We present a novel hybrid CMOS-MQCA architecture using multi-layer Spintronic devices as computing elements. A feasibility study is presented with 22nm CMOS where new approaches for spin transfer torque induced clocking and readout scheme for variability-tolerance are introduced. A firstof-its-kind Spintronic device model enables circuit simulation using existing CAD infrastructure. Approximate...

Graduate students can usually be classi ed in two categories: research engineers and practicing engineers. The microelectronic systems education of these two groups of students have di erent objectives. This paper describes a one semester course developed to meet the objectives for both groups of students. The course lectures cover custom and semicustom CMOS VLSI circuit design, and the laborat...

In this paper we describe a method for modeling channel-based asynchronous circuits using Verilog HDL. We suggest a method to model CSP-like channels in Verilog HDL. This method also describes nonlinear pipelines and highlevel channel timing properties, such as forward and backward latencies, minimum cycle time, and slack. Using Verilog enables us to describe the circuit at many levels of abstr...

In the letter we extend our previous work, which applies genetic programming to passive filter synthesis tasks. The extended method deals with the tolerance design considerations. Experimental results show that our method can effectively generate filters which outperform those generated by traditional methods. In addition, it provides filter designers with an effective CAD tool to manage the tr...

We show how an extended Prolog can be exploited to implement different electronic CAD tools. Starting with a computer hardware description language (CHDL) several problems like digital circuit analysis, simulation and code generation for programmable microprocessors are discussed. For that purpose a part of the MIMOLA (machine independent micropro-gramming language) system MSS (MIMOLA hardware ...

Binary Optics: Binary (diffractive) optics uses computer-aided design (CAD) tools and verylarge-scale-integration (VLSI) electronic circuit manufacturing technology to create novel optical devices and to provide design freedom and new materials choices for optical elements. When combined with conventional (refractive) optical lens systems, binary optical systems cannot only provide athermalizat...

Semiconductor designers are now in the business of system design and significant productivity improvements can only be reached through an additional investment upstream in architectural understanding. Chip layout strategies shall now result from such upstream decisions implying new developments in precharacterized cells used at the breadboard level, functional simulation using custom CAD tools....

The goal of this work was to model the influence of the substrate skin effects on the distributed mutual impedance per unit length parameters of multiple coupled onchip interconnects. The proposed analytic model is based on the frequency-dependent distribution of the current in the silicon substrate and the closed form integration approach. It is shown that the calculated frequency-dependent di...

This paper is a brief survey on hw/sw codesign, its present features and its possible future developments. It is beyond the scope of this article to give a full explanation of all the steps that lead to a complete design. We will, instead, focus our attention on that set of evaluation criteria used to estimate the eeciency of a design in terms of time to market, cost, power consumption, area oc...

The Institute of Electronics Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Transactions on Fundamentals announces a special section on "Analog Circuit Techniques and Related Topics" to be published in February 2016. Today's development of LSI technology has brought drastic improvement in wireline & wireless network communication, and its scope is still expanding including living, medical and ...