The three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit technology developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory allows circuit structure that forms on several silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates to be integrated into a 3D integrated circuit. This 3D technology gives the possibility of better thermal and noise management, more compact design, and so on. However, circuit design in the 3D technology has not been f...

This paper describes a knowledge-based system for automatically synthesizing integrated circuit layouts for NMOS cells. The desired cell layouts are specified in terms of their general structural and functional characteristics. From these initial specifications, the system produces correct and CoriJpact cell layouts. The system performs this task by generating plan steps at different levels of ...

III.1. Basic Model for the Operational Amplifier. The OPerational AMPlifier (OPAMP) is a key building block in analog integrated circuit design. The OPAMP is composed by several transistors and passive elements (resistors and capacitors) and arranged such that its low frequency voltage gain is very high; the dc gain of the OPAMP-741 is around 10 V/V (10 μV at the input give us 1 V at the output...

Afm&act — We present a novel approach to nonlinear large-signaf FET model parameter extraction for GaAs MESFET devices measured under large-signaf condkions. Powerful nonlinear adjoint-based optimizatio~ which employs the harmonic bafance method as the nonlinear circuit simulation technique, simultaneously processes mrdtibias, yultipower inputs, mnki-fundamental-frequency excitations, and mnfti...

and test fucture. The light generated by a high speed 800nm wavelength transmitter was coupled to the detectors using a singlemode fibre. The level of optical power was adjusted by a variable optical attenuator. Fig. 3 shows the eye diagram of a 2.4Gbit/s input current to the laser transmitter and the received eye diagram at 1V9 error rate. The bit error rate (BER) has been measured against inc...

• Small physical size: The space constraints of many detectors, most notably pixel vertex detectors, absolutely require custom microelectronics. Even when commercial electronics can be used, small ASICs can often be positioned closer to the sensor than would otherwise be possible. This reduces input capacitance and improves noise performance. In many cases the size of the cable plant is also re...

Advances in integrated circuit design, image and audio coding and computer architecture have made it possible to develop desktop-based multimedia telecommunications systems at modest cost. We examine how desktop multimedia telecommunications using various network technologies between workstations have been used to allow non-experts to perform tasks typical of their day-to-day work, and show tha...

This paper describes the experience in teaching integrated circuit design using an educational tool called Microwind through a Project-Based Learning approach. The evolution of the tool in the context of technology scale down is described, with focus on nanoscale technologies. An evaluation of the courses taught in two institutions (INSA France, and UniSA Australia) shows high levels of student...