Oscillators -- Structured design with FOMs -- Specifications -- Elementary properties -- Practical properties -- Figures of merit -- AC phase noise simulation tool -- Design examples -- Resonator quality factor -- Behavioral modeling building blocks -- The ideal limiter and two implementations -- Quadrature signal generation implementation examples -- The frequency of a switching N-stage ring o…
to Functional Verification -- Architecture Specification -- Architecture Specification -- Validation of Specification -- Top-Down Validation -- Executable Model Generation -- Design Validation -- Functional Test Generation -- Future Directions -- Conclusions.Validation of programmable architectures, consisting of processor cores, coprocessors, and memory subsystems, is one of the major bottlene…
Epitaxy: Wide Band-Gap Nitrides -- Epitaxy: Silicon-Germanium Alloys -- Epitaxy: Growth and Defect Phenomena -- High Resolution Microscopy and Nanoanalysis -- Self-Organised and Quantum Domain Structures -- Processed Silicon and Other Device Materials -- Device Studies -- Scanning Electron and Scanning Probe Advances.This is a long-established international biennial conference series, organised…
Introduction. Basic test issues. Introduction. A review of analogue fault diagnosis -- Fault Diagnosis of Analogue Circuits using Model-based Observer Scheme. Introduction. The diagnosis procedure. The test stimulus generation. The fault modelling. Approximation modelling of the analogue integrated circuits. Artificial neural networks: an overview. Summary and conclusions -- Fault Diagnosis in …
ADC Characterisation Based on Sinewave Analysis -- ADC Applications, Architectures and Terminology -- Sinewave Test Setup -- Time-Domain Data Analysis -- Frequency-Domain Data Analysis -- Code Histogram Test -- Comparative Study of ADC Sinewave Test Methods -- Measurement of Additional Parameters -- Jitter Measurement -- Differential Gain and Phase Testing -- Step and Transient Response Measure…
Building Predictable Systems on Chip: An Analysis of Guaranteed Communication in the Aethereal Network on Chip -- Service-Based Design of Systems on Chip and Networks on Chip -- Cache-Coherent Heterogeneous Multiprocessing as Basis for Streaming Applications -- Dataflow Analysis for Real-Time Embedded Multiprocessor System Design -- Resource Reservations in Shared-Memory Multiprocessor SoCs -- …
1. Transmitters -- 2. Power Amplifier Linearization -- 3. Digital Compensation Methods for Analog I/Q Modulator Errors -- 4. Direct Digital Synthesizers -- 5. Recursive Oscillators -- 6. Cordic Algorithm -- 7. Sources of Noise and Spurs in DDS -- 8. Spur Reduction Techniques in Sine Output Direct Digital Synthesizer -- 9. Blocks of Direct Digital Synthesizers -- 10. Current Steering D/A Convert…
Digital Design Concepts -- PLD Based Design -- Logic Design Concepts -- Verilog for Simulation and Synthesis -- Programmable Logic Devices -- Computer Architecture -- Design Prototyping -- Tools for Design and Prototyping -- Gate Level Combinational Design -- Designing Library Components -- Design Reuse -- HDL Based Design -- System Design Projects -- Sequential Multiplier -- VGA Adapter -- Key…
Design of Wireless Autonomous Dataloggers IC's reveals the state of the art in the design of complex dataloggers, with a special focus on low power consumption. The emphasis is on autonomous dataloggers for stand-alone applications with remote reprogrammability. The book starts with a comprehensive introduction on the most important design aspects and trade-offs for miniaturized low-power telem…
Introduction -- Statistics -- Yield Statistics -- Area Dependence of the Yield -- Statistics of Embedded Object Fails -- Fail Commonalities -- Spatial Patterns -- Test Coverage and Test Fallout -- Logic Diagnosis -- Slat Based Diagnosis -- Data Collection Requirements -- Appendix A. Distribution of IC Fails -- Appendix B. General Yield Model -- Appendix C. Simplified Center-Satellite Model -- A…