C lément T AVERNIER
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TCAD MANAGER
SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
C urrently: STMicroelectronics Crolles 300mm and 200mm (France)
Technology Modeling Manager
• Technology Modeling team management and organization:
TCAD (process and device modeling) group: 7 experienced engineers, 5 PhDs
Mechanical & Thermal Modeling group: 3 experienced engineers, 2PhD
Team management: human resources, training, recruit, quality ensure, corporate practices, etc.
Definition of technical projects for device development: goals, planning, evaluation, reporting
Roadmap definition, internal R&D, build collaboration network and EU projects
Budget definition, relationship with software providers: quality improvement, training, roadmap
Collaboration with IBM and SEC in the frame of ISDA
• TCAD group:
TCAD support for technology development and manufacturing teams for ST products: core-CMOS
(0.25um to 14nm) and derivatives, eNVM, CMOS Image sensors and SPADs, BiCMOS, RF & Analog,
Silicon photonic devices.
Process window targeting, device performance and reliability optimization.
TCAD support for Analog, RF, Radhard and ESD application designs
Ensure TCAD deployment and models R&D. Team publication: >10 papers/year - >5 patents/year
• Mechanical & Thermal modeling group:
Front-End/Back-End compatibility projects: package induced stress on interconnects and silicon
Front-end strain engineering in advanced CMOS technologies
Reliability group support: electromigration, thermal simulation
• ST-World Wide collaborations
Strong technical collaboration with others ST sites, support technology transfer between ST sites,
workshops, collaboration
Technical contribution to WW TCAD software agreement negotiation
• R&D Programs and European Projects: Initiated project to ensure collaborative R&D and networking
TCAD oriented EU-projects: FP7 ATEMOX & ATOMICS and PNANO-projects
TCAD activity in technology development EU-Projects UTTERMOST & PULLNANO
2 007-2004: STMicroelectronics Crolles200 (France)
TCAD (Process and Device Modeling) Team Leader (30 months)
• TCAD team coordination
8 experienced TCAD engineers, 1 mechanical engineer and 3 PhDs.
• Front-end process and device simulation for Imagers, RF & Analog, CMOS and BiCMOS
• Support ST Crolles design teams: SER and IO/ESD teams
Modeling of SRAM structures for early radiation hardening performance
Modeling IO/ESD structures for early design
• Follow-up mechanical and thermal simulation activity for Crolles200 technologies
FE/BE compatibility on H9A technologies: Evaluation of PAD robustness (probing, wire-bonding)
Front-end mechanical modeling: evaluation of strain for CMOS development
2 004-2002 : I ntegrated System Engineering – ISE AG ( now Synopsys, Zurich).
Manager Technical Support and Sales (18 months)
• Europe Technical Support team coordination
6 experienced application engineers dedicated to Europe and Asia customers
Evaluation of customer needs, follow-up of the requests and collaboration projects, management of
the technical support on-site visits and trainings, customer satisfaction control and crisis
management. Hot-line control and coordination of the quality insurance testing
Team growth, team competences development, objectives definition and performance appraisals
• Europe Sales management & pre-sales technical activity coordination in Europe
One sales manager and his assistant, 2.0M$ budget, 10% growth in 2003
Strategic analysis for business development, sales and technical project management, definition of
sales target, Definition, follow-up and execution of the benchmarks, evaluations and pre-sales visits.
• Technical and sales management f our distributor in Singapore, FTDSolutions
2 account managers part-time, 300k$ budget, penetrating foundry
2 002-2001 : I ntegrated System Engineering – ISE AG ( Zurich).
Manager Technical Support (21 months)
• Europe technical support team management
4 experienced application engineers dedicated to Europe and Asia
• Strategic analysis of the customer needs, definition and follow-up of the benchmarks and pre-sales
evaluations. Pre-sales visits and conferences
• Hot-line control, Customer Request Management software set-up, specification and validation
2 000-1999 : I ntegrated System Engineering – ISE AG ( Zurich).
Application Engineer Technical Support (24 months)
• Technical support, pre-sales benchmark, training and demonstration on ISE-TCAD software on-site in
Europe and Asia: Semiconductor process and device modeling of wide range of technologies.
1 999-98: Montpellier Electronic and Microelectronic Center
"Radiation effect and hardening" laboratory, PhD student (4 months)
1 998-96: EADS Corporate research center ( Suresnes)
"Electromagnetic compatibility" department, student research engineer (21 months)
EDUCATION:
1997: Master Science in Electronic Engineering (University Montpellier II).
Optional education: Noise in semiconductors, components and radiation effects, opto-electronic, power
devices and electronic engineering.
1996: Bachelor Science in Applied Physics to Semiconductor and Electronic Components.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Computing: C and Visual Basic, Unix and Windows operating systems.
TCAD Modeling: Synopsys & Silvaco. Mechanical Modeling: Ansys, COMSOL, IdeasMasterSeries
Compact modeling: Spice, BSIM, Eldo Electromagnetism codes
Languages: French, English, Spanish.
INTERESTS:
Sailing instructor during six summer seasons.
Snowboard, scuba diving, windsurf, ski, traveling.