Technology CAD has already proven to be an attractive and indispensable supplement to standard process development methodologies for VLSI technology. The flexibility and versatility of TCAD makes it ideally applicable for smart power technology to cut down development costs and cycle times. The Vienna Integrated System for TCAD Applications is a simulation environment which offers great flexibi...

† Fuji Electric Co., Ltd following a parallel off (2) Isolated operation detection function An isolated operation detection function is essential for connecting to a power system. Isolated operation is the state in which an isolated system that has been disconnected from the power system is supplied with electricity from the output of a distributed power source only. In the isolated operating s...

Smart power chip technology has been realized on the GaN-on-Si platform, featuring monolithically integrated power devices, digital and analog functional blocks. In particular, this paper presents the imperative analog functional block – the voltage reference generator for smart power applications with wide-temperature-range stability. These circuits are shown to be capable of proper functions ...

A second generation image sensor technology has been developed at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory with performance comparable to charge-coupled device (CCD's). This sensor is implemented using the industry-stand&d complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology employed for nearly all microprocessors and memory chips and thus takes advantage of the rapid worldwide development of th...

Explosive pulsed power consists of those devices that convert the chemical energy in explosives into electrical energy. In 2004, a series of programs were initiated to develop several types of very compact explosive pulsed power generators. Based on these recent efforts, we now have a better understanding of the weaknesses and strengths of these small generators. As a result, we can now build r...

High integration density, low power and fastperformance are all critical parameters in designing of memory blocks. Static Random Access Memories (SRAMs)’s focusing on optimizing dynamic power concept of virtual source transistors is used for removing direct connection between VDD and GND. Also stacking effect can be reduced by switching off the stacktransistors when the memory is ideal and the ...