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20220558 : LETTER

A 41-GHz 19.4-dBm P_sat CMOS Doherty power amplifier for 5G NR applications

Zheng Li, Zixin Chen, Qiaoyu Wang, Junqing Liu, Jian Pang, Atsushi Shirane, Kenichi Okada

THz devices, circuits and modules

20230395 : LETTER

Low-noise balanced mixer for 300-GHz band based on Fermi-level managed barrier diode on SiC platform

Hiroshi Ito, Yuma Kawamoto, Takahiro Ohara, Tadao Nagatsuma, Tadao Ishibashi

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Sampling circuit issues in A/D converters and challenges for the solution

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High-definition technology of AI inference scheme for object detection on edge/terminal

Hiroyuki Uzawa, Shuhei Yoshida, Yukou Iinuma, Saki Hatta, Daisuke Kobayashi, Yuya Omori, Yusuke Horishita, Ken Nakamura, Shuichi Takada, Hassan Toorabally, Koyo Nitta, Koji Yamazaki, Kimikazu Sano

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20210041 :

A Defense Mechanism Against Transient Execution Attacks On SMT Processors

Xin Jin, Ningmei Yu

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20210335 :

SCPA: A Segemented Carry Prediction Approximate Adder Structure

Hao Liu, Ming-Jiang Wang, Ming Liu

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20220431 :

A non-battery pressure detection and communication system for basketball game referee based on piezoelectric devices

Yingxiang Gong, Zile Fan

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20220488 :

An Improved Buck-boost Power Converter for Switched Reluctance Generator Drive

Yinyi Zhu, Haitao Sun, Mingzhi Shao, Ruihao Wang, Zhenyu Zhao, Yan Chen

Power devices and circuits

20230009 :

Adaptive PID controller of permanent magnet linear synchronous motor based on particle swarm neural network

Jie Yang, Hong Fan

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20230094 :

Effects of underfill on wideband flip-chip packaging for 5G millimeter-wave applications

Haiyang Xia, Tao Zhang, Zhiqiang Liu, Huan Liu, Xu Wu, Lianming Li, Zhigong Wang

Power devices and circuits

20230181 :

Level-increased Model Predictive Control Method with Sub-module Circulating Current Suppression of Modular Multilevel Converter

Changtian Xu, Yanan Zhang, Xingwu Yang, Zhicheng Meng

Microwave and millimeter wave devices, circuits, and modules

20230191 :

Enhanced Darlington f_T-doubler Structure in a 25 GS/s Track-and-Hold Amplifier for Bandwidth Improvement

Luning Xiao, Wenxiang Zhen, Yongbo Su, Zhi Jin

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20230495 :

Application dependent FPGA interconnect test method with small test configuration number using SMT net-grouping constraints

Xinyu He, Jinmei Lai

Integrated circuits

20230570 :

An improved coverage optimization method for video sensor networks based on whale optimization algorithm

Haiyan Chen, Lei Lu

Integrated circuits

20230598 :

A 0.84-μA bandgap for high step-down DC-DC convertors with thermal compensation and protection

Jiarui Ren, Yue Zhao

Integrated circuits

20230634 :

Modeling and Direct Extraction of Parameters for GaAs HBT Small- Signal Equivalent Circuit

Wu Jianyu, Xu Mengdi, Zheng Yifei, Zhang Hongli, Xu Hao

Microwave and millimeter wave devices, circuits, and modules

20240339 :

A Transparent MIMO Antenna Employing Metal Mesh structure for SWB

Zewei Yang, Jingchang Nan, Jing Liu, Yifei Wang, Xun Zhao

Integrated circuits

20240528 :

A 2.8 fJ/conversion-step 10-bit 500 kS/s SAR ADC with low-power switching scheme and dynamic comparator

Linlin Huang, Jianhui Wu

Integrated circuits

20240565 :

Investigation of the Partially Recoverable Gate Leakage On Normally-OFF Schottky-type p-GaN gate AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

Xiaomin Chen, Yimin Shen, Feilong Qin

Integrated circuits

20240573 :

Analyzing the Synergistic Effect of Ionization and Displacement Damage in Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors Using Protons Irradiation

Yichen Li, Peng Lu, Zhongshan Zheng, Dong Zhang, Can Yang, Xiaojing Li, Yichao Sun, Bo Li

Integrated circuits

20240592 :

A pulse stretch circuit with resolution of 1.55ps used in low-cost low-power TDC

Linshan Pan, Zhenghao Lu, Xiaopeng Yu, Xiaohua Luo, Menglian Zhao

Integrated circuits

20240624 :

