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A novel tunable capacitively-copuled instrumentation amplifier with 14.4 nV/ √(H z) noise and 190.47 nW micro-power for ECG applications 用于心电图应用的新型可调电容表列仪表放大器，噪声为 14.4 nV/√（H z），微功率为 190.47 nW

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Integration-The Vlsi Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.vlsi.2024.102268

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Experimental analysis of irregularly shaped octagonal on-chip inductors for improving area-efficiency in CMOS RFICs for millimeter wave applications 用于提高毫米波应用 CMOS 射频集成电路面积效率的不规则八边形片上电感器实验分析

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Integration-The Vlsi Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.vlsi.2024.102259

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A fast test compaction method using dedicated Pure MaxSAT solver embedded in DFT flow 使用嵌入 DFT 流程的专用 Pure MaxSAT 求解器的快速测试压实方法

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Integration-The Vlsi Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.vlsi.2024.102265

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Clock mesh synthesis through dynamic programming with physical parameters consideration 通过考虑物理参数的动态编程合成时钟网格

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Integration-The Vlsi Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.vlsi.2024.102261

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Pre-route timing prediction and optimization with graph neural network models 利用图神经网络模型进行预路由时序预测和优化

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Integration-The Vlsi Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.vlsi.2024.102262

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A fast and high-performance global router with enhanced congestion control 快速、高性能的全局路由器，具有增强的拥塞控制功能

IF 2.2 3区工程技术

Integration-The Vlsi Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.vlsi.2024.102263

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Gate all around carbon nanotube field effect transistor espoused discrepancy cascode pass transistor adiabatic logic for ultra-low power application 用于超低功耗应用的栅极周围碳纳米管场效应晶体管支持差异级联通过晶体管绝热逻辑

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Integration-The Vlsi Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.vlsi.2024.102260

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Implementation of a fully integrated memristive Chua’s chaotic circuit with a voltage-controlled oscillator 利用压控振荡器实现全集成的蔡氏混沌记忆电路

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Integration-The Vlsi Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.vlsi.2024.102258

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A fast hardware accelerator for nighttime fog removal based on image fusion 基于图像融合的夜间除雾快速硬件加速器

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Integration-The Vlsi Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.vlsi.2024.102256

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Efficient deployment of Single Shot Multibox Detector network on FPGAs 在 FPGA 上高效部署单发多箱探测器网络

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Integration-The Vlsi Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.vlsi.2024.102255

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