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2015
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A negative-resistance sense amplifier for low-voltage operating STT-MRAM
- This paper exhibits a 65-NM 8-Mb spin transfer torque magnetoresistance random access memory (STT-MRAM) operating at 0.38V. The proposed sense amplifier comprises a boosted-gate ...
Yohei Umeki, Koji Yanagida, Shusuke Yoshimoto, Shi...
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2015
ACM
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Automated generation of hybrid system models for reachability analysis of nonlinear analog circuits
Abstract— We address the problem of formally verifying nonlinear analog circuits with an uncertain initial set by computing their reachable set. A reachable set contains the unio...
Hyun-Sek Lukas Lee, Matthias Althoff, Stefan Hoell...
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ASPDAC
2015
ACM
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Accurate passivity-enforced macromodeling for RF circuits via iterative zero/pole update based on measurement data
Passive macromodeling for RF circuit blocks is a critical task to facilitate efficient system-level simulation for large-scale RF systems (e.g., wireless transceivers). In this pa...
Ying-Chih Wang, Shihui Yin, Minhee Jun, Xin Li 000...
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ASPDAC
2015
ACM
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Electromigration-aware redundant via insertion
As the feature size shrinks, electromigration (EM) becomes a more critical reliability issue in IC design. EM around the via structures accounts for much of the reliability proble...
Jiwoo Pak, Bei Yu, David Z. Pan
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2015
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Early stage real-time SoC power estimation using RTL instrumentation
Early stage power estimation is critical for SoC architecture exploration and validation in modern VLSI design, but realtime, long time interval and accurate estimation is still c...
Jianlei Yang, Liwei Ma, Kang Zhao, Yici Cai, Tin-F...