Biography
Bruno Riccò was born in Parma (Italy) on February 8 1947.
Education
Graduated in Electrical Engineering at the
University of Bologna (Italy) in 1971.
Diploma in Solid State Physics at the University of Parma (Italy) in 1973.
Ph. D. in Physics at the University of Cambridge (U.K.) in 1976.
Academic and industrial achievements
In 1980, at the age of 33, Bruno Riccò became Full Professor of Applied Electronics at the
University of Padua (Italy). In 1983 he joined the
Department of Electronics of the
University of Bologna (Italy) as Full Professor of Electronics.
Since 1978 he has been holding courses on Electron Devices, Digital Integrated Electronics
and Semiconductor Technology, Reliability and testing of ICs.
Visiting Scholar at: the University of Stanford (1981); The IBM Thomas J. Watson Research
Center,(Yorktown Heights) (1983, 1986); the University of Washington (1998).
In 1995 he was received the G. Marconi Award of AEI (Italian
Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) for his research activity.
In 1999 he founded the first university spin-off (Micro-idea) in Italy.
Professional Activities
President of the Technical Board of the National Consortium for Research in Microelectronics
(ULISSE).
Italian Representative in the (European) JESSI Committee for Basic Long Term Research (1994 -
1996).
Director of Alta Frequenza, the Italian Journal on Electronics of
AEI (Italian Association of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers), since 1994.
President of the Microelectronics Group of AEI.
President of Gruppo Elettronica (GE - The Group including all Italian scientists in
the field of Electronics).
Consultant for major European companies in the area of microelectronics, such as, in
particular STMicroelectronics and Alcatel-Telettra and, since 1978, for the Commission of the
European Union for planning, selecting and monitoring advanced research projects in the area
of microelectronics.
Reviewer for a number of major international Journals in the field
of electron devices and microelectronics as well as a Member of the Scientific Committees
of major international Conferences.
Service for the IEEE
Senior Member since 1991.
European Editor of IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices from 1987 to 1996.
European representative in the Executive Committee of the international Electron Device
Meeting (IEDM), since 1999.
Member of IEDM Sub-committees in the last 15 years.
Vice Chairman of the North Italy Section of IEEE (2000).
Chairman of the North Italy Section since 2002.
Fellow since 2003.
Scientific Activities
Form a scientific point of view, Prof. Riccò has worked in the field of
Microelectronics, both from the point of view of electron devices and integrated circuits.
In particular, he has made significant contributions in the following areas:
Physics and modeling of electron transport in polycrystalline silicon;
Tunneling in heterostructures;
Silicon dioxide physics;
Hot electron in MOSFETs;
Latch-up in CMOS structures;
Monte Carlo device simulation;
Non volatile memories;
IC testing and testability (DFT, BIST, Self-checking schemes).
Low-Power circuits.
On these subjects, Prof. Riccò has (co-)authored over 290 publications, of wich more
than 100 published on major international Journals, 19 presented at IEDM, the rest published
on the proceedings of major international Conferences (a large part of these sponsored by the
IEEE).
He is also author of 6 international patents (5 of which extended also in the U.S.A.),
concerning CMOS structures and circuits.
Highlights of scientific achievements
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