Regular papers from sessions ESSCIRC

  • • "Design Trade-Offs in Signal Component Separators for Outphasing Power Amplifiers" Z. Li, Y. Li, Y. Avniel, A. Megretski, V. Stojanovic
  • • "Power Sequence Free 400Mbps 90µW 6000µm² 1.8V-3.3V Stress Tolerant I/O Buffer in 28nm CMOS" V. Kumar, M. Rizvi
  • • "All-Digital Process-Variation-Calibrated Timing Generator for ATE with 1.95-ps Resolution and a Maximum 1.2-GHz Test Rate" K. Ryu, D. Jung, S. Jung
  • • "A Supply-Noise-Rejection Technique in ADPLL with Noise-Cancelling Current Source" Y. Niki, D. Miyashita, H. Kobayashi, S. Kousai
  • • "Wideband 2-16 GHz Local Oscillator Generation for Short-Range Radar Applications" M. Caruso, M. Bassi, A. Bevilacqua, A. Neviani
  • • "A 3.4mW 2.3-to-2.7GHz Frequency Synthesizer in 0.18-µm CMOS" C. Chang, C. Yang, Y. Lee, J. Weng, N. Cheng
  • • "A Fine Grain Variation-Aware Dynamic Vdd-Hopping AVFS Architecture on a 32nm GALS MPSoC" E. Beigne, I. Miro-Panades, Y. Thonnart, L. Alacoque, P. Vivet, S. Lesecq, D. Puschini, F. Thabet, B. Tain, K. Benchehida, S. Engels, R. Wilson, D. Fuin
  • • "MADmax: a 1080P Stereo-to-Multiview Rendering ASIC in 65 nm CMOS Based on Image Domain Warping" M. Schaffner, P. Greisen, S. Heinzle, F. Gürkaynak, H. Kaeslin, A. Smolic
  • • "A Flexible, Clockless Digital Filter" C. Vezyrtzis, W. Jiang, S. Nowick, Y. Tsividis
  • • "A 19-dBm, 15-Gbaud, 9-bit SOI CMOS Power-DAC Cell for High-Order QAM W-Band Transmitters" S. Shopov, A. Balteanu, S. Voinigescu
  • • "A 48 GHz 6-bit LO-Path Phase Shifter in 40-nm CMOS for 60 GHz Applications" C. Lu, M. Matters-Kammerer, R. Mahmoudi, P. Baltus, E. Habekotté, K. van Hartingsveldt, F. van der Wilt
  • • "A 142GHz Fully Integrated Wireless Chip to Chip Communication System for High Data Rate Operation" S. Foulon, S. Pruvost, D. Pache, C. Loyez, N. Rolland
  • • "A 0.32 THz FMCW Radar System Based on Low-Cost Lens-Integrated SiGe HBT Front-Ends" K. Statnikov, E. öjefors, J. Grzyb, P. Chevalier, U. Pfeiffer
  • • "A Four-Channel, ±36 V, 780 kHz Piezo Driver Chip for Structural Health Monitoring" Y. Guo, C. Aquino, D. Zhang, B. Murmann
  • • "An Integrated 80-V Class-D Power Output Stage with 94% Efficiency in a 0.14µm SOI BCD Process" H. Ma, R. van der Zee, B. Nauta
  • • "A 443-µA 37.8-nV/Sqrt(Hz) CMOS Multi-Stage Bandgap Voltage Reference" W. Yan, T. Christen
  • • "A 0.25-µm CMOS, 7-ppm/°C, 8-µA Quiescent Current, ±5-mA Output Current Low-Dropout Voltage Regulator" F. Conso, G. Rescio, M. Grassi, C. Ribellino, G. Billè, A. Rizzo, S. Petenyi, S. Privitera, P. Malcovati
  • • "A 40 nm LP CMOS Self-Biased Continuous-Time Comparator with Sub-100ps Delay at 1.1V & 1.2mW" V. Milovanovic, H. Zimmermann
  • • "On-Chip Temperature Compensation of Driver Voltage for LC-Displays" R. Becker, A. Zhelyazkov, B. Kim
  • • "A 12b 50MS/s 2.1mW SAR ADC with Redundancy and Digital Background Calibration" A. Chang, H. Lee, D. Boning