A high-performance 380 GHz GaAs Schottky diode based mixer and frequency doubler for Terahertz receiver front-ends

Nan Wu, Zhi Jin, Jingtao Zhou

Integrated circuits

20240662 :

Global Modulation Strategy and Analysis of DAB Converter Based on Efficiency optimization

Fusheng Wang, Dengyao Chen, Zhongma Wang, Wei Tong, Kun Wang

Integrated circuits

20240667 :

Complete Absorption of 2.45 GHz Microwaves by Multiple-Conductive-Layered System and Application in Heating Technology

Toshiyuki Sameshima, Tomoyoshi Miyazaki, Masahiko Hasumi, Wakana Kubo, Tomo Ueno

Integrated circuits

20240685 :

A 105.7 dB SNDR 176.1 dB FoMs Dynamic Zoom ADC with Noise-Coupled Enhancement

Guanqi Li, Wenchang Li, Tianyi Zhang, Jiapeng Li, Chi Zhang, Jian Liu

Devices, circuits and hardware for IoT and biomedical applications

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A 20kbps 98nW -62.8dBm Sensitivity Wake-up Receiver at 2.4GHz

Suhao Chen, Chenchong Yuan, Hongtao Huang, Yiming Hou, Yonghua Chu, Menglian Zhao, Xiaopeng Yu, Xiongchuan Huang

Integrated circuits

20240723 :

A 12 -82dB PSR LDO with PSR enhance technique and dynamic compensation technique

Shangzheng Yang, Xinwei Deng, Weibo Hu

Integrated circuits

20240727 :

A 25Gb/s 5.99pJ/bit SerDes receiver with CTLE and quarter-rate adaptive loop-unrolling 5-tap DFE in 28-nm CMOS technology for wireline medium-reach interconnection

Zhaoyang Liu, Bao Chen, Zhanhao Wen, Xuqiang Zheng, Zedong Wang, Jiang Xu, Wenxiang Zhen

Integrated circuits

20240601 :

A Precision-Scalable Sparse CNN Accelerator with Fine-Grained Mixed Bitwidth Configurability

Rongfeng Li, Xueming Li, Chaoming Yang, Xianghong Hu, Yuanmiao Lin, Shansen Fu, Hongmin Huang, Shuting Cai, Xiaoming Xiong

Integrated circuits

20240710 :

Design of a 25Gbps CTLE based on adjustable mid-frequency equalization and wide-bandwidth binaural negative capacitor

Rui Hua, Jianhua Zhang, Aiying Guo

Integrated circuits

20240720 :

Design and Analysis of a Low Voltage Overshoot CAN Transceiver Interface Circuit

Weifeng Liu, Jinhui Zhou, Li Zhang, Lei Bai

Integrated circuits

20240731 :

Design of a 470W GaN HEMT Asymmetric Doherty Power Amplifier Based on Enhanced Π-Type Dual Impedance Matching

Yushun Tian, Xinyu Chen, Zhiyong Chen

Integrated circuits

20240732 :

A composite strain GeOI PMOSFET for 2.45G weak energy rectification

Shang Yijin, Song Jianjun, Zhang Shiqi

Integrated circuits

20240745 :

A Pipelined ADC Calibration Technique Based on Time-Delay Neural Network with Ant Colony Optimization

Long Li, Yongsheng Yin, Yuhui Guo, Yongshun Liu, Jiashen Li, Honghui Deng, Hongmei Chen, Luotian Wu, Muqi Li

Integrated circuits

20240747 :

A low-profile substrate-integrated stacked magnetoelectric dipole antenna

Yu Dong, Xing Chen

Integrated circuits

20240755 :

Design considerations for ESD protection diodes in bulk FinFET technology

Dae-Yeol You, Jaeho Lee, Kang-Il Cho

Integrated circuits

20240759 :

Comparison of switching characteristics of 650Vpower devices using a double pulse circuit

Yoshiyuki Hattori, Tetsu Kachi

Integrated circuits

20250003 :

Design and implementation of a calibration source system for MIMO high-frequency radar

Hao Wang, Xianchang Yue, Lan Zhang, Liang Yu

Integrated circuits

20250005 :

A 0.7V 4.2μW 13 bit self-timed incremental NC-SMASH ADC with SAR-logic-based integrator

Junqi Liu, Menglian Zhao, Zhaonan Lu, Lingxin Meng, Zhichao Tan

Devices, circuits and hardware for IoT and biomedical applications

20250008 :

A Low-Power Keyword Spotting Chip with Multiplier-Free MFCC Feature Extractor

Jingsen Yang

THz devices, circuits and modules

20250016 :

