In the Componentware category, applicants must demonstrate novel use of microelectronic components produced by Canadian suppliers and/or the development of novel applications relevant to Canadian industry. Hardware components are pre-requisites, for example:
IBM 0.13-micron CMOS
TSMC 0.18-micron CMOS
TSMC 0.35-micron CMOS
IBM 0.5-micron Silicon Germanium
Teledyne DALSA 0.8-micron CMOS
Gennum Bipolar array chip
Hybrids or subassemblies using these technologies
FPGAs
Combinations of hardware and software are highly desirable. Software components might include, for example: drivers, application code, compilers.
In the CAD category, applicants must demonstrate novel developments in Computer Aided Design (CAD) focused on microelectronics or microsystems.
Projects based on CMC contract deliverables are not eligible in either category.
The Teledyne DALSA Corporation Componentware/CAD Award will be used to further the winner's education or training related to microelectronics and may be applied to the costs of attending a conference or workshop or visiting a lab or other technical facility outside of Canada.
Competitors may also be eligible for three other competitions also being held as part of TEXPO:
MEMSCAP Microsystems Design Award
ITAC's Strategic Microelectronics Council Industrial Collaboration Award
The Brian L. Barge Award for Excellence in Microsystems Integration
If you have any general questions on the Award, contact Sarah Neville, Tel: 613.530.4655, Fax: 613.548.8104, E-mail:
Previous Award Winners
2011
Saeed Rezaei, University of Calgary, was awarded the Teledyne DALSA Componentware/CAD Award for his presentation Broadband High-Efficiency Class-J MMIC Power Amplifier Design in 0.8um GaN Technology.
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Saeed Rezaei (right), University of Calgary, receives the 2011 Teledyne DALSA Componentware/CAD Award from Patrick Myles (left), Vice-President, Corporate Communications, Teledyne DALSA.
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2010
Hooman Jarollahi, Simon Fraser University for his presentation: Development of an Area-Efficient and Low-Power Five-Transistor SRAM for Low-Power SOC.
Award presented to Dr. Bozena Kaminska, Simon Fraser University, by Brian Doody, Teledyne DALSA Corporation.
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2009
Karim Abdelhalim (University of Toronto) won the DALSA Corporation Componentware/CAD Award for his research demonstration 128-Channel Fully Differential Digital Neural Recording and Stimulation Interface.
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Karim Adbelhalim (left),University of Toronto receives the 2009 DALSA Componentware/CAD Award from Brian Doody (right), CEO, DALSA Corporation.
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2008
Jean-François Pratte (Université de Sherbrooke) won the DALSA Corporation Componentware/CAD Award for his research demonstration entitled The RATCAP Front-end Electronics.
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Jean-François Pratte (left), Université de Sherbrooke, receives the 2008 DALSA Componentware/CAD Award from Patrick Myles (right), Vice-President, Corporate Communications, DALSA Corporation.
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2007
Ken Townsend & Andrew Macpherson (University of Calgary) won the Componentware/CAD Award for their poster A Low Power 20GS/s ADC for Impulse-UWB Autocorrelation.
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Andrew Macpherson (left) and Ken Townsend (right), University of Calgary, receive the 2007 DALSA Componentware/CAD Award from Dr. Ian McWalter (centre), President and CEO, CMC Microsystems.
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Runner-up:
Dominic DiClemente (Ryerson University) received the 2007 DALSA Componentware/CAD runner-up recognition for his project entitled A Family of Current-mode PLL’s in 0.18um CMOS.
2006
Dr. Roman Genov (University of Toronto) won the Componentware/CAD Award for his poster ViPro: Focal-Plane Spatially-Oversampling CMOS Image Compression Sensor.
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Dr. Roman Genov (left), University of Toronto, receives the 2006 DALSA Componentware/CAD Award from Chris Lumb (right), President and Chief Executive Officer, Micralyne Inc. Chris Lumb presented the award on behalf of DALSA.
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2005
Holly Pekau (University of Calgary) won the Componentware/CAD Award for her poster A 2.1GHz CMOS RF Sub-Sampling Receiver Front End with Integrated Q-Enhanced Filtering.
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Holly Pekau (right),University of Calgary,receives the 2005 DALSA Componentware/CAD Award from Dr. Ian McWalter (left), Chairman, CMC Microsystems.
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2004
Leslie Shannon (University of Toronto) won the Componentware/CAD Award for her poster Leveraging Reconfigurability in the Design Process.
| Lesley Shannon (right) of the University of Toronto receives the Componentware /CAD Award from Dr. Brian Barge (left), President and CEO, CMC Microsystems. |
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2003
The 2003 Componentware/CAD Award was won by Bogdan Goergescu of the University of Calgary, for his demonstration Tunable Transformer Based Q-Enhancement Scheme for Spiral Inductors.
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Bogdan Georgescu (left) University of Calgary, receives the CMC Award from Dr. Brian Barge (right), President and CEO, CMC. |
2002
Chris Holdenried (University of Calgary) won the Componentware/CAD Award, with a prize of $3,000, for his demonstration A DC-4GHz True Logarithmic Amplifier with Fiber-Optic Applications.
| Chris Holdenried (left), University of Calgary, receiving the CMC Componentware/CAD Award from Ian McWalter (right), Chair of the Board of Directors, CMC Microsystems. |
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2001
The 2001 Componentware/CAD Award, with a prize of $3,000, was won by Jean-François Pratte of Université de Sherbrooke, for his project (developed with Olivier Menard ) Design of a Fast Shaping Amplifier for Positron Emission Tomography Scanner Based on Avalanche Photodiode Detectors
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Brian Barge (left) presents the CMC Componentware/CAD Award to Jean-François Pratte (right) of Université de Sherbrooke. |
2000
The 2000 Componentware/CAD Award, with a prize of $3,000 in that year, was won by Caitlin Davis (University of Calgary) for her poster presentation Sigma-Delta Modulation at High Temperature (25-250° Celsius)
| Caitlin Davis (left),University of Calgary, receiving theCMC Componentware/CAD Award from Janet Walden (right) of NSERC. |
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1999
The 1999 Componentware/CAD Award, with a prize of $2,000 in that year, was won by Sean Peng, University of Toronto for his presentation on A VLIW Programmable DSP Processor.
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Sean Peng (right), University of Toronto receiving the $2000 CMC International Travel Award from Tony Marsh (left), President, CMC. |
1998
The 1998 Componentware/CAD Award was won by Kirthi Roberts, Simon Fraser University, for his presentation A Micromachined Blood-CellCounter. (This is Kirthi's second time as a TEXPO winner -- in 1997 he won the first ever $2500 AMC Microsystem Design Award.)
| Kirthi Roberts (left), Simon Fraser University, accepting the CMC International Travel Award from Ian McWalter (left), Chair of the Board of Directors, CMC. |
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1997
The $2,000 1997 CMC International Travel Award was won by Paul Chow and Marcus van Ierssel, University of Toronto for their presentation The Transmogrifier 2: A One Million Gate Rapid Prototyping System
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Paul Chow (left), University of Toronto accepting the award for his demonstration from Ian McWalter (right), Chair of the Board of Directors, CMC. |