OPTION GROUP B
– ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
presented by
K Radha Krishnan
Associate Professor, EEE
25 February 2015
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A Career that Revolutionises & Improves Lives
Scientists investigate that which already is,
Engineers create that which has never been.
- Albert Einstein
Electronics is part of our every day life
Lifestyle
Entertainment
Healthcare
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Electronics Industry is a Key Pillar of our Economy
5.4% of Singapore’s GDP
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Breakdown of Electronics Industry
27.5% of total Manufacturing Output
Manufacturing Output 2012(p): S$82.8 bil
Infocomms and Consumer
Electronics (27%)
~65% of output is
from components
Semiconductors
(55%)
Computer Peripherals &
Electronics Manufacturing
Services (9%)
Data Storage
(7%)
Electronic Modules
& Components
(2%)
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Singapore’s Electronics Industry—
Components Did you know??
Many electronics companies in Singapore manufacture key components for smartphones and tablets
Some Examples
High-end Displays:
Batteries:
Camera Flash:
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Singapore’s Electronics Industry
Continues to Attract Investments
The sector that attracts the largest share of investments
2009
2010
2011
2012
Electronics FAI
S$4.9b
S$5.8b
S$7.4b
S$6.2b
Electronics TBE
S$1.2b
S$1.2b
S$1.0b
S$1.2b
* Industry refers to manufacturing and exportable services; FAI= Fixed Assets Investment
(typically for manufacturing); TBE = Total Business Expenditure (mainly expenditure by HQ
and R&D operations)
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Semiconductor Industry that Continues to Grow Source: The Business Times, 5 March 2011
World’s top fabless
semiconductor
company opens
100-RSE IC design
and engineering
centre.
World’s #5 fabless semiconductor
company. S$120mil expansion of
R&D and business operations
Source: The Business
Times, 30 March 2012
Source: The Business Times, 6 January 2012
Source: The Straits Times, 14 April 2012
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Semiconductor Industry that Continues to Grow Expansion of
business and
R&D operations
in Singapore.
Source: The Straits
Times, 19 July 2012
Source: The Business Times, 7 March 2012
Source: The Business
Times, 2 June 2011
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16 of top 20 global companies have R&D,
manufacturing or HQ in Singapore
World #1
USA #1
CPU #1
World #2
Asia #1
World #4
USA #2
World #5
Japan #2
World #7
Europe #1
World #8
USA #3
Memory #2
World #9
USA #4
Comms #1
World #11
USA #5
Comms #2
World #12
USA #6
CPU #2
World #13
Europe #2
World #15
Japan #5
World #17
USA #7
World #17
Europe #3
World #18
USA #8
World #19
Taiwan #1
World #20
USA #9
Graphics #3
Companies representing >50% of ww semicon revenue are in Singapore
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Wide Range of Career Opportunities with Global Leaders
+
R&D
Manufacturing
Headquarters
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Specialization
IC Design
IC
Design
Microelectronics
Micro
electronics
Photonics
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Courses in IC Design Specialization
EE4303 Mixed-Signal IC Design
IC Design
Design
Electives
Preferably had
taken Third Year:
(Choose any 2)
EE3012
Communication
Principles
EE3013
Semiconductor
Devices and
Processing
EE4304 Radio Frequency
Integrated System Design
EE4305 Digital Design with HDL
EE4340 VLSI Systems
Technical
Electives
(Choose any
EE4341 Advanced Analog Circuits
3)
EE4343 Radio Frequency Circuits
EE4344 Analysis & Design of
Integrated Circuits
EE4694 IC Reliability & Failure
Analysis
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Courses in Microelectronics/Photonics
Design Electives
EE4613 CMOS Process and Device Simulation by Technology CAD
• Workstation Based Design & Simulation Course
• Virtual Wafer Fabrication & Device Characterization of a 2 µm
CMOS Process
• Virtual Process Integration for MOS Technology Development &
Device Optimization
EE4614 Device Parameter Extraction & Layout Implementation
• Workstation Based Design & Simulation Course
• Virtual Device Characterization
• Transistor Parameter Extraction
• Circuit Simulation & Mask Layout
Courses in Microelectronics/Photonics
Technical Electives (Microelectronics)
EE3013
Semiconductor Devices and Processing
EE4645
Microfabrication Engineering
EE4646
VLSI Technology
EE4647
Microelectronic Devices
EE4694
IC Reliability and Failure Analysis
(Choose any 3)
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Courses in Microelectronics/Photonics
Technical Electives (Photonics)
EE3018
Introduction to Photonics
EE4648
Flat Panel Display Technologies
EE4838
Laser Engineering and Applications
EE4839
Fibre Optic Communications
EE4840
Biophotonics
(Choose any 3)
2014 Nobel Prize for Physics - Blue LED
Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and
Shuji Nakamura
They succeeded where everyone else failed!
Look at long-term career plan
and Job satisfaction
Follow your interest & heart!
Thank you!
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Semiconductor Industry in Singapore
 14 Si wafer fabrication plants.
 Including world’s top three wafer foundries, 500,000 wpm,
10% of global foundry wafer capacity, three 300mm fabs.
 5 compound semiconductor fabrication plants.
 20 semiconductor assembly & test operations.
 3 of the world’s top 6 outsourced semiconductor assembly &
test companies
 80% of the world’s enterprise
hard disk drives.
 40% of the world’s hard disk
media volume.
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Photonics Industry in Singapore
 Many overlaps with the microelectronics industry.
 Solar cells, LEDs, displays, sensors, etc.
 Singapore aims to become the Regional Centre of
Excellence in all aspects of Photonics.
 Dual center in collaboration with
World-renowned Univ. of Southampton
 Photonics institute setup in NTU
 Graduates & post-graduates needed
to support this new growing industry.
Photonics Industry in Singapore
Estimated output S$1.2 billion
Communications
Sensing, Test & Measurement
Security, Defense
Advanced Displays
Solid State Lighting
Electronics Mfg Services
Tinggi Tech
Nejilock
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Job Opportunities
Microelectronics
A Broad Spectrum of Job Opportunities across the Value Chain!
Future of Electronics: New Growth Areas
Printed
Electronics
Green
Electronics
Logic & memory,
display & lighting,
power, sensors
Green computing,
lighting, EV, and
energy harvesting
• STMicroelectronics
• BASF
• Bosch
• Terra-Barrier
• STMicroelectronics
• Infineon
• Philips Lumileds
Bioelectronics
Security
Biochips,
biosensors and
medical electronic
devices
Physical security,
information
security,
electronic security
systems
• STMicroelectronics
• Fluidigm
• Nitto-Denko
• Veredus
• STMicroelectronics
• Gemalto
• Infineon
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Recent Investments in New Growth Areas
Green Electronics and Security
Infineon sets up S$14m R&D
facility in Singapore
Panasonic Electronic Devices
Co. Ltd. sets up its first overseas
corporate R&D centre
SSMC to expand capacity and
conduct R&D with on specialty
wafers
 R&D centre for creating unique Asian solutions
 Develop solutions for renewable energy systems
and secured wireless applications
Green Electronics and Bioelectronics
 Focus on developing solutions for medical,
energy and environmental applications
 Total S$20mil investment
Security
 US$30m investment to shift from plain vanilla
wafers to specialty wafers for applications such
as biometric chips
Across all new growth areas
STMicroelectronics expands
operations for new growth areas
in Singapore
 IC mfg for analog, smart power and power
technologies; Production of Biosensors
 R&D centre for plastic electronics, smartcard
ICs, and portable diagnostic toolkits
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