RFID: New Revolution or Remarketing of Existing Technologies in a New Package?

Moderator: Sayfe Kiaei, Arizona State University

Panelists: Reza Rofougaran, Broadcom Inc.; Ganesh K. Balachandran, Texas Instruments; Mitsuo Usami, Hitachi, Ltd.; Frank Mau-Chung Chang, UCLA; Robert Plana, LAASCNRS; Issy. Kipnis, Intel; Scott Chiu, Intel; John Adams, Freescale Inc.

Sponsor: RFIC

This panel will focus on the development, architecture, applications, security, and system-level issues of RFIDs. New RFID technologies have the potential to revolutionize business processes and help create innovative end-user applications.This panel will discuss the future of RFID technologies and the potential impacts of this technology:

• What is unique and new in RFID?
• What is different from ZIGBEE and other 802.11 low-power solutions?
• Will it take the Bluetooth path?
• Is it a marketing hype or a reality?
• What are the RF-design challenges here?

CMOS Millimeter-Wave MMIC: Real or Bubble?

Moderator: Hiroshi Kondoh, Hitachi Ltd.

Panelists: Sorin Voinigescu, University of Toronto; Rudolf Lachner, Infineon Technology; Huei Wang, National Taiwan University; Kenjiro Nishikawa, NTT; Tuneo Tokumitsu, Eudyna Devices; Herbert Zirath, Chalmers Univ. of Technology; AliM. Niknejad, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: RFIC

CMOS would be the most promising device for millimeter applications. But, when will the millimeter-wave CMOS IC be a real product? What kinds of applications are expected? The panel will discuss the pros and cons of CMOS and other devices, and will show these technical tends/market forecast.

Your GaAs Foundry and the Future: Anyone Have Issues? Of Course!

Moderators:

• Brad Nelson, Sirenza Microdevices
• Paul Blount, Custom MMIC Design Services

Panelists: Wing Yau, Global Communication Semiconductor; Bob Donahue, Win Semiconductor; Phillipe Labasse, United Monolithic Semiconductors; Mike Peters, TriQuint Semiconductor; Marc Rocchi, Ommic; David Smith, Filtronic

Sponsor: IMS

Come ask the foundries how they plan to solve your problems. This panel session will address key issues facing GaAs foundries and their customers today and in the future: performance, reducing cost, quality control, emerging markets, second sourcing, consolidation, disruptive technologies.

Is GaN Ready for Prime Time?

Moderator: Mark Rosker, DARPA

Will RF-MEMS Make the Commercial Leap?

Moderators:

• Scott Barker, University of Virginia
• Gabriel Rebeiz, University of California San Diego
  
  

Grant Opportunities at the National Science Foundation

Moderators:

• Leda Lunaradi, NSF
• Don Senich, NSF

Career Development: Giving Your Career A Never-Ending Boost

Moderators:

• S. Pacheco, Freescale Semiconductor
• R. Henderson, Freescale Semiconductor

THz Electronics for the 21st Century

Moderator: Richard Lai, NGST

RF Techniques for Signal Integrity Engineering

Moderator: Ashok Bindra, RF Design Editor