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Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark 1 2 Skin is the interface between our body and the environment. Its unique properties and sensing capabilities allow us to perceive the world around us. Information about shape, texture

Neural interfaces, including retinal and brain implants, require increasing postcompression uplink data rates >10Mb/s to send data from larger and denser recording arrays. In retinal implants, electrical recording data f

Closing the angular resolution gap between CMOS radar and optical imaging systems can enable an entirely new cost-effective radar-centric perception solution, but requires extremely large transceiver (TRX) arrays to achi

Oceans play a critical role in our ecosystem – they regulate weather and global temperature, serve as the largest carbon sink and the greatest source of oxygen. Maintaining ocean health is of paramount importance and has

CA 1 2 Histograms of Oriented Gradients (HOG) are attractive features for object detection in embedded vision applications, as they provide a good trade-off between complexity and detection accuracy. A custom 8b CMOS ima

latency, bandwidth, and privacy has created demand for low-energy deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs). The single-layer classifier in [1] achieves sub-nJ operation, but is limited to moderate accuracy on low-comple

invasive miniaturized solutions that operate reliably at large depths, provide duplex communication for closed-loop therapies, and enable multi-access for a network of implants to gather information or provide systemic i

Matrix multiplication, enabled by multiply-and-accumulate hardware, is ubiquitous in signal processing, computer graphics, machine learning, and optimization. Many important applications with inherent robustness to reduc

NXP Semiconductors, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 1 2 Successive-approximation-register (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) have generated a great deal of interest in the past several years. While most of the recent w

Qualcomm, San Jose, CA 1 2 VCO design for cellular applications to achieve universal coverage for a wide range of frequencies (400MHz to 3700MHz) in different standards and meeting stringent out-of-band and in-band phase

1. Introduction Technology scaling has decreased the cost of computing to the point where it can be included in almost anything. As a result, we now live in a world surrounded by computing devices. They power our searche

RF power amplifiers (PA) implemented in a scaled CMOS technology typically have a low maximum output power because they operate from a low supply voltage. This paper proposes an array RF PA able to deliver a large output

phases at low area and power overhead from a two-phase clock without frequency conversion is desirable for half-rate CDR architectures. This is useful for both embedded and forwarded clock systems, where quadrature gener

area, delay, and power consumption of FPGAs relative to ASICs. In [1] it is estimated that a 3D-FPGA with the configuration memory stacked on top of the FPGA logic and routing can achieve 57% smaller die area than a base

Sony, Atsugi, Japan 1 2 Low power consumption is a primary concern in many CMOS image-sensor applications. As the resolution of these sensors has increased while maintaining or increasing their frame rates, A/D conversio

Fully autonomous implantable systems with locomotion can revolutionize medical technology, and include applications ranging from diagnostics to minimally invasive surgery. However, the extreme power requirements of fluid

Robert Bosch, Palo Alto, CA 1 2 Precision accelerometers are used in a variety of automotive applications, navigation systems, and low-level vibration-monitoring systems. Currently, these sensors are factory-calibrated t

electronics that can mechanically flex, span large areas, and integrate with polymeric materials. Potential applications include flexible displays, biochemical sensors, and artificial skin. In many applications, OTFTs ac

Wireless powering of implanted devices obviates the need for batteries, which must be periodically replaced and constitute a health risk. There has long been an assumption that efficient wireless transfer of power to bio

Conventional image sensors have improved with technology scaling mainly by reducing pixel size to increase spatial resolution [1,2]. As resolution approaches the limits of existing optics, is there much to gain from furt