EUROPRACTICE and FUSE: the European Commission programmes for supporting education and technology transfer in microelectronics

Author

De Baas, Anne ; Declercq, Michel J.

Author_Institution

Eur. Comm., Brussels, Belgium

fYear

1997

fDate

21-23 Jul 1997

Firstpage

83

Lastpage

84

Abstract

Two major programs aiming at supporting academic education and technology transfer to SMEs in the field of microelectronics were launched in mid-95 by the Commission of the European Communities (EC). The EUROPRACTICE program provides basic services including silicon foundries, training and access to MCMs, microsystems and CAD software, while the FUSE program encourages companies to use a microelectronic technology for the first time in their product

Keywords

electronic engineering education; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit manufacture; technology transfer; training; EUROPRACTICE; European Commission programmes; FUSE; MCMs; SMEs; academic education; microelectronic technology; microelectronics; microsystems; silicon foundries; technology transfer; training; CMOS technology; Costs; Educational programs; Educational technology; Fabrication; Fuses; Integrated circuit technology; Microelectronics; Packaging; Technology transfer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronic Systems Education, 1997. MSE '97. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7996-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MSE.1997.612557

Filename

612557