Special Issue on Multimedia, Analog and Processing LSIs ======================================================= . FOREWORD ....................................................... 1847 Gensuke GOTO [Multimedia System LSIs] INVITED PAPERS ============== . Current Status of Future Television System Development ......... 1849 Yuichi NINOMIYA PAPERS ====== . Development of Improved Low Power MUSE (HDTV) Decoder Chip Set 2.5th Generation MUSE Chip Set ....................................... 1859 Kiyoshi KOHIYAMA, Kota OTSUBO, Hidenaga TAKAHASHI, Kiyotaka OGAWA and Yukio OTOBE . An Efficient Self-Timed Queue Architecture for ATM Switch LSIs . 1865 Harufusa KONDOH, Hideaki YAMANAKA, Masahiko ISHIWAKI, Yoshio MATSUDA and Masao NAKAYA . VLSI Implemented 60Mb/s QPSK/OQPSK Burst Digital Demodulator for Radio Application .............................................. 1873 Yoichi MATSUMOTO, Kiyoshi KOBAYASHI, Tetsu SAKATA, Kazuhiko SEKI, Shuji KUBOTA and Shuzo KATO . 3-D CG Media Chip: An Experimental Single-Chip Architecture for Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics ............................ 1881 Takao WATANABE, Kazushige AYUKAWA and Yoshinobu NAKAGOME . Ultra-High-Speed and Universal-Coding-Rate Viterbi Decoder VLSIC --SNUFEC VLSI-- ................................................ 1888 Katsuhiko KAWAZOE, Shunji HONDA, Shuji KUBOTA and Shuzo KATO [Analog LSIs] INVITED PAPERS ============== . Evolution of Mixed-Signal Communications LSIs .................. 1895 Masayuki ISHIKAWA, Tsuneo TSUKAHARA and Yukio AKAZAWA PAPERS ====== . A Video-Rate 10-b Triple-Stage Bi-CMOS A/D Converter ........... 1903 Akira MATSUZAWA and Shoichiro TADA . Digital Correction Technique for Multi-Stage Noise-Shaping with an RC-Analog Intergrator .......................................... 1912 Yasuyuki MATSUYA, Naohiko YUUKI and Yukio AKAZAWA [Processors] INVITED PAPERS ============== . An Overview of Video Coding VLSIs .............................. 1920 Ryota KASAI and Toshihiro MINAMI PAPERS ====== . AHalf-Pel Precision Motion Estimation Processor for NTSC-Resolution Video .......................................................... 1930 Shin-ichi URAMOTO, Akihiko TAKABATAKE, Mitsuyoshi SUZUKI, Hiroki SAKURAI and Masahiko YOSHIMOTO . Neural Network Multiprocessors Applied with Dynamically Reconfigurable Pipeline Architecture ........................... 1937 Takayuki MORISHITA and Iwao TERAMOTO [Processor Interfaces] INVITED PAPERS ============== . High-Speed, Small-Amplitude I/O Interface Circuits for Memory Bus Application .................................................... 1944 Masao TAGUCHI PAPERS ====== . A PLL-Based Programmable Clock Generator with 50- to 350-MHz Oscillating Range for Video Signal Processors .................. 1951 Junichi GOTO, Masakazu YAMASHINA, Toshiaki INOUE, Benjamin S. SHIH, Youichi KOSEKI, Tadahiko HORIUCHI, Nobuhisa HAMATAKE, Kouichi KUMAGAI, Tadayoshi ENOMOTO and Hachiro YAMADA . Design of a 3.2GHz 50mW 0.5 ƒÊm GaAs PLL-Based Clock Generator with 1V Power Supply ................................................ 1957 Tadayoshi ENOMOTO and Toshiyuki OKUYAMA Regular Section =============== PAPERS ====== [Semiconductor Materials and Devices] . A Novel Effective-Channel-Length/External-Resistance Extraction Method for Small-Geometry MOSFET's ............................. 1966 Takaaki YAGI, You-Wen YI, Mitsuchika SAITOH and Nobuo MIKOSHIBA [Opto-Electronics] . Statistical Analysis on Connection Characteristics of Optical Fiber Connectors ..................................................... 1970 Yasuhiro ANDO, Shin'ichi IWANO, Kazunori KANAYAMA and Ryo NAGASE [Electromagnetic Theory] . Electromagnetic Plane Wave Scattering by a Loaded Trough on a Ground Plane .......................................................... 1983 Ryoichi SATO and Hiroshi SHIRAI LETTERS ======= [Opto-Electronics] . A Beam Adaptive Frame for Finite-Element Beam-Propagation Analysis ....................................................... 1990 Ikuo TAKAKUWA, Akihiro MARUTA and Masanori MATSUHARA . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol. J77-C-I, J77-C-II, No.12 in Japanese) ....................................................... 1993 . 1994 INDEX ..................................................... 1998