{"title":"Optical Control of Neural Dynamics Using LED Array","authors":"Leila Montazeri, Nizar El Zarif, M. Sawan","doi":"10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585524","url":null,"abstract":"Optical stimulation of neural cells using optogenetic technique has become a hot research topic in neuroscience applications. One of the prominent challenges of applying the optogenetic technique is photostimulation tools that can provide stimulation patterns with high light intensity and desired temporal resolution. Hence, as the applications of this technique grow, there is a need for simple and low-cost hardware that can create stimulation patterns and control the light delivery onto target cells. In this paper, a photostimulation tool based on LED arrays for optical stimulation of Channelrhodopsin-expressing neurons is developed. The proposed photostimulator also benefit from a control panel that allows users to easily tune the stimulation parameters and stimulation patterns effectively. An in-vitro test platform has been used to validate the functionality of the designed optogenetic stimulation tool. The control panel of the designed stimulator allows researchers to manipulate stimulation patterns, adjust stimulation parameters and hence, adopt this test platform for various applications.","PeriodicalId":112526,"journal":{"name":"2018 16th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130662818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lumped-Element Circuit Modelling of Microfluidic Channels in Microstrip Transmission Lines","authors":"Matthew Brown, I. Goode, C. Saavedra","doi":"10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585480","url":null,"abstract":"A lumped-element equivalent circuit model (ECM) for a short length of microstrip transmission line incorporating a microfluidic channel filled with dielectric fluid is proposed. With this model, advanced microstrip circuits containing microfluidic channels can be designed in a fast and accurate manner. For verification, an ECM is extracted for a l-mm length of $50,Omega $ transmission line on a 1.5-mm thick substrate with $epsilon _{r}=3.55$ that has a 0.5-mm long $times,0.5$-mm tall $times,6.9$-mm wide microfluidic channel underneath it filled with a dielectric fluid of $epsilon _{r} = 81.$ The model parameter values are extracted using the structure’s two-port S-parameter response obtained through full-wave 3D electromagnetic simulation. The extracted ECM is then used to design a fluidic phase shifter.","PeriodicalId":112526,"journal":{"name":"2018 16th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131037265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Fall, A. Campeau-Lecours, C. Gosselin, B. Gosselin
{"title":"Evaluation of a Wearable and Wireless Human-Computer Interface Combining Head Motion and sEMG for People with Upper-Body Disabilities","authors":"C. Fall, A. Campeau-Lecours, C. Gosselin, B. Gosselin","doi":"10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585522","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a wearable, wireless and multimodal 2-dimensional computer mouse control system is introduced for people with upper-body disabilities. The proposed human-computer interface system combines body-motion, measured using inertial measurement unit (IMU), to provide a cursor velocity and displacement control, and surface electromyography (sEMG) for target selection (left-click), using custom sensors made of electronic components of the shelf. Its functionality is demonstrated by using head motion and muscular activity detection from trapeze muscles to evaluate usability by people living with severe disabilities, congenital absence or amputation of upper-members, temporary limb traumatism, etc., preventing their utilization of tools such as mouse or keyboard. Performance using different control topologies, following the ISO/TS 9241-411:2012 standard encompassing the evaluation of physical pointing tasks, and compared to a computer mouse. On average, over the 3 participants, results show that the proposed interface can provide an index of performance of 0.18 bits/s versus 2.2 bits/s with a mouse pointer. Head motion combined with sEMG showed a 4% accuracy drop computer to the mouse while being more suitable for the severely disabled.","PeriodicalId":112526,"journal":{"name":"2018 16th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132557466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raunak M. Borwankar, Anurag Desai, M. Haider, Ludwig Reinhold, Y. Massoud
{"title":"An Analog Implementation of FitzHugh-Nagumo Neuron Model for Spiking Neural Networks","authors":"Raunak M. Borwankar, Anurag Desai, M. Haider, Ludwig Reinhold, Y. Massoud","doi":"10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585554","url":null,"abstract":"A low power analog implementation of FitzHugh-Nagumo (FHN) neuron model is presented in this paper for large scale spiking neural network and neuromorphic algorithm realization. The FHN neuron model is designed using $log $-domain low pass filters and translinear multipliers to emulate voltage-like variable with cubic non-linearity and a recovery variable. Various spiking behaviors observed in biological neurons are demonstrated in simulation results. The neuron model was designed in 45 nm CMOS process which has 1.6 nW and 40 nW power consumption at rest and for a single spiking event respectively.","PeriodicalId":112526,"journal":{"name":"2018 16th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS)","volume":"2023 