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Dual-Band Voltage-Controlled Oscillator for CB and HF RFID Bands in a Flexible IGZO Technology

Dual-Band Voltage-Controlled Oscillator for CB and HF RFID Bands in a Flexible IGZO Technology 150 150

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In this work, a cross-coupled voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) for the high frequency RFID and citizen bands (CBs) is investigated, and implemented on a flexible Indium gallium zinc oxide thin film transistor (TFT) technology. To circumvent the challenges of integrating passive components in this frequency range and minimize the circuit’s …

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A 0.015-mm2 0.5-V Synthesizable Hybrid PLL With Multi-Phase Linear Proportional-Gain Paths

A 0.015-mm2 0.5-V Synthesizable Hybrid PLL With Multi-Phase Linear Proportional-Gain Paths 150 150

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This brief presents a 0.015-mm2 0.5-V synthesizable hybrid phase locked loop (PLL). All blocks including an analog proportional-gain path can be logically or physically synthesized with digital cells and hardware languages. To mitigate the mismatch and common-mode fluctuation problems of a voltage-mode phase detector, multi-phase proportional-gain paths are designed for …

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A Self-Injection LC Oscillator for Flicker Noise Reduction

A Self-Injection LC Oscillator for Flicker Noise Reduction 150 150

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Self-injection has been used in lasers and photonic integrated circuits to reduce the laser’s phase noise (PN). We show that self-injection can be leveraged in GHz LC oscillators as well. Our oscillator employs a current-domain self-injection technique by leveraging second-harmonic extraction, capacitive phase shifting, and self-mixing through the oscillator’…

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A Fast-Settling mm-Wave LO With I/Q-Calibrated SSB Mixer and Frequency-Tuned ILO Filter Achieving Sub-ns Settling Time and −56 dBc Spur

A Fast-Settling mm-Wave LO With I/Q-Calibrated SSB Mixer and Frequency-Tuned ILO Filter Achieving Sub-ns Settling Time and −56 dBc Spur 150 150

Abstract:

This article presents a fast-settling 60-GHz local oscillator (LO) for stepped-carrier orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM), employing an I/Q-calibrated single-sideband (SSB) mixer with a frequency-tuned injection-locked oscillator (ILO) filter. The SSB mixer enables instantaneous frequency hopping, while the ILO acts as a high- $Q$ bandpass filter that suppresses mixer-induced spurs. …

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kNOT: A 2-D Distributed Network-on-Textile Architecture With Direct Die-to-Yarn Integration of 0.6 × 2.15 mm2 SoC and bySPI Chiplets for Wearable Computing

kNOT: A 2-D Distributed Network-on-Textile Architecture With Direct Die-to-Yarn Integration of 0.6 × 2.15 mm2 SoC and bySPI Chiplets for Wearable Computing 150 150

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This article presents kNOT, a scalable, distributed, and 2-D Network-On-Textile (kNOT) comprising miniaturized systems on chip (SoCs) and bypass SPI (bySPI) networking chiplets that together enable diverse networking and computational tasks. To preserve garment comfort and flexibility, kNOT eliminates bulky boards and interposers through direct-die attachment to embroidered yarns. The …

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A 168 nW to 44.3 Mb/s Adaptable TRNG With 400 mV Attack-Resilient Hybrid RO Core

A 168 nW to 44.3 Mb/s Adaptable TRNG With 400 mV Attack-Resilient Hybrid RO Core 150 150

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This letter presents an adaptable ring oscillator (RO)-true random number generator (TRNG) that removes the fixed power–throughput tradeoff by selecting delay-cell physics at run time. A hybrid core uses a current-starved inverter in low-power (LP) mode to amplify slew-limited jitter for high bit-efficiency at low frequency, and a …

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A 0.32-pJ/b 100-Gb/s PAM-4 TIA in 28-nm CMOS

A 0.32-pJ/b 100-Gb/s PAM-4 TIA in 28-nm CMOS 150 150

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This letter presents a 0.32 pJ/bit 100-Gb/s PAM-4 CMOS transimpedance amplifier (TIA). Several techniques are proposed to alleviate TIA design tradeoffs while pushing energy efficiency to a limit. A multipeaking input network is designed to relieve the bandwidth (BW) degradation from parasitics of input interface and ESD diodes. An …

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Reconfigurable Ferroelectric Bandpass Filter With Low-Frequency Noise Analysis for Intracardiac Electrogram Monitoring

Reconfigurable Ferroelectric Bandpass Filter With Low-Frequency Noise Analysis for Intracardiac Electrogram Monitoring 150 150

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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) provide real-time monitoring and immediate defibrillation for life-threatening arrhythmias. However, the intracardiac electrogram (IEGM) acquisition of ICDs faces stringent constraints, including power consumption, low-frequency noise, and patient-specific physiological variability. This article introduces an ultralow-power, high-resolution, reconfigurable three-stage bandpass filter designed specifically for IEGM, utilizing ferroelectric field-effect …

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A 6.2b-ENOB 2.5 GS/s Flash-and-VCO-Based Subranging ADC Using a Residue Shifting Technique

A 6.2b-ENOB 2.5 GS/s Flash-and-VCO-Based Subranging ADC Using a Residue Shifting Technique 150 150

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This letter presents a 7-bit pipelined subranging ADC that integrates a 3-bit flash ADC with a ring VCO-based quantizer. A resistor-ladder-based residue shifter (RLRS) replaces traditional residue amplifiers, efficiently shifting the residue voltage into the most linear region of the $K_{textrm {VCO}}$ , thereby eliminating the need for post-linearity calibration. …

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