Abstracts of Plenary Talks

INTEGRATED SENSORS AND MICROSYSTEMS [MS-Word] [PDF]

Chair: Claudia Reyes Betanzo
Room: Talavera 1 & 2

Dr. Javier Ramirez

Associate Professor, Escola Politécnica - Universidade de São Paulo-SP Brazil.

Electrical Engineer 1970, UTE Santiago, Chile, Master in Science, Doctor and Associate Professor in Microelectronics-1978, 1986 and 1996 USP, Brazil.

Professional experience: Vice - Head of the Microelectronic Laboratory LME/EPUSP. Head of Integrated Sensors and Microsystems Division - PSI/EPUSP. Visiting Professor at Institute of Microsystems, Department of Microengineering Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne EPFL, Switzerland 1998 and 2000. Among his technological development are distinguished: bipolar low power transistor, operational amplifier, voltage regulators, integrated injection logic, high power integrated circuits technology, BIFET technology, VLSI magneto transistor, Pd-MOSFET gas sensors, porous silicon technology, electronic nose and neuro-electronics matrices.

Research interests: Integrated sensors and microsystems, artificial neural network applications, biological neural- electronics array, porous silicon photo-luminescence, electronics nose, analog integrated circuits, sensors and integrated circuit reliability, sensors systems for nanoscale science and technology.