  • • "A Low Power Zero-Crossing Pipeline-SAR ADC with on-Chip Dynamically Loaded Pre-Charged Reference" J. Kuppambatti, P. Kinget
  • • "An 8-bit 450-MS/s Single-bit/Cycle SAR ADC in 65-nm CMOS" V. Tripathi, B. Murmann
  • • "An 11b 1GS/s ADC with Parallel Sampling Architecture to Enhance SNDR for Multi-Carrier Signals" Y. Lin, K. Doris, E. Janssen, A. Zanikopoulos, A. Murroni, G. van der Weide, H. Hegt, A. van Roermund
  • • "A 9b 2GS/s 45mW 2X-Interleaved ADC" J. Pernillo, M. Flynn
  • • "A 6-bit 6-GS/s 95mW Background Calibrated Flash ADC with Integrating Preamplifiers and Half-Rate Comparators in 32nm LP CMOS" F. Radice, M. Bruccoleri, M. Ganzerli, G. Spelgatti, D. Sanzogni, M. Pozzoni, A. Mazzanti
  • • "A 78 pW 1 b/s 2.4 GHz Radio Transmitter for Near-Zero-Power Sensing Applications" P. Mercier, S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Lysaght, K. Stankovic, A. Chandrakasan
  • • "A 0.13µm CMOS Integrated Wireless Power Receiver for Biomedical Applications" M. Zargham, P. Gulak
  • • "85 dB Dynamic Range 1.2 mW 156 kS/s Biopotential Recording IC for High-Density ECoG Flexible Active Electrode Array" S. Ha, J. Park, Y. Chi, J. Viventi, J. Rogers, G. Cauwenberghs
  • • "A 14 µA ECG Processor with Robust Heart Rate Monitor for a Wearable Healthcare System" S. Izumi, K. Yamashita, M. Nakano, T. Konishi, H. Kawaguchi, H. Kimura, K. Marumoto, T. Fuchikami, Y. Fujimori, H. Nakajima, T. Shiga, M. Yoshimoto
  • • "A DC-Connectable Multi-Channel Biomedical Data Acquisition ASIC with Mains Frequency Cancellation" P. Schönle, F. Schulthess, S. Fateh, R. Ulrich, F. Huang, T. Burger, Q. Huang
  • • "94.6% Peak Efficiency DCM Buck Converter with Fast Adaptive Dead-Time Control" S. Manohar, P. Balsara
  • • "Switching-Based Charger with Continuously Built-in Resistor Detector (CBIRD) and Analog Multiplication-Division Unit (AMDU) for Fast Charging in Li-Ion Battery" R. Peng, T. Tsai, K. Chen, Z. Tai, Y. Cheng, C. Tsai, H. Luo, S. Wang, L. Chen, C. Yang, J. Chen
  • • "An Integrated Ultracapacitor Fast Mains Charger with Combined Power/Current Optimisation" R. Bodnar, W. Redman-White
  • • "A Monolithic Stacked Class-D Approach for High Voltage DC-AC Conversion in Standard CMOS" P. Callemeyn, M. Steyaert
  • • "A 0.18-µm CMOS, -92-dB THD, 105-dBA DR, Third-Order Audio Class-D Amplifier" D. Cartasegna, P. Malcovati, L. Crespi, A. Baschirotto
  • • "Dual-Band RF Receiver for GPS and Compass Systems in 55-nm CMOS" S. Li, J. Li, X. Gu, H. Wang, J. Wu, D. Yan, Z. Zhuang
  • • "A 180nm Fully-Integrated Dual-Channel Reconfigurable Receiver for GNSS Interoperations" N. Qi, B. Chi, Y. Xu, Z. Chen, Y. Xu, J. Xie, Z. Song, Z. Wang
  • • "A 0.9GHz-5.8GHz SDR Receiver Front-End with Transformer-Based Current-Gain Boosting and 81-dB 3rd-Order-Harmonic Rejection Ratio" A. Ng, S. Zheng, H. Leung, Y. Chao, H. Luong
  • • "An RF Receiver with an Integrated Adaptive Notch Filter for Multi-Standard Applications" A. Borna, C. Hull, Y. Wang, H. Wang, A. Niknejad
  • • "A 2.14GHz Watt-Level Power Amplifier with Passive Load Modulation in a SOI CMOS Technology" G. Tant, A. Giry, P. Vincent, J. Arnould, J. Fournier
  • • "A 65nm 4MB Embedded Flash Macro for Automotive Achieving a Read Throughput of 5.7GB/s and a Write Throughput of 1.4MB/s" M. Jefremow, T. Kern, U. Backhausen, J. Elbs, B. Rousseau, C. Roll, L. Castro, T. Roehr, E. Paparisto, K. Herfurth, R. Bartenschlager, S. Thierold, R. Renardy, S. Kassenetter, N. Lawal, M. Strasser, W. Trottmann, D. Schmitt-Landsiedel
  • • "Dual-VT 4kb Sub-VT Memories with <1 pW/bit Leakage in 65 nm CMOS" O. Andersson, B. Mohammadi, P. Meinerzhagen, A. Burg, J. Neves Rodrigues
  • • "A 40 nm, 454MHz 114 fJ/bit Area-Efficient SRAM Memory with Integrated Charge Pump" B. Rooseleer, W. Dehaene
  • • "Scalable 0.35V to 1.2V SRAM Bitcell Design from 65nm CMOS to 28nm FDSOI" F. Abouzeid, A. Bienfait, K. Akyel, S. Clerc, L. Ciampolini, P. Roche
  • • "Design of a Power-Efficient Cam Using Automated Background Checking Scheme for Small Match Line Swing" A. Do, C. Yin, K. Yeo, T. Kim
  • • "A Dual Vertical Hall Latch with Direction Detection" D. Stoica, M. Motz
  • • "A Continuous-Time Ripple Reduction Technique for Spinning-Current Hall Sensors" J. Jiang, K. Makinwa, W. Kindt
  • • "A 40µW CMOS Temperature Sensor with an Inaccuracy of ±0.4°C (3-Sigma) from -55°C to 200°C" K. Souri, K. Souri, K. Makinwa
  • • "A Resistor-Based Temperature Sensor for MEMS Frequency References" M. Shahmohammadi, K. Souri, K. Makinwa
  • • "128 Nodes 4.5 mm Pitch 15-bit Pressure Sensor Ribbon" C. Condemine, J. Willemin, S. Bouquet, S. Robinet, A. Robinet, L. Jouanet, G. Regis, O. Compagnon, S. Vitry
  • • "An Injection-Locking Based Programmable Fractional Frequency Divider with 0.2 Division Step for Quantization Noise Reduction" R. Thirunarayanan, D. Ruffieux, C. Enz
  • • "A 0.3-to-8.5 GHz Frequency Synthesizer Based on Digital Period Synthesis" T. Rapinoja, K. Stadius, J. Ryynänen
  • • "Frequency Translation Through Fractional Division for a Two-Channel Pulling Mitigation" S. Ahmadi Mehr, M. Tohidian, R. Staszewski
  • • "High Speed, High Accuracy Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizer Using Nested Mixed-Radix Digital Delta-Sigma Modulators" M. Kennedy, B. Fitzgibbon, A. Harney, H. Shanan, M. Keaveney
  • • "A High-Throughput 16x Super Resolution Processor for Real-Time Object Recognition SoC" J. Park, B. Nam, H. Yoo
  • • "Cross-Layer Optimization of QRD Accelerators" U. Vishnoi, T. Noll
  • • "Word-Parallel Coprocessor Architecture for Digital Nearest Euclidean Distance Search" T. Akazawa, S. Sasaki, H. Mattausch
  • • "In-Situ Performance Monitor Employing Threshold Based Notifications (TheBaN)" T. Gemmeke, M. Konijnenburg, C. Bachmann
  • • "A 0.4 GHz" 4 GHz Direct RF-to-Digital Sigma-Delta Multi-Mode Receiver" C. Wu, B. Nikolic
  • • "A 0.7" 3.7 GHz Six Phase Receiver Front-End with Third Order Harmonic Rejection" A. Nejdel, M. Törmänen, H. Sjöland
  • • "A Low Out-of-Band Noise LTE Transmitter with Current-Mode Approach" N. Codega, A. Liscidini, R. Castello
  • • "A 39 dB DR CMOS Log-Amp RF Power Detector with ± 1.1 dB Temperature Drift from -40 to 85°C" E. Muijs, P. Silva, A. van Staveren, W. Serdijn
  • • "2x(4x)128 Time-Gated CMOS Single Photon Avalanche Diode Line Detector with 100 Ps Resolution for Raman Spectroscopy" I. Nissinen, A. Länsman, J. Nissinen, J. Holma, J. Kostamovaara
  • • "Compact Analog Counting SPAD Pixel with 1.9% PRNU and 530ps Time Gating" L. Pancheri, E. Panina, G. Dalla Betta, L. Gasparini, D. Stoppa
  • • "Speed Considerations for LDPD Based Time-of-Flight CMOS 3D Image Sensors" A. Süss, C. Nitta, A. Spickermann, D. Durini, G. Varga, M. Jung, W. Brockherde, B. Hosticka, H. Vogt, S. Schwope
  • • "A 80µW 30fps 104 x 104 All-nMOS Pixels CMOS Imager with 7-bit PWM ADC for Robust Detection of Relative Intensity Change" M. Benetti, M. Gottardi, Z. Smilansky
  • • "A 40nm-CMOS, 72µW Injection-Locked Timing Reference and 1.8 Mbit/s Coordination Receiver for Wireless Sensor Networks" V. De Smedt, G. Gielen, W. Dehaene
  • • "High-Resolution and Wide-Dynamic Range Time-to-Digital Converter with a Multi-Phase Cyclic Vernier Delay Line" M. Kim, W. Shin, G. Hong, J. Park, J. Chae, N. Xing, J. Woo, S. Kim
  • • "A 32.55-kHz, 472-nW, 120ppm/°C, Fully on-Chip, Variation Tolerant CMOS Relaxation Oscillator for a Real-Time Clock Application" K. Tsubaki, T. Hirose, N. Kuroki, M. Numa
  • • "A 0.039mm² Inverter-Based 1.82mW 68.6dB-SNDR 10MHz-BW CT-Sigma-Delta-ADC in 65nm CMOS" S. Zeller, C. Muenker, R. Weigel
  • • "A 9MHz Filtering ADC with Additional 2nd-Order Delta-Sigma Modulator Noise Suppression" M. Andersson, M. Anderson, L. Sundström, S. Mattisson, P. Andreani
  • • "A 40MHz-BW Two-Step Open-Loop VCO-Based ADC with 42fJ/Step FoM in 40nm CMOS" X. Xing, P. Gao, G. Gielen
  • • "A 120GHz Fully Integrated 10Gb/s Wireless Transmitter with on-Chip Antenna in 45nm Low Power CMOS" N. Deferm, W. Volkaerts, J. Osorio, A. de Graauw, M. Steyaert, P. Reynaert
  • • "A Plastic Waveguide Receiver in 40nm CMOS with on-Chip Bondwire Antenna" M. Tytgat, P. Reynaert
  • • "A 1-V 1.25-Gbps CMOS Analog Front-End for Short Reach Optical Links" C. Gimeno, C. Sánchez-Azqueta, E. Guerrero, C. Aldea, S. Celma
  • • "Integrated Buck LED Driver with Application Specific Digital Architecture" G. Capodivacca, P. Milanesi, A. Scenini
  • • "Variable off Time Current" Mode Floating Buck Controller" a Different Approach" V. Anghel, C. Bartholomeusz, G. Pristavu, G. Brezeanu
  • • "Embedded Fully Self-Biased Switched-Capacitor for Energy and Area-Efficient Cholesteric LCD Drivers" W. Chou, P. Huang, M. Fan, K. Chen, K. Wen, Z. Tai, Y. Cheng, C. Tsai, H. Luo, S. Wang, L. Chen, C. Yang, J. Chen
