A VLSI circuit for demodulating the microwave landing system data format is presented. The approach is based on a secondorder all-digital phase locked loop. The primary goal of the work is to find a cost effective way of embedding the demodulator within an integrated navigation receiver built around a customised application specific processor (ASP). While the fully digital nature of the design ...

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...

High-reliability and safety-critical markets for microelectromechanical systems are driving new proposals for the integration of efficient builtin test and monitoring functions. The realisation of this technology will require support tools and validation methodologies including fault simulation and testability analysis and full closed-loop simulation techniques to ensure cost and quality target...

Concerning the fact that the design of contemporary integrated circuits (IC) is practically impossible without using sophisticated Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software, this paper gives some interesting thoughts and considerations about that issue. As technology processes advances on year basis consequently EDA industry is forced to follow this trend as well. This, on the other hand, req...

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This paper discusses architectural and circuit-level aspects related to hardware realizations of fuzzy controllers. A brief overview on fuzzy inference methods is given focusing on chip implementation. The singleton or zero-order Sugeno’s method is chosen since it offers a good trade-off between hardware simplicity and control efficiency. The CMOS microcontroller described herein processes info...