Terahertz low-loss bent waveguide with multi-step transition utilizing silicon-based DRIE process

Haohua Zhang, Jun Li, Hua Wang, Bo Zhang, Fengwei Dai, Xinyu Zhang

Integrated circuits

20250018 :

Optimization of D Flip-Flop in RFID Reader Using Full Swing Gate Diffusion Input (FSGDI) with Buffer Circuit to Improve Power Efficiency

Robby Kurniawan Harahap, R.A. Sekar Ciptaning Anindya, Antonius Irianto Sukowati, Dyah Nur’ainingsih, Eri Prasetyo Wibowo, Widyastuti

Integrated circuits

20250028 :

A 1.2-V compact Bandgap Reference with Curvature Compensation technology

Zhenjie Yan, Binhan Zhang, Rui Yang, Yi Zheng, Jinghu Li, Zhicong Luo, Qiyan Sun

Integrated circuits

20250029 :

Remarkable Relation between TCS and Directivity through Narrow Slots in Thin Conducting Screen

Ki-Chai Kim, Kwon-Wook Son, Sung-Woo Jung, Young-Ki Cho

Energy harvesting devices, circuits and modules

20250031 :

Tuning magnetic properties by microstructure control of nanocrys-talline thin films for compact vibration energy harvesters

Kohya Sano, Takahiro Yamazaki, Yuta Nakamura, Mitsuru Ohtake, Chiemi Oka, Junpei Sakurai, Seiichi Hata

Integrated circuits

20250033 :

A 2.5dB Noise Figure 28GHz Current-Reused Noise-Cancelling LNA with g_m-Boosting in 65nm CMOS for Millimeter-Wave MIMO Applications

Yi Zhang, Minzhe Tang, Dongfan Xu, Jian Pang, Hiroyuki Sakai, Kazuaki Kunihiro, Atsushi Shirane, Kenichi Okada

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20250035 :

A 3-D Printed Broadband Circularly Polarized All-dielectric Millimeter-Wave Transmitarray Antenna

Xinlian Du, Yu Shao, Feihong Luo, Changhong Zhang, Jie Zhang

Integrated circuits

20250037 :

An SoC-Integrated sensor based on SAR ADC for simultaneous temperature and voltage monitoring

Yizhe Hu, Lili Lang, Yemin Dong

Integrated circuits

20250038 :

A Low-Phase-Noise Quadrature Voltage Oscillator with Peak Coupling Injection Technique in 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS

Longyan Zhao, Chengkui Jia, Sheng Xie, Luhong Mao, Naibo Zhang, Ruiliang Song

Integrated circuits

20250042 :

Ultra-Low Power and 1.5 Bit/Cell Ternary-SRAM Stability Modeling for Always-on Applications

Young-Eun Choi, Woo-Seok Kim, Myoung Kim, Min Woo Ryu, Kyung Rok Kim

Integrated circuits

20250046 :

Energy-efficient V_aq-based switching scheme with bottom-plate sampling for SAR ADCs

Huang Conggui

Integrated circuits

20250048 :

Design of Digital Tunneling-Magnetoresistance Sensors with 260pT/√Hz (@1Hz) Noise Density

Shanshan Wang, Xinpeng Di, Pengjun Wang, Zexin Ji, Xiaowei Zhang

Integrated circuits

20250050 :

A SiC MOSFET low switching loss strategy based on a reverse conduction

Nannan Sun, Kai Huang, Mingyan g Sun, Jing Zhang, Zhenjiang Gao, Chuman Cui, Tianyang Wang

Integrated circuits

20250058 :

ADC bandwidth doubler with Nyquist-rate sampling in analog-digital hybrid equivalent ideal filter

Koki Ihara, Yohtaro Umeda, Kyoya Takano

Integrated circuits

20250071 :

A fully integrated stepper motor driver with a novel integrated current sensing technology

Dawei Dong, Junyan Leng, Zhenrong Li, Bai Lei

Integrated circuits

20250079 :

A dual-channel fully parallel shifting-based WVD architecture for real-time processing applications

Runsheng Wang, Shanzhu Xiao, Qiuqun Deng, Huamin Tao, Jianxiong Zhou

Integrated circuits

20250080 :

Design of a Broadband High-Efficiency Class-GF Power Amplifier using a Two-Stage Branch Line Directional Coupler

Zhenhang Zhang, Zhiwei Zhang, Luyu Zhang, Chenlu Wang

Devices, circuits and hardware for IoT and biomedical applications

20250084 :

A high bit rate and self-stable probability true random number generator based on magnetic tunnel junction for IoT security applications

