This two-layer process allows for the fabrication of Niobium side-wall passivated junctions via an Nb-Al-AlOx-Nb tri-layer, alongside an Nb wiring layer on top. CMC offers this process as part of a multi-project wafer (MPW) service. Nb-Al-ALOx-Nb trilayer junctions High-resistivity silicon substrate Nb wiring layer on top The process provides 20 copies of the designs. Applications […]
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This four-part online course uses lectures and hands-on exercises for task-based training in XperiDesk Suite. Students will learn a methodological approach to build and develop microfabrication process engineering using a case study example of a silicon interposer. XperiDesk Suite is a design execution system for fabrication processes at university-based micro-nanotechnology (MNT) facilities across Canada. This design
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This course is the recommended starting point for learning how to use the COMSOL Multiphysics software. During this training course, you will develop a strong foundation for your future Multiphysics modelling work. It will be started at an introductory level, leading students through the essential steps needed in all analyses (geometry creation, interactive meshing techniques,
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Important Deadlines: July 18, 2022: Start date. January 15, 2023: Final Submission Deadline. February 15, 2023: Winners announced Description CMC Microsystems is pleased to organize an AI competition focusing on the development, acceleration and deployment of deep learning models targeting the Atlas 800 training cluster. The goal of this competition is to enable Canadian academic
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Cadence® EMX® Planar 3D Simulator provides electronic design software to design high-frequency, RF and Mixed-Signal complex integrated circuits (ICs). EMX simulation tool allows designers to accurately and efficiently simulate large RF circuit blocks, characterize the behaviour of passive components and analyze the parasitics. EMX tool can be integrated into Cadence Virtuoso, thereby allowing EM simulations
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Search Quick Start Guide: Using the Revision Control System in CMC Cloud Quick Start Guide: Using SDAccel in CMC Cloud Quick Start Guide: Using CMC Cloud Design Environments Quick Start Guide: Running Xilinx Vivado on the CAD Compute Cluster Quick Start Guide: Getting Started with CMC Windows Cloud
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Important Notes: Only attendees physically located in Canada for the duration of the course and until fabrication is complete can fabricate and access CAD tools. We provide three registration options. Only graduate students who are currently registered with a Canadian university are eligible to register for Option 1. Attendees affiliated with industry in Canada are
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CADpass Client Secure Connection (will be referred to as CADpass Client or CADpass in this document) is a utility provided by CMC Microsystems that creates a secure connection between client PC’s, workstations, and computer sessions, and the CMC-managed infrastructure. Accessing CMC Turbo Cloud To log in to CMC Turbo Cloud Go to https://turbo.cmc.ca Log in using your CMC
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This two-day training comprises of an introduction to the L-Edit layout editor, SoftMEMS 3D fabrication modeller plus links to FEM on day 1 and covers an example of design flow involved in interacting with a foundry for a PMUT device on day 2. L- Edit includes a fully hierarchical and full custom editor engineered for
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Silicon nitride with device layer thickness 400 nm and buffer oxide Layer thickness 4.5 µm 100 keV electron-beam lithography system enabling features down to 120 nm Fully etched devices (etched down to the buffer oxide) are created using an e-beam mask material and anisotropic ICP-RIE etching process. Tri-layer TiW/Al metallization and TiW alloy heater are available
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In response to COVID-19 Pandemic, CMC, the SiEPIC Program, and our partner professors from UBC, Laval and Queen’s are offering this legendary Silicon photonics course online. This course trains students in the design, fabrication, and test of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) targeting the AMF Si Photonics technology, and the ANT NanoSOI Si Photonics technology available through CMC Microsystems. Siemens, Lumerical
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This quick start guide provides instructions for installing Cadence Applied Wave Research (AWR) software on Microsoft Windows using a CMC CADpass client secure connection (will be referred to as CADpass client or CADpass in this document) to access shared licenses on the CMC License Management System (LMS). The procedure has been tested on a Windows
