Marc Belleville - Böcker

Providing a detailed overview of the fundamentals and latest developments in the field of energy autonomous microsystems, this book delivers an in-depth study of the applications in the fields of health and usage monitoring in aeronautics, medical implants, and home automation, drawing out the main specifications on such systems. Introductory information on photovoltaic, thermal and mechanical energy harvesting, and conversion, is given, along with the latest results in these fields. This book also provides a state of the art of ultra-low power sensor interfaces, digital signal processing and wireless communications. In addition, energy optimizations at the sensor node and sensors network levels are discussed, thus completing this overview.This book details the challenges and latest techniques available to readers who are interested in this field. A major strength of this book is that the first three chapters are application orientated and thus, by setting the landscape, introduce the technical chapters. There is also a good balance between the technical application, covering all the system-related aspects and, within each chapter, details on the physics, materials and technologies associated with electronics.

With the semiconductor market growth, new Integrated Circuit designs are pushing the limit of the technology and in some cases, require speci?c ?ne-tuning of certain process modules in manufacturing. Thus the communities of design and technology are increasingly intertwined. The issues that require close interactions and colla- ration for trade-off and optimization across the design/device/process ?elds are addressed in this book. It contains a set of outstanding papers, keynote and tutorials presented during 3 days at the International Conference on Integrated Circuit Design and Technology (ICICDT) held in June 2008 in Minatec, Grenoble. The selected papers are spread over ?ve chapters covering various aspects of emerging technologies and devices, advanced circuit design, reliability, variability issues and solutions, advanced memories and analog and mixed signals. All these papers are focusing on design and technology interactions and comply with the scope of the conference. v . Contents Part I Introduction 1 Synergy Between Design and Technology: A Key Factor in the Evolving Microelectronic Landscape...3Michel Brillouet Part II Emerging Technologies and Circuits 2 New State Variable Opportunities Beyond CMOS: A System Perspective ...17 Victor V. Zhirnov, Ralph K. Cavin, and George I. Bourianoff 3 A Simple Compact Model to Analyze the Impact of Ballistic and Quasi-Ballistic Transport on Ring Oscillator Performance...37 S. Martinie, D. Munteanu, G. Le Carval, and J. L. Autran Part III Advanced Devices and Circuits 4 Low-Voltage Scaled 6T FinFET SRAM Cells ...55 N. Collaert, K. von Arnim, R. Rooyackers, T.