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Current-steering (CS) digital-to-analog converters (DACs) generate analog signals by combining weighted current sources. Ideally, the current sources are combined at each switching instant simultaneously. However, this is not true in…
The paper deals with the task of optimal design of Analog to Digital Converters (ADCs). A general ADC is modeled as a causal discrete-time dynamical system with outputs taking values in a finite set, and its performance is defined as the…
We propose a novel digital-to-analog converter (DAC) weighting architecture that statistically minimizes the distortion caused by random timing mismatches among current sources. To decode the DAC input codewords into corresponding DAC…
We propose a new digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for realizing a synapse circuit of mixed-signal spiking neural networks. We named this circuit "time-domain DAC (TDAC)". This produces weights for converting a digital input code into…
Analog computing is attractive compared to digital computing due to its potential for achieving higher computational density and higher energy efficiency. However, unlike digital circuits, conventional analog computing circuits cannot be…
Current-steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is a prominent architecture that is commonly used in high-speed applications such as optical communications. One of the shortcomings of this architecture is the output glitches that are…
As the scaling of semiconductor devices nears its limits, utilizing the back-side space of silicon has emerged as a new trend for future integrated circuits. With intense interest, several works have hacked existing backend tools to explore…
Obtaining digital representations of multivariate continuous-time (CT) signals is a challenge encountered in many signal processing systems. In practice, these signals are often acquired to extract some underlying information, i.e., for a…
Synchoros VLSI design style has been proposed as an alternative to standard cell-based design. Standard cells are replaced by synchoros, large grain, VLSI design objects called SiLago (Silicon Lego) blocks. This new design style eliminates…
Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are increasingly explored for physical design analysis in Electronic Design Automation, particularly for modeling Clock Tree Synthesis behavior such as clock skew and buffering complexity. However, practical…
Conventional analog and mixed-signal (AMS) circuit designs heavily rely on manual effort, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. This paper presents a fully automated design methodology for Successive Approximation Register (SAR)…
In recent years, AI-assisted IC design methods have demonstrated great potential, but the availability of circuit design data is extremely limited, especially in the public domain. The lack of circuit data has become the primary bottleneck…
We propose a novel digital-to-analog converter (DAC) weighting architecture that statistically minimizes the distortion caused by random current mismatches. Unlike binary, thermometer-coded, and segmented DACs, the current weights of the…
Analog to digital conversion is a very important part of almost all beam instrumentation systems. Ideally, in a properly designed system, the used analog to digital converter (ADC) should not limit the system performance. However, despite…
- This paper describes a pipeline analog-to-digital converter is implemented for high speed camera. In the pipeline ADC design, prime factor is designing operational amplifier with high gain so ADC have been high speed. The other advantage…
We revisit constructions for distribution and synthesis of Zielonka's asynchronous automata in restricted settings. We show first a simple, quadratic, distribution construction for asynchronous automata, where the process architecture is…
By advances in technology, integrated circuits have come to include more functionality and more complexity in a single chip. Although methods of testing have improved, but the increase in complexity of circuits, keeps testing a challenging…
Synchronous systems provide a basic model of embedded systems and industrial systems are modeled as Simulink diagrams and/or Lustre programs. Although the test generation problem is critical in the development of safe systems, it often…
Analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) allow physical signals to be processed using digital hardware. Their conversion consists of two stages: Sampling, which maps a continuous-time signal into discrete-time, and quantization, i.e.,…
Analog circuit design is a significant task in modern chip technology, focusing on the selection of component types, connectivity, and parameters to ensure proper circuit functionality. Despite advances made by Large Language Models (LLMs)…