ESSCIRC'96

Proceedings of the
22nd European Solid-State Circuits Conference


Overview

Invited Papers

Analog

Analog Filters

Data Converters

Design/CAD

Digital Architectures

Digital Logic / PLL

Digital Telecom

Memory

Mixed Sigal

Neural / Fuzzy

Smart Sensors

Posters


Invited Papers (Return to Overwiew)

Analog VLSI Computation

Carver Mead

Caltech


RF Integrated Circuits in Standard CMOS Technologies

Michael Steyaert

Katholike Universiteit Leuven


IC Requirements for Multimedia TV

Lauren Christopher

Thomson Consumer Electronics


Future Direction in Mobile Communications

Y. Neuvo

Nokia Mobile Phones


Integrated Smart Power Circuits Technology, Design and Application

W. Pribyl

Siemens EZM


Compact Modelling of Submicron CMOS

Dirk B. M. Klaasen

Philips Research Lab.


The Design of High Performance Low Power Microprocessors

Daniel W. Dobberpuhl

Digital Equipment Corp.


Analog (Return to Overwiew)

20-90 MHZ Current-Controlled Sinusoidal Oscillator

Hervé Barthelemy

ISEM


40 GHz Narrowband Transimpedance-Transadmittance Amplifier in InP-HBT Technology

M. Mokhtari

Royal Institute of Technology


A 150MHz 5.4mW Track&Hold operated at 3V supply

L. Schillaci

Università di Pavia


A 2.1 MHz Crystal Oscillator Time Base with a Current Consumption under 500 nA

D. Aebischer

CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA


A 50 MHz, standard CMOS, pulse equalizer for hard disk read channels

W. Dehaene

Katholike Universiteit Leuven


CMOS Current Reference without Resistance

H. Oguey

CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA


Compact Single 1.5V Supply Four Quadrant Analog CMOS Multiplier Using Multiple Input Floating Gate Transistors

J. Ramírez-Angulo

New Mexico State University


Laser Pulse Timing Detector

T. Ruotsalainen

University of Oulu


Analog Filters (Return to Overwiew)

A 3V 1 MHz dynamically biased 100 ppm/K temperature-stabilized CMOS continuous-time elliptical low-pass filter

K. Koli

Helsinki University of Technology


A 5.5MHZ CMOS Low-Pass Filter Using A "Soft-Switched"Transconductor

C.H.J. Mensink

University of Twente


A 96dB SNR -75dB THD switched-capacitor filter for 16bit audio codec applications

A. Baschirotto

Università di Pavia


A Programmable Circuit for Analog Signal Processing

S. Bender

Fraunhofer Institute of Microelectronic Circuits and Systems


A Very Compact 1.0µm CMOS SC Multirate 2-D Image Filter

W. Ping

Instituto Superoir Técnico


A 3.3V Power Adaptive 1244 / 622 / 155 MHz PLL

D. Belot

SGS Thomson


A Double Quadrature Topology for High Accuracy Upconversion in CMOS Transmitters

J. Crols

Katholike Universiteit Leuven


A Low Voltage Evaluation of a 1.9 GHz Silicon MOSFET Gilbert Cell Downconversion Mixer

P. J. Sullivan

University of California, San Diego


An Integrated High Performance Mixed Signal IF-to-Digital Converter

I. Bezzam

Raytheon Semiconductors


Analog Baseband-IC for Dual Mode Direct Conversion Receiver

T. Hanusch

Dresden University of Technology


CMOS/SIMOX-RF-Frontend for 1.7GHz

D. Eggert

Fraunhofer Institute of Microelectronic Circuits and Systems


Data Converters (Return to Overwiew)

14 bit Sigma-Delta Modulator with Multi Bit Feedback

St. Mödl

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits


A 10-bit 50MS/s 300 mW A/D Converter using Reference Feed-Forward Architecture

T. Kumamoto

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.


A 10.7-MHz N-Path Fourth-Order Bandpass Sigma-Delta Modulator

F. Francesconi

University of Pavia


A High-Resolution Current-Mode Sigma-Delta Modulator

N. Moeneclaey

IEMN - ISEN


A Monolithic 19-Bit 800 Hz Low Power Multi-Bit Sigma-Delta CMOS ADC Using Data Weighted Averaging

O. Nys

CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA


A Switched Opamp 1.5V - 100µW Delta-Sigma Modulator with 12 bits Dynamic Range

V. Peluso

Katholike Universiteit Leuven


Design/CAD (Return to Overwiew)

Thermally Constrained Placement of Analog and Smart Power Integrated Circuits

K. Lampaert

Katholike Universiteit Leuven


VHDL timing model for CMOS semicustom branch-based logic cells

N. Dumitru

Delft University of Technology


Digital Architectures (Return to Overwiew)

