In this chapter a state-of-the-art review on analog integrated circuit (IC) design automation tools applied to the specification translation problem is presented. Having the right topology for a given set of specifications is indispensable for a high performance design. An inadequate topology makes the design more difficult (or even impossible), and may require unnecessary resources, which is n...

This paper presents an investigation on the processes, trends, and applications of the BiCMOS technology in the fields of microelectronics and communication electronics. The investigation will focus on the design perspectives and different modifications that were developed to provide a very-high performance BiCMOS integrated circuit for both digital and mixed-signal applications. E. A. Gonzalez...

This document describes a methodology for estimating the coupling of signals through the substrate of a mixed-signal integrated circuit. Permission to make copies, either paper or electronic, of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that the copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that the copies are complete and unmodified. To...

3D integration is the big next step in system integration. It is still an emerging technology though and its implications on die and packages are not fully understood yet. Furthermore, it comes in many different process flavors. Adoption by mainstream designers requires the availability of tools that let them evaluate the cost and benefits of 3D compared to conventional system implementations. ...

We have experimentally investigated single-port injection-triggered switching in a new class of semiconductor ring lasers with integrated gain, phase and passive waveguide sections as a building-block for all-optical signal processing such as high-speed analog-to-digital conversion. ©2009 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (250.3140) Integrated optoelectronic circuits; (140.3560) Lasers, ring

We report multifunctional integrated photonic switches that provide optical wavelength conversion across the C-band at 3.5 Gb/s that is electrically packet-switched within a reconfiguration time of <2.5ns. These switches also provide optical packet-switching in <300ps. © 2005 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (250.3140) Integrated optoelectronic circuits; (060.2330) Fiber optics communicat...

Mesomorphic behaviors and photoconductive properties in the binary mixture composed of electron donor (R10D) and acceptor (R10A) mesogens were investigated in three different phases, i.e. crystalline, liquid crystalline and isotropic liquid phases. Optoelectronic properties for R10DA (R10D:R10AZ50:50 mol%) were compared with those of the individual R10D and R10A in the different phases. The mag...

The increasing interest in vertical-cavity surfaceemitting lasers (VCSEL’s) requires the corresponding development of circuit-level VCSEL models for use in the design and simulation of optoelectronic applications. Unfortunately, existing models lack either the computational efficiency or the comprehensiveness warranted by circuit-level simulation. Thus, in this paper we present a comprehensive ...

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...