The Solid-State Circuits Council became a society January 1997. This page contains links to past information on the council, and is provided only for historical interest. Information on the council no longer applies to the Solid-State Circuits Society.

• Constitution
• Bylaws

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Council Development Awards

1988 Karl Stein
1987 Robert Widlar
1986 Barrie Gilbert
1985 Donald O. Pederson

About the Council
May 1998

The Solid-State Circuits (SSCC) Council was formed in 1966 to serve the members of the solid-state circuits community by publishing the Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC) and by sponsoring the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC).

During the past several years, the Council has realized that it must move beyond publishing the Journal and sponsoring the ISSCC if it is to properly serve the solid-state circuits community. The Council presently supports or helps support three publications:

• IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (over 7,000 subscriptions)
• IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (over 3000 subscriptions)
• IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing (over 3000 subscriptions)

In addition, the Council sponsors or cosponsors several conferences, symposia, and workshops:

• IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)
• VLSI Circuits Symposium (VLSI)
• Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC)
• Symposium on Lower Power Electronics (SLPE)
• Solid-State Circuits and Technology Committee Workshops (SSCTW)

To recognize and support the members of the solid-state circuits community, the Council:

• Sponsors the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Award
• Nominates Fellows of the IEEE
• Sponsors a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
• Sponsors Student Best-Paper Awards

The Council has a 30-year track record of service to the solid-state circuits community. It operates on a sound financial basis and it has committed itself to continuous innovation to provide the best-possible support to the community. The Council welcomes your comments and suggestions.

The current field-of-interest statement for the Council was:

The field of interest of the Council and its activities and programs shall include all aspects of solid-state circuits, with emphasis on those aspects which either overlap the present interest of the Member Societies, or are presently not covered by any one IEEE Society. Included are the design, testing, and application of circuits and subsystems as well as closely related topics in device technology and circuit theory. This shall include scientific, technical, and industrial applications, or other activities that contribute to the field, or utilize the techniques or products of the field, subject, as the art develops, to additions, subtractions, or other modifications directed or approved by the IEEE Technical Activities Board or the IEEE Executive Committee.

The following Societies were the sponsors the SSC Council at the time it transistioned to a Society:

• Circuits and Systems (CAS)
• Communications (COM)
• Computer (C)
• Electron Devices (ED)
• Components, Hybrids and Manufacturing Technology (CHMT)
• Lasers and Electro-Optics (LEO)
• Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT)