Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems: (434 The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)

Late-20th-century advances in IC technologies have brought further challenges into the physical design of integrated systems. The emphasis on system performance in present-day applications requires timing and power constraints to be considered at each stage of physical design. The size of ICs is decreasing continually, and the density of power dissipated in the circuits is growing. This text presents a variety of topics in the area of microelectronics design and microsystems, written by contributors in the fields of technology, modelling, analogue and digital filters design, signal processing, neural network design, thermal design, design methodologies, electromagnetic compatibility, sensors and actuators, advanced testing methods and reliability, power devices and Smart-Power modules. The book is divided into five parts: analogue circuit design; power devices; thermal aspects; microsystems and neural networks; design methodologies; and advanced trends in microelectronics education.

Table of Contents:
I. Analog Circuits Design.- 1. Multichannel Low Noise, Low Power Analogue Readout Chip for Silicon Strip Detectors.- 2. Design Methodology for Current Conveyor Based Continuous-Time Field-Programmable Analog Array.- 3. RF AMP IC for Optical Disc Player.- 4. CMOS Current Conveyor Design and Macromode.- 5. Behavioural Noise Modelling of Cross-Coupled Ring Oscillators.- 6. A 27MHz Fully-Balanced OTA-C Filter In?m CMOS Technology.- 7. Programming Analog Non-Volatile Memories.- 8. Four-Quadrant CMOS Amplifier for Low-Voltage Current-Mode Analog Signal Processing.- II. Power Devices and Thermal Aspects.- 9. Application of Inverse Problems to IC Temperature Estimation.- 10. Thermal Model for MCM’s.- 11. Contribution of Radiation in Heat Dissipation in Electronic Devices.- 12. Modelling and Synthesis of Electro-Thermal Microdevices.- III. Microsystems and Neural Networks.- 13. Layout Optimization of CMOS Phototransistors.- 14. Multilayer Piezoelectric Sensors on the Basis of the PZT Type Ceramics.- 15. Artificial Neural Network Mixed-Signal Prototype System for Model Parameter Identification.- 16. Mixed A/D VLSI Architecture for The Emulation of Neuro-Fuzzy Models.- 17. A New Approach for Finding Optimum Design of Electrostatic Micromotors.- 18. One-Cycle Controlled Boost Converter for Microsystems.- IV. Design Methodologies.- 19. Design for Reuse: HDL Based Graphic Design Entry for Parametrizable and Configurable Modules (A Case Study).- 20. Hierarchical Test Generation for Digital Systems.- 21. Path Selection Based On Incremental Technique.- 22. Chip Area Estimation for SC FIR Filter Structures in CMOS Technology.- 23. Simplified Models of IC’S for The Acceleration of Circuit Design.- 24. Low Power Methodologies for GaAs Asynchronous Systems.- 25. Translation of C andVHDL Specifications Into Interpreted Petri Nets for Hardware/Software Codesign.- 26. Fipsoc. A Novel Mixed FPGA for System Prototyping.- 27. A Nordic Project on High Speed Low Power Design in Sub-Micron CMOS Technology for Mobile Phones.- 28. A Reuse Concept for an I2C-Bus Interface.- 29. Dynamic Analysis of Digital Circuits With-Valued Simulation.- V. Advanced Trends in Microelectronics Education.- 30. A Finite State Description of the Earliest Logical Computer: The Jevons’ Machine.- 31. Educational Computer Use In the MOS Training Fab.- 32. Teaching of Analog IC Design With Modern CAD Tools and CMOS Processes.- 33. Teaching Power Electronics with Two-Dimensional Semiconductor Devices Models.- 34. VLSI Top-Down Design for Students of Computer Science — A Practical Course.