ISSCC 2017
Session 21
Digital Processors
A 3-to-5V Input 100Vpp Output 57.7mW 0.42% THD+N Highly Integrated Piezoelectric Actuator Driver
Piezoelectric actuators are used in a growing range of applications, e.g., haptic feedback systems, cooling fans, and microrobots. However, to fully realize their potential, these actuators require drivers able to effici
ISSCC 2011
Session 15
Digital Processors
A Fully-Integrated 3-Level DC/DC Converter for Nanosecond-Scale DVS with Fast Shunt Regulation
In recent years, chip multiprocessor architectures have emerged to scale performance while staying within tight power constraints. This trend motivates percore/block dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) with fast
ISSCC 2008
Session 7
Other
CMOS Mini Nuclear Magnetic Resonance System and its Application for Biomolecular Sensing
system (Fig. 7.3.1), made possible by CMOS integration of a highly sensitive and versatile RF transceiver. The system’s functionality is verified through proton NMR measurements in water and biomolecular sensing. The sys
ISSCC 2008
Session 25
Wireline I/O
An 8×3.2Gb/s Parallel Receiver with Collaborative Timing Recovery
high-performance computing systems that enable high-throughput CPUto-CPU and CPU-to-memory data transfers. Slower wide-bus interfaces have been replaced by a narrower collection of higherspeed serial links (e.g., FBDIMM
ISSCC 2008
Session 22
Other
A Process-Variation-Tolerant Floating-Point Unit with Voltage Interpolation and Variable Latency
Process variation will greatly impact the power and performance of future microprocessors. Design approaches based on multiple supply or threshold voltage assignment provide techniques to statically tune critical path de