Search Results - "2018 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC)"

BinarEye: An always-on energy-accuracy-scalable binary CNN processor with all memory on chip in 28nm CMOS by Moons, Bert, Bankman, Daniel, Yang, Lita, Murmann, Boris, Verhelst, Marian

“…This paper introduces BinarEye: the first digital processor for always-on Binary Convolutional Neural Networks. The chip maximizes data reuse through a Neuron…”
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Hardware for machine learning: Challenges and opportunities by Sze, Vivienne, Chen, Yu-Hsin, Emer, Joel, Suleiman, Amr, Zhang, Zhengdong

“…Machine learning plays a critical role in extracting meaningful information out of the zetabytes of sensor data collected every day. For some applications, the…”
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BAG2: A process-portable framework for generator-based AMS circuit design by Chang, Eric, Han, Jaeduk, Bae, Woorham, Wang, Zhongkai, Narevsky, Nathan, NikoliC, Borivoje, Alon, Elad

“…We present BAG2, a framework for the development of process-portable Analog and Mixed Signal (AMS) circuit generators. Such generators are parametrized design…”
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A Sub-1 μW multiparameter injectable BioMote for continuous alcohol monitoring by Jiang, Haowei, Zhou, Xiahan, Kulkarni, Saurabh, Uranian, Michael, Seenivasan, Rajesh, Hall, Drew A.

“…This paper presents a wireless, fully-integrated, miniature "BioMote" sensor node that can be injected through a 16-gauge syringe for continuous, long-term…”
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300-GHz CMOS QPSK transmitter for 30-Gbps dielectric waveguide communication by Zhong, Qian, Chen, Zhiyu, Sharma, Navneet, Kshattry, Sandeep, Choi, Wooyeol, Kenneth, K O

“…A 300-GHz 30-Gbps QPSK transmitter is demonstrated in 65-nm CMOS. The transmitter consists of an on-chip multi-mode modulator, an injection locked quadrature…”
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A 16×20 electrochemical CMOS biosensor array with in-pixel averaging using polar modulation by Hsu, Chung-Lun, Sun, Alexander, Zhao, Yunting, Aronoff-Spencer, Eliah, Hall, Drew A.

“…Biosensors based on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), an ultra-sensitive, label-free sensing technique, are a promising technology for precise and…”
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Pathways to mm-scale DC-DC converters: Trends, opportunities, and limitations by Stauth, Jason T.

“…Despite ongoing advances in semiconductor technologies, power conversion circuits and subcomponents remain a major bottleneck in a variety of performance and…”
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A 6.3pJ/b 30Mbps −30dB SIR-tolerant broadband interference-robust human body communication transceiver using time domain signal-interference separation by Maity, Shovan, Chatterjee, Baibhab, Chang, Gregory, Sen, Shreyas

“…Human Body Communication (HBC) provides a low power communication medium for energy constrained wearable/ implantable devices in and around the human body…”
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A 0.6V 3.8μW ECG/bio-impedance monitoring IC for disposable health patch in 40nm CMOS by Xu, Jiawei, Lin, Qiuyang, Ding, Ming, Li, Yao, Van Hoof, Chris, Serdijn, Wouter, Van Helleputte, Nick

“…Simultaneous measurement of Electrocardiogram (ECG) and bio-impedance (BioZ) via disposable health patches is desired for patients suffering from chronic…”
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Integrated CMOS transceivers design towards flexible full duplex (FD) and frequency division duplex (FDD) systems by Chu, Kun-Da, Katanbaf, Mohamad, Su, Chenxin, Zhang, Tong, Rudell, Jacques C.

“…This paper provides an overview of both the challenges and the current state-of-the-art in the areas of full duplex (FD) and frequency division duplex (FDD)…”
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CMOS terahertz receivers by Zhong, Q., Choi, W.-Y., Kim, D.-Y., Ahmad, Z., Xu, R., Zhang, Y., Han, R., Kshattry, S., Sharma, N., Chen, Z.-Y., Shim, D., Sankaran, S., Seok, E.-Y., Mao, C., De Lucia, F. C., McMillan, J. P., Neese, C. F., Kim, I., Momson, I., Yelleswarapu, P., Dong, S., Pouya, B., Byreddy, P., Chen, Z., Zhu, Y., Ghosh, S., Dinh, T., Jalalibidgoli, F., Newman, J., Kenneth, K. O.

