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This paper proposes a generic and unified model of the power flow (PF) problem for multiterminal hybrid AC/DC networks. The proposed model is an extension of the standard AC-PF. The DC network is treated as an AC one and, in addition to the Slack, PV and P ...

In the past decades, a significant increase of the transistor density on a chip has led to exponential growth in computational power driven by Moore's law. To overcome the bottleneck of traditional von-Neumann architecture in computational efficiency, effo ...

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The demise of Moore's Law and Dennard scaling has resulted in diminishing performance gains for general-purpose processors, and so has prompted a surge in academic and commercial interest for hardware accelerators. Specialized hardware has already redefine ...

Combining optical gain in direct-bandgap III-V materials with tunable optical feedback offered by advanced photonic integrated circuits is key to chip-scale external-cavity lasers (ECL), offering wideband tunability along with low optical linewidths. Exter ...

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Three-Dimensional Multi-Processor Systems-on-Chip (3D MPSoCs) are promising solutions for highly intensive Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data applications. They combine remarkably dense computation capabilities and massive communication bandwidths. ...

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Harnessing quantum randomness for the generation of random numbers is an important concept crucial for information security and many other computer-related applications. Quantum random number generators (QRNGs) are evolving from bulky, slow, and expensive ...

Low Power 3D Serial TSV Link for High Bandwidth Cross-Chip Communication

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General and Unified Model of the Power Flow Problem in Multiterminal AC/DC Networks

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Eco-Conscious Approach to Wireless Gas Monitoring With a Hybrid Printed Passive Sensor Tag

Highly Parallel RTL Simulation

Advanced Silicon and SWIR Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes: Design, Simulation, and Characterization

Integrated silicon photonic MEMS

REMOTE: Re-thinking Task Mapping on Wireless 2.5D Systems-on-Package for Hotspot Removal

Building Chips Faster: Hardware-Compiler Co-Design for Accelerated RTL Simulation

Sub-kHz-Linewidth External-Cavity Laser (ECL) With Si3N4 Resonator Used as a Tunable Pump for a Kerr Frequency Comb

Miniaturised, Wireless and Distributed Neural Interface Toward Cortical Visual Prosthesis

Integrated electronