IRPS 2002 held at Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion, Dallas, Texas
April 7-11, 2002

General Chair's Welcome
Technical Program Chair's Message
Arrangements Chair's Information
Keynote Visuals
Final Program
Printable Preliminary Program ver dtd 2/19/02, 323k pdf right click to save to disk

TUTORIALS      (a printable list of all the tutorial abstracts)

Sunday, April 7, First Day Tutorial Listings • Emphasis on reliability fundamentals

Sunday, April 7, 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. • SER Panel Discussion Workshop

Monday, April 8, Second Day Tutorial Listings • Emphasis on advanced relability topics

PAPERS

Tuesday - Thursday, April 9, 10, & 11
• Technical Program at-a-glance (pdf) • Detailed Technical Program Abstracts (html, rev. 22Feb02)

• Tuesday Morning & Afternoon
  • Opening: Keynote Address Bernie Meyerson
  • Session 1 – Non Volatile Memories
    Session Chair's Introduction of NVM session (Fred Kuper)
    parallel sessions

  Session 2A – Dielectrics I Session 2B – Hot Carriers

  Session 2C – MEMS Session 2D – Assembly & Packaging

• Tuesday Evening at Union Station (connected via underground passage to hotel)
  • Symposium Reception & Awards Presentation
  • Talk by Inventor of IC, Jack Kilby
  • Poster Presentations
• Wednesday Morning & Afternoon - parallel sessions

  Session 3A – ESD/Latchup Session 3B – Compound Semiconductor I

  Session 3C – Failure Analysis Session 3D – Product Reliability

  
  

  Session 4A – Compound Semiconductor II Session 4B – Device & Process

  Session 4C – Product Reliability II Session 4D – Interconnects

• Wednesday Evening, April 10, Workshop Program
  (informal gatherings on selected topics, Srikanth Krishnan, Workshop Chair s-krishnan1@ti.com )
• Thursday Morning & Afternoon
  • Session 5 – Process Induced Damage
  • Panel Discussion: Product Qualification in the 21^st Century
  • SPECIAL TOPIC: Germicidal Irradiation of the US Mail: Can ICs Survive while Bacteria Perish?
    Three papers dealing with irradiation of US mail to kill anthrax spores and the survivability of semiconductors at those radiation levels . Click here for presentations and/or paper
  • Session 6 – Dielectrics II

Symposium Registration Fees: 
Advance Member $350 ; Advance Nonmember $400
Door Member $400 ; Door Nonmember $450
Tutorial Registration Fees: 
Combined Sunday & Monday – Advance $460 ; Door $500
Sunday or Monday – One day only: Advance $260 ;  Door $300

Registration Information and forms, Hotel Information

Equipment Demonstration Exhibit Program Information
Reception was held on Monday, April, 8, 2002, in Marsalis Exhibit Hall, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Public invited on Tuesday, April 9 through Thursday, April 11, 2002

Press Releases

2002 Technical Program Chair's public home page
   includes abstract submission guidelines,
   Author Kit,  +   FAQ's,  and    2002 IRPS Call for Papers and Call for Posters   pdf   (Submission deadlines passed)

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