Sinan Zou, Xing Zhao, Yuan Xue, Jianfeng Gao, Yilu Li, Yan Cui, Jun Luo

Integrated circuits

20250092 :

An input buffer with opamp-based bootstrap circuit and cross-coupled substrate technique for 1.5-GS/s pipelined ADC in 40-nm CMOS process

Zeyu Li, Fangyuan Xu, Xuan Guo, Hanbo Jia, Kai Sun, Xinyu Liu

Power devices and circuits

20250095 :

A Smart Monolithic Integrated IGBT Gate Driver IC For Inverter and PFC Applications

Yutong Liu, Hao Li, Guanning Wang, Tuming Zhang, Yuxiang Feng, Qing Hua

Integrated circuits

20250110 :

A 56-Gb/s 0.11-pJ/bit/dB Energy-Efficient PAM-4 Transmitter Using Push-Pull Current-Mode Driver and DDJ-Suppressed Multiplexer

Zhaoyu Zhang, Yadong Xiao, Jian Liu, Nanjian Wu, Zhao Zhang, Liyuan Liu

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Devices, circuits and hardware for IoT and biomedical applications

20240287 : LETTER

Wearable piezoelectrical muscle monitoring system for swimming analysis neural network

Zhiqiang Wang, Xujie Hu, Zile Fan, Weining Fei

Power devices and circuits

20240333 : LETTER

Novel sensorless metal foreign object detection technique for wireless power transfer systems based on efficiency analysis

Kun-Che Ho, Chih-Han Ho, Yu-Shan Cheng

Power devices and circuits

20240538 : LETTER

A voltage-controllable switched reluctance generator system with a ring winding structure

Dayu Wang, Chunyan Ma, Yan Chen, Haitao Sun

Integrated circuits

20240589 : LETTER

High precision adjustable current limit protection circuit for power protection switches

Hongyu Ren, Xianguo Cao

Integrated circuits

20240644 : LETTER

An embedded temperature-compensated ring oscillator with all-MOS for microcontroller units

Shugang Liu, Hao Shen, Qiangguo Yu, Chunyan Lu

Power devices and circuits

20240673 : LETTER

Contact pressure monitoring of press-pack IGBT using ultrasonic reflection coefficient method

Deshuai Sun, Xiao Wang, Houcai Luo, Dongfang Dai, Xianping Chen, Hui Li

THz devices, circuits and modules

20240699 : LETTER

A 9.3% PAE, 9.2-dBm P_OUT power amplifier and -1.9-dB G_c upconverting mixer using InP-based MOS HEMTs for 300-GHz phased-array transmitters

Yasuhiro Nakasha, Shiro Ozaki, Yusuke Kumazaki, Naoya Okamoto, Shoichi Shiba, Masaru Sato, Naoki Hara, Toshihiro Ohki

Devices, circuits and hardware for IoT and biomedical applications

20240708 : LETTER

Optimal inner diameter ratio of spiral coils for wireless charging

Kotaro Terada, Atsushi Kurokawa

Integrated circuits

20240722 : LETTER

A low-power 2.4 GHz receiver front-end employing 3× subharmonic mixing technology

Qiangsheng Ouyang, Xiaosong Wang, Yu Liu

Integrated circuits

20240726 : LETTER

A dither-based background calibration circuit for pipelined ADCs in 40 nm CMOS

Ben He, Xuan Guo, Hanbo Jia, Kai Sun, Lei Zhou, Zhijie Chen, Xinyu Liu

Integrated circuits

20240729 : LETTER

A transient-enhanced output-capacitorless LDO based on push-pull with source degeneration and capacitor feedback

Lin Zhang, Pengcheng Ma, Wanli Jia

Integrated circuits

20240739 : LETTER

An oscillator replica bitline technique for suppressing timing variation of SRAM sense amplifiers

Dekai Sun, Zhihao Chen, Sikai Chen, Zhang Zhang

Integrated circuits

20240740 : LETTER

A 0.75 µA-quiescent current, output capacitor-less LDO regulator with high power supply rejection

Zhengliang Zhao, Lili Lang, Dawei Bi, Yemin Dong

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20240742 : LETTER

Microwave electro-optical imaging system using a frequency tracking optical local oscillator source with a polarization CMOS image sensor

Ryoma Okada, Maya Mizuno, Hironari Takehara, Makito Haruta, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Jun Ohta, Kiyotaka Sasagawa

Integrated circuits

20240744 : LETTER

A novel on-chip digital soft-start circuit

Min Ye, Hui Lv, Jun He

Integrated circuits

20240758 : LETTER

A 14 bit 10 MS/s TI SAR ADC with neural network calibration

Mingjun Song, Xianguo Cao

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