Ka-Meng Lei - Böcker

font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Discusses developments in CMOS integrated circuit design for miniaturized NMR/MRI platforms over recent decades;

This book discusses in detail the fundamental principles and design specifications governing fully-integrated temperature sensors in deep-submicron CMOS technology. It provides an in-depth analysis of diverse sensing and readout circuit architectures, cutting-edge ultra-low-voltage and frequency-locked loop (FLL) design methodologies, and detailed implementation strategies. Readers will gain valuable insights from the latest advancements in deep-submicron CMOS technology, mastering a range of precision-driven, area- and energy-efficient techniques. This knowledge empowers readers to identify and develop optimal architectures tailored to specific applications and technology nodes. Moreover, the book serves as an invaluable resource for professionals in circuit and system design, particularly those focused on temperature sensing systems or high-performance integrated circuits, offering practical guidance for researchers and engineers in both academia and industry.

The book Handheld Total Chemical and Biological Analysis Systems: Bridging NMR, Digital Microfluidics, and Semiconductors centers on the complete design of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) microsystems for in vitro chemical and biological assays based on semiconductor chips and portable magnet. Different sensing mechanisms for CMOS in vitro assay are compared, key design criteria of the CMOS transceiver for NMR measurement are revealed, and system-level optimizations of the CMOS NMR platform utilizing digital microfluidic and diverse functions of the CMOS technology are discussed. Two CMOS NMR platforms are implemented, each of these focuses on different aspect of optimization.