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In the world of optical data communications this book will be an absolute must-read. It focuses on optical communications for short and very short distance applications and discusses the monolithic integration of optical receivers with processing elements in standard CMOS technologies.

1.1 Overview of Lab-on-Chip Laboratory-on-Chip (LoC) is a multidisciplinary approach used for the miniaturization, integration and automation of biological assays or procedures in analytical chemistry [1-3].

Aiming to expand our existing knowledge of discrete-time 1-bit look-ahead modulation, this volume analyzes potential improvements to digital noise-shaping look-ahead solutions. The results are expressed through the SA-CD lossless data compression algorithm.

This book describes new circuits and systems for implantable biomedical applications and explains the design of a batteryless, remotely-powered implantable micro-system, designed for long-term patient monitoring.

This book describes a new way to design and utilize Instrumentation Amplifiers (IAs) by taking advantages of the current-mode (CM) approach. Coverage also includes various CM signal processing techniques employed in CMIAs, and applications of the CMIAs in biomedical and data acquisition are demonstrated.

This book describes the design and implementation of energy-efficient smart (digital output) temperature sensors in CMOS technology. It is shown that DTMOSTs are capable of achieving low inaccuracy (+/-0.4 DegreesC over the military temperature range) as well as sub-1V operation, making them well suited for use in modern CMOS processes.

This book presents new circuits and systems for implantable biomedical applications targeting neural recording. The authors describe a system design adapted to conform to the requirements of an epilepsy monitoring system.

This book describes the system-level design of an application-optimized signal conditioner together with its control algorithm and a mixed-signal AGC loop combining RMS and peak detection.

This book presents state-of-the-art analog and power management IC design techniques for various wireless power transfer (WPT) systems. This book addresses WPT design issues at both system- and circuit-level, and serves as a handbook offering design insights for research students and engineers in the integrated power electronics area.

Integrated 60GHz RF Beamforming in CMOS describes new concepts and design techniques that can be used for 60GHz phased array systems. First, general trends and challenges in low-cost high data-rate 60GHz wireless system are studied, and the phased array technique is introduced to improve the system performance.

This book describes a novel digital calibration technique called dynamic-mismatch mapping (DMM) to improve the performance of digital to analog converters (DACs).

This book investigates solutions, benefits, limitations, and costs associated with multi-standard operation of RF front-ends and their ability to adapt to variable radio environments. Next, it highlights the optimization of RF front-ends to allow maximum performance within a certain power budget, while targeting full integration.

This book presents architectural and circuit techniques for wireless transceivers to achieve multistandard and low-voltage compliance. The book includes comprehensive analysis and design of multimode reconfigurable receivers and transmitters for an efficient multistandard compliance.

This book proposes alternative switched capacitor techniques which allow the achievement of higher intrinsic analogue functional accuracy than previously possible in such application areas as analogue filter and ADC design.

This book describes ultra low power capacitive sensor interfaces, and presents the realization of a very low power generic sensor interface chip that is adaptable to a broad range of capacitive sensors.

This is an introduction to noise, describing fundamental noise sources and basic circuit analysis, discussing characterization of low-frequency noise and offering practical advice that bridges concepts of noise theory and modelling, characterization, CMOS technology and circuits.

This book describes the analysis and design of precision temperature sensors in CMOS IC technology, focusing on so-called smart temperature sensors, which provide a digital output signal that can be readily interpreted by a computer. The text shows how temperature characteristics can be used to obtain an accurate digital temperature reading.

This book analyzes automatic gain control (AGC) loop circuits and demonstrates AGC solutions in wireless receivers, mainly in wireless receivers with stringent constraints in settling-time and wide dynamic range, such as WLAN and Bluetooth receivers.

in pacemakers, where the wavelet transform provides a means to extremely reliable cardiac signal detection.In Ultra Low-Power Biomedical Signal Processing we present a novel method for implementing signal processing based on WT in an analog way.

This book focuses on the design of a Mega-Gray (a standard unit of total ionizing radiation) radiation-tolerant ps-resolution time-to-digital converter (TDC) for a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system used in a gamma-radiation environment.

This book focuses on the development of circuit and system design techniques for millimeter wave wireless communication systems above 90GHz and fabricated in nanometer scale CMOS technologies. This book serves as a valuable reference for millimeter wave designers, working at both the transistor level and system level.

With proposals for new concepts in the flexibility and self-correction of DACs that should enable a range of functional and performance specifications, this book's detailed coverage is ideal for seasoned professionals and newcomers to the field alike.

This comprehensive survey sets out to cover novel approaches for analog electronic interfaces design, especially for resistive and capacitive sensors showing a wide variation range. The volume aims to rectify a lack of solutions in the literature.

Low Power UWB CMOS Radar Sensors deals with the problem of designing low cost CMOS radar sensors. Low Power UWB CMOS Radar Sensors provides an analysis between the interaction of UWB signals, the antennas and the processing circuits.

This book tackles challenges for the design of analog integrated circuits that operate from ultra-low power supply voltages (down to 0.5V). Coverage demonstrates the signal processing circuit and circuit biasing approaches through the design of operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs).

This book covers architectural and circuit level solutions for ultra-low power, robust, uni-directional and bi-directional radio links. It guides the reader through the system, circuit and technology trade-offs faced in the design of communication systems.

Robust Sigma-Delta Converters studies how to deal with the ever increasing requirements on IP, and how the technological advances can be exploited with the right design methodology. The book's main objective is to explore implementation possibilities of high quality Sigma-Delta modulators.

Following this trend of system integration, this eventually leads to the integration of analog and d- ital components in one chip, resulting in mixed-signal ICs: digital components are required because signal processing is preferably done in the digital - main;

This book presents high-/mixed-voltage analog and radio frequency (RF) circuit techniques for developing low-cost multistandard wireless receivers in nm-length CMOS processes. It includes novel high-/mixed-voltage analog and RF circuit techniques.

Inductive powering is used to wirelessly power devices over relatively short distances. This handbook lists all design equations and topology alternatives to successfully build an inductive power and data link for your specific application.