Bücher der Reihe Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics

This book covers the complete spectrum of the fundamentals of clocked, regenerative comparators, their state-of-the-art, advanced CMOS technologies, innovative comparators inclusive circuit aspects, their characterization and properties.

The revised second edition of this respected text provides a state-of-the-art overview of the main topics relating to solid state drives (SSDs), covering NAND flash memories, memory controllers (including booth hardware and software), I/O interfaces (PCIe/SAS/SATA), reliability, error correction codes (BCH and LDPC), encryption, flash signal processing and hybrid storage.Updated throughout to include all recent work in the field, significant changes for the new edition include:A new chapter on flash memory errors and data recovery procedures in SSDs for reliability and lifetime improvementUpdated coverage of SSD Architecture and PCI Express Interfaces moving from PCIe Gen3 to PCIe Gen4 and including a section on NVMe over fabric (NVMf)An additional section on 3D flash memoriesAn update on standard reliability procedures for SSDsExpanded coverage of BCH for SSDs, with a specific section on detectionA new section on non-binary Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes, the most recent advancement in the fieldA description of randomization in the protection of SSD data against attacks, particularly relevant to 3D architecturesThe SSD market is booming, with many industries placing a huge effort in this space, spending billions of dollars in R&D and product development. Moreover, flash manufacturers are now moving to 3D architectures, thus enabling an even higher level of storage capacity. This book takes the reader through the fundamentals and brings them up to speed with the most recent developments in the field, and is suitable for advanced students, researchers and engineers alike.

This is the first book on lock-in thermography, an analytical method applied to the diagnosis of microelectronic devices. This useful introduction and guide reviews various experimental approaches to lock-in thermography, with special emphasis on the lock-in IR thermography developed by the authors themselves.

In order to cover the topic comprehensively, Silicon Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits presents detailed descriptions of many OEICs for a wide variety of applications from various optical sensors, smart sensors, 3D-cameras, and optical storage systems (DVD) to fiber receivers in deep-sub-m CMOS.

This book describes the physical basis of microwave electronics and related topics, such as microwave vacuum and microwave semiconductor devices.It comprehensively discusses the main types of microwave vacuum and microwave semiconductor devices, their principles of action, theory, parameters and characteristics, as well as ways of increasing the frequency limit of various devices up to the terahertz frequency band. Further, it applies a unified approach to describe charged particle interaction within electromagnetic fields and the motion laws of charged particles in various media.  The book is intended as a manual for researchers and engineers, as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

This first book on load-pull systems is intended for readers with a broad knowledge of high frequency transistor device characterization, nonlinear and linear microwave measurements, RF power amplifiers and transmitters.

This book covers all the main topics related to SSDs, from NAND Flash to memory controllers, from I/O interfaces (PCIe/SAS/SATA) to reliability, from errror correction codes (BCH and LDPC) to encryption, from Flash signal processing to hybrid storage.

This book offers a comprehensive approach to advanced thermal management in electronic packaging, including the fundamentals of heat transfer, component design guidelines, materials selection, cooling, characterization, processing and manufacturing and more.

A systematic description of microelectronic device design. It also covers process and device issues as well as design issues relating to systems, circuits, devices and processes, such as signal-to-noise and redundancy.

This book describes the basic theory of microwave resonators and filters, and practical design methods for wireless communication equipment. The microwave resonators and filters described provide a basis for building more compact, lighter-weight mobile communication equipment with longer operating times.

This is the first comprehensive book on ferroelectric memories which contains chapters on device design, processing, testing, and device physics, as well as on breakdown, leakage currents, switching mechanisms, and fatigue. State-of-the-art device designs are included and illustrated among the books many figures.

We believe that asynchronous circuits are a wonderful object, that aban dons some of the almost militaristic law and order that governs synchronous circuits, to improve in terms of simplicity, energy efficiency and performance.

Issues relating to the high-K gate dielectric are among the greatest challenges for the evolving International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS).

This book presents an evaluation methodology to design future FPGA fabrics incorporating hard embedded blocks (HEBs) to accelerate applications. The book also explains how the respective HEBs are designed and how hardware implementation of the application is done using these HEBs.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to integrated optical waveguides for information technology and data communications.

This book describes the physical basis of microwave electronics and related topics, such as microwave vacuum and microwave semiconductor devices.It comprehensively discusses the main types of microwave vacuum and microwave semiconductor devices, their principles of action, theory, parameters and characteristics, as well as ways of increasing the frequency limit of various devices up to the terahertz frequency band. Further, it applies a unified approach to describe charged particle interaction within electromagnetic fields and the motion laws of charged particles in various media.  The book is intended as a manual for researchers and engineers, as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

This work covers the design of CMOS fully integrated low power low phase noise voltage controlled oscillators for telecommunication or datacommuni- tion systems.

This survey of the state of the art of technology and future trends in the new family of Smart Power ICs describes design and applications in a variety of fields, ranging from automotive to telecommunications, reliability evaluation and qualification procedures.

This book provides an in-depth overview of design and implementation of leakage reduction techniques. The book mainly deals with circuit design but also addresses the interface between circuit and system level design on the one side and between circuit and physical design on the other side.

Deals with relevant aspects arising during the analysis, design and simulation of the continuous-time implementations of sigma-delta modulators. This book includes the analysis and modeling of different CT modulator architectures, CT/DT loop filter synthesis, an error analysis of all components, and possible compensation/correction schemes.

Low dielectric constant materials are an important component of microelectronic devices. Topics include: Organic dielectric materials, Inorganic dielectric materials, Composite dielectric materials, Metrology and characterization techniques, Integration, Reliability.

This book provides a comprehensive monograph on gate stacks in semiconductor technology. The reader will get a clear view of what has been done so far, what is the state-of-the-art and which are the main challenges ahead before we come any closer to a viable Ge and III-V MOS technology.

This book presents several circuits that are required for the full integration of an optical transmitter in standard CMOS. The main emphasis is placed on high-speed receivers with a bitrate of up to 1 Gb/s. The possibility of including the photodiode in a receiver is investigated and the problems encountered are discussed.

In order to cover the topic comprehensively, Silicon Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits presents detailed descriptions of many OEICs for a wide variety of applications from various optical sensors, smart sensors, 3D-cameras, and optical storage systems (DVD) to fiber receivers in deep-sub-m CMOS.

Provides an overview of the physical basis of noise in semiconductor devices, and a detailed treatment of numerical noise simulation in small-signal conditions. It presents innovative developments in the noise simulation of semiconductor devices operating in large-signal quasi-periodic conditions.

This modern book-length treatment gives a detailed presentation of high-frequency bipolar transistors in silicon or silicon-germanium technology, with particular emphasis placed on today's advanced compact models and their physical foundations.

Micro-electronics and so integrated circuit design are heavily driven by technology scaling. Digital building blocks take full - vantage of reduced device geometries in terms of area, power per functionality, and switching speed. There are also a few drawbacks like the generation of power supply noise or the lack of power supply rejection.

Lock-in Thermography focuses on this sensitive infrared measurement system that offers a more effective analytical capability. Though mainly covering applications in electronic materials and devices, readers will also find treatment of nondestructive evaluation.

This book provides an in-depth overview of design and implementation of leakage reduction techniques. The book mainly deals with circuit design but also addresses the interface between circuit and system level design on the one side and between circuit and physical design on the other side.