{"title":"Encouraging Innovation in Analog IC Design","authors":"C. Mangelsdorf","doi":"10.1587/transele.2022cti0001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY Recent years have seen a decline in the art of analog IC de-sign even though analog interface and analog signal processing remain just as essential as ever. While there are many contributing factors, four specific pressures which contribute the most to the loss of creativity and innovation within analog practice are examined: process evolution, risk aversion, digitally assisted analog, and corporate culture. Despite the potency of these forces, none are found to be insurmountable obstacles to reinvigorating the industry. A more creative future is within our reach.","PeriodicalId":50384,"journal":{"name":"IEICE Transactions on Electronics","volume":"106 1","pages":"516-520"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEICE Transactions on Electronics","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1587/transele.2022cti0001","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
SUMMARY Recent years have seen a decline in the art of analog IC de-sign even though analog interface and analog signal processing remain just as essential as ever. While there are many contributing factors, four specific pressures which contribute the most to the loss of creativity and innovation within analog practice are examined: process evolution, risk aversion, digitally assisted analog, and corporate culture. Despite the potency of these forces, none are found to be insurmountable obstacles to reinvigorating the industry. A more creative future is within our reach.
期刊介绍:
Currently, the IEICE has ten sections nationwide. Each section operates under the leadership of a section chief, four section secretaries and about 20 section councilors. Sections host lecture meetings, seminars and industrial tours, and carry out other activities.
Topics:
Integrated Circuits, Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Quantum Electronics, Opto-Electronics, Superconductive Electronics, Electronic Displays, Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technologies, Vacuum and Beam Technologies, Recording and Memory Technologies, Electromagnetic Theory.