These papers are taken from the Southwest Symposium on Mixed-Signal Design, 2000. Topics covered include: optical and optoelectronic design; analogue circuits; RF and wireless circuits; data converters; modelling and simulation; noise estimation and avoidance; and more.
M1: OPTICAL AND OPTOELECTRONIC DESIGN Sensor Plane Processing For Multiplex Imaging 1(6) David J. Brady Remy Tumbar Free-Space Optics for 3D Multi-Chip Environment 7(2) P. Marchand S. Esener CMOS DSP and Microprocessor Cores Using Optoelectronic VLSI 9(5) F.E. Kiamilev J. Ekman P. Chandramani A. V. Krishnamoorthy R. G. Rozier Modeling and Simulation Of Mixed Technology Micro Systems 14(6) Steven P. Levitan Jose A. Martinez Timothy P. Kurzweg Michael Shomsky Philippe J. Marchand Donald M. Chiarulli Terabit/s Optical I/O Directly to VLSI Chips 20(2) Ashok Krishnamoorthy Optically Reconfigurable Processors 22(1) Demetri Psaltis Jose Mumbru George Panotopoulos Gan Zhou Xin An Fai Mok M2 ANALOG CIRCUITS A Current Mode CMOS Voltage Reference 23(4) Richard Stair J. Alvin Connelly Mark Pulkin Biasing Analog Circuits Using the Nullor Concept 27(4) Tlelo-Cuautle E. Sarmiento-Reyes L.A. OTA Amplifiers Using the Principle of Trapezoidal Association of Transistors on a Sea-of-Transistors Digital Array 31(5) Jung Hyun Choi Sergio Bampi Mohammed Ismail M3 RF AND WIRELESS CIRCUITS The Design of 433 MHz Class AB CMOS Power Amplifier 36(5) Hong-Jo Ahn Seoung-Jae Yoo Mona M. Hella Mohammed Ismail A Monolithic RF Image-Reject Filter 41(4) Yuyu Chang John Choma, Jr. RF CMOS Mixer Design and Optimization for Wideband CDMA Application 45(6) Shenggao Li Jerasimos Zohios Jung H. Choi Mohammed Ismail M4: DATA CONVERTERS A Strategy for Implementing Dynamic Element Matching in Current-Steering DACs 51(6) Niklas U. Andersson J. Jacob Wikner A Dual Channel 20 Bit Current-Input A/D Converter for Photo-Sensor Applications 57(4) Chris Binan Wang Jim Todsen Tim Kalthoff D/A Conversion with Linear-Coded Weights 61(6) J. Jacob Wikner Mark Vesterbacka Characteristics of Linear-Coded D/A Converters 67(6) J. Jacob Wikner Mark Vesterbacka M5: MODELING AND SIMULATION I Behavioral Modeling of a SONET/SDH Transceiver Using HDLA 73(4) Salem Abdennadher Cycle-Domain Simulator for Phase-Locked Loops 77(6) Norman James M6: SYSTEMS ON A CHIP An Active Substrate Driver for Mixed-Voltage SOI Systems on a Chip 83(4) Benjamin J. Blalock Scott A. Jackson Mohammed M. Mojarradi Harry W. Li Preliminary Circuits for Smart Dust 87(6) Brett Warneke Bryan Atwood Kristofer S. J. Pister T1: HIGH-PERFORMANCE CIRCUIT DESIGN Use of Switched Buffers In Very High-Speed Data Converters 93(4) Umberto Gatti Franco Maloberti Design Guidelines for Optimized Nested Miller Compensation 97(6) Gaetano Palumbo Salvatore Pennisi System Design Considerations of Wideband Multi-Standard Receiver for Third Generation Mobile System Applications 103(6) Wenjun Sheng Edgar Sanchez-Sinencio A 0.5-8.5 GHz Fully-Differential CMOS RF Distributed Amplifier 109(4) Hee-Tae Ahn David J. Allstot Body-Driving as a Low-Voltage Analog Design Technique for CMOS Technology 113(6) Benjamin J. Blalock Harry W. Li Phillip E. Allen Scott A. Jackson T2: NOISE ESTIMATION AND AVOIDANCE Switching-Induced Substrate Noise and Mixed-Signal Receiver Design 119(6) Robert C. Frye Modeling and Analysis of Substrate Coupled Noise in Pipelined Data Converters 125(6) A. Gothenberg E. Soenen H. Tenhunen Evaluation of the Substrate Noise Effect on Analog Circuits in Mixed-Signal Designs 131(4) Yann Zinzius Erik Lauwers Georges Gielen Willy Sansen T3: MODELING AND SIMULATION II High-Level Modeling of a High-Speed Flash A/D-Converter for Mixed-Signal Simulations of Digital Telecommunication Front-Ends 135(6) J. Compiet P. Wambacq G. Vandersteen P. de Jong S. Donnay M. Engels I. Bolsens A Small Signal Analysis of a Gain-Boosting Amplifier 141(6) Weibiao Zhang Marwan Hassoun T4: DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY A Delta-Sigma Modulation Based BIST Scheme for Mixed-Signal Systems 147(6) Jiun-Lang Huang Kwang-Ting Cheng Path-Based Test Composition for Mixed-Signal SOCs 153(6) Sule Ozev Alex Orailoglu Functional-Based ATPG for Path Delay Faults 159(6) M. Michael S. Tragoudas A Class of Easily Path Delay Fault Testable Circuits 165(6) T. Haniotakis E. Kalligeros D. Nikolos G. Sidiropoulos Y. Tsiatouhas H. Vergos T5: CIRCUIT DESIGN AND TEST A Digital Method for the Correction of I/Q Phase Errors in Complex Sub-Sampling Mixers Kong-pang Pun 171(4) Jose E. Franca C. Azeredo-Leme Discussions on the CORDIC Processor Using Leading Zeros Detector 175(4) Tso-Bing Juang Shen-Fu Hsiao A Dual Edge Transition Based BIST Approach for Passive Analog Circuits 179(3) Alvernon Walker Parag K. Lala T6: ELECTROTHERMAL SYSTEMS Learning of Backpropagation Neural Network to Tune a Fuzzy Control of a Thermal System 182(3) Romeo Urbieta Parrazales Marco A. Ramirez Osvaldo Espinosa S. Elena Aguilar J. Adriano de Luca Substrate Thermal Model Reduction for Efficient Transient Electrothermal Simulation 185(6) Ching-Han Tsai Sung-Mo Kang A Novel Fully Integrated Fan Controller for Advanced Computer Systems 191 Herming Chiueh Louis Luh Jeffrey Draper John Choma, Jr.