“…Recent advances of devices and circuits have made CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) integrated circuits technology an alternative for realizing…”
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A 10-b 600-MS/s 2-way time-interleaved SAR ADC with mean absolute deviation based background timing-skew calibration by Song, Jeonggoo, Sun, Nan

“…This paper presents a time-interleaved (TI) successive-approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with a novel mean absolute deviation…”
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Fully-integrated 57 mV cold start of a thermoelectric energy harvester using a cross-coupled complementary charge pump by Bose, Soumya, Anand, Tejasvi, Johnston, Matthew L.

“…This paper presents a low-voltage cold-start architecture for battery-less thermoelectric energy harvesters that achieves fast start-up from an input voltage…”
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Ground-referenced signaling for intra-chip and short-reach chip-to-chip interconnects by Turner, Walker J., Poulton, John W., Wilson, John M., Chen, Xi, Tell, Stephen G., Fojtik, Matthew, Greer, Thomas H., Zimmer, Brian, Song, Sanquan, Nedovic, Nikola, Kudva, Sudhir S., Sudhakaran, Sunil R., Bashirullah, Rizwan, Zhao, Wenxu, Dally, William J., Gray, C. Thomas

“…While high-speed single-ended signaling maximizes pin and wire utilization within on- and off-chip serial links, problems associated with conventional…”
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Energy-efficient bridge-to-digital converters by Jiang, Hui, Makinwa, Kofi A. A.

“…This paper presents an overview of energy-efficient analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) specifically intended for the readout of Wheatstone bridge sensors…”
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Dual-mode, in-pixel linear and single-photon avalanche diode readout for low-light dynamic range extension in photodetector arrays by Ouh, Hyunkyu, Johnston, Matthew L.

“…This paper presents an approach for combining linear and single-photon avalanche diode operation in a single pixel to enhance low-light dynamic range of a…”
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Circuit and antenna-in-package innovations for scaled mmWave 5G phased array modules by Valdes-Garcia, Alberto, Sadhu, Bodhisatwa, Gu, Xiaoxiong, Tousi, Yahya, Liu, Duixian, Reynolds, Scott K., Haillin, Joakim, Sahl, Stefan, Rexberg, Leonard

“…Directional communication at millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies is one of the key technologies under development towards the anticipated deployment of fifth…”
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Analog/mixed-signal design challenges in 7-nm CMOS and beyond by Loke, Alvin L. S., Yang, Da, Wee, Tin Tin, Holland, Jonathan L., Isakanian, Patrick, Rim, Kern, Yang, Sam, Schneider, Jacob S., Nallapati, Giri, Dundigal, Sreeker, Lakdawala, Hasnain, Amelifard, Behnam, Lee, Chulkyu, McGovern, Betty, Holdaway, Paul S., Kong, Xiaohua, Leary, Burton M.

“…The economics of CMOS scaling remain lucrative with 7-nm mobile SoCs expected to be commercialized in 2018. Driven by careful design/technology…”
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A full-duplex transceiver front-end RFIC with code-domain spread spectrum modulation for Tx self-interference cancellation and in-band jammer rejection by Chen, Zhenqi, Liao, Dongyi, Dai, Fa Foster

“…This paper presents a code-domain spread spectrum modulation scheme for full-duplex transceiver (TRx) front-end (FE) with the dual purposes of in-band jammer…”
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A fully integrated DC to 75 MHz current sensing circuit with on-chip Rogowski coil by Funk, Tobias, Wicht, Bernhard

“…A wide-bandwidth galvanically isolated current sensing circuit with an integrated Rogowski coil in 180 nm CMOS is presented. Exploiting the high-frequency…”
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