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Neuromorphic circuits are potential candidates for solving costly computations in an efficient manner. Such circuits, mimicking partial functionalities of the brain, need a large number of components. Simulation models are appropriate for first investigations, but they are very time-consuming regarding complex systems. Hardware realizations of specific components, like memristive devices, in such...
This paper proposes implementing an antenna operating in the millimeter wave band of 56–64 GHz on the backside of an Integrated Circuit (IC) that uses Through Silicon Via (TSV) technology for a System in Package (SiP) approach to mixed signal design. A folded monopole antenna that utilizes a coaxial TSV feed line is selected to implement the design on the backside of the silicon die. Furthermore,...
This paper proposes a new strategy for vibration harvesting using piezoelectric material. This work relies on an adaptation of the classical Synchronous Electrical Charge Extraction (SECE). Instead of harvesting the energy at every displacement extremum, we choose to wait a certain number of extremum before harvesting the accumulated energy. This technique extends the harvested power compared to SECE,...
Wireless transceivers for biomedical implants suffer from low coupling coefficients and variations due to misalignment. This paper introduces concentric helical coils for wireless power transmission in implantable devices. The transmitter coil can be implemented in any continuous circle form, such as a bracelet, an arm cuff, or a collar. It is shown that this structure produces a high coupling coefficient...
The future naval surface combatant will be an all-electric medium-voltage dc integrated power and energy system; capable of supporting future dynamic loads, such as electric weapons and sensors. This system will be different from typical terrestrial distribution systems in that current carrying conductors are in close proximity to the conductive ship hull structure, and there is no well-defined ‘earth’...
This paper presents a 40–80 Gb/s quarter rate PAM4 wireline transmitter. The transmitter incorporates a 2-tap feed-forward equalizer (FFE) based on multiple-multiplex (MUX) and a parallel PRBS7 generator. The transmitter is achieved in 65nm CMOS technology and supplied with 1.2V. The simulation results show that the proposed transmitter can work at 40–80 Gb/s with 4-level pulse amplitude modulation...
This paper is on the study of double coupled oscillators, where two cross-coupled differential oscillators share the same bias current. Without external coupling, competition for bias current happens, and the one with a higher Q can grab most of the current, and the other one is starved to death. With external coupling, a beat pattern is generated and the beat frequency is strongly related to the...
Capacitive couplers used in proximity communication suffer from large insertion loss due to the parasitic capacitances in the channel path. This paper proposes two active equalization techniques that reduce channel losses by 10 and 15 dB respectively when using a 3 by 1.5 mm coupler at a gap distance of 0.5 mm. The reduced loss allows for better bit-error-rate (BER), lower power, smaller coupler size...
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