Building on the success of the Advanced CMOS workshop series in 2019-20, AMS training in March 2020, and the first delivery of this training in May/August 2021 CMC provides this training in partnership with Cadence Design Systems and GlobalFoundries®. This is an advanced course that trains students in the Analog-Mixed Signal Design Methodology using Cadence tools
Silicon-on-insulator, 220-nm top Si film, 2000-nm buried oxide (BOX) 100 keV electron-beam lithography system enabling features down to 60 nm One full etch of the top silicon for standard MPW run, partial silicon etching will be available in near future Tri-layer TiW/Al metallization and TiW alloy heater are available Metal oxide window, deep trench for
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Canada’s Semiconductor Ecosystem, Accelerated FABrIC is a proposed five-year $200M plus project led by CMC Microsystems and fourteen other founding organizations to secure Canada’s future in advanced semiconductor manufacturing and design. Microchips (chips, integrated circuits, semiconductors) are essential to modern economies and drive innovation in industrial sectors including electrified transportation, healthcare, clean-tech, precision agriculture, and
Statement of Commitment CMC Microsystems is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that provides equal access of our products and services to people with disabilities. We understand that creating an accessible environment fosters creativity and collaboration and, therefore, we strive to remove barriers that hinder participation. We pledge to develop and maintain accessibility standards, engage
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Running Ansys Mechanical APDL using an LSF Job Scheduler (command line; without GUI) More information about CMC’s Load Sharing Facility (LSF) job scheduler is provided here. CMC’s CAD Compute Cluster consists of four login nodes named uwlogin*; eight simulation nodes named uwmhpc*; and two management nodes named uwlsfm*. You can list these nodes using the
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The Tektronix DPO77002SX is a single-channel 70 GHz, 200 GS/s oscilloscope for applications such as RF analysis or pulsed laser studies. Using Tek’s ATI (Asynchronous Time Interleaving) architecture, the scope achieves 70 GHz single-channel bandwidth at 200 GS/s (5 ps/Sample). The scope can be configured for two channels at 33 GHz.
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The Keysight N5247B PNA-X Vector Network Analyzer available from the CMC Equipment Rental Program is a multi-function test system that allows you to perform a wide range of automated measurements on linear and non-linear RF devices such as amplifiers, mixers, and frequency converters. The VNA provides 10MHz to 67GHz measurements on its own, and it now comes with a test controller and test heads to provide E-band testing from 60 to 90GHz using coaxial and waveguide methods.
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CMC offers access to the GlobalFoundries® 12 nm FinFET technologies. The 12LP technology is targeted for high-performance, power-efficient SoC applications in demanding, high-volume applications. 3D FinFET transistor technology provides best-in-class performance and power with significant cost advantages from 12nm area scaling. FinFET benefits include high drive current, superior mismatch and Vmin and >10x SER (soft
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CMC supports prototyping services to grow a variety of structures on InP, GaAs and Ge substrates through industrial standard foundries, for research and applications in optoelectronics and photonics. Subsidized rates are available for CMC subscribers. Methods of Epitaxy Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) on GaAs and Ge substrates Gas-Source MBE on InP substrate Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor
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Documented Tutorials CAD Tool Tutorials Design Methodology Tutorials System Test Tutorials Video Tutorials MEMS Pro S-Edit Training Video Digital and Mixed-signal Verification
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CMC is collaborating with researchers at Canadian universities to build a library of microsystems application notes. These documents are intended to help extend microsystems research in Canada by describing new techniques, processes, and design tools relating to microsystems, and to help stimulate new ideas that accelerate research and development activities. Microelectronics CAD FAB Fabrication Related
Requirements Getting Account Getting Subscription Licensing Products and Services Student gets an account Purchase a subscription Licensing Overview Development Systems Faculty gets an account Faculty or institution purchases a subscription Accessing AMS 0.35 µm Design Kits Faculty creates research team Accessing Teledyne DALSA Design Kits
