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Session 37
AI / ML
A 22nm 60.81TFLOPS/W Diffusion Accelerator with Bandwidth-Aware Memory Partition and BL-Segmented Compute-in-Memory for Efficient Multi-Task Content Generation
Initially applied for image synthesis [1], Diffusion Models (DMs) have been rapidly expanded into many content-generation tasks, e.g. 3D scenes [2-3] or video [4], and deliver exceptional performance. Figure 37.6.1 provi
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Session 37
Digital Circuits
SKADI: A 28nm Complete K-SAT Solver Featuring Dual-Path SRAM-Based Macro and Incremental Update with 100% Solvability
applications in various fields, including electronic design automation [1], formal verification [2], and fault diagnosis [3]. The objective of the K-SAT problem is to determine whether a truth assignment exists for n Boo
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Session 37
Digital Circuits
SHINSAI: A 586mm2 Reusable Active TSV Interposer with Programmable Interconnect Fabric and 512Mb 3D Underdeck Memory
Zexing Chen1, Mochen Tian2, Jundong Zhu2, Dexin Wen2, Yan Wang2, Yu Wang2, Jian Xu2, Feng Wang2, Jun Tao1, Chixiao Chen1, Qi Liu1, Ming Liu1 Fudan University, Shanghai, China Kiwimoore Semiconductors, Shanghai, China Fig
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Session 37
AI / ML
Monolithic In-Memory Computing Microprocessor for End-to-End DNN Inferencing in MRAM-Embedded 28nm CMOS Technology with 1.1Mb Weight Storage
Hyungwoo Lee1, Wooseok Yi1, Seungchul Jung1, Daekun Yoon1, Shinhee Han3, Saeyoon Chung3, Kilho Lee3, Jeong-Heon Park3, Kangho Lee3, Sang Joon Kim1, Donhee Ham1,4 Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Suwon, Korea Seo
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Session 37
Digital Circuits
A 2-Dimensional mm-Scale Network-on-Textiles (kNOTs) for Wearable Computing with Direct Die-to-Yarn Integration of 0.6×2.15mm2 SoC and bySPI Chiplets
Akiyoshi Tanaka1, Fahim Foysal1, Charlie D. Hess1, Will Farrell2, Jim Owens2, Daniel S. Truesdell1, Benton H. Calhoun1 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Nautilus Defense LLC, Pawtucket, RI 1 2 This paper propos
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Session 37
Digital Circuits
IBM Telum II Processor Design-Technology Co-Optimizations
David Wolpert1, Gerry Strevig2, Chris Berry1, Leon Sigal3, Bill Huott1, Mark Cichanowski2, Matthias Pflanz4, Tobias Werner4, Philipp Salz4, Nick Jing1, Michael Romain1, Iris Leefken4, Richard Serton1, Rajesh Veerabhadrai
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Session 36
RF & Wireless
A 212Gb/s PAM-4 Retimer with Integrated High-Swing Optical Driver and Chip-to-Module Long Reach Capability of 40dB in 5nm FinFET
C Abidin2, C Loi4, D Cartina5, H Lo1, I Fabiano6, J Riani1, J H Teo4, J Q Wang1, K Raviprakash1, K K Ravi Prakash1, L Cai4, L Patra1, M Bachu1, N Codega6, N Shivashankar1, S Ray1, S Chong4, S Jafarlou2, S Yu4, T-F Wu2, W
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Session 36
RF & Wireless
A 100Gbaud 4Vppd Distributed Linear Driver with Cross-Folded Transmission Lines and Cross-Coupled Gm Cells for Built-in 5-Tap FFE in 0.13μm SiGe BiCMOS
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China 1 2 Linear pluggable optics (LPO) emerges as an attractive candidate for short-reach optical communications for its low power consumption, low cost and low
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Session 36
RF & Wireless
A 1.54pJ/b 64Gb/s 16-QAM Intradyne Coherent Optical Receiver in 28nm CMOS
Mohamed Saad Aly, Mahmoud A. Khalil, Pavan Kumar Hanumolu University of Illinois, Urbana, IL As the demand for high-speed data transmission within data centers continues to grow, scaling existing short-reach optical link
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Session 36
RF & Wireless
A 112Gb/s 0.61pJ/b PAM-4 Linear TIA Supporting Extended PD-TIA Reach in 28nm CMOS
artificial intelligence applications pushes optical communications to higher data rates and lower cost. Co-packaging the PD, BiCMOS TIA, and CMOS switch ASIC on the same substrate can effectively improve signal integrity
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Session 36
RF & Wireless
A Low-Latency 200Gb/s PAM-4 Heterogeneous Transceiver in 0.13μm SiGe BiCMOS and 28nm CMOS for Retimed Pluggable Optics
