EDN

Exploration of the design space for integrated Bluetooth CMOS RFICs

In order to give some perspective to the design problem for a Bluetooth receiver, it is useful to examine the performance required to meet two well-understood specifications: sensitivity and ...
Nature

Low Power Design in CMOS and FinFET Logic Circuits

Low power design has become a cornerstone of modern integrated circuit development, driven by energy efficiency demands and the challenges of scaling in nanometre technologies. Innovations in ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Combining CMOS IC And MEMS Design For IoT Edge Devices

Creating a sensor-based IoT edge device is challenging, due to the multiple design domains involved. But, creating an edge device that combines the electronics using the traditional CMOS IC flow and a ...
EDN

ST details low-power 45-nm CMOS design platform

For next- generation SoC product development of low-power, wireless and portable consumer applications, semiconductor manufacturing giant STMicroelectronics today released details of its 45-nm CMOS ...
Electronic Design

CMOS ADCs Surge Past 1 GHz As VCOs Race Toward 50 GHz

Scaling analog circuits and data converters in CMOS has always been a daunting task for designers. But those hurdles get taller as developers begin migrating toward design rules of 0.25 µm and below ...
Forbes

10 Design Trends CMOs Should Watch For In 2016

This article is by Olof Schybergson, CEO of Fjord, a design and innovation consulting firm that is part of Accenture Interactive. The fast-evolving needs of today’s consumers and the rising complexity ...
Electronic Design

It’s Hot, Powering, And Burning CMOS Logic Circuits

Fig 1. A typical CMOS input circuit comprises a “P” and “N” transistor. One is fully “on” for logic high, and the other is “on” for a logic low. Fig 2. When a CMOS input pin is at logic high or low ...
Nature

CMOS Mixers and Low-Power RF Circuit Design

CMOS mixers are integral components in modern radio frequency (RF) circuit design, enabling frequency conversion in wireless systems while prioritising low power consumption. Recent progress in ...
Machine Design

High-Speed Chalcogenide Glass Supercharges CMOS ICs

CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) technology can be found in most all modern electronic devices—microcontrollers, microprocessors, and static RAM in both digital and analog form. We use ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Parametric Analysis, Design Guidelines for mm-Wave nm CMOS Transmission Lines

Transmission lines such as coplanar waveguides, shielded coplanar waveguides and CPW with ground can be analyzed by their geometry and electrical properties, using experimental and simulated data.
Machine Design

Sensor Sense: CMOS image sensors

CMOS (complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor) imaging technologies arrived on the scene about the same time as CCD (charge-coupled device) imagers. However, it has been only within the last decade ...