SSCS has updated its TIP codes. Those mysterious Technical Interest Profile codes (or "TIP codes"), which the IEEE asks you to look at and update when you renew, are actually a very useful source of information for SSCS, other societies, and the IEEE as a whole. They indicate the fields in which our members are working or are interested. This in turn helps us develop Society directions and activities, meetings, and publications. Over a period of time, they are an important indication of how the interests and activities of the members are changing.
The Society has reviewed its TIP Codes and updated them to better reflect the field of solid-state circuits. We are limited in the number of codes, so it is not possible to make a deep-sort of technical areas. A table of the new and old TIP Codes is given below. Several new areas were added, the text of several codes were revised and expanded, and the Integrated Circuits Code was subdivided into three codes to better reflect the diversity of the field. In places there is some overlap between codes; if in doubt between two codes, it is generally advisable to check both. Members should check all codes that apply to their work and/or interests.
Please look over your codes when you receive your renewal information in September - it will just take a moment, and will be very helpful to the Society.
IMPORTANT: if you now have checked #3710 and do not make any changes you will continue to be listed in #3710, even though the scope of that code will have become narrower.
Lewis Terman
President
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
terman@us.ibm.com
| NEW TIP CODES | OLD TIP CODES | ||
| 3710 | Integrated Circuits - Digital | ||
| 3711* | Integrated Circuits - Analog and Mixed Signal | ||
| 3712* | Integrated Circuits - Communication and RF | 3710 | Integrated Circuits |
| 3713* | Semi-Custom and ASIC Design | ||
| 3714* | VLSI Circuit, Chip and System Design | ||
| 3720 | Memories - Semiconductor, Magnetic, Optical | 3720 | Memories - Semiconductor, Magnetic, Optical |
| 3730 | Optoelectronics and Imaging | 3730 | Optoelectronics |
| 3740 |
Computer Aided Design - Analysis, Synthesis, Verification, Physical Design | 3740 |
Comp. Aids to Design - Anal, Msk, Layout, Test |
| 3750 | Solid-State Microwave Electronics | 3750 | Solid-State Microwave Electronics |
| 3760 | New Solid-State Device and Circuit Applications | 3760 | New Device Applications |
| 3770 | Solid-State Circuit Design Techniques | 3770 | Solid-State Circuit Design Techniques |
| 3780 | Medical Electronics | 3780 | Medical Electronics |
| 3781* | MEMS/Sensor/Actuator/Transducer Electronics | ||
| 3790* | Circuit and System Test |
*indicates a new number