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A Unified Early-Warning AVFS Design With Path Activation-Aware Monitoring Point Optimization

A Unified Early-Warning AVFS Design With Path Activation-Aware Monitoring Point Optimization 150 150

Abstract:

This work proposes a unified early-warning adaptive voltage-frequency scaling (AVFS) system that offers a practical low-power solution for commercial IoT devices. First, a path activation-aware monitoring point optimization strategy is proposed to mitigate the risk of illegal voltage scaling. The strategy combines the path activation evaluation with the required timing …

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A 0.7-V Multiclass Digital Doherty Power Amplifier for BLE Applications With 41% Peak DE in 22-nm CMOS

A 0.7-V Multiclass Digital Doherty Power Amplifier for BLE Applications With 41% Peak DE in 22-nm CMOS 150 150

Abstract:

This letter presents a multiclass, asymmetric digital Doherty power amplifier (DDPA) for Bluetooth low energy (BLE) applications, that achieves high efficiency at full-scale as well as at 8.6-dB back-off using a single 0.7-V supply voltage. The proposed DDPA is made of two power-combined switched-capacitor power amplifiers (SCPAs) and uses an …

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A 45-V Auto-Zero-Stabilized Chopper Instrumentation Amplifier With 1.8- μ V Offset, 33.5- μ V Ripple, and 42-V Common-Mode Input Range

A 45-V Auto-Zero-Stabilized Chopper Instrumentation Amplifier With 1.8- μ V Offset, 33.5- μ V Ripple, and 42-V Common-Mode Input Range 150 150

Abstract:

This letter presents a 45V high-precision current-feedback instrumentation amplifier (CFIA) that combines both chopping and auto-zeroing (AZ) to achieve 1.8- $mu $ V input offset (10 samples) and 33.5- $mu $ V input-referred ripple. The AZ is duty cycled to minimize power and silicon area, with a parallel auxiliary path operating during AZ …

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A 10 to 40 GHz Reflection-Mode N-Path Filter

A 10 to 40 GHz Reflection-Mode N-Path Filter 150 150

Abstract:

A bandpass reflection-mode N-path filter (RMNF) with 2-GHz bandwidth and 10 to 40 GHz center-frequency tuning is presented. The design includes a broadband hybrid coupler, N-path reflectors, comprising four-phase passive mixers terminated with third-order in-phase and quadrature-phase active baseband loads, and a broadband clock-generation network. The reflectors realize an in-band open circuit …

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A Ping-Pong Charge-Sharing Locking PLL With Implicit Reference Doubling and Simultaneous Frequency/Duty-Cycle Calibrations

A Ping-Pong Charge-Sharing Locking PLL With Implicit Reference Doubling and Simultaneous Frequency/Duty-Cycle Calibrations 150 150

Abstract:

We propose a new ping-pong (PP) charge-sharing locking (CSL) phase-locked loop (PLL) architecture that enhances the strength of charge-injection into the oscillator’s LC-tank using complementary charge-sharing capacitors during both positive and negative halves of the reference clock, effectively achieving an implicit $2times $ reference frequency multiplication. The design includes a …

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A 32 Gb/s 0.36 pJ/bit 3 nm Chiplet IO Using 2.5-D CoWoS Package With Real-Time and Per-Lane CDR and Bathtub Monitoring

A 32 Gb/s 0.36 pJ/bit 3 nm Chiplet IO Using 2.5-D CoWoS Package With Real-Time and Per-Lane CDR and Bathtub Monitoring 150 150

Abstract:

This article presents a high-density, single-ended non return to zero (NRZ) chiplet I/O implemented with 3 nm CMOS technology on a 2.5-D chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) interposer, accommodating trace lengths up to 2 mm. The design features 216 data lanes, each operating at 32 Gb/s. For the tested 2-mm trace, the channel insertion loss …

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