What's New @ IEEE in Circuits

VOLUME 2 NUMBER 4 APRIL 2001

CONTENTS:
1. Semiconductor nanotubes, soon to be a prime time player
2. IEEE and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. announce co-branding agreement
3. Software standards essential to development
4. $25,000 Predoctoral fellowship in solid-state circuits
5. Low Power Electronics Design Contest featured at ISLPED
6. Wireless communications circuits covered in one volume
7. Hybrid vehicles: are they worth it?
8. Military applications for technology
9. What's New Special - 20% off select IEEE products listed in this issue!

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1. SEMICONDUCTOR NANOTUBES, SOON TO BE A PRIME TIME PLAYER
Scientists are working to make nanotubes into molecule-sized electronic devices in a laboratory environment. Nanotubes are anticipated to solve two impending problems in chip design, heat dissipation and more rugged miniaturized interconnects. "If we scale the size of the nanotubes to the size of current devices, you find nanotubes do as well as state-of-the-art silicon field-effect transistors," announced Dr. Phaedon Avouris, who leads the research team from IBM Thomas J. Watson. At a meeting of the American Physical Society in Seattle in mid-March they reported nanotubes carrying a thousand fold the amount of current of just two years ago. NEC presented nested nanohorns, which are much easier to build than nanotubes yet are useful for many of the same applications, such as storage of hydrogen fuel and light emitters for flat panel displays. Visit http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/27/science/27NANO.html

2. IEEE AND JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. ANNOUNCE CO-BRANDING AGREEMENT
IEEE, the premier society for electrical, electronics, and computer engineers and global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. announced http://www.ieee.org/newsinfo/wileypresscobrand.html on 27 February an agreement to develop and publish a co-branded imprint of books in the fields of electrical, electronics, and computer engineering.

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3. SOFTWARE STANDARDS ESSENTIAL TO DEVELOPMENT
Software engineering standards are essential to improving the software development process in any organization. Developing standards on your own can be extremely time consuming and error prone. "Implementing the IEEE Software Engineering Standards" by Michael E. C. Schmidt helps by offering a more efficient and preferable approach. The IEEE Software Engineering Standards represent the most comprehensive and mature set of standards available. Visit http://shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=SP1124

4. $25,000 PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS
Applicants must have completed at least one year of graduate study, be in a Ph.D. program in the area of solid-state circuits, and be a member of IEEE. The award will be made on the basis of academic record and promise, graduate study program, and need. The fellowship includes a stipend of $15,000, tuition and fees up to a maximum of $8,000, and a grant of $2,000 to the department in which the recipient is registered. Deadline is May 15 for 2001- 2002 academic year. See application details at http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/sscs/awards/predoctoral.htm

5. LOW POWER ELECTRONICS DESIGN CONTEST FEATURED AT ISLPED
To highlight design-oriented approaches to power reduction the IEEE Computer Elements Workshop is holding a Low Power Design Contest to provide a forum for universities and research organizations to showcase original "power-aware" designs and to highlight the innovations and design choices targeted at low power. The best designs will be selected and invited for presentation at ISLPED 2001, Huntington Beach, CA, August 6-7, 2001. A special session in the symposium will be devoted to the Low Power Design Contest. An industry-sponsored cash award ($2500) will be awarded to each selected design entry (up to 5 entries may be selected). This could be used to defray the travel and living expenses for the speaker. Deadline for submissions is 31 May 2001. Visit http://www.cse.psu.edu/~islped/ for submission details.

6. WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS CIRCUITS COVERED IN ONE VOLUME
Wireless communications is one of the fastest growing areas of communications technology. Edited by S. Tantaratana, B. Srisuchinwong, and W. Surakampontorn, "Circuits for Wireless Communications Selected Readings" covers RF/IF circuit building blocks, RF front end, high speed data conversion, modulators/demodulators and coders/decoders, transceivers for wireless systems. Here under one cover, you will find the most current and most classic papers on circuits for wireless communications. http://shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=SR117

7. HYBRID VEHICLES: ARE THEY WORTH IT?
In an effort both to lower emissions of pollutants and to improve the fuel economy of cars, automakers have been working on improving three electric vehicle (EV) technologies: battery-powered "pure" electric vehicles, vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells, and hybrid electric vehicles. A recent article in "IEEE Spectrum" takes a detailed look at these three electric vehicle alternatives.

Pure electric battery-powered cars have three inherent limitations - limited range, cost and a questionable environmental improvement. The environmental impact depends on the source of the electricity generation (e.g. a coal fire plant versus a hydroelectric dam). Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles also have obstacles to overcome - sufficient hydrogen storage space aboard the vehicle, and the problem of extracting the hydrogen itself. Hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs), such as the Toyota Prius, are a marvel of new technology that offer improvements in fuel economy and emissions. Some transportation experts predict that this technology will claim a key share of U.S. light-duty vehicle sales. "IEEE Spectrum" evaluates the Toyota Prius in terms of lifetime private and social costs, comparing it with an almost identically sized conventional Toyota Corolla. For the complete article, visit http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/mar01/hev.html

MORE ON HYDROGEN POWERED VEHICLES: In recent months, much speculation has surrounded the mysterious device called "IT" or "Ginger," a soon-to-be released product said to be of world-changing importance. According to a published report at Inside.com, the "IT" device is in fact a scooter. "But the real revelation is the power behind it - hydrogen, which runs basically emission-free," according to Inside.com. The report says that the technology will be turned into a range of energy-efficient, emission-free mobility devices. Inventor Dean Kamen's prior inventions include the portable insulin pump, the heart stent used by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, and a radical improvement to the wheelchair. For more information, visit http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/it010307.html

8. MILITARY APPLICATIONS FOR TECHNOLOGY
Covering topics that range from 21st century communications architectures; advanced commercial systems for military applications; and advanced communications networks; to Milsatcom to support joint vision 2010; and information warfare, proceedings of the 2000 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) is the output from an annual conference jointly sponsored by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) and the IEEE Communications Society. Visit http://shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=CH37155

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