Photonic integration is very promising to bring down volume and weight of phased-array beamforming networks. In addition, photonics allows for increased functionality for widebandwidth systems. In this paper we demonstrate the feasibility of phase and amplitude control of a 16-element phased-array antenna with a single InP integrated circuit. The concept and design of an optical phase locked lo...

The recent advances and the convergence of micro electro-mechanical systems technology, integrated circuit technologies, microprocessor hardware and nano technology, wireless communications, Ad-hoc networking routing protocols, distributed signal processing, and embedded systems have made the concept of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Sensor network nodes are limited with respect to energy sup...

a complete procedure for the design of w-band low noise amplifier in mmic technology is presented. the design is based on a simultaneously power and noise matched technique. for implementing the method, scalable bilateral transistor model parameters should be first extracted. the model is also used for transmission line utilized in the amplifier circuit. in the presented method, input/output ma...

This paper presents an innovative application of IEEE 1149.4 and the Integrated Diagnostic Reconfiguration (IDR) method to an Automotive Electronic Control Unit implemented as a fully-integrated mixed-signal system. The IEEE1149.4 test structure has been embedded and used on-line for interconnect monitoring and signal analysis; this provides higher resolution failure diagnostics enabling locali...

Interconnects, once the technological backwater of integrated circuit technology, now dominate integrated circuit cost and performance. As much as 90 percent of the signal delay time in future integrated circuit designs will be due to the interconnection of semiconductor devices while the remaining 10 percent is due to transistor-related delay. This shifts the thrust of critical research toward...

End of the roadmap integrated circuit interconnects suffer from capacitance variability due to line edge roughness (LER), significantly impacting overall circuit performance. We forecast the capacitance variability of short range interconnects with realistic line edge roughness at the upcoming 45, 32, and 22 nm technology nodes using a fast TCAD capacitance tool. Capacitance variability is layo...

Today Technology CAD (TCAD) tools are essential to the development of modern Integrated Circuit (IC) fabrication processes. They are as well, required in the design/ optimization of very detailed and critical circuits related to a given IC process, where the usual higher level tools in Electronic Design CAD (ECAD) frameworks do not exhibit the precision or the features required. The boundary be...

Advances in technology, the desire to minimize blood product transfusions, and concerns relating to inflammatory mediators have lead many practitioners and manufacturers to minimize cardiopulmonary bypass (CBP) circuit designs. The oxygenator and arterial line filter (ALF) have been integrated into one device as a method of attaining a reduction in prime volume and surface area. The instruction...

An increasing demand on qualified IC designers requires engineering schools to train more graduates with specialty in IC design. These newly trained graduates should not only have strong fundamentals, but also good analytical and practical skills. They should be able to quickly adapt to the commercial environment and require minimum training when hired by the design firms. A twosemester project...