Special Issue on Low-Voltage, Low-Power Integrated Circuits =========================================================== . FOREWORD ........................................................ 333 Katsuhiro SHIMOHIGASHI INVITED PAPERS ============== . Overview of Low-Power ULSI Circuit Techniques ................... 334 Tadahiro KURODA and Takayasu SAKURAI . Trends in Secondary Batteries for Portable Electronic Equipment . 345 Kazunobu MATSUMOTO and Akira KAWAKAMI PAPERS ====== [Device Technology] . High-Speed High-Density Self-Aligned PNP Technology for Low-Power Complementary Bipolar ULSIs ..................................... 353 Katsuyoshi WASHIO, Hiromi Shimamoto and Tohru NAKAMURA . High-Speed and Low-Power n+-p+ Double-Gate SOI CMOS ............. 360 Kunihiro SUZUKI, Tetsu TANAKA, Yoshiharu TOSAKA, Hiroshi HORIE and Toshihiro SUGII . Monolithic Integration of Resonant Tunneling Diode and HEMT for Low-Voltage, Low-power Digital Circuits ......................... 368 Yuu WATANABE, Yasuhiro NAKASHA, Kenji IMANISHI and Masahiko TAKIKAWA [Digital Circuits] . A New Emitter-Follower Circuit for High-Speed and Low-Power ECL . 374 Nagisa SASAKI, Hisayasu SATO, Kimio UEDA, Koichiro MASHIKO and Hiroshi SHIBATA . A 1.5-V 250-MHz to 3.0-V 622-MHz Operation CMOS Phase-Locked Loop with Precharge Type Phase-Frequency Detector .................... 381 Harufusa KONDOH, Hiromi NOTANI, Tsutomu YOSHIMURA, Hiroshi SHIBATA and Yoshio MATSUDA . A 0.9-V, 2.5 MHz CMOS 32-bit Microprocessor ..................... 389 Hiroaki SUZUKI, Toshichika SAKAI, Hisao HARIGAI and Yoichi YANO . A Low Power Bus Architecture with Local and Global Charge-Recycling Bus Techniques for Battery-Operated Ultra-High Data Rate ULSI's . 394 Hiroyuki YAMAUCHI, Hironori AKAMATSU and Tsutomu FUJITA . Dynamic Terminations for Low-Power High-Speed Chip Interconnection in Portable Equipment ........................................... 404 Takayuki KAWAHARA, Masakazu AOKI and Katsutaka KIMURA [Analog Circuits] . Low-Voltage Analog Circuit Design Techniques: A Review .......... 414 Kazuo KATO . A Monolithic GaAs Linear Power Amplifier Operating with a Single Low 2.7-V Supply for 1.9-GHz Digital Mobile Communication Applications ........................................................ 424 Masami NAGAOKA, Tomotoshi INOUE, Katsue KAWAKYU, Shuichi OBAYASHI, Hiroyuki KAYANO, Eiji TAKAGI, Yoshikazu TANABE, Misao YOSHIMURA, Kenji ISHIDA, Yoshiaki KITAURA and Naotaka UCHITOMI . Low-Power Technology for GaAs Front-End ICs ..................... 430 Tadayoshi NAKATSUKA, Junji ITOH, Kazuaki TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki SAKAI, Makoto TAKEMOTO, Shinji YAMAMOTO, Kazuhisa FUJIMOTO, Morikazu SAGAWA and Osamu ISHIKAWA [DA/Architecture] . A Method for Reducing Power Consumption of CMOS Logic Based on Signal Transition Probability ................................... 436 Kunihiro ASADA and Junichi AKITA . Synergistic Power/Area Optimization with Transistor Sizing and Wire Length Minimization ............................................. 441 Masaaki YAMADA, Sachiko KUROSAWA, Reiko NOJIMA, Naohito KOJIMA, Takashi MITSUHASHI and Nobuyuki GOTO Regular Section =============== PAPERS ====== [Opto-Electronics] . A Nixed Photonic/Electronic Circuit Simulation Including Transient Noise Sources ................................................... 447 Eiichi SANO and Mikio YONEYAMA [Electromagnetic Theory] . Enhanced Two-Level Optical Resonance in Spherical Microcavities . 454 Kazuya HAYATA, Tsutomu KOSHIDA and Masanori KOSHIBA . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J78-C-I, J78-C-II, No.4 in Japanese) ........................................................ 462