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Table of Contents This document is a companion document for the Cadence iLS training course Virtuoso® Layout Design Basics (VLDB) vIC 6.1.7. It is meant to be reviewed, along with the training course materials from Cadence, for how to complete the lab materials using the CMC cloud. For information on getting access to Cadence iLS
Note: This procedure is for a computer that is not part of a Domain. If your computer is joined to a Domain, you may have to get your local IT administrator to help you with creating an account. Go to the Start Menu and type in “Users” as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Search users
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Using NoMachine to connect to a Linux compute server is slightly different from connecting to a Linux workstation. Go to https://vcad.cmc.ca, login and create my instance, then connect to your instance. Open Desktop (NoMachine) The first time you login, there is no desktop for you. Click “New desktop” If you reconnect to your own session, you
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Instructions Video This video provides instructions on how to run COSMOL jobs on the cluster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjFuDegLOC0&feature=youtu.be Loading COMSOL File Test COMSOL file: Cylinder.mph. Upload your *.mph to your working directory. Create a shell file to enter LSF bsub and the COMSOL batch commands. See appendix for example. Upload shell file to the same working directory
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Here are the instructions that allow you to install the OceanView software required to control the Ocean Optics spectrometer available in the CMC test instrumentation pool. Please remember to de-activate the CMC license once your loan is complete! View the instructions.
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kits/amsp35_ v4.00_ic61 lnx – Linux lnx64 – Linux 64-bit – RHEL 5.5 sol – Solaris Note: /CMC/scripts/ is assumed to be in your path (if not, prepend /CMC/scripts/ to the start_cds_ commands). A GUI to start Cadence IC for the kits: /CMC/scripts/startCds Each kit must be started in its own directory. Running multiple kits from
CMC SFTP server is used for file exchange between CMC and users. Server information Host: sftp.cmc.caUsername: Your CMC registered username (your email address)Password: your CMC login password Security: CMC SFTP server has enhanced security policy. You should know your username and password for login. The server will block your IP address if you failed login 5
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For All Operating Systems If CADpass AppGate “Connection Failed” Browse to https://time.is/ to rule out any potential time sync issue on your machine. Your system has to Automatically Sync with the internet to have the correct time zone, date and time. If Asked to Use a Profile Link Triple-click to copy the link
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For CMC-provided software that requires Windows desktop OS, Windows 10 is the recommended version. If you are not using Windows 10, then you need to install patches. For all systems: You must have Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or newer. For systems older than Windows 10: See Update is available that improves the network performance of Internet
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If CADpass doesn’t launch, it might be running in the background. Go to your bottom taskbar, by clicking on the triangle in the bottom right corner.
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After installing the new version of CADpass, I no longer have an icon on my desktop or the icon on the desktop doesn’t work. How do I fix that? (To remove a java web start cached apps). 1. Go to the Windows Control Panel – and open the Java Control Panel. 2. Click Settings. 3.
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If you get the message the message that “Could not obtain a license for SOLIDWORKS Standard. Licensed number of users already reached” Would you like to see a list of current users? This means that all of our licenses are IN USE. If you click on “Yes”, it will show you some features that are
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Table of Contents Introduction CMC Microsystems provides a variety of virtual, on-demand, and secure cloud-based design environments. This set of environments includes CAD tool suites, Process Design Kits (PDKs), and an FPGA/GPU cluster. The FPGA/GPU cluster is specifically configured to enable research and development in the area of heterogeneous computing and machine learning acceleration using
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Table of Contents Our subscribers are able to use our virtual Linux Cloud (VCAD) accounts hosted here in Kingston, Ontario, if they do not have access to certain CAD tools at their home universities. Figure 1 shows the CMC Microsystems’ Cloud account hardware configuration. These accounts have recently been assigned additional master disk space for
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