Integrated circuit (IC) design for analog computing requires similar toolflows and synthesis as large-scale digital systems, in-turn necessitating a library of general-purpose analog cells. To this end, we present a programmable, floating-gate (FG)-based ...

This work presents a general enhancement in operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs) by conjugating the diode-connected topologies of the current mirrors (CMs). The proposed conjugation method provides an internal high-impedance node, by which the ...

With the advancement of artificial intelligence, the collaboration of multiple deep neural networks (DNNs) has been crucial to existing embedded systems and cloud systems, especially for automatic driving applications as well as augmented and virtual ...

This article proposes a high-efficiency all-nMOS bidirectional charge pump (CP) cell and constructs a CP-based high-voltage (HV) pulse driver based on it. Double-diode substrate isolation (DDSI) can extend the maximum supported voltage in a bulk CMOS ...

This brief proposes a low-voltage, high-precision, and high-dynamic-range current-mode analog winner-take-all (WTA) circuit. The proposed structure employs a new high-gain stage as a feedback network between the input node of each cell and the common node ...

Transformer architectures have achieved state-of-the-art performance in various applications. However, deploying transformer models on resource-constrained platforms is still challenging due to its dynamic workloads, intensive computations, and ...

Chiplet heterogeneous integration (CHI) is one of the important technology choices to continue Moore’s law. However, due to the characteristics of high power and low supply voltage in CHI systems, heavy currents need to flow through the power ...

In this article, a low-cost quadruple-node-upsets resilient latch (LCQRL) design is proposed. To meet the high-reliability demands of safety-critical applications, the latch integrates nine soft-error-interceptive modules (SIMs) to form robust feedback ...

This article presents a technique of frequency-dependent implicit capacitance neutralization (FD-ICN) among capacitor bank and varactors in LC voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) to facilitate ultralow VCO gain (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">...

Quantum modular adders are one of the most fundamental yet versatile quantum computation operations. They help implement the functions of higher complexity, such as subtraction and multiplication, which are used in applications, such as quantum ...

Vision transformers (ViTs) have excelled in computer vision (CV) tasks but are memory-consuming and computation-intensive, challenging their deployment on resource-constrained devices. To tackle this limitation, prior works have explored ViT-tailored ...

In order to improve the efficiency over a wide load range, a power converter of the Internet of Things (IoT) usually works in dual modes, which are pulsewidth modulation (PWM) and pulse frequency modulation (PFM). A mixed load detection scheme is adopted ...

The increasing demand for data-intensive analytics, driven by the rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI), has led to the proposal of various AI accelerators. However, as AI-based solutions are being applied to applications that require high ...

This article introduces a novel method for extracting crucial parameters from a fifth-generation (5G) CMOS power amplifier (PA) operating at 24 GHz. The proposed method, micro-genetic algorithm artificial neural network (<inline-formula> <tex-math ...

This brief introduces a compact-size hardware accelerator for dynamic neural fields (DNF) used in object tracking. To address the substantial computational workload and memory occupancy associated with conventional DNFs, three key approaches are ...

This brief presents an adaptive zero-current detector (ZCD) for the single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) DC-DC converter with a full-wave current sensor. The innovative adaptive ZCD, which can be applied to the order power distribution control (OPDC) ...

Capitalizing on their versatility and high-performance attributes within heterogeneous designs, increasingly number of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are integrated into cloud data centers by cloud service providers (CSPs). While CSPs intend to ...

In recent years, asynchronous circuits have gained attention in neural network chips and Internet of Things (IoT) due to their potential advantages of low power and high performance. However, design efficiency of asynchronous circuits remains low and ...

Heterogeneous 3-D (H3D) integration not only reduces the chip form factor and fabrication cost but also allows the merging of diverse compute paradigms that suit different applications. This is especially attractive when modern algorithms, such as the ...

This article presents an ultrasmall area on-chip relaxation oscillator with low-temperature sensitivity. In this design, a virtual resistor mainly composed of a complementary to absolute temperature (CTAT) voltage reference circuit is implemented to ...