

Deadline for electronic version of handout materials: 

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

 

COSTS/REGISTRATION FEE

ALL Hosts, Speakers, Panel Members and Attendees will be asked to cover out of pocket workshop costs such as conference room costs, food (Social Reception plus One Day breakfast/lunch/2 Breaks), booklet copying, audio/visual costs, etc.

We estimate that these costs will be $TBD. (USD) per person. (For IWPC Members, only.)

ALL Hosts, Speakers, Panel Members and Attendees will be asked to pay this fee in advance with either Visa, Mastercard, American Express, cash, personal check or business check.

Make checks payable to IWPC.

 HOTEL

Kempinski Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Munich

Maximilianstrasse 17

80539 Munich, Germany

Phone: +49-89-2125-2711

Fax:     +49-89-2125-2720

Online-Reservation:  www.kempinski-vierjahreszeiten.de

 

Please contact the hotel directly for reservations.  Mention the IWPC room block rate of 

Single room               Euro 205

Double room              Euro  250

Cut-off date for reservations is October 7, 2005.  After that date rooms cannot be guaranteed at the IWPC rate.

AUDIO VISUAL

A Computer Projector will be available for the speakers.  

 In addition, we audiotape all presentations and the interactive discussions.  Post workshop, presentations are made available to IWPC Members on the IWPC WEB site, along with “movies” of all presentations and panel sessions.

BUSINESS CARDS

Business cards will be collected at the door from all attendees. We will make copies of these cards, which will be available to all who provided a business card.

DRESS

Business casual suggested.   No ties, please !!

HANDOUT MATERIALS

IWPC prepares a handout binder with ALL presentation materials delivered to the IWPC on or before the deadline.

For ALL IWPC members:

All IWPC members are invited to submit a maximum of 4 pages of materials to include in this handout binder. These pages should NOT BE SALES MATERIALS. Rather, we suggest it contain technical information about your technology as it relates to the workshop topics.

For all companies who will be making a presentation at the Workshop:

You are invited to submit an advance copy of your presentation, complete with graphics and illustrations.

These materials will be copied and handed out at the workshop and included in the IWPC Web site.

Please submit these materials either by email, as a Word for Windows file, Power Point files or PDF files.

Please send electronic materials (any size file) to:
[email protected]

or by snail mail to:
IWPC
610 Louis Drive, Suite 301

Warminster, PA  18974  USA

 

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