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…
Architecture -- Logic -- Circuits and Layout -- Verification and Testing -- Tools -- Verilog.I am honored to write the foreword for Chandra Thimmannagari’s book on CPU design. Chandra’s book provides a practical overview of Microprocessor and high end ASIC design as practiced today. It is a valuable addition to the literature on CPU design, and is made possible by Chandra’s unique combina…
Delta Modulation Systems -- Linear Arithmetic Operations -- Basic Ternary Logic Circuits -- Multivalued Arithmetic Operations -- Nonlinear Arithmetic Operations -- Mixed Processing of ?-?M Sequences -- Decoding of First-Order ?-?M Sequences -- PCM — ?-?M Converters -- Stochastic Processing Using ?-?M -- Measurements Based on ?-?M -- LP?-?M and BP?-?M Circuits.This book is intended for student…
Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Preliminaries. 2.1. Notation. 2.2. Boolean Functions. 2.3. Decomposition of Boolean Functions. 2.4. Reduced Ordered Binary Decision Diagrams -- 3. Exact node Minimization. 3.1. Branch and Bound Algorithm. 3.2. A*-Based Optimization. 3.3. Summary -- 4. Heuristic node Minimization. 4.1. Efficient Dynamic Minimization. 4.2. Improved Lower Bounds for Dynamic Reordering.…
Theory -- Foundations of Molecular Electronics – Charge Transport in Molecular Conduction Junctions -- AC-Driven Transport Through Molecular Wires -- Electronic Structure Calculations for Nanomolecular Systems -- Ab-initio Non-Equilibrium Green’s Function Formalism for Calculating Electron Transport in Molecular Devices -- Tight-Binding DFT for Molecular Electronics (gDFTB) -- Current-Induc…
to Particle-Beam Formation -- Methods of Fields Calculation -- Fundamentals of Charged-Particle Motion -- Motion of Intense Charged-Particle Beams -- Electron Guns -- Electron and Ion Sources with Field and Plasma Emitters -- Magnetic Focusing Systems -- Electrostatic Focusing Systems -- Optical Systems of Technological Installations -- Intense Relativistic Charged-Particle Beams -- Multiple-Be…
Ferroelectrics, Nano-scale phenomena, High k Dielectrics -- Nanoscale Phenomena in Ferroelectric Thin Films -- High-K Candidates for Use as the Gate Dielectric in Silicon Mosfets -- Science and Technology of High-Dielectric Constant (K) Thin Films for Next Generation CMOS -- Magnetic Memory and Spintronics -- Materials Requirements for Magnetic Random-Access Memory (MRAM) Devices -- Manganite, …
Material Science -- Resumé of Semiconductor Physics -- Realisation of Potential Barriers -- Electronic Device Principles -- Heterostructure Bipolar Transistors - HBTs -- Hetero Field Effect Transistors (HFETs) -- Tunneling Phenomena -- Optoelectronics -- Integration -- Outlook.Quantum size effects are becoming increasingly important in microelectronics as the dimensions of the structures shrin…
Technological Basis of Bulk-Silicon-Microtechnique -- Orientation Dependent Etching of Silicon -- General Overview of the Shape- and Functional Elements and the Procedure of their Design -- Simple Shape Elements -- Elements for Mechanical Applications -- Elements for Fluidic Applications -- Elements for Optical Applications.This methodic manual presents a survey of the form-related and function…