A 0.9V Microcontroller for Portable Applications

A. Wild

Motorola Arizona


A 32-bit RISC Microprocessor with integrated DSP Unit

M. Dolle

Hyperstone electronics GmbH


A Data-Driven IDCT Architecture for Low Power Video Applications

T. Xanthopoulos

Massachusetts Institute of Technology


A Memory-based Parallel Processor for Vector Quantization

K. Kobayashi

Kyoto University


An Asynchronous 16*16 Pixel Array-Processor for Morphological Filtering of Greyscale Images

F. Robin

France Telecom, CNET-Grenoble


Low-Power Design of an Embedded Microprocessor

J.-M. Masgonty

CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA


VLSI implementation of a bi-processor architecture for generic subband coding

P. Desneux

Université Catholique de Louvain


Digital Logic/PLL (Return to Overwiew)

1 Gb/s clock recovery PLL in 0.5µm CMOS

M. Rau

Siemens AG


A high speed 0.7µm CMOS PLL circuit for clock/data recovery in interconnection systems

M. Burzio

CSELT


A Low-Power True Single Phase Clocked (TSPC) Full-Adder

V. Schindler

Graz University of Technology


Design Methodology for High Speed and Low Power Digital Circuits with Energy Economized Pass-transistor Logic (EEPL)

M. Song

Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.


Low-Power Logic Styles: CMOS vs CPL

R. Zimmermann

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology


MHITIC: 8-Channels, 1-ns, Multi-Hit Time-to-Digital Converter CMOS Integrated Circuit

P. Andreani

Università di Pisa


Push-Pull Pass-Transistor Logic Family for Low Voltage and Low Power

W.-H. Paik

Korea University


The Impact of Transistor Sizing on Power Efficiency in Submicron CMOS Circuits

R. Rogenmoser

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology


Digital Telecom (Return to Overwiew)

10 Gbit/s Throughput Telecommunication Circuits in CMOS

A. Edman

Linköping University


A 100Mb/sec. Multi-LAN Crosspoint Switch Chip Set for Cable Management

A. Le Fevre

NORTEL, Northern Telecom


A 2.5 Gb/s ATM Label Translator Implemented by Using GaAs Technology

I. Moussa

TIMA Lab.


A Multi-Level QAM Demodulator LSI with Wideband Carrier Recovery and Dual Equalizing Mode

K. Yamanaka

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation


The 16x622 Mbits/s COM16M: the PRELUDE switch architectureiIntegrated into a 6-Million transistor monochip

A. Botta

CNET Grenoble


Memory (Return to Overwiew)

High Speed Content Addressable Memory

K. Helwig

IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH


Novel Dual Rail High Voltage Generators for Embedded Flash Memories

K.-R. Cho

Chungbuk National University


Mixed Signal (Return to Overwiew)

A 1nA-Photocurrent Optical Receiver Used in Fire and Smoke Detection Systems

A. Descombes

EM Microelectronic Marin


A 3V 0.5 µm CMOS A/D Audio Processor for a Microphone Array

F. Balestro

France Telecom, CNET-Grenoble


A PAL/NTSC Digital Video Encoder on 0.6µm CMOS with 66dB Typ SNR, 0.4% Diff. Gain and 0.2° Diff. Phase

T. Cummins

Analog Devices BV


A power-supply decoupling method for mixed-mode low voltage, low power integrated circuits

M. Ingels

Katholike Universiteit Leuven


COCA: an On-Line Control IC for Watch Stepping Motors

E. Bernasconi

Asulab SA


Considerations about Gaintracking and EMI in a VLSI Mixed Signal BiCMOS Design - A Case Study

M. Neuhäuser

MICRAM Microelectronic GmbH & Co. KG


Neural/Fuzzy (Return to Overwiew)

A 0.8µm CMOS Programmable Analog-Array-Processing Vision-Chip with Local Logic and Image-Memory

S. Espejo

Universidad de Sevilla


A 16 Rules@2.5Mflips Mixed-Signal Programmable Fuzzy Controller CMOS-1µm Chip

F. Vidal-Verdú

Universidad de Málaga


A Field Programmable Analog Fuzzy Processor with Enhanced Temperature Performance

N. Manaresi

University of Bologna


A Polarization Contrast Retina Using Patterned Iodine-Doped PVA Film

Z. Kalayjian

Johns Hopkins University


An Analog Vision Chip for Real Time Motion Computation

R. Hoehler

Technische Hochschule Darmstadt


Smart Sensors (Return to Overwiew)

