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.