IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Ramachandra Achar

Emerging High-Speed Nanoscale Interconnect Issues and Modelling Challenges

Prof. Ramachandra Achar, Ph. D., P. Eng., IEEE Fellow, Fellow EIC
Professor, Department of Electronics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario - K1S 5B6

Abstract: With the increasing demands for higher signal speeds coupled with the need for decreasing feature sizes, interconnect related signal integrity effects such as delay, distortion, reflections, crosstalk, ground bounce and electromagnetic interference have become the dominant factors limiting the performance of high-speed systems. These effects can be diverse and can seriously impact the design performance at all hierarchical levels including integrated circuits, printed circuit boards, multi-chip modules and backplanes. This talk provides a comprehensive approach for understanding the multidisciplinary problem of signal integrity: issues/modeling/analysis in high-speed design.

Location: GLC E 34, ETH Zürich D-ITET, Gloriastrasse 35, Zürich, Switzerland

Date and Time: 05 May 2025, 12:00 PM UTC to 02:00 PM UTC

Speaker: 
external page Prof. Ramachandra Achar is a professor in the department of electronics engineering at Carleton University, Canada (since 2000). He also served in various capacities in leading research labs, including T. J. Watson Research Center, IBM, New York (1995), Larsen and Toubro Engineers Ltd., Mysore (1992), Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, India (1992) and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (1990).  He has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles in international transactions/conferences, six multimedia books on signal integrity and five chapters in different books and has received numerous prestigious awards recognizing his research contributions. His research interests include signal/power integrity analysis, high-speed interconnects, circuit simulation, parallel and numerical algorithms and microwave/RF/EMC/EMI mixed-domain analysis. Prof. Achar currently serves as a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Electronic Devices Society and IEEE Electronic Packaging Society, Chair of the Distinguished Lecturer of program of IEEE EMC Society. He also serves in several executive/ steering/ advisory/ technical-program committees of several leading IEEE international conferences, such as EPEPS, EDAPS and SPI etc.  Dr. Achar is a practicing professional engineer of Ontario, a Fellow of Engineers Institute of Canada and IEEE.