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121414933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Template Attacks of a Masked S-Box Circuit: A Comparison Between Static and Dynamic Power Analyses","authors":"Jiming Xu, H. Heys","doi":"10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585541","url":null,"abstract":"Static-power-based side-channel attacks have developed rapidly in the past few years. Many classical side channel attack algorithms have been adapted to exploit static power consumption. There have been successful applications of side-channel attacks based on static power dissipation of cryptographic circuits designed in different technology sizes. In this paper we perform template attacks on a masked s-box circuit designed and simulated using 45-nm CMOS standard cell library. We are the first to compare template attacks using static power and dynamic power in the context of masked sbox implementations. We are able to achieve successful results using both types of power leakage. However, we observe that, in the 45-nm environment, dynamic power analysis requires a high sampling rate for the oscilloscopes used to collect data, while the results of static power analysis are more sensitive to additive noise.","PeriodicalId":112526,"journal":{"name":"2018 16th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117090073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NEWCAS 2018 Keynote","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/newcas.2018.8585575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/newcas.2018.8585575","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":112526,"journal":{"name":"2018 16th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS)","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114155211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yury Antonov, M. Zahra, K. Stadius, Zahra Khonsari, Nouman Ahmed, Ilia Kempi, Juha Inkinen, Vishnu Unnikrishnan, J. Ryynänen
{"title":"A 3-43ps time-delay cell for LO phase-shifting in 1.5-6.5GHz beamsteering receiver","authors":"Yury Antonov, M. Zahra, K. Stadius, Zahra Khonsari, Nouman Ahmed, Ilia Kempi, Juha Inkinen, Vishnu Unnikrishnan, J. Ryynänen","doi":"10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585704","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585704","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a digital-friendly passives-less time delay cell that generates programmable phase-shifts for down converting front-end in LO-based beamsteering receiver. Cell design supports 1.5–6.5GHz broadband receiver operation and cell layout occupies an area of only 15×16.5μm2 including power supply rails and control logic. Simulated in 28nm CMOS technology, delay cell exhibits 6 distinct delay values {3, 3.5, 17, 19, 24, 43}ps consuming at most 220μW@IV.","PeriodicalId":112526,"journal":{"name":"2018 16th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115161355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A bidirectional short range low power and high data rate W-Band transceiver for network on chip","authors":"D. Ghosh, A. Frappé, C. Loyez, A. Cathelin","doi":"10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585459","url":null,"abstract":"A low power wireless transceiver architecture is proposed along with full system integration for network on chip communication, operating in millimeter wave W Band (100 GHz) frequency. The transceiver is designed in 28 nm FDSOI CMOS technology for a data rate of nearly 20 Gbps, with an energy efficiency of 1.25 pJ/Bit. In the proposed architecture the powerhungry blocks have been removed to create a non-conventional, mirror identical transmitter-receiver architecture. The low power consumption is attained by taking advantage of EM polarizations to transmit clock and data over a millimeter range distance, removing the need to maintain clock synchronization at the receiver end.","PeriodicalId":112526,"journal":{"name":"2018 16th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS)","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114700350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"All-inversion region gm/ID methodology for RF circuits in FinFET technologies","authors":"R. Fiorelli, J. Núñez, F. Silveira","doi":"10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585627","url":null,"abstract":"In the context of IoT applications, together with the use of deep-submicron technologies as FinFET, this paper presents a revision of the gm/ID methodology for radio-frequency analog front-end circuits. Particularly, this methodology is applied for the design of LC-VCOs in the 5.8-GHz band using 20-nm FinFET transistors. To incorporate the FinFET model into the design flow, a semi-empirical model is extracted from electrical simulations. To show the good performance of the methodology, an LC-VCO design, picked from the calculated design maps, is electrically simulated, achieving good match regarding oscillation frequency and phase noise.","PeriodicalId":112526,"journal":{"name":"2018 16th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124163151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NEWCAS 2018 Bienvenue","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/newcas.2018.8585423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/newcas.2018.8585423","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":112526,"journal":{"name":"2018 16th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122728079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}