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Nanopositioning techniques currently applied to characterize physical properties of materials interesting for applications at the microscopic scale rely on high-voltage electronic control circuits that should have the lowest possible noise…
This paper proposes a new single input multiple output power supply by integrating a flyback converter and several buck converters. The flyback converter works as the main regulator, and the buck converters provide series voltage…
This paper presents a new auto zeroing technique that combines very high-speed operation, low power consumption, and low input switching interferences. This technique has been applied to the design of CMOS flash Analog-to-Digital converter…
The superconducting cavities operated at high Q level need to be precisely tuned to the RF frequency. Well tuned cavities assure the good field stability and require a minimum level of RF power to reach the operating gradient level. The…
This article analyzes the design of a low-noise amplifier intended as the input front-end for the measurement of the low-frequency components (below 10 Hz) of a 50 Ohm source. Low residual flicker is the main desired performance. This…
A CMOS harmonic signal LC oscillator driver for automotive applications working in a harsh environment with high safety critical requirements is described. The driver can be used with a wide range of external components parameters (LC…
We describe and characterize a simple, low cost, low phase noise microwave source that operates near 6.800 GHz for agile, coherent manipulation of ensembles of 87Rb. Low phase noise is achieved by directly multiplying a low phase noise 100…
Nanomagnetic oscillator is a key component for radio-frequency (RF) signal generation in many nano-scale spintronic devices. However, the actuation mechanisms of nanomagnetic oscillators are mostly current-based, which is energy inefficient…
This work introduces an ultralow-power voltage-to-spike encoder that achieves near-linear voltage-to-firing-rate conversion by pairing a linearized bulk-driven transconductor with a DPI-based LIF neuron. A tail-less bulk-driven differential…
In the paper, a vibration damping system powered by harvested energy with implementation of the so-called SSDV (synchronized switch damping on voltage source) technique is designed and investigated. In the semi-passive approach, the…
Stably inverting a dynamic system model is the foundation of numerous servo designs. Existing inversion techniques have provided accurate model approximations that are often highly effective in feedforward controls. However, when the…
A Low-Power Variable Gain (VG) mm-Wave Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) is designed and simulated in a 28-nm CMOS process. The LNA utilizes a simple, yet novel, technique presented in this paper to vary the small-signal output resistance to…
We present a piezoelectric transducer in thin-film lithium niobate that converts a 1.7 GHz microwave signal to a mechanical wave in a single mode of a 1 micron-wide waveguide. We measure a -12 dB conversion efficiency that is limited by…
Nanopositioning systems frequently encounter limitations in control bandwidth due to their lightly damped resonance behavior. This paper presents a novel Non-Minimum-Phase Resonant Controller (NRC) aimed at active damping control within…
A line driver with configurable pre-emphasis is implemented in a 65 nm CMOS process. The driver utilizes a three-tap feed-forward equalization (FFE) architecture. The relative delays between the taps are selectable in increments of 1/16th…
Compact, low-power analog RF components are essential for next-generation microwave electronics and wireless systems. We demonstrate an all-electric integrated piezo-magnonic microelectromechanical system that enables efficient voltage…
In the last decades, the applications of power inverter increased rapidly. As a result, in spite of rectifier, an inverter with a high-power electronic oscillator has capability to convert direct current (DC) into alternating current (AC)…
In this work we propose a new scheme for semi-passive Wake-Up Receiver circuits that exhibits remarkable sensitivity beyond -70 dBm, while state-of-the-art receivers illustrate sensitivity of up to -55 dBm. The receiver employs the typical…
This paper discusses a 100 W single stage Power Factor Correction (PFC) flyback converter operating in boundary mode constant ON time methodology using a synchronous MOS-FET rectifier on the secondary side to achieve higher efficiency.…
Low-power quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator (QVCO) design utilizing transformer-feedback and current-reuse techniques with increased frequency range is proposed in this paper. With increasing demand for QVCOs in on-chip applications,…