[paper] 400 fJ Per-Cycle Frequency Reference for IoT

A 400 fJ Per-Cycle Frequency Reference for Internet of Things

Mathieu Coustans, François Krummenacher, Christian Terrier and Maher Kayal

IEL, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract—This work presents an ultra-low power oscillator designed to target different contexts, such as crystal-assisted time keeping, reference oscillator to optimize the always on domain of a microcontroller or wake-up timer. This oscillator enables ultra-low power operation in 180nm CMOS technology with EKV3 compact model; the core oscillator consumes 2.5 nW at room temperature, with a temperature stability of 14 ppm/°C [-40°C - 60°C] and 0.07 %/V supply sensitivity [read more...]

Changing Direction In Chip Design https://t.co/XV84VQnO71 #semi #feedly #papers

Changing Direction In Chip Design https://t.co/XV84VQnO71 #semi #feedly #papers

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Andrzej Strojwas, chief technologist at PDF Solutions and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University—and the winner of this year’s Phil Kaufman Award for distinguished contributions to EDA—sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to talk about device scaling, why the semiconductor industry will begin to fragment around new architectures and packaging, and where are the holes that need to be filled.

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[EUROSOI ULIS] Deadline for abstract submission extended to January 29, 2017

Submit your abstract for  Conference to be held in Athens in April 2017 as soon as possible. We would like to inform you that, due to several requests, the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to January 29, 2017, Please note that there will be both Oral and Poster Sessions 

Call for Papers

The organizing committee invites scientists and engineers working in the above fields to actively participate by submitting high quality papers. Original 2-page abstracts with illustrations will be accepted for review in pdf format. The accepted abstracts will be published in a Proceedings book with an ISBN. A 4-page follow-up paper delivered before will be published in IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The authors of the best papers will be invited to submit a longer version for publication in a special issue of Solid-State Electronics. A best paper award will be attributed to the best paper by the SINANO Institute. Both an Oral and a A Poster Session will be organized.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Prof. Maryline Bawedin, IMEP - INP Grenoble MINATEC, "The mystery of the Z2-FET 1T-DRAM memory"

Dr. Frank Schwierz, University of Ilmenau, "The Prospects of 2D Materials for Ultimately-Scaled CMOS"

Dr. Cosmin Roman, ETH Zurich, "Micro and Nano transducers for autonomous sensing applications"

Dr. Carlo Cagli,  CEA-LETI,  "Memories"

Dr. Anda Mocuta, IMEC, "Nanoscale FET"

The EUROSOI ULIS Conference Chairperson: 

Prof. Androula G. Nassiopoulou

NCSR Demokritos 

Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 

Athens, Greece 

#TCAD Simulation of #Organic #Optoelectronic #Devices https://t.co/k7iZDQjppR #papers

#TCAD Simulation of #Organic #Optoelectronic #Devices https://t.co/k7iZDQjppR #papers

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January 23, 2017 at 09:47AM
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2016 Phil Kaufman Award Recipient: Dr. Andrzej Strojwas

Kaufman Award Dinner: Why you should Attend

IEEE’s CEDA and the ESD Alliance – with help from their friends at PDF Solutions, Cadence, Mentor, Synopsys and ACM SIGDA – will host a dinner on Thursday, January 26th, in honor of the 2016 Phil Kaufman Award recipient: Dr. Andrzej Strojwas, Keithley Professor of ECE at Carnegie Mellon and long-time CTO at PDF Solutions.

This year’s Kaufman Award Dinner promises to be an inspiring evening, one that will help you remember why you went to work here in the first place [read more...]

If you want to attend, you can register here.