Pub Date : 2008-09-09DOI: 10.1201/9781420070637.PT3
D. Mercer
Real-world analog signals such as temperature, pressure, sound, or images are routinely converted to a digital representation that can be easily processed in modern digital systems. In many systems, this digital information must be converted back to an analog form to perform some real-world function. The circuits that perform this step are digital-to-analog converters (DACs),and their outputs are used to drive a variety of devices. Loudspeakers, video displays, motors, mechanical servos, radio frequency (RF) transmitters, and temperature controls are just a few diverse examples. DACs are often incorporated into digital systems in which real-world signals are digitized by analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), processed, and then converted back to analog form by DACs. In these systems, the performance required of the DACs will be influenced by the capabilities and requirements of the other components in the system.
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Pub Date : 2008-09-09DOI: 10.1201/9781420070637.CH10
A. Agarwal, R. Krishnamurthy
{"title":"High-Performance Leakage/Variation-Tolerant Circuit Technologies for 45 nm and Below","authors":"A. Agarwal, R. Krishnamurthy","doi":"10.1201/9781420070637.CH10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420070637.CH10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":447843,"journal":{"name":"Circuits at the Nanoscale","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126320293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-09-09DOI: 10.1201/9781420070637.CH26
S. Collins, B. Choubey, Hsiu-Yu Cheng, S. Otim
{"title":"Wide Dynamic Range CMOS Cameras","authors":"S. Collins, B. Choubey, Hsiu-Yu Cheng, S. Otim","doi":"10.1201/9781420070637.CH26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420070637.CH26","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":447843,"journal":{"name":"Circuits at the Nanoscale","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129405559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-09-09DOI: 10.1201/9781420070637.CH22
A. C. Carusone
{"title":"Front-End Circuits for Multi-Gb/s Chip-to-Chip Links","authors":"A. C. Carusone","doi":"10.1201/9781420070637.CH22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420070637.CH22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":447843,"journal":{"name":"Circuits at the Nanoscale","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117140584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-09-09DOI: 10.1201/9781420070637.CH30
P. Grybos
{"title":"Detector Interface Circuits for X-Ray Imaging","authors":"P. Grybos","doi":"10.1201/9781420070637.CH30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420070637.CH30","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":447843,"journal":{"name":"Circuits at the Nanoscale","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115401864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-09-09DOI: 10.1201/9781420070637.PT4
Y. Papananos, G. Vitzilaios, G. Theodoratos
{"title":"Low-Voltage Nanometer-Scale CMOS RF Front-End Block Design Employing Magnetic Feedback Techniques","authors":"Y. Papananos, G. Vitzilaios, G. Theodoratos","doi":"10.1201/9781420070637.PT4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420070637.PT4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":447843,"journal":{"name":"Circuits at the Nanoscale","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127549883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-09-09DOI: 10.1201/9781420070637.CH28
Byeong-Gyu Nam, Hyejung Kim, H. Yoo
{"title":"Unified Computer Arithmetic for Handheld GPUs","authors":"Byeong-Gyu Nam, Hyejung Kim, H. Yoo","doi":"10.1201/9781420070637.CH28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420070637.CH28","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":447843,"journal":{"name":"Circuits at the Nanoscale","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122207094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-09-09DOI: 10.1201/9781420070637.CH4
R. Gutmann, Jian-Qiang Lu
{"title":"Wafer-Level Three-Dimensional Integration for Advanced CMOS Systems","authors":"R. Gutmann, Jian-Qiang Lu","doi":"10.1201/9781420070637.CH4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420070637.CH4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":447843,"journal":{"name":"Circuits at the Nanoscale","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128386615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-09-09DOI: 10.1201/9781420070637.PT5
A. Fish, O. Yadid-Pecht
{"title":"Low Power CMOS Imager Circuits","authors":"A. Fish, O. Yadid-Pecht","doi":"10.1201/9781420070637.PT5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420070637.PT5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":447843,"journal":{"name":"Circuits at the Nanoscale","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132872056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-09-09DOI: 10.1201/9781420070637.CH18
Kazuya Yamamoto
{"title":"InGaP-HBT Power Amplifiers","authors":"Kazuya Yamamoto","doi":"10.1201/9781420070637.CH18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420070637.CH18","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":447843,"journal":{"name":"Circuits at the Nanoscale","volume":"125 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124527412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}