A Scalable Cryo-CMOS 2-to-20GHz Digitally Intensive Controller for 4×32 Frequency Multiplexed Spin in Qubits/Transmons in 22nm FinFET Technology for Quantum Computers

Quantum computers (QC), comprising qubits and a classical controller, can provide exponential speed-up in solving certain problems. Among solid-state qubits, transmons and spin-qubits are the most promising, operating ≪ 1K. A qubit can be implemented in a physical system with two distinct energy levels representing the |0⟩ and |1⟩ states, e.g....

EO system design and performance optimization by image-based end-to-end modeling

Image-based Electro-Optical system simulation including an end-to-end performance test is a powerful tool to characterize a camera system before it has been built. In particular, it can be used in the design phase to make an optimal trade-off between performance on the one hand and SWaPC (Size, Weight, Power and Cost) criteria on the other....

Silicon Compatible Materials, Processes, and Technologies for Advanced Integrated Circuits and Emerging Applications 8

Traditionally, the topics of this annual symposium focus upon the continuous scaling in CMOS integrated circuit manufacturing (More Moore and Beyond Moore for short) combined with the opportunities from growing diversification including sensors and embedded functionality (More than Moore). Thus, the main objective is to exchange recent advances...

60 GHz 5-bit digital controlled phase shifter in a digital 40 nm CMOS technology without ultra-thick metals

A 5-bit digital controlled switch-type passive phase shifter realised in a 40 nm digital CMOS technology without ultra-thick metals for the 60 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band is presented. A patterned shielding with electromagnetic bandgap structure and a stacked metals method to increase the on-chip inductor quality factor are...

A platform for European CMOS image sensors for space applications

Both ESA and the EC have identified the need for a supply chain of CMOS imagers for space applications which uses solely European sources. An essential requirement on this supply chain is the platformization of the process modules, in particular when it comes to very specific processing steps, such as those required for the manufacturing of...

Nanosar-case study of synthetic aperture radar for nano-satellites

Nano-satellites have a cost advantage due to their low mass and usage of commercial-off-the-shelf technologies. However, the low mass also restricts the functionality of a nano-satellite's payload. Typically, this would imply instruments with very low to low resolution and accuracy, essentially ruling out applications such as remote sensing....

Nanosar-case study of synthetic aperture radar for nano-satellites

Nano-satellites have a cost advantage due to their low mass and usage of commercial-off-the-shelf technologies. However, the low mass also restricts the functionality of a nano-satellite's payload. Typically, this would imply instruments with very low to low resolution and accuracy, essentially ruling out applications such as remote sensing....

Characterization of the influence of strain on the optical properties of waveguides and microresonators in silicon-on-insulator technology

Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology has become one of the focus platforms for photonic integrated circuits (PICs). The CMOS technology opens the possibility for reliable mass fabrication of cost-effective photonic circuits. Recently there has been a growing interest in direct optical sensing of, for example, temperature, pressure or strain,...

A 500μW 5Mbps ULP super-regenerative RF front-end

This paper presents an ultra low power super-regenerative RF front-end for wireless body area network (WBAN) applications. The RF front-end operates in the 2.36-2.4 GHz medical BAN and 2.4-2.485 GHz ISM bands, and consumes 500 μW. It supports OOK modulation at high data rates ranging from 1-5 Mbps. It achieves a sensitivity of -67 dBm at a BER...

A Quantized Analog Delay for an ir-UWB Quadrature Downconversion Autocorrelation Receiver

A quantized analog delay is designed as a requirement for the autocorrelation function in the quadrature downconversion autocorrelation receiver (QDAR). The quantized analog delay is comprised of a quantizer, multiple binary delay lines and an adder circuit. Being the foremost element, the quantizer consists of a series of comparators, each one...

Micro digital sun sensor: System in a package

A novel micro Digital Sun Sensor (μDSS) is under development in the frame of a micro systems technology (MST) development program (Microned) from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Use of available micro system technologies in combination with the implementation of a dedicated solarcell for power supply and a wireless link for data...

Substrate noise generation in complex digital systems: Efficient modeling and simulation methodology and experimental verification

More and more system-on-chip designs require the integration of analog circuits on large digital chips and will therefore suffer from substrate noise coupling. To investigate the impact of substrate noise on analog circuits, information is needed about digital substrate noise generation. In this paper, a recently proposed simulation methodology...

A 300°C Dynamic-Feedback Instrumentation Amplifier

A high-temperature instrumentation amplifier that uses dynamic feedback is presented. It realizes dynamic feedback by means of a rotating chain of resistors to compensate for resistor mismatches. An 11x dynamic-feedback instrumentation amplifier has been integrated in a standard junction-isolated 1.6-μm CMOS process and realizes an average gain...