ISSCC 2026
Session 8
Wireline I/O
A 72Gb/s/pin Single-Ended Simultaneous Bi-Directional Transceiver with C-Peaking Leakage Cancellation and Dual-Loop Hybrid Impedance Calibration for Chiplet Interfaces
Abstract This paper presents a 72Gb/s/pin single-ended simultaneously bi-directional (SBD) TRX in 28nm CMOS. Capacitive peaking leakage cancellation (CPLC) suppresses the high-frequency leakage due to the main and hybrid
ISSCC 2026
Session 7
Image Sensors
A 55nm Intelligent Vision SoC Achieving 346TOPS/W System Efficiency via Fully Analog Sensing-to-Inference Pipeline
presents a fully analog intelligent vision SoC that eliminates both sensorprocessor and inter-layer A/D conversions for end-to-end vision. A continuous analog datapath from sensing to multi-layer inference is enabled by
ISSCC 2026
Session 37
Memory
A 72Gb/s/pin Single-Ended Driver-Cooperative Coded PAM3 Transceiver with Asymmetric Data-Dependent Equalization and Bias-Peaking for Chiplets and Memory Interfaces
Abstract This paper presents a 72Gb/s/pin PAM-3 single-ended transceiver in 28nm CMOS. Drivercooperative coding enhances signal integrity and reduces signaling power by ≥46%. Asymmetric data-dependent equalization and bi
ISSCC 2026
Session 36
AI / ML
A 16.4nJ/Class Patient-Independent Prototype-Based Spatio-Temporal CNN Processor with Forward-Inference-Based Adaptation for Robust and Low-Latency Seizure Detection
Abstract We present a patient-independent, prototype-based spatio-temporal CNN processor for seizure detection, achieving high accuracy without patient-specific data, at an energy of 16.4nJ/class and latency of <120ms. A
ISSCC 2026
Session 22
Other
A Radiation-Hardened Self-Healing CMOS Imager with Online Pixel/Logic Annealing and Tile-Adaptive Compression for Space Applications
Abstract CMOS imagers in space suffer radiation-induced faults and downlink bandwidth limits. This work presents an 180nm self-healing imager with localized online thermal annealing for both pixels and logic, as well as
ISSCC 2025
Session 9
Power Management
A 93%-Peak-Efficiency Battery-Input 12-to-36V-Output Inductor-in-the-Middle Hybrid Boost Converter with Continuous Input and Output Currents and Fast Transient with No RHP Zero
University of Macau, Macau, China 3 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 1 2 Recent emerging applications, such as LiDAR transceivers for autonomous driving and motor drivers for drones and robots, raise the requirements
ISSCC 2025
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
ISSCC 2024
Session 31
Power Management
An 85-264Vac to 3-4.2Vdc 1.05W Capacitive Power Converter with Idle Power Reduction and 4-Phase 1/10X SC Converter Achieving 5.11mW Quiescent Power and 78.2% Peak Efficiency
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China 3 Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1 2 Smart homes and smart buildings require numerous offline devices such as IoT nodes, object sensors, smoke detectors, etc. Those device
ISSCC 2024
Session 31
Power Management
A 3.6W 16V-Output 180ns-Response-Time 94%-Efficiency SC Sigma Converter with Output Impedance Compensation and Ripple Mitigation for LiDAR Driver Applications
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China 3 Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands 4 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China *Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) 1 2 The rapid adoption of light detection a