Journal: Microelectronics Journal

Volume 41, Issue 9

539 -- 0Vladimir Székely, Clemens J. M. Lasance. Editorial
540 -- 546Sumita Santra, Florin Udrea, P. K. Guha, S. Z. Ali, I. Haneef. Ultra-high temperature (>300 degreeC) suspended thermodiode in SOI CMOS technology
547 -- 553Andrea Calimera, R. Iris Bahar, Enrico Macii, Massimo Poncino. Dual-V::t:: assignment policies in ITD-aware synthesis
554 -- 559R. Sommet, A. Xiong, A. A. L. de Souza, R. Quere. Dual approach for bipolar transistor thermal impedance determination
560 -- 565Vladimir Székely. Evaluation of short pulse and short time thermal transient measurements
566 -- 573László Pohl, Zsolt Kohári, Vladimir Székely. Fast field solver for the simulation of large-area OLEDs
574 -- 578Giovanni Crupi, Dominique M. M.-P. Schreurs, Alina Caddemi. Accurate silicon dummy structure model for nonlinear microwave FinFET modeling
579 -- 584Desmond C. Y. Chek, Michael L. P. Tan, Mohammad Taghi Ahmadi, Razali Ismail, Vijay K. Arora. Analytical modeling of high performance single-walled carbon nanotube field-effect-transistor
585 -- 593Jie Yuan, Ho Yeung Chan. Power analysis and design of wide dynamic range CMOS imaging sensors
594 -- 600Paulo César Crepaldi, Tales Cleber Pimenta, Robson L. Moreno. A CMOS low-voltage low-power temperature sensor

Volume 41, Issue 8

447 -- 448Mohamed Masmoudi, Michel Renovell. Editorial
449 -- 457Cristiano Azzolini, Alessandro Magnanini, Matteo Tonelli, Giovanni Chiorboli, Carlo Morandi. A CMOS vector lock-in amplifier for sensor applications
458 -- 464Vali Najafi, Siamak Mohammadi, Vahid Roostaie, Ali Fotowat Ahmady. A dual mode UHF EPC Gen 2 RFID tag in 0.18 µm CMOS
465 -- 473Hatem Trabelsi, Ghazi Bouzid, Faouzi Derbel, Mohamed Masmoudi. An 863-870 MHz spread-spectrum FSK transceiver design for wireless sensor
474 -- 479Jean-Etienne Lorival, Denis Deschacht. Crosstalk pulsewidth calculation
480 -- 486Sébastien Pillement, Olivier Sentieys, Jean-Marc Philippe. Spatio-temporal coding to improve speed and noise tolerance of on-chip interconnect
487 -- 493Ioannis Voyiatzis, Costas Efstathiou. An efficient architecture for accumulator-based test generation of SIC pairs
494 -- 501Hwann-Kaeo Chiou, Tsung-Yu Yang. Post-linearization with image rejection for high IIP3 and image-rejection ratio of a 17 GHz CMOS low noise amplifier
502 -- 505Carlos Sánchez-López, F. V. Fernández, Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle. Generalized admittance matrix models of OTRAs and COAs
506 -- 522Hossein Asadi, Mehdi Baradaran Tahoori. Soft error modeling and remediation techniques in ASIC designs
523 -- 531Suman Kalyan Mandal, Rabi N. Mahapatra. PowerAntz: Ant behavior inspired power budget distribution scheme for Network-on-Chip systems
532 -- 537Robert Rieger, Shinyu Chen. Integrated linear giga-ohm resistance using current scaling

Volume 41, Issue 7

381 -- 387Mohsen Hayati, Abbas Rezaei, Majid Seifi, Ali Naderi. Modeling and simulation of combinational CMOS logic circuits by ANFIS
388 -- 394Pietro Maris Ferreira, José Gabriel Rodríguez Carneiro Gomes, Antonio Petraglia. Current mode read-out circuit for InGaAs photodiode applications
395 -- 402Fahad Ali Usmani, Mohammad Hasan. Carbon nanotube field effect transistors for high performance analog applications: An optimum design approach
403 -- 410Shuo Yang, Jun Cheng, Pei Wang. Variable-amplitude dither-based digital background calibration algorithm for linear and high-order nonlinear error in pipelined ADCs
411 -- 416Bo Ye. A wide-range all digital DLL for multiphase clock generation
417 -- 429Reza Nourmandi-Pour, Ahmad Khademzadeh, Amir Masoud Rahmani. An IEEE 1149.1-based BIST method for at-speed testing of inter-switch links in network on chip
430 -- 439Sizhen Li, Xuecheng Zou, Xiaofei Chen, Quan Gan. Designing a compact soft-start scheme for voltage-mode DC-DC switching converters
440 -- 446Andrea Pugliese 0002, Francesco A. Amoroso, Gregorio Cappuccino, Giuseppe Cocorullo. Analysis of op-amp phase margin impact on SC SigmaDelta modulator performance

Volume 41, Issue 6

325 -- 330Yibo Wu, Guifu Ding, Congchun Zhang, Juang Wang, Shengping Mao, Hong Wang. Design and implementation of a bistable microcantilever actuator for magnetostatic latching relay
331 -- 337Yongliang Yang, Wei Jiang, Kun Zhang, Min Liu, Xinxin Li. A dynamic collision model for improved over-range protection of cantilever-mass micromechanical accelerometers
338 -- 346Y. M. Hwang, W. L. Lu, C. T. Pan. Development and fabrication of an LTCC multilayer coil inducer in a vibration-based electromagnetic meso-generator
347 -- 355P. Karthigaikumar, K. Baskaran. An ASIC implementation of low power and high throughput blowfish crypto algorithm
356 -- 364D. A. Wang, K.-H. Chang. Electromagnetic energy harvesting from flow induced vibration
365 -- 370Jiafeng Xie, Jianjun He, Guanzheng Tan. FPGA realization of FIR filters for high-speed and medium-speed by using modified distributed arithmetic architectures
371 -- 379Tian Xia, Di Mu. High speed interconnect data dependent jitter analysis

Volume 41, Issue 5

257 -- 265A. Kundu, S. Sethi, N. C. Mondal, B. Gupta, S. K. Lahiri, H. Saha. Analysis and optimization of two movable plates RF MEMS switch for simultaneous improvement in actuation voltage and switching time
266 -- 276Ebrahim Farshidi. Synthesis of class-AB log-domain filters based on nonlinear transconductance
277 -- 290Alonso Morgado, Rocío del Río Fernández, José Manuel de la Rosa, Rafael Castro-López, Maria Belen Pérez-Verdú. A 0.13 µm CMOS adaptive sigma-delta modulator for triple-mode GSM/Bluetooth/UMTS applications
291 -- 307Nikos Petrellis, Michael K. Birbas, John C. Kikidis, Alexios N. Birbas. An ultra low area asynchronous combo 4/8/12-bit/quaternary A/D converter based on integer division
311 -- 316Erkan Yüce, Shahram Minaei. New CCII-based versatile structure for realizing PID controller and instrumentation amplifier
317 -- 324Suchismita Roy, P. P. Chakrabarti, Pallab Dasgupta. Bounded delay timing analysis and power estimation using SAT

Volume 41, Issue 4

185 -- 194Mehdi Saeedi, Mehdi Sedighi, Morteza Saheb Zamani. A library-based synthesis methodology for reversible logic
195 -- 211Ramesh Vaddi, S. DasGupta, R. P. Agarwal. Robustness comparison of DG FinFETs with symmetric, asymmetric, tied and independent gate options with circuit co-design for ultra low power subthreshold logic
212 -- 218Petru Cascaval, Doina Cascaval. March SR3C: A Test for a reduced model of all static simple three-cell coupling faults in random-access memories
219 -- 230Naser MohammadZadeh, Mehdi Sedighi, Morteza Saheb Zamani. Quantum physical synthesis: Improving physical design by netlist modifications
231 -- 239Alberto Yufera, Adoración Rueda. Design of a CMOS closed-loop system with applications to bio-impedance measurements
240 -- 246Quan Sun, Youguang Zhang, Christine Hu-Guo, Kimmo Jaaskelainen, Yann Hu. A fully integrated CMOS voltage regulator for supply-noise-insensitive charge pump PLL design
247 -- 255Paulo F. Butzen, Leomar S. da Rosa Jr., Erasmo J. D. Chiappetta Filho, André Inácio Reis, Renato P. Ribas. Standby power consumption estimation by interacting leakage current mechanisms in nanoscaled CMOS digital circuits

Volume 41, Issue 2-3

75 -- 84Nima Soltani, Fei Yuan. A step-up transformer impedance transformation technique for efficient power harvesting of passive transponders
85 -- 92Brajesh Kumar Kaushik, Sankar Sarkar, Rajendra Prasad Agarwal, R. C. Joshi. An analytical approach to dynamic crosstalk in coupled interconnects
93 -- 98Haiyan Guo, Haizhou Wu, Bo Zhang, Zhaoji Li. A novel spread-spectrum clock generator for suppressing conducted EMI in switching power supply
99 -- 108Mohsen Raji, Behnam Ghavami, Hossein Pedram, Hamid R. Zarandi. Process variation-aware performance analysis of asynchronous circuits
109 -- 113Firat Kaçar. New lossless inductance simulators realization using a minimum active and passive components
114 -- 120Xinguang Tian, Zhilong Zhang, Eryang Zhang. Spurious signals due to amplitude quantization in direct digital frequency synthesizers
121 -- 128Jie Yuan, Ka Leong Tsang. The design and optimization methodology of a low-distortion sub-µW sample-and-hold stage for weak bio-currents
129 -- 134Tohru Suwa, Hamid Hadim. Optimal placement of heat generating components at various levels of electronics packaging
135 -- 141Javier Sosa, Juan A. Montiel-Nelson, Saeid Nooshabadi. Application of genetic algorithm in computing the tradeoffs between power consumption versus delay in digital integrated circuit design
142 -- 149L. Mahdavian, M. Monajjemi. Alcohol sensors based on SWNT as chemical sensors: Monte Carlo and Langevin dynamics simulation
150 -- 154Chua-Chin Wang, Gang-Neng Sung, Jian-Ming Huang, Lung-Hsuan Lee, Chih-Peng Li. A low-power 2.45 GHz WPAN modulator/demodulator
155 -- 161Oka Kurniawan, Man-Fai Ng, Wee Shing Koh, Zuan Yi Leong, Erping Li. Simplified model for ballistic current-voltage characteristic in cylindrical nanowires
162 -- 170Tiw Pei Wen, Ajay Kumar Singh. A comprehensive analytical study of an undoped symmetrical double-gate MOSFET after considering quantum confinement parameter
171 -- 177Hongxia Liu, Wen Zhou, Qianwei Kuang, Lei Cao, Bo Gao. Defect detection of IC wafer based on two-dimension wavelet transform
178 -- 183Worapong Tangsrirat, Tattaya Pukkalanun, Wanlop Surakampontorn. Resistorless realization of current-mode first-order allpass filter using current differencing transconductance amplifiers

Volume 41, Issue 12

801 -- 808Muhammad Nawaz. On the assessment of few design proposals for 4H-SiC BJTs
809 -- 814Koubao Ding, Kunming Cai, Yan Han. Design of a high-speed sample-and-hold circuit using a substrate-biasing-effect attenuated T switch
815 -- 819Wang-Hoon Lee, Bon-Ju Gu, Yoshio Nishida, Hidekuni Takao, Kazuaki Sawada, Makoto Ishida. Oscillation-controlled CMOS ring oscillator for wireless sensor systems
820 -- 826Keivan Navi, Razieh Farazkish, Samira Sayedsalehi, Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi. A new quantum-dot cellular automata full-adder
827 -- 833Munawar Agnus Riyadi, Ismail Saad, Razali Ismail. Investigation of pillar thickness variation effect on oblique rotating implantation (ORI)-based vertical double gate MOSFET
834 -- 839Hassan Fathabadi. Stability analysis of circuits including BJT differential pairs
840 -- 844Jiann-Jong Chen, Bo-Han Hwang, Yuh-Shyan Hwang. A dual-loop shunt regulator using current-sensing feedback techniques
845 -- 850Matthieu Nongaillard, F. Lallemand, Bruno Allard. Design for manufacturing of 3D capacitors
860 -- 864Van Thanh Dau, Takeo Yamada, Dzung Viet Dao, Bui Thanh Tung, Kenji Hata, Susumu Sugiyama. Integrated CNTs thin film for MEMS mechanical sensors
865 -- 873Armin Saeedi Vahdat, Fatemeh Abdolkarimzadeh, Ashkan Feyzi, Ghader Rezazadeh, Saeed Tarverdilo. Effect of thermal stresses on stability and frequency response of a capacitive microphone
874 -- 881V. H. Carreto-Vazquez, A. K. Wójcik, Y.-S. Liu, D. B. Bukur, M. S. Mannan. Miniaturized calorimeter for thermal screening of energetic materials
882 -- 888Youngbin Ahn, Chiwan Park, Jaehoon Lee, Jichai Jeong. A highly linear receiver front-end employing modified derivative superposition method with tuned inductors for 5.25 GHz
889 -- 896Vladimir Kosel, Robert Illing, Michael Glavanovics, Alexander Satka. Non-linear thermal modeling of DMOS transistor and validation using electrical measurements and FEM simulations
897 -- 905Li Jiang, Weisheng Xu, Youlin Yu. Accurate operation of a CMOS integrated temperature sensor

Volume 41, Issue 11

695 -- 696Daniela De Venuto. Special issue on the Third IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces 2009 (IWASI 2009)
697 -- 702Elisabetta Farella, Mirko Falavigna, Bruno Riccò. Aware and smart environments: The Casattenta project
703 -- 710Marco Benocci, Carlo Tacconi, Elisabetta Farella, Luca Benini, Lorenzo Chiari, Laura Vanzago. Accelerometer-based fall detection using optimized ZigBee data streaming
711 -- 717Sandro Carrara, Andrea Cavallini, Yusuf Leblebici, Giovanni De Micheli, Vijayender Bhalla, Francesco Valle, Bruno Samorì, Luca Benini, Bruno Riccò, Inger Vikholm-Lundin, Tony Munter. Capacitance DNA bio-chips improved by new probe immobilization strategies
718 -- 722E. Alfinito, J.-F. Millithaler, C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani. A single protein based nanobiosensor for odorant recognition
723 -- 732Fabio Cenni, Jeremie Cazalbou, Salvador Mir, Libor Rufer. Design of a SAW-based chemical sensor with its microelectronics front-end interface
733 -- 739Jiawei Xu, Peter Offermans, Guy Meynants, Hien Duy Tong, Cees J. M. van Rijn, Patrick Merken. A low-power readout circuit for nanowire based hydrogen sensor
740 -- 745Marc Belleville, H. Fanet, P. Fiorini, P. Nicole, M. J. M. Pelgrom, Christian Piguet, R. Hahn, Chris Van Hoof, Ruud J. M. Vullers, Marco Tartagni, Eugenio Cantatore. Energy autonomous sensor systems: Towards a ubiquitous sensor technology
746 -- 751Daniela De Venuto, David Tio Castro, Youri Ponomarev, Eduard Stikvoort. 0.8 µW 12-bit SAR ADC sensors interface for RFID applications
752 -- 757A. Nascetti, P. Valerio, D. Caputo, G. de Cesare. Detection system based on a novel large area hybrid detector
758 -- 765Louis Harik, Jean-Michel Sallese, Maher Kayal. SOI digital pixel sensor based on charge pumping
766 -- 777Carlo Bergonzini, Davide Brunelli, Luca Benini. Comparison of energy intake prediction algorithms for systems powered by photovoltaic harvesters
778 -- 788Francesco Battini, Emilio Volpi, Eleonora Marchetti, Tommaso Cecchini, Francesco Sechi, Luca Fanucci, Ulrich Hofmann. A fast-developing and low-cost characterization and test environment for a double axis resonating micromirror
789 -- 800Fahad Ahmed, Linda Milor. Via wearout detection with on-chip monitors

Volume 41, Issue 10

601 -- 615Xiaoxia Wu, Yibo Chen, Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Yuan Xie. Test-access mechanism optimization for core-based three-dimensional SOCs
616 -- 626Amitava Chatterjee, Mourad Fakhfakh, Patrick Siarry. Design of second-generation current conveyors employing bacterial foraging optimization
627 -- 631Sang-Jin Lee, Yong-Hyun Baek, Tae-Jong Baek, Min Han, Seok Gyu Choi, Dong-Sik Ko, Byoung-Chul Jeon, Jin Koo Rhee. Design and fabrication of 94 GHz MMIC single balanced resistive mixer without IF balun
632 -- 638Firat Kaçar, Abdullah Yesil. Novel grounded parallel inductance simulators realization using a minimum number of active and passive components
639 -- 650Ko-Chi Kuo, Chi-Wen Chou. Low power and high speed multiplier design with row bypassing and parallel architecture
651 -- 661Reza Sedaghat, M. Reza Javaheri, Prabhleen K. Kalkat, Jalal Mohammad Chikhe. Switch-level soft error emulation for SET-induced pulses of variable strengths
662 -- 668Kyoung-Su Lee, Jung-Hoon Chun, Kee-Won Kwon. A low power CMOS compatible embedded EEPROM for passive RFID tag
669 -- 679Massimo Alioto, Stéphane Badel, Yusuf Leblebici. Optimization of the wire grid size for differential routing: Analysis and impact on the power-delay-area tradeoff
680 -- 687Ahmed M. Soliman. On the generation of CCII and ICCII oscillators from three Op Amps oscillator
688 -- 692Wei Wang, Huaxin Lu, Jooyoung Song, Shih-Hsien Lo, Yuan Taur. Compact modeling of quantum effects in symmetric double-gate MOSFETs
693 -- 0Jin He, Xing Zhang, Yangyuan Wang, Xuemei Xi, Mansun Chan, Chenming Hu. Retraction notice to Normalized mutual integral difference operator: A novel experimental method for extracting threshold voltage of MOSFETs [Microelectronics Journal 33 (2002) 667-670]

Volume 41, Issue 1

1 -- 8Mahdi Parvizi, A. Nabavi. Low-power highly linear UWB CMOS mixer with simultaneous second- and third-order distortion cancellation
9 -- 16Ioannis Savidis, Syed M. Alam, Ankur Jain, Scott Pozder, Robert E. Jones, Ritwik Chatterjee. Electrical modeling and characterization of through-silicon vias (TSVs) for 3-D integrated circuits
17 -- 24Themistoklis Prodromakis, Christos Papavassiliou, Christofer Toumazou. Application of Maxwell-Wagner polarization in delay lines
25 -- 32Maneesha Gupta, Rishikesh Pandey. FGMOS based voltage-controlled resistor and its applications
33 -- 40Md. Sajjad Rahaman, Masud H. Chowdhury. Energy efficiency of error control coding in intra-chip RF/wireless interconnect systems
41 -- 50Jose-Cruz Nuñez Perez, Jacques Verdier, Christian Gontrand. Design of 20 GHz high performance LC-VCOs in a 52 GHz f::T:: SiGe: C BiCMOS technology
51 -- 55Dong Sheng Liu, Xuecheng Zou, Kui Dai, Si-Zheng Li, Xue-Mei Hui, Yao Liu, Qiaoling Tong. New design of RF rectifier for passive UHF RFID transponders
56 -- 63Xiaokuo Yang, Li Cai, Xiaohui Zhao, Nansheng Zhang. Design and simulation of sequential circuits in quantum-dot cellular automata: Falling edge-triggered flip-flop and counter study
64 -- 73Rafal Dlugosz, Tomasz Talaska. Low power current-mode binary-tree asynchronous Min/Max circuit