The redFIR2 project at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits is a tool that provides optimised Finite Impulse Response structures. The generation process of these structures is based on a component library containing seven scalable basismodules. Depending on the chosen Integrated Circuit technology and on the I/O wordlengths the resource utilisation of the modules differ considerably...

This paper presents a wearable electrophysiological interface with enhanced immunity to motion artifacts. Anti-artifact schemes, including a patch-type modular structure and real-time automatic level adjustment, are proposed and verified in two wireless system prototypes of a patch-type electrocardiogram (ECG) module and an electromyogram (EMG)-based robot-hand controller. Their common ExG read...

With the rapid development of integrated circuits, its lead frame is increasingly high precision, which puts forward higher requirements for current research status and key technologies. In this paper, innovations structure control complex alloying, deformation, heat treatment high-precision frames manufactured by etching are reviewed. The relevant industrial chain at home abroad situation intr...

This paper presents a survey of the contemporary assistive chairs and on-chair sensing approaches of capturing sit-to-stand (STS) movement. Sitting in a chair and standing up from a seated position are activities of daily living (ADLs) performed by humans. However, older people often encounter difficulties with these activities. These difficulties may cause substantial decreasing of the elderly...

Every year, 3 million newborns die within the first month of life. Birth asphyxia and other breathing-related conditions are a leading cause of mortality during the neonatal phase. Current diagnostic methods are too sophisticated in terms of equipment, required expertise, and general logistics. Consequently, early detection of asphyxia in newborns is very difficult in many parts of the world, e...

Performance variation due to PVT uncertainty has led to an increased interest in adaptive designs. Traditional methods for adaptive design have used so-called canary circuits that mimic the critical-path delay of the actual design [1-4]. However, canary circuits require safety margins for possible mis-tracking and intradie PVT variations. They also have difficulty responding to rapidly changing...

Abstract--We have proposed, in this paper a, TCAD/DA methodology for MPU and ASIC with updated processes and devises, which allow a predictive chip-design with quick quantitative correlation studies between process-recipe and CKT & delay parameters required in DA works. Effects of statistical process variation on 0.35um CMOS have been rigorously characterized with a new global TCAD calibration ...

IN DESIGNING COMPLEX, highperformance boards, the designer must make several decisions: What surface-mount-technology (SMT) process should I use? What test escape rate is tolerable for custom ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits)? Is IEEE Std 1149.1 boundary scan necessary? What levels of board test coverage are best? If the designer failsto optimize these fundamental parameters of b...