  • • "A 4 a Peak Current and 2 Ns Pulse Width CMOS Laser Diode Driver for High Measurement Rate Applications" J. Nissinen, J. Kostamovaara
  • • "High Temperature Analog Circuit Design in PD-SOI CMOS Technology Using Reverse Body Biasing" A. Schmidt, H. Kappert, R. Kokozinski
  • • "EMC Compliant LIN Transceiver" P. Schröter, M. Hell, M. Frey
  • • "A 1-V 99-to-75dB SNDR, 256Hz-16kHz Bandwidth, 8.6-to-39µW Reconfigurable SC Sigma-Delta Modulator for Autonomous Biomedical Applications" S. Porrazzo, V. Manyam, A. Morgado, D. San Segundo Bello, C. Van Hoof, A. van Roermund, R. Yazicioglu, E. Cantatore
  • • "A 105-dB SNDR, 10 kSps Multi-Level Second-Order Incremental Converter with Smart-DEM Consuming 280 µW and 3.3-V Supply" Y. Liu, E. Bonizzoni, A. D'Amato, F. Maloberti
  • • "A 0.1-mm² 3-Channel Area-Optimized Sigma-Delta ADC in 0.16-µm CMOS with 20-kHz BW and 86-dB DR" F. Sebastiano, R. van Veldhoven
  • • "A 35 pJ/Pulse Injection-Locking Based UWB Transmitter for Wirelessly-Powered RFID Tags" J. Mao, Z. Zou, L. Zheng
  • • "60-GHz, 9-µW Wake-Up Receiver for Short-Range Wireless Communications" T. Wada, M. Ikebe, E. Sano
  • • "A 3-µW 868-MHz Wake-Up Receiver with -83 dBm Sensitivity and Scalable Data Rate" H. Milosiu, F. Oehler, M. Eppel, D. Frühsorger, S. Lensing, G. Popken, T. Thönes
  • • "EMI Resisting Voltage Regulator with Large Signal PSR Up to 1 GHz" F. Michel, M. Steyaert
  • • "A 1mV Voltage Ripple 0.97mm² Fully Integrated Low-Power Hybrid Buck Converter" S. Dietrich, L. Liao, F. Vanselow, R. Wunderlich, S. Heinen
  • • "An Autonomous Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting IC Based on a Synchronous Multi-Shots Technique" P. Gasnier, J. Willemin, S. Boisseau, G. Despesse, C. Condemine, G. Gouvernet, J. Chaillout
  • • "A 13.2% Locking-Range Divide-by-6, 3.1mW, ILFD Using Even-Harmonic-Enhanced Direct Injection Technique for Millimeter-Wave PLLs" T. Siriburanon, W. Deng, A. Musa, K. Okada, A. Matsuzawa
  • • "A High-Swing Complementary Class-C VCO" L. Fanori, P. Andreani
  • • "A 0.54 THz Signal Generator in 40 nm Bulk CMOS with 22 GHz Tuning Range" W. Steyaert, P. Reynaert
  • • "Circuit Optimization of 4T, 6T, 8T, 10T SRAM Bitcells in 28nm UTBB FD-SOI Technology Using Back-Gate Bias Control" V. Asthana, M. Kar, J. Jimenez, J. Noel, S. Haendler, P. Galy
  • • "Performance Impact of Through-Silicon Vias (TSVs) in Three-Dimensional Technology Measured by SRAM Ring Oscillators" J. Kuang, K. Jenkins, K. Stawiasz, J. Schaub
  • • "Design of an Organic Electronic Label on a Flexible Substrate for Temperature Sensing" R. Ganesan, J. Krumm, S. Pankalla, K. Ludwig, M. Glesner
  • • "High Temperature-Low Temperature Coefficient Analog Voltage Reference Integrated Circuit Implemented with SiC MESFETs" V. Banu, P. Godignon, M. Alexandru, M. Vellvehi, X. Jordà, J. Millán