IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

SHINSAI: A 586 mm2 Reusable Active TSV Interposer With Programmable Interconnect Fabric and 512 Mb Underdeck Memory

SHINSAI: A 586 mm2 Reusable Active TSV Interposer With Programmable Interconnect Fabric and 512 Mb Underdeck Memory 150 150

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This article presents SHINSAI—a 586 mm2 reusable active through-silicon via (TSV) interposer addressing key challenges in multi-chiplet integration (MCI) architectures. While active interposers overcome fundamental limitations of passive counterparts by integrating functional circuitry, existing solutions face three critical constraints: 1) non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs from application-specific interposers negating chiplet reuse benefits; 2) …

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A 298–334-GHz Scalable Injection-Locked Phased-Array Radiator With Second-Subharmonic-Termination-Assisted Waveform Formulation for Power Enhancement

A 298–334-GHz Scalable Injection-Locked Phased-Array Radiator With Second-Subharmonic-Termination-Assisted Waveform Formulation for Power Enhancement 150 150

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This article introduces an injection-locked $4\times 2$ phased-array radiator featuring scalability in both horizontal and vertical dimensions. The system architecture is constructed by sequentially cascading four identical phase-shifting and frequency-quadrupling (PSFQ) elements in a chain-like configuration and then cohering two such chains, thereby achieving global frequency synchronization. Particularly, phase shifting and …

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A Bi-Directional Dual-Path Boost–Buck Hybrid Converter for High-Voltage Power Transmission Delivery Cable in Humanoid Robots

A Bi-Directional Dual-Path Boost–Buck Hybrid Converter for High-Voltage Power Transmission Delivery Cable in Humanoid Robots 150 150

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Humanoid robots have great potential to replace human labors for various tasks in the near future. For a centralized energy storage system in humanoid robots, its battery pack (heart) is located in the main body while the energy is mostly consumed through its legs and hands, demanding thick wires (strong …

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DPe-CIM: A 4T-1C Dual-Port eDRAM-Based Compute-in-Memory for Simultaneous Computing and Refresh With Adaptive Refresh and Data Conversion Reduction Scheme

DPe-CIM: A 4T-1C Dual-Port eDRAM-Based Compute-in-Memory for Simultaneous Computing and Refresh With Adaptive Refresh and Data Conversion Reduction Scheme 150 150

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This article presents DPe-CIM, a 4T-1C dual-port embedded dynamic random access memory (eDRAM)-based compute-in-memory (CIM) macro with adaptive refresh and data conversion reduction. DPe-CIM proposes four key features that improve area and energy efficiency: 1) dual-port eDRAM cell (DPC) separates the multiply-and-accumulate (MAC) and refresh ports, enabling simultaneous MAC …

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A −117.1-dB THD Audio DAC Utilizing Single Vector Quantizer for Simultaneous Mismatch and ISI Shaping

A −117.1-dB THD Audio DAC Utilizing Single Vector Quantizer for Simultaneous Mismatch and ISI Shaping 150 150

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This article presents a high-linearity, robust-jitter tolerance digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for high-fidelity audio systems. To improve the linearity, we propose a compact digital shaper utilizing a single vector quantizer (VQ) to mitigate both DAC mismatch and inter-symbol interference (ISI) with low system complexity. Two dummy current-steering DAC (IDAC) units are …

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A Low-Power 28-GHz Beamforming Receiver With On-Chip LO Synthesis

A Low-Power 28-GHz Beamforming Receiver With On-Chip LO Synthesis 150 150

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This article introduces a beamforming technique that employs a novel high-impedance transmission line (T-line) architecture and several other concepts to alleviate the trade-off between loss, power consumption, and phase shift resolution. An eight-element prototype receiver (RX) fabricated in 28-nm CMOS technology draws 156 mW, achieving a minimum noise figure (NF) of 3.7 …

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A 0.2-V Edge-Pursuit Continuous-Time Ising Machine Using Ring-Oscillator Collapse and Delay-Enabled Positive Feedback

A 0.2-V Edge-Pursuit Continuous-Time Ising Machine Using Ring-Oscillator Collapse and Delay-Enabled Positive Feedback 150 150

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CMOS-based continuous-time (CT) Ising machines have recently emerged as promising hardware to address combinatorial optimization problems (COPs) rapidly and efficiently. Leveraging analog spin states, CT Ising machines eliminate the clock constraint for fast solving speeds and establish superposed initial states for improved solution quality. However, prior CT Ising machines suffer …

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A 77-GHz Hybrid TDM-MIMO Phased-Array Radar With 186-m Detection Range and 3-cm Range Resolution

A 77-GHz Hybrid TDM-MIMO Phased-Array Radar With 186-m Detection Range and 3-cm Range Resolution 150 150

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This article presents a fully integrated 77-GHz hybrid time-division-multiplexing multiple-input–multiple-output (TDM-MIMO) phased-array radar in a 55-nm CMOS process. The system integrates eight independent transmitters ( $8~{times }~1$ TXs) and two four-channel phased-array receivers ( $2~{times }~4$ RXs), achieving a $4.76{times }$ increase in detection range compared to single-input–single-output (SISO) architecture in long-range radar (…

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A Low-Noise Digital PLL With an Adaptive Common-Mode Resonance Tuning Technique for Voltage-Biased Oscillators

A Low-Noise Digital PLL With an Adaptive Common-Mode Resonance Tuning Technique for Voltage-Biased Oscillators 150 150

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This work presents a digital phase-locked loop (PLL) incorporating an adaptive common-mode (CM) resonance tuning technique applied to a voltage-biased digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO). The method leverages the principle that the sensitivity of the oscillator frequency to a dither signal injected into the gate voltage of the cross-coupled transistors diminishes to …

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