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ISCAS
2007
IEEE
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Characterization of a Fault-tolerant NoC Router
— With increasing reliability concerns for current and next generation VLSI technologies, fault-tolerance is fast becoming an integral part of system-on-chip (SoC) and multicore ...
Sumit D. Mediratta, Jeffrey T. Draper
ISCAS
2007
IEEE
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A 10-bit 2GHz Current-Steering CMOS D/A Converter
- This paper presents a 2GS/s 10-bit CMOS digital-to-analog converter (DAC). This DAC consists of a unit current-cell matrix for 6MSBs and another unit current-cell matrix for 4L...
Ling Yuan, Weining Ni, Yin Shi, Foster F. Dai
ISCAS
2007
IEEE
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On-Line Histogram Equalization for Flash ADC
— We present theory, design and measurement results for an on-line histogram equalization algorithm implemented on a 750MS/s 6b flash analog to digital converter in standard 0.3...
Yanyi Liu Wong, Marc H. Cohen, Pamela Abshire
ISCAS
2007
IEEE
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A CMOS Integrated Power Detector for UWB
Abstract— An integrated CMOS RF power detector for wideband systems that does not require additional processing steps is presented. The received signal modulates the resistance o...
Kenneth A. Townsend, James W. Haslett, John Nielse...
ISCAS
2007
IEEE
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Evaluating Network-on-Chip for Homogeneous Embedded Multiprocessors in FPGAs
— This paper presents performance and area evaluation of a homogeneous multiprocessor communication system based on network-on-chip (NoC) in FPGA platforms. Two homogenous chip m...
Henrique C. Freitas, Dalton M. Colombo, Fernanda L...
ISCAS
2007
IEEE
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An Organic Computing architecture for visual microprocessors based on Marching Pixels
—The paper presents architecture and synthesis results for an organic computing hardware for smart CMOS camera chips. The organic behavior in the chip hardware is based on distri...
Dietmar Fey, Marcus Komann, Frank Schurz, Andreas ...
ISCAS
2007
IEEE
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Generalized Blind Mismatch Correction for a Two-Channel Time-Interleaved ADC: Analytic Approach
—Time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters (TIADC) require mismatch calibration to achieve high signal-to-noise ratios. In this paper, we present a new blind technique for M=...
Munkyo Seo, Mark J. W. Rodwell
ISCAS
2007
IEEE
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Fundamental Performance Limits in Lossy Polyphase Systems: Apparent Power and Optimal Compensation
— The paper formulates and solves the problem of optimizing power flows in polyphase systems with significant source (line) impedance. We present two fundamental performance bo...
Hanoch Lev-Ari, Alex M. Stankovic
ISCAS
2007
IEEE
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An Adaptive Sleep Transistor Biasing Scheme for Low Leakage SRAM
— Reducing the leakage power in embedded SRAM memories is critical for low-power applications. Raising the source voltage of SRAM cells in standby mode reduces the leakage curren...
Afshin Nourivand, Chunyan Wang, M. Omair Ahmad