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A 256-Element Slepian Beamforming Accelerator with Analog Compute-In-Memory Multiplication and Accumulation

A 256-Element Slepian Beamforming Accelerator with Analog Compute-In-Memory Multiplication and Accumulation 150 150

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An analog compute-in-memory Slepian beamforming accelerator is introduced for large-scale MIMO. The design performs complex-valued vector–matrix multiplication in the analog domain to project 256 I/Q inputs into a low-dimensional Slepian subspace and uses a digital backend with 4-tap FIR filters to generate one output beam. A test chip fabricated …

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A 415 μW 2.4 GHz Receiver With Third-Harmonic Time-Interleaved Passive Mixer and Reconfigurable AFIR Filter for IoT Applications

A 415 μW 2.4 GHz Receiver With Third-Harmonic Time-Interleaved Passive Mixer and Reconfigurable AFIR Filter for IoT Applications 150 150

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This article presents a 2.4 GHz receiver with a third-harmonic time-interleaved passive mixer and reconfigurable analog finite-impulse-response (AFIR) filter. To improve linearity while maintaining low power consumption, a 6-path third-harmonic time-interleaved mixer with a 6-phase non-overlapping local oscillator (LO) is proposed, employing capacitive stacking and charge sharing techniques to enhance in-band …

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A Time-Domain CNN Engine With Adaptive-Precision Computing and Threshold-Controllable Prediction for Edge Computing

A Time-Domain CNN Engine With Adaptive-Precision Computing and Threshold-Controllable Prediction for Edge Computing 150 150

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With the growing demand for energy-efficient convolutional neural network (CNN) accelerators in edge intelligence, conventional digital CNN processors with fixed precision incur excessive switching energy and limited scalability. This work presents a time-domain CNN (TD-CNN) engine that achieves adaptive precision and computation reduction for ultralow-power operation. The main features include: 1) …

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A MEMS-Free 4096-Pixel CMOS E-Nose Array With MOF-Based Molecular Selectivity, In-Pixel Thermal Regeneration, and a Compact Single-Coefficient Bandpass Sigma–Delta ADC

A MEMS-Free 4096-Pixel CMOS E-Nose Array With MOF-Based Molecular Selectivity, In-Pixel Thermal Regeneration, and a Compact Single-Coefficient Bandpass Sigma–Delta ADC 150 150

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This work presents a CMOS-only [micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)-free] electronic nose (e-nose) for concurrent multi-gas-sensing applications. The proposed system integrates 4096 capacitance-to-digital converter (CDC) pixels, each implementing a compact bandpass sigma–delta ( $\Sigma \Delta $ ) ADC with a single feedback coefficient and no additional feedforward or feedback paths, achieving each pixel footprint …

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The Impact of Magnetic Field on Defective FDSOI and FinFET devices

The Impact of Magnetic Field on Defective FDSOI and FinFET devices 150 150

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This paper explores the efficacy of a unique defect detection mechanism for the FinFET and FDSOI transistors: magnetomodulation of drain current. Using multi-physics Technology CAD (TCAD), we model the impact of static and transient magnetic field on drain current in the following defect-free and defective devices: (a) FDSOI with interface …

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An 18.3-μW 108.3-dB DR Discrete-Time Delta-Sigma Modulator Using a Loop Filter Auto-Shift Technique

An 18.3-μW 108.3-dB DR Discrete-Time Delta-Sigma Modulator Using a Loop Filter Auto-Shift Technique 150 150

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This article presents a discrete-time, third-order, single-loop, 17-level delta-sigma modulator (DSM) for high-dynamic-range sensor measurement applications, which employs a loop filter auto-shift (LFAS) technique. It uses an on-chip 1.5-bit Schmitt monitor to determine whether the input amplitude is large or small. The DSM automatically shifts to loop filter A for …

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A 40k-Pixel Multimodal Biophysiology Monitoring Platform With 10k Concurrent Electrophysiology Channels and a Mixer-Embedded ΣΔ Impedance Sensor

A 40k-Pixel Multimodal Biophysiology Monitoring Platform With 10k Concurrent Electrophysiology Channels and a Mixer-Embedded ΣΔ Impedance Sensor 150 150

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Understanding complex physiological processes requires the ability to monitor multiple biological modalities concurrently, as electrical, ionic, and biochemical processes are tightly coupled and cannot be holistically described by single-mode sensors. This article presents a 40 nm CMOS multimodal cellular physiology monitoring platform that integrates 40 960 reconfigurable pixels at $10.8~\mu $ m pixel pitch. …

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A Low-Jitter Fractional-N Sampling PLL With Voltage-Domain Quantization-Error Cancellation Using a Nonlinearity-Replication Technique

A Low-Jitter Fractional-N Sampling PLL With Voltage-Domain Quantization-Error Cancellation Using a Nonlinearity-Replication Technique 150 150

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This work presents a low-jitter, low-fractional-spur fractional- $N$ digital sampling phase-locked loop (SPLL) that generates output frequencies from 10.4to 11.8GHz. Conventional fractional- $N$ PLLs employ a digital-to-time converter (DTC) to cancel the quantization error (Q-error) of the delta-sigma modulator ( $Delta Sigma $ M). To address the nonlinearity (NL) of the DTC, …

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A Continuous-Time Zoom Sensor Readout Frontend With Fast Tracking and Floating-Gm-CCO Integrator

A Continuous-Time Zoom Sensor Readout Frontend With Fast Tracking and Floating-Gm-CCO Integrator 150 150

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Emerging edge applications processing weak signals in noisy environments demand sensor readout frontends with low noise, low power, high dynamic range (DR), and high input impedance. This article presents a zoom sensor readout frontend design that can track signals with rapid changes over a wide DR with high energy efficiency. …

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