Special Section on Analog Circuit Techniques in the Digital-Oriented Era
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 . FOREWORD ........................................................ 209
        Yasuhiro SUGIMOTO

INVITED PAPER
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 . Analog Circuit Design Methodology in a Low Power RISC Microprocessor
            ........................................................ 210
        Koichiro ISHIBASHI, Hisayuki HIGUCHI, Toshinobu SHIMBO, Kunio
        UCHIYAMA,Kenji SHIOZAWA, Naotaka HASHIMOTO, and Shuji IKEDA

PAPERS
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 . A 2-GHz 60-dB Dynamic-Range Si Logarithmic/Limiting Amplifier with
   Low Phase Deviations ............................................ 218
        Tsuneo TSUKAHARA and Masayuki ISHIKAWA

 . A Novel Broad-Band MMIC VCO Using an Active Inductor ............ 224
        Hitoshi HAYASHI and Masahiro MURAGUCHI

 . 10ƒÊA Quiescent Current Opamp Design for LCD Driver ICs ......... 230
        Tetsuro ITAKURA and Hironori MINAMIZAKI

 . A Low Power Dissipation Technique for a Low Voltage OTA ......... 237
        Eitake IBARAGI, Akira HYOGO, and Keitaro SEKINE

 . Realization of Universal Active Complex Filter Using CClls and
   CFCClls ......................................................... 244
        Xiaoxing ZHANG, Xiayu NI, Masahiro IWAHASHI, and Noriyoshi
        KAMBAYASHI

LETTERS
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 . An 8 Bit Current-Mode CMOS A/D Converter with Three Level Folding
   Amplifiers ...................................................... 252
        Kyung-Myun KIM and Kwang Sub YOON

 . A Current-to-Frequency Converter for Switched-Current Circuits .. 256
        Yukihiro KURODA, Akira HYOGO, and Keitaro SEKINE

 . Design of a Sub-1.5V, 20MHz, 0.1% MOS Current-Mode Sample-and-Hold
   Circuit ......................................................... 258
        Yasuhiro SUGIMOTO and Masahiro SEKIYA

 . A Realization of a Low-Voltage Differential-Output OTA Using a
   Simple CM Amplifier ............................................. 261
        Fujihiko MATSUMOTO and Yasuaki NOGUCHI

 . Current-Mode Active RC Filters Using Current Followers .......... 265
        Mitsuo OKINE and Noriaki KATSUHARA

Regular Section
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PAPERS
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[Acoustics]

 . Perceptual Contributions of Static and Dynamic Features of Vocal
   Tract Characteristics to Talker Individuality ................... 268
        Weizhong ZHU and Hideki KASUYA

[Digital Signal Processing]

 . Consideration on the Optimum Interpolation and Design of Linear
   Phase Filterbanks with High Attenuation in Stop Bands ........... 275
        Takuro KIDA and Yuichi KIDA

[Modeling and Simulation]

 . A Simulation Scheme for Estimating Deadline of Real-Time Task
   Modeled in Timed Petri Net ...................................... 288
        Won-Ho CHUNG and Hyunsoo YOON

 . On Analysis of Acceptable Region of a Statistical Multiplexer Based
   on Fractional Brownian Traffic Models ........................... 295
        Suhono HARSO SUPANGKAT, Shuji KAWASAKI, and Hiroyoshi MORITA

[Numerical Analysis and Optimization]

 . ILIN: An Implementation of the Integer Labeling Algorithm for
   Integer Programming ............................................. 304
        Qiang LI, Fred JANSSEN, Zaifu YANG, and Tetsuo IDA

[Algorithms and Data Structures]

 . Generalized Edge-Rankings of Trees .............................. 310
        Xiao ZHOU, Md. Abul KASHEM, and Takao NISHIZEKI

[Information Theory and Coding Theory]

 . A Sufficient Condition for Ruling Out Some Useless Test Error
   Patterns in Iterative Decoding Algorithms ....................... 321
        Takuya KOUMOTO, Tadao KASAMI, and Shu LIN

[Spread Spectrum Technologies and Applications]

 . Performances of Asynchronous Slow-Frequency-Hopped Multiple Access
   Systems with RTT Techniques for Side Information Generation ..... 327
        Ing-Jiunn SU and Jingshown WU

[Neural Networks]

 . A Tighter Upper Bound on Storage Capacity of Multilayer Networks  333
        Haruhisa TAKAHASHI

LETTERS
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[Analog Signal Processing]

 . Equal-R, Equal-C Current Mode Butterworth Lowpass Filters ....... 340
        Ahmed M. SOLIMAN

 . Bayesian Formulation of Nonlinear Filters and Their Electronic
   Implementation .................................................. 343
        Sadanobu YOSHIMOTO and Kiichi URAHAMA

[Nonlinear Problems]

 . New Formulas on Orthogonal Functionals of Stochastic Binary Sequence
   with Unequal Probability ........................................ 347
        Lan GAO and Junichi NAKAYAMA

[Information Theory and Coding Theory]

 . A Systematic Construction of Inner Codes in Generalized Concatenated
   Codes for Correcting Unidirectional Byte Errors ................. 351
        Ching-Nung YANG and Chi-Sung LAIH

[Neural Networks]

 . A Comparative Study of Eight Learning Algorithms for Artificial
   Neural Networks Based on a Real Application ..................... 355
        Yadira SOLANO and Hiroaki IKEDA

 . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J81-A, No.2 in Japanese) ........... 358