Circuit and System Requirements for Alternative Switching Devices:

H. Kam, T.-J. King Liu, and E. Alon,  "Design Requirements for Steeply Switching Logic Devices," accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.

H. Kam, T.-J. King Liu, E. Alon, and M. Horowitz, "Circuit-Driven Requirements for MOSFET-Replacement Devices," IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, Dec. 2008.

Mixed-Signal Building Blocks:

L. Kong, Y. Lu, and E. Alon, “A Multi-GHz Area-Efficient Comparator with Dynamic Offset Cancellation,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, Sept. 2011.

D. Chowdhury, L. Ye, E. Alon, and A. M. Niknejad, “An Efficient Mixed-Signal 2.4GHz Polar Power Amplifier in 65nm CMOS Technology,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Aug. 2011.

D. Chowdhury, S. V. Thyagarajan, L. Ye, E. Alon, and A. M. Niknejad, “A Fully-Integrated Efficient CMOS Inverse Class-D Power Amplifier for Digital Polar Transmitters,” IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, Jun. 2011.

J. Crossley, E. Naviasky, and E. Alon, "An Energy-Efficient Ring-Oscillator Digital PLL," IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, Sept. 2010.

D. Chowdhury, L. Ye, E. Alon, and A. M. Niknejad, "A 2.4GHz Mixed-Signal Polar Power Amplifier with Low-Power Integrated Filtering in 65nm CMOS," IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, Sept. 2010.

Nano-Electro-Mechanical Integrated Circuits:

Y. Lin, T. Riekkinen, W.-C. Li, E. Alon, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, “A Metal Micromechanical Resonant Switch for On-Chip Power Applications,” IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, Dec. 2011.

H. Kam, T.-J. King Liu, V. Stojanovic, D. Markovic, and E. Alon, "Design, Optimization, and Scaling of Relays for Ultra-Low Power Digital Logic," IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Jan. 2011.

M. Spencer, F. Chen, C. Wang, R. Nathanael, H. Fariborzi, A. Gupta, H. Kam, V. Pott, J. Jeon, D. Markovic, T.-J. King Liu, E. Alon, and V. Stojanovic, "Demonstration of Integrated Micro-Electro-Mechanical Relay Circuits for VLSI Applications," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Jan. 2011.

H. Kam, E. Alon, and T.-J. King Liu, "A Predictive Reliability Model for MEM Logic Switches," IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, Dec. 2010.

T.-J. King Liu, J. Jeon, R. Nathanael, H. Kam, V. Pott, and E. Alon, "Prospects for MEM Logic Switch Technology," IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, Dec. 2010.

V. Pott, H. Kam, R. Nathanael, J. Jeon, E. Alon, and T.-J. King Liu, "Mechanical Computing Redux: Relays for Integrated Circuit Applications," Proceedings of the IEEE, Dec. 2010.

H. Fariborzi, M. Spencer, V. Karkare, J. Jeon, R. Nathanael, C. Wang, F. Chen, H. Kam, V. Pott, T.-J. King Liu, E. Alon, V. Stojanovic, and D. Markovic, "Analysis and Demonstration of MEM-Relay Power Gating," IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, Sept. 2010.

J. Jeon, V. Pott, H. Kam, R. Nathanael, E. Alon, and T.-J. King Liu, "Seesaw Relay Logic and Memory Circuits," IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Aug. 2010.

R. Nathanael, V. Pott, H. Kam, J. Jeon, E. Alon, and T.-J. King Liu, "Four-Terminal-Relay Body Biasing Schemes for Complementary Logic Circuits," IEEE Electron Device Letters, Aug. 2010.

J. Jeon, V. Pott, H. Kam, R. Nathanael, E. Alon, and T.-J. King Liu, "Perfectly Complementary Relay Design for Digital Logic Applications," IEEE Electron Device Letters, Apr. 2010.

F. Chen, M. Spencer, R. Nathanael, C. Wang, H. Fariborzi, A. Gupta, H. Kam, V. Pott, J. Jeon, T.-J. King Liu, D. Markovic, V. Stojanovic, and E. Alon, "Demonstration of Integrated Micro-Electro-Mechanical (MEM) Switch Circuits for VLSI Applications," IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, Feb. 2010.

H. Kam, V. Pott, R. Nathanael, J. Jeon, E. Alon, and T.-J. King Liu, "Design and Reliability of a Micro-Relay Technology for Zero-Standby Power Digital Logic Applications," IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, Dec. 2009.

F. Chen, H. Kam, D. Markovic, T.-J. King Liu, V. Stojanovic, and E. Alon, "Integrated Circuit Design with NEM Relays," IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, Nov. 2008.

Next-Generation Communications:

M. Tabesh, J. Chen, C. Marcu, L.-K. Kong, S. Kang, A. M. Niknejad, and E. Alon "A 65nm CMOS 4-Element Sub-34mW/Element 60GHz Phased Array Transceiver," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Dec. 2011.

S. Gambini, L. De Nardis, E. Alon, and J. Rabaey "Interference Robust Self-Mixing UWB Systems Using Phase-Domain Spreading," IEEE International Conference on Ultra Wideband, Sept. 2011.

K. Jung, Y. Lu, and E. Alon "Power Analysis and Optimization for High-Speed I/O Transceivers," IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Aug. 2011.

C. Thakkar, L. Kong, K. Jung, A. Frappe, and E. Alon, "A 10Gb/s 45mW Adaptive 60GHz Baseband in 65nm CMOS," IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Jun. 2011.

M. Tabesh, J. Chen, C. Marcu, L.-K. Kong, S. Kang, E. Alon, and A. M. Niknejad, "A 65nm CMOS 4-Element Sub-34mW/Element 60GHz Phased Array Transceiver," IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, Feb. 2011.

S. Gambini, J. Crossley, E. Alon, and J. Rabaey, "A Fully Integrated, 300pJ/bit, Dual Mode 65nm Transceiver for cm-Range Wireless Links," IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Jun. 2010.

C. Marcu, D. Chowdhury, C. Thakkar, J. Park, L. Kong, M. Tabesh, Y. Wang, A. Afshar, A. Gupta, A. Arbabian, S. Gambini, R. Zamani, E. Alon, and A. M. Niknejad, "A 90nm CMOS Low-Power 60GHz Transceiver with Integrated Baseband Circuitry," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Dec. 2009.

C. Marcu, D. Chowdhury, C. Thakkar, L. Kong, M. Tabesh, J. Park, Y. Wang, A. Afshar, A. Gupta, A. Arbabian, S. Gambini, R. Zamani, A. M. Niknejad, and E. Alon, "A 90nm CMOS Low-Power 60GHz Transceiver with Integrated Baseband Circuitry," IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, Feb. 2009.

Power Delivery and Integrated Regulation:

H.-P. Le, S. Sanders, and E. Alon, "Design Techniques for Fully Integrated Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converters," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Sept. 2011.

M. Seeman, V. Ng, H.-P. Le, M. John, E. Alon, and S. Sanders, "A Comparative Analysis of Switched-Capacitor and Inductor-Based DC-DC Conversion Technologies," IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, Jun. 2010.

H.-P. Le, M. Seeman, S. Sanders, V. Sathe, S. Naffziger, and E. Alon, "A 32nm Fully Integrated Reconfigurable Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter Delivering 0.55W/mm^2 at 81% Efficiency," IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, Feb. 2010.

E. Alon, V. Abramzon, B. Nezamfar, and M. Horowitz, "On-Die Power Supply Noise Measurement Techniques," IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging, May 2009.

E. Alon and M. Horowitz, "Integrated Regulation for Energy-Efficient Digital Circuits," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Aug. 2008.

Miscellaneous:

F. Liu, D. Patil, J. Lexau, P. Amberg, M. Dayringer, J. Gainsley, H. Moghadam, X. Zheng, J. Cunningham, A. Krishnamoorthy, E. Alon, and R. Ho, “10Gbps, 530fJ/bit Optical Transceiver Circuits in 40nm CMOS,” IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Jun. 2011.

X. Zheng, D. Patil, J. Lexau, F. Liu, G. Li, H. Thacker, Y. Luo, I. Shubin, J. Li, J. Yao, P. Dong, D. Feng, M. Asghari, T. Pinguet, A. Mekis, P. Amberg, M. Dayringer, J. Gainsley, H. Moghadam, E. Alon, K. Raj, R. Ho, J. Cunningham, and A. Krishnamoorthy, “Ultra-Efficient 10Gb/s Hybrid Integrated Silicon Photonic Transmitter and Receiver,” Optics Express, Mar. 2011.

T. Ali, D. Patil, F. Liu, E. Alon, J. Lexau, C.-K. K. Yang, and R. Ho, "Clocking Links in Multi-Chip Packages: A Case Study," IEEE Symposium on High Performance Interconnects (HOTI), Aug. 2010.

R. Ho, F. Liu, D. Patil, X. Zheng, G. Li, I. Shubin, E. Alon, J. Lexau, H. Schwetman, and J. Cunningham, “Optical Interconnects for High-End Computer Systems,” IEEE Design and Test of Computers, Jul. 2010.

X. Zheng, F. Liu, D. Patil, H. Thacker, Y. Luo, T> Pinguet, A. Mekis, J. Yao, G. Li, J. Shi, K. Raj, J. Lexau, E. Alon, R. Ho, J. Cunningham, and A. Krishnamoorthy, “A Sub-Picojoule-per-Bit CMOS Photonic Receiver for Densely Integrated Systems,” Optics Express, Jan. 2010.

R. Ho, J. Lexau, F. Liu, D. Patil, R. Hopkins, E. Alon, N. Pinckney, P. Amberg, X. Zheng, J. Cunningham, and A. Krishnamoorthy, “Circuits for Silicon Photonics on a "Macrochip",” IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, Nov. 2009.

M. Horowitz, D. Stark, and E. Alon, "Digital Circuit Design Trends," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Apr. 2008.