Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Assoc Prof Gan Chee Lip 
Director, Temasek Laboratories
Fellow, Renaissance Engineering Programme
Associate Professor 
Division of Materials Science 
School of Materials Science & Engineering 
College of Engineering 



Email: CLGAN@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)6790 6821 
Office: RTP/BX-09 
Education
  • PhD National University of Singapore 2003
  • BEng(Hons) National University of Singapore 1999
Biography
A/Prof Gan Chee Lip is currently in the School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) since 2003. He received his B.Eng (Electrical) from the National University of Singapore in 1999 and PhD in Advanced Materials for Micro- and Nano-Systems under the Singapore-MIT Alliance Program in 2003. Dr Gan’s current research interests include the reliability study of advanced interconnect systems, process integration and reliability of 3D interconnects, and fabrication of metallic nanowires interconnects. He has done significant research work and has published over 40 top quality international conference and journal papers. He was awarded the Best Paper in Reliability at the International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits in 2002 and 2008, and the Silver Award at the 2003 MRS Spring Meeting Graduate Student Award. He was the Assistant Chair (Alumni & Grduates) of MSE from 2006-2008, and is current a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a faculty fellow of the Singapore-MIT Alliance program, and a faculty associate of the Institute of Microelectronics. Dr. Gan is also an executive member of IEEE Singapore Reliability/ED/CPMT chapter and a MRS member.
Research Interests
A/Prof Gan's research area is on microelectronics interconnect systems, spanning from reliability of conventional Cu/low-k interconnects, to three-dimensional (3D) interconnects and nanowires interconnects. Dr Gan's current research interests include the reliability study of advanced interconnect systems, such as copper electromigration, time-dependent-dielectric-breakdown of low-k dielectrics and new assessment methodology for circuit level reliability projection. Another area of research is on the process integration and reliability of 3D interconnects through copper-copper wafer bonding. Fabrication of metallic nanowires by a template method as interconnects is also being investigated. Work is carried out to characterize the morphology and electrical properties of the nanowires to assess its suitability for actual applications.
Research Grant
  • A*STAR Science and Engineering Research Council (2011-)
  • A*STAR Science and Engineering Research Council (2011-) [by A*STAR Science & Engineering Research Council (SERC)]
  • A*STAR Science and Engineering Research Council (2012-2017) [by A*STAR Science & Engineering Research Council (SERC)]
  • A*STAR Thematic Strategic Research Program - Nanomanufacturing (2004-)
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2012-)
  • Centre of Excellence for Silicon Technologies (SI-CoE) (2013-)
  • Defence Research and Technology Office (DRTech) (2012-2015) [by Defence Research and Technology Office (DRTech)]
  • Defence Science Organisation National Laboratories (2009-)
  • Kulicke & Soffa Pte Ltd (2012-)
  • MERLION (-)
  • Ministry of Defense (2012-)
  • Seed Funding (2012-)
  • Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre (2012-)
  • Supplementary Equipment Purchase (2007-)
Current Projects
  • ASIC Failure Analysis
  • ASIC Failure Analysis Phase II
  • Braided composite modelling - failure analysis and progressive damage prediction
  • Development of Ho3+ and Yb3+- Doped Sesquioxide Transparent Ceramics for Laser Applications
  • Development of high reliability multi-chip module (MCM) with TSV
  • Development of wafer level hermetically sealed and vacuum sealed MEMS package
  • High-Throughput Microassembly & Packaging
  • Investigation on Defect Localization Techniques for Three-Dimensional
  • Metallic Nanoparticles Enabled Low Temperature Processes for Interconnections in Flexible Electronics and 3D Electronics Packaging
  • Neurodevice program: High-throughput microassembly & packaging
  • Project On Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) Failure Analysis Phase IIA
  • Rare Earth Materials For Sub-45nm Nanoelectronics Devices - Nanowires for Off-Chip Interconnects
  • Rare-earth materials for sub-45nm nano-electronic devices
  • Reliability Study of AIGAN/ GAN on Si Based Devices
  • Reliability Study of Copper Interconnects with Alternating Current and Pulsed Current
  • Reliability study of AlGaN/GaN on Si based devices
  • Reliability study of III-V/Si semiconductor based devices
  • Semiconductor Nanoarray for a Novel Gas Sensor
  • Study of Process Responses, Intermetallics and Reliability of Palladium-Copper Wire Bonding
Selected Publications
  • Leong HL, Gan CL, Made RI, Thompson CV, Pey KL, Li HY. (2009). Experimental characterization and modeling of the contact resistance of Cu-Cu bonded interconnects. Journal of Applied Physics, 105(3), Article Number: 033514.
  • Leong HL, Gan CL, Thompson CV, Pey KL, Li HY. (2009). Electromigration-induced bond improvement for three-dimensional integrated circuits. Applied Physics Letters, 94(8), Article Number: 081901.
  • M.K. Lim, C.L. Gan, T.L. Tan, Y.C. Ee, C.M. Ng, B.C. Zhang, and J.B. Tan. (2008). Effects of Pulsed Current on Electromigration Lifetime. (pp. 72-77).
  • Tan TL, Gan CL, Du AY, Tan YC, Ng CM. (2008). Delamination-induced dielectric breakdown in Cu/low-k interconnects. Journal of Materials Research, 23, 1802-1808.
  • Tan TL, Gan CL , Du AY, Cheng CK, Gambino JP. (2008). Dielectric degradation mechanism for copper interconnects capped with CoWP. Applied Physics Letters, 92, Article Number: 201916.
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