A CMOS Optical Sensor System Performing Image Sampling on a Hexagonal Grid

R. Hauschild

Fraunhofer Institute of Microelectronic Circuits and Systems


A Low Noise Thermoelectric Infrared Detector Microsystem in a Digital CMOS Technology

Ch. Menolfi

ETH Zürich


A Low-Noise Low-Drift Transducer ADC

D. McCartney

Analog Devices BV


A Monolithically Integrated Two-Axis Magnetic Field Sensor System

S. Ulbricht

Fraunhofer Institute of Microelectronic Circuits and Systems


A wide temperature range micropower sensor interface circuit

B. De Geeter

CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA


Histogram-Equalization based on Adaptive Image Sensor for real-time Vision

Y. Ni

Institute National des Télécommunications


Posters (Return to Overwiew)

A Current Mirroring BiCMOS Comparator for Low-Voltage, Low-Power Applications

A. Boni

Università di Parma


A DDA-based, fully differential LNA with built in programmable gain and wide input common mode range

F. Louagie

Alcatel Bell Telephone


An RMS-DC converter based on the dynamical translinear principle

J. Mulder

Delft University of Technology


Design Methodology for CMOS Gain-Boosted Folded-Cascode OTA with Application to SOI technology

D. Flandre

Université Catholique de Louvain


Estimation of Ground Bounce in CMOS Circuits Using a Solution to a Damped RLC Network

T. Gabara

Bell Laboratories


A Low-Voltage Ultra-Low-Power Current-Companding Integrator for Audio Filter Applications

Wouter A. Serdijn

Delft University of Technology


Potential and design of MOSFET-C continuous-time filters in SOI technology

V. Dessard

Université Catholique de Louvain


A 3.3V 30mW 200 MHz CMOS Upconversion Mixer using Replica Transconductor

O. Kim

Korea Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute


A Completely Integrated One-Chip 18 GHz Frequency Synthesizer Using HEMT-Technology

W. Baumberger

CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA


A Full 12-Bit Switched-Current Delta-Sigma Modulator with Self-Calibration

C. Azeredo Leme

Instituto Superior Técnico


A Low-Power 14-Bit 2MSample/s Pipelined ADC with On-Chip 32-bit Correction Processor

M. K. Mayes

National Semiconductor


An 11-bits 50 kSamples/s Switched-Current DA Converte

D.M.W. Leenaerts

Technical University of Eindhoven


Integration of SABER Simulation Results into the Cadence Framework Database by Using the Cell Property Feature

M. Pistauer

Siemens Designcenter for Microelectronics


Software Check for Power-Down Mode of Analog Circuits

St. Blieck

Alcatel Mietec


A Low-Control-Overhead Asynchronous Differential Equation Solver

K. Y. Yun

University of California, San Diego


Communication in a single chip MPEG2 A/V/G decoder for digital set-top box application

J. Adélaide

Laboratoires d'Electronique Philips SAS


T0: A Single-Chip Vector Microprocessor with Reconfigurable Pipelines

K. Asanovic

University of California at Berkeley


31 GHz Static and 39 GHz Dynamic Frequency Divider ICs Using 0.2µm-AlGaAs/GaAs-HEMTs

Z. Lao

Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Festkörperphysik


A BiCMOS Time-to-Digital Converter with Time Stretching Interpolators

E. Räisänen-Ruotsalainen

University of Oulu


An experiment in low-power CMOS semicustom design

R. Nouta

Delft University of Technology


4 Gbit/s Driver/Multiplexer in 0.8 µm CMOS

A. Edman

Linköping University


A Full 12-Bit Switched-Current Delta-Sigma Modulator with Self-Calibration

C. Azeredo Leme

Instituto Superior Técnico


A Punctured Viterbi Decoder Compatible with DVB Standards

Ch. Deltoso

France Telecom, CNET-Grenoble


A fully Synchronous Circuit design for embedded DRAM

A. Yamazaki

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.


A High Speed Wide Band SRAM Macro Using Complementary Half-Swing Bus Architecture

Y. Nakase

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation


Dual Clock Scheme for over 200 MHz Synchronous DRAM System

Y. Konishi

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.


A Contactless Read Write Transponder Using Low Power EEPROM Techniques

W. Buesser

EM Microelectronic Marin


A Charged Particle Detector for Preserving Temporal Information

J. Goldfinch

University of Manchester


Analog Temperature Compensation for Capacitive Sensor Interfaces

M. Grigorie

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)


Programmable Analog Signal Processor for Polynomial Calibration

G. Van der Horn

Technical University of Delft


Ultrasonic Signal Processing Chip for Intraluminal Catheter Based Systems

M. Schmidt

Fraunhofer Institute of Microelectronic Circuits and Systems

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