| General
Benefits |
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are many general short-term and long-term benefits for our industrial
sponsors including: |
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Ability
to actively participate in setting the research agenda.
Access to specialized faculty skill. |
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Leveraging
company research funding for a fraction of the price typically paid
for one university project. |
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Technology
Transfer from CDADIC research (see examples below) |
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Networking
opportunities through center meetings. |
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Pre-publication
access to research results, copies of graduate theses and other
materials resulting from center projects. |
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Access to students
for internships and employment who have worked on industry-relevant
projects. |
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Two in-person
research reviews a year. |
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| Interesting
Statistics |
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$14 million
in industry support, 1989-2010 |
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Awarded
$295,000 NSF grant (2010-2015) |
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Awarded
$770,000 NSF grant (1999-2004) |
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$5 million Air Force (AFRL)
funds, 2002-2009 |
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Sponsored
over 250 projects since its inception. |
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Trained more
than 500 students, 1989-2010 |
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Provided
numerous internships and employment opportunities for students.
(Over 90% of CDADIC students are placed in industry upon
graduation.) |
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~700
publications & over 1,000 presentations |
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Patents
(~2/yr) and $ millions in technology transfer |
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| Recently
Reported Benefits of Technology Transfer |
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Specific examples of the benefits industry partners have received as
a CDADIC member include the following. (The items listed here are in addition to the general
member benefits listed above.) |
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AFRL
(Kirtland Air Force Base) reported a saving of $2 million on the technical transfer of
an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) design. |
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Boeing
is using CDADIC research on high-speed logic design methods and
libraries, with an estimated value of $500,000. |
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Analog
Devices and other CDADIC companies are still using the Matlab
toolbox for delta-sigma converters developed by CDADIC researchers. |
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Freescale
Semiconductor is using CDADIC continuous-time ADC technology,
valued at about $225,000. They also reported that their interactions
with CDADIC universities have resulted in reduced design time, which
has lowered their production cost and enabled them to move products
more quickly to market. |
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Analog
Devices hired five Ph.D. students from CDADIC universities. |
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One company
reported using a CDADIC delta-sigma design tool that has saved them
months of time on many designs and has paid for their center
membership many times over. |
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Another
CDADIC company is using center-related research that they reported
to be worth millions of dollars to them. |
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There are
numerous other examples of the benefits CDADIC's industry partners
reported over the years, from gaining highly trained employees,
to tremendous savings due to center research, and patent rights.
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Technology Breakthroughs |
- The
National Science Foundation in its publication, Compendium of
Technology Breakthroughs of NSF Industry/University Cooperative
Research Centers (2004, 2007, 2009 editions) identified 11 of CDADIC's research
breakthroughs particularly noteworthy:
- New
Integrated Circuit Technique: Output Prediction Logic
- Delta-Sigma
Toolbox
- Circuit
Protection Modeling Systems
- Low-Cost
Phased Array Antenna Using Silicon Germanium
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Current-Mode Logic Circuits for Low-Noise Performance
- Advances in
Analog-Digital Converters
- Low-Cost
MIMO Transceivers in CMOS
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PIN-Diode-Based Phase Shifters in Silicon Germanium
- Low-Voltage
Analog Circuits in CMOS
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Noise-Coupled Analog-to-Digital Data Converters
- Coupling
Suppression in ICs using Dummy Metal Fill
Specific
examples of technology transfer/member benefits that took place
during the last few years are listed below. (More detailed
information about our research and other accomplishments is given
in the Annual Report.) |
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Our company has benefited from the DAC IP, through CDADIC |
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Interconnect models and algorithms have been used by our group,
reports another company. |
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We've benefited from further knowledge of analog processes in
CMOS and high-speed ADCs. |
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New concepts, new circuits, new design techniques from CDADIC
have all been used by our company. |
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We are using
center design information; summary of design measured results;
and design databases, including schematic capture and layout. |
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CDADIC research in phased array
antenna technology should be instrumental to the Department of
Defense's next generation battle-space communications systems |
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We are using one of the center's
receiver-on-a-chip (ROC) and hope to accelerate our ROC prototyping
y 24-months. |
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There are numerous other examples
of industry partners benefiting from CDADIC research and interacting
with the centers researchers, as well as having access to a highly
trained labor pool through the centers graduate students. |
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Few Thoughts from Our Members |
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We feel CDADIC
is one of the best buys in research consortia. Matt
Miller, Freescale Semiconductor |
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CDADIC is an
established national research consortium with an excellent
reputation in analog and mixed-signal design research.
Dale Edwards, Semiconductor Research
Corporation (SRC) |
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The only way
we can achieve all of our goals is to develop close relationships
with the best universities, which we consider the member universities
of CDADIC to be.
Brian Evans, Branch Manager, Analog Baseband Design, Texas
Instruments |
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We value the
opportunity that the CDADIC meetings provide to interact with industry. This has given us insights on their solution approaches to common
problems, provided collaborative development opportunities and,
on occasion, provided excellent employment referrals for experienced ASIC
designers.
Greg Kromholtz, ASIC Business Development, The
Boeing Company |
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