This paper presents a general-purpose sampled-data analogue processing element that essentially functions as an analogue microprocessor (AμP). The AμP executes software programs, in a way akin to a digital microprocessor, while nevertheless operating on analogue sampled data values. This enables the design of mixed-mode systems which retain the speed/area/power advantages of the analogue signal...

We propose a novel semiconductor device in which electronic-analogue dendritic trees grow on multilayer single-electron circuits. A simple cellular-automaton circuit was designed for generating dendritic patterns by utilizing the physical properties of single-electron devices, i.e. quantum and thermal effects in tunneling junctions. We demonstrate typical operations of the proposed circuit thro...

A Radial Basis Function Network (RBFN) classifier for hard fault location in CMOS analogue circuit is presented. The network is trained by means of a fault dictionary containing the faulty circuit response, which is obtained by simulating the supply current dynamic response.

Circuit sizing problem in application specific analog integrated circuit design is in most cases limited to setting MOSFET channel widths and lengths. It is usually performed by hand by an experienced human designer. As the circuit sizing is an optimization process by its nature, optimization methods could be used. They always lead to one of the minima of the cost function while eventual other ...

Complexin (Cplx) proteins modulate the core SNARE complex to regulate exocytosis. To understand the contributions of Cplx to signaling in a well-characterized neural circuit, we investigated how Cplx3, a retina-specific paralog, shapes transmission at rod bipolar (RB)→AII amacrine cell synapses in the mouse retina. Knockout of Cplx3 strongly attenuated fast, phasic Ca(2+)-dependent transmission...

A diode-pumped Yb>(3+):Ca(4)GdO(BO>(3))(3) (Yb:GdCOB) laser generating 90-fs pulses at a center wavelength of 1045 nm is demonstrated. This is, to our knowledge, the shortest pulse duration obtained from an ytterbium laser with a crystalline host. This laser is mode locked with a high-finesse semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror and emits 40 mW of average power at a repetition rate of 100 MHz.

Built-In Self-Test (BIST), as the name suggests is a technique in which the circuit is capable of testing itself. This paper presents two techniques: Linear Feedback Shift Register (LFSR) and Cellular Automata (CA), used for test pattern generation and test response analysis in a typical BIST circuit. Both LFSR and CA are analyzed based on their construction and characteristics. A comparison of...

The increasing demand for data-intensive computing applications, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and more specifically machine learning (ML), raises the need novel hardware architectures capable of massive parallelism in performing core algebraic operations. Among new paradigms, in-memory (IMC) with analogue devices is attracting significant interest its large-scale integration potential, ...

X-ray lithography is an emerging technology for future integrated circuit fabrication for linewidth of O.5J.1.mor below. There are two main criterion of applying x-ray lithography in production: x-ray source and mask technology. At this time, x-ray mask fabrication presents the greatest challenge. The two main elements of a x-ray mask are the membrane and absorber. Ideally a good x-ray mask sho...