intelligence (AI) requires further bandwidth enhancement and has pushed SerDes towards 200G/lane [1]. Linear-drive pluggable optics (LPO) without integrated retimer or digital signal processer (DSP) has drawn great atten
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Session 36
RF & Wireless
A 0.9pJ/b 108Gb/s PAM-4 VCSEL-Based Direct-Drive Optical Engine
applications necessitates advancements in data transmission. Increasingly complex, power-hungry equalization and digital signal processing (DSP) techniques limit electrical interconnect scalability and reach. Pluggable o
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Session 36
RF & Wireless
A 0.29pJ/b 5.27Tb/s/mm UCIe Advanced Package Link in 3nm FinFET with 2.5D CoWoS Packaging
Prakash BS2, Adrian Leuciuc4, Kevin Geary5, Shaojun Ma1, Chirag Mukesh Mehta1, Basant Bothra2, Shashi Jain2, Pawan Sabharwal6, Ranjan Vaish1, Kirti Bhanushali3, Yutong Ding7, Craig Frost4, John Annunziata4, Krishanu Sadh
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Session 36
RF & Wireless
A 64Gb/s/wire 10.5Tb/s/mm/layer Single-Ended Simultaneous Bi-Directional Transceiver with Echo and Crosstalk Cancellation for a Die-to-Die Interface in 28nm CMOS
The development of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing has fueled the demand for increased edge density and reduced bit error rate (BER) in die-to-die interfaces. One approach to improving the edge den
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Session 36
RF & Wireless
A 32Gb/s 10.5Tb/s/mm 0.6pJ/b UCIe-Compliant Low-Latency Interface in 3nm Featuring Matched-Delay for Dynamic Clock Gating calibration, and the clock is subsequently gated to save power during idle. The QEC, controlled digitally by an FSM, features chopping cancellation to eliminate DC offset and device mismatches. The DCC and QEC achieve less than 0.3% duty cycle error and 330fs quadrature phase error.
Wen-Hung Huang1, Yu-Chi Chen1, Yu-Jie Huang1, Alan Drake3, Chin-Hua Wen1, Paul Ranucci3, Hsin-Hung Kuo1, Aidong Yin3, Shu-Chun Yang1, Farsheed Mahmoudi3, Han-Tzung Ke1, Chao-Chieh Li1, Nai-Chen Cheng1, Jimmy Wang4, Kevin
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Session 35
Medical & Bio
DustNet: A Network of Time-Division Multiplexed Ultrasonic Implants with 16-Level ASK Backscatter Modulation
can give insight into the operation of neurological circuits and provides opportunities to restore function in patients with nerve damage. Realtime activity data from specific, spatially distributed efferent nerves provi
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Session 35
Medical & Bio
A Programming-Free Three-Dimensional Resonant Current-Mode Wireless Receiver with Real-Time Link-Adaptivity and a 0.904cm3 Receiver Coil for Implantable Systems
of diseases affecting the nervous, circulatory, and endocrine systems [1-3,5]. Charging the battery embedded in IMDs using conductors poses the risks of infection and aversion to surgery, leading to the development of wi
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Session 35
Medical & Bio
An Enhanced-Frequency-Splitting-Based Wireless Power and Data Transfer System Achieving 60.2% End-to-End Efficiency and 1Mb/s Data Rate with a Sub-cm RX Coil for Miniaturized Implants
invasiveness and complexity of the device-deployment process. In such miniaturization, the main bottleneck is wireless power and data transfer (WPDT), particularly the volume of the receiver (RX) coil. Conventionally, on
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Session 35
Medical & Bio
A Wireless Adiabatic Stimulator System with Current-Mode Power Reception and Stimulus Current Regulation Achieving Precise Charge Delivery and Electrode Scalability for Miniaturized Electroceuticals
Electroceuticals that directly stimulate nerves are attracting attention as their effectiveness on various intractable diseases has been verified [1]. In such wireless implantable neurostimulators, miniaturizing the rece
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Session 35
Medical & Bio
A Miniature Biomedical Implant Secured by Two-Factor Authentication with Emergency Access
*Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) The advancement of miniature implantable medical devices (IMDs) has made remarkable progress toward creating minimally invasive and broadly accessible therapeutic and monitoring solutions
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Session 35
Medical & Bio
A 30MHz Wideband 92.7dB SNR 99.6% Accuracy Bioimpedance Spectroscopy IC Using Time-to-Digital Demodulation with Co-Prime Delay Locked Sampling
The permittivity and conductivity of bioimpedance in tissues are governed by α, β, and γ dispersions, with biological features detectable in the tens of MHz range. Wideband spectroscopy is required in many applications i
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Session 35
Medical & Bio
A Spatial-Domain Compressive-Sensing Photoacoustic Imager with Matrix-Multiplying SAR ADC
technologies promise a paradigm shift to preventive, proactive, and accessible health care. Real-time and long-term imaging offers unprecedented insights into one’s body conditions, enabling constant monitoring of highri
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Session 35
Medical & Bio
A Single-Inductor-Based High-Voltage Transmit Beamformer for Wearable Ultrasound Devices Achieving 88% fCV2 Power Reduction
Compared to its implant-based electrical counterpart, ultrasonic vagus nerve stimulation alters neuronal activity through mechanical ultrasound waves, emerging as a promising non-invasive therapy for managing drug-resist
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Session 34
Digital Circuits
A 47.3-to-58.4GHz Differential Quasi-Class-E Colpitts Oscillator Achieving 198.8dBc/Hz FoMT
*Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) The increasing demand for complex modulation schemes to achieve high data-rates in millimeter-wave (mm-wave) communication systems necessitates local-oscillation (LO) signals with excepti
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Session 34
Digital Circuits
An 18.5-to-23.6GHz Quad-Core Class-F23 Oscillator Without 2nd/3rd Harmonic Tuning Achieving 193dBc/Hz Peak FoM and 140-to-250kHz 1/f3 PN Corner in 65nm CMOS
Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China 1 2 *Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) Rapid development of wireless communication technology makes low phase-noise (PN) millimeter-wave (mm-wave) oscillators
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Session 34
Digital Circuits
A 9.05-to-37.0GHz LO Generator with Magnetic Mode Switching and Tuning-Free Octave-Bandwidth Common-Mode Resonator Achieving >190.7dBc/Hz FoM
VCOs with a wide tuning range (TR) are crucial for achieving universal frequency coverage in multi-band communications, software-defined radios, and electronic warfare applications. A TR exceeding one octave is particula
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Session 34
Digital Circuits
A 4.75GHz Digital PLL with 45.8fs Integrated-Jitter and 257dB FoM Based on a Voltage-Biased Harmonic-Shaping DCO with Adaptive Common-Mode Resonance Tuning
Simone Mattia Dartizio1, Carlo Samori1, Andrea Leonardo Lacaita1, Salvatore Levantino1 Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy now with Kandou Bus SA, Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland 1 2 *Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) The numbe
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Session 34
Digital Circuits
A 380µW and -242.8dB FoM Digital-PLL-Based GFSK Modulator with sub-20µs Settling Frequency Hopping for Bluetooth Low-Energy in 22nm CMOS
Saleh Karman2, Andrea Leonardo Lacaita1, Salvatore Levantino1 Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Infineon Technologies, Villach, Austria 1 2 *Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) Ultra-low power (ULP) Bluetooth Low-Energy (B
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Session 33
Other
A 224GHz 19.9% TR Varactor-less VCO Utilizing a Multi-Section Switch-Loaded Coupled-Line Resonator
Analog Devices, Beaverton, OR 1 2 THz and sub-THz waves are key enablers for novel sensing and imaging solutions. THz gasphase spectroscopy, hyperspectral imaging, and high-speed communication are among many applications
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Session 33
Other
A Wideband Bidirectional Calibration-Free Frequency/Switching-Staggering 360° D-Band Phase Shifter with Frequency-Invariant Codes Achieving <2.38°/0.63dB RMS-Errors Over 24% Bandwidth
With the increasing need for high data-rate and channel throughput, the D-band (110 to 170GHz) has been actively explored for beyond-5G and 6G wireless communication, sensing, and radar applications [1,2]. To overcome th
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Session 33
Other
A 125-to-170GHz Power-Efficient Phase Shifter in SiGe BiCMOS with Outphasing Gain and Phase Corrections
Advancements in silicon technologies are opening the way to sub-THz phased-array transceivers, enabling high-resolution radar sensors, and wireless communications with a fiber-like transport capacity. Programmable phase
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Session 33
Other
A 216-to-226GHz Watt-Level GaN Solid-State Power Amplifier with Multiband Large-Signal Impedance Correction and Circuit-Package Co-Design Technique
Tianjin, China 1 2 *Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) Compact and integrated 220GHz solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) are important in enabling future high-data-rate wireless communication, imaging, and radar systems. S
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Session 33
Other
A 232-to-260GHz CMOS Amplifier-Multiplier Chain with a
Jinchen Wang, Daniel Sheen, Xibi Chen, Steven F. Nagle, Ruonan Han Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Terahertz (THz) signal sources and radiators are essential for a variety of future applications, suc
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Session 32
Power Management
A Dynamic-RON-Diminished Bidirectional GaN Load Switch with Inrush Current Protection and Spike Attenuation
Chien-Wei Cho1, Sheng-Hsi Hung1, Yu-Tse Shih1, Ke-Horng Chen1, Kuo-Lin Zheng2, Ying-Hsi Lin3, Shian-Ru Lin3, Tsung-Yen Tsai3, Hann-Huei Tsai4 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Chip-GaN Power Semic
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Session 32
AI / ML
A 2W 53.2%-Peak-Efficiency Multi-Core Isolated DC-DC Converter with Embedded Magnetic-Core Transformer Achieving CISPR-32 Class-B EMI Compliance and <5mV Ripple
Hefei CLT Microelectronics, Hefei, China 1 2 Integrated isolated DC-DC converters, using either on-chip [1-4] or package transformers [5-7], have been developed to minimize size and cost while achieving isolation ratings
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Session 32
Power Management
A Dual-LC-Resonant Isolated DC-DC Converter Achieving 65.4% Peak Efficiency and Inherent Backscattering
*Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) Power delivery with galvanic isolation is crucial for ensuring safety and reliability in harsh industrial environments, where isolated DC-DC converters are widely used to meet stringent o
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Session 32
Power Management
An Accurate Secondary-Side Controller with GaN-Based CGS Isolated Driver Achieving Sub-1% Error On-Chip Sensing
Chien-Wei Cho1, Sheng-Hsi Hung1, Yu-Tse Shih1, Ke-Horng Chen1, Kuo-Lin Zheng2, Ying-Hsi Lin3, Shian-Ru Lin3, Tsung-Yen Tsai3, Hann-Huei Tsai4 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Chip-GaN Power Semic
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Session 32
Power Management
A Single-Link Multi-Domain-Output (SLiMDO) Isolated DC-DC Converter with Passive Magnetic Flux Sharing for Local Energy Distribution and Rx Behavior Sensing-Based Global Power Modulation
Galvanically isolated DC-DC converters are gaining more attention in industry for industrial automation and electrical vehicles (e.g., motor drives, battery management systems), consumer electronics (e.g., power adapters
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Session 32
Power Management
A 180MHz 45.3%-Peak-Efficiency Isolated Converter Using Q-Downsize Class-D Power Amplifier with Inherent Shoot-Through Current Blocking and High Tolerance for Efficiency Despite Frequency Misalignments
Instituto Superior Tecnico/University of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 1 2 *Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) Isolated DC-DC converters [1-8] with low electromagnetic interference (EMI) are crucial for system safety and reliabi
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Session 31
Power Management
A 91.25% Peak Power-Conversion-Efficiency Capacitive PowerManagement IC Supporting up to 5.68mJ Burst Energy Delivery Using a Single External Capacitor for mm-Scale IoT Applications
Instituto Superior Tecnico/University of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 1 2 As Internet of Things (IoT) devices continue to shrink in size, the limited available system energy is becoming a major bottleneck. Even though the sy
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Session 31
Power Management
A Rectifier-less Piezoelectric Energy-Harvesting Interface with a Sense & Track MPPT Achieving Single-Cycle Convergence and 568% Shock Power Improvement
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China 1 2 *Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) The number of edge sensors for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) has been increasing dramatically every year to feed servers and
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Session 31
Power Management
A Biased-SECE Interface for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting with Geometric-Mean-Computational MPPT Achieving 99.9%
harvesting (PEH)—which converts ambient vibrations into electrical energy—has emerged [1–6]. The interface circuit in a PEH system plays a crucial role not only in energy extraction and conversion but also in enabling th
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Session 31
Power Management
An Inductor-less Capacitor-less Synchronous PiezoelectricElectromagnetic Hybrid Energy Harvesting Platform with Coil-Sharing Scheme
Fudan University, Shanghai, China 1 2 *Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) Along with the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and edge artificial intelligence (AI), energy harvesting provides a promising sustainable power s
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Session 30
Memory
A 64Gb DDR4 STT-MRAM Using a Time-Controlled Discharge-Reading Scheme for a 0.001681μm2 1T-1MTJ Cross-Point Cell
Takaya Yasuda1, Akira Katayama1, Tadashi Miyakawa1, Kazuyo Senju1, Kazuki Okawa1, Yuka Furukawa1, Yu Shimada1, Katsuya Kotake1, Sayaka Hirokawa1, Min Chul Shin2, Dong Keun Kim2, Tae Ho Kim2, Kyunghoon Kim2, Hisanori Aika
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Session 30
Memory
A 321-Layer 2Tb 4b/cell 3D-NAND-Flash Memory with a 75MB/s Program Throughput
Jayoon Goo1, Sangkyu Lee1, Kayoung Cho1, Tei Cho1, Dauni Kim1, Gwan Park1, Yushin Ahn1, Sooyeol Chai1, Gwihan Ko1, Sunyoung Jung1, Eunwoo Jo1, Taehun Park1, Jinhyun Ban1, Cheoljoong Park1, Jae Hyun Park1, Sanghoon Oh1, S
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Session 30
Memory
A 16Gb 12.7Gb/s/pin LPDDR5-Ultra-Pro DRAM with 4-Phase Self-Calibration and AC-Coupled Transceiver Equalization in a 5th-Generation 10nm DRAM Process
Jin-Kwan Park, Hyun-Kyu Oh, Bo-Hyeon Lee, Dong-Wan Ko, Tae-Seob Oh, Seung-Gi Hong, Chang-Ki Kwon, Daihyun Lim, Myeong-O Kim, Seung-Jun Bae, Tae-Young Oh, Sang-Jun Hwang Samsung Electronics, Hwaseong, Korea The rapid grow
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Session 30
Memory
A 24Gb 42.5Gb/s GDDR7 DRAM with Low-Power WCK
Sang-Hoon Kim, Jaehyeok Baek, Moon-Chul Choi, Daewoong Lee, Donggun An, Se mi Kim, Yeonggeun Song, Minkyo Shim, Sung-Yong Cho, Dongha Lee, Gunhee Cho, In-Woo Jun, Juseop Park, TaeYoon Lee, Hwan-Chul Jung, Chanyong Lee, G
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Session 30
Memory
A 1Tb 3b/cell 3D-Flash Memory with a 29%-Improved-EnergyEfficiency Read Operation and 4.8Gb/s Power-Isolated Low-Tapped-Termination I/Os
Yumi Higashi1, Yutaka Shimizu1, Akihiro Imamoto1, Kazuaki Kawaguchi1, Koji Tabata1, Takeshi Nakano1, Yusuke Ochi1, Hiroaki Hoshino1, Takeshi Hioka1, Shigehito Saigusa1, Hiroki Date1, Masaki Unno1, Jumpei Sato1, You Kamat
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Session 30
Memory
A 28Gb/mm2 4XX-Layer 1Tb 3b/cell WF-Bonding 3D-NAND Flash with 5.6Gb/s/pin IOs
Chung-Ho Yu, Hirano Makoto, Yongseok Kwon, Jong-Hoon Park, Ho-Joon Kim, Daein Lee, Donghyun Seo, Byungrok Go, Seoyoon Jeon, Yoonjee Kim, Doo-Hyun Kim, Youngmin Jo, Hyunjun Yoon, Junehong Park, Inmo Kim, Sunghoon Kim, Hok
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Session 3
Analog Circuits
A CMOS Operational Amplifier Achieving ±5.8µV 3σ Offset and ±88nV/°C 3σ Offset Drift Using an On-Chip Heater-Based Self-Trimming Technique
important that the corresponding D0IDAC1vos code is used to ensure the opamp offset at Troom remains zero. Aodong Zhang1, Mingtao Zhan1, Mengying Chen2, Yi Zhong1, Lu Jie1, Nan Sun1, Qinwen Fan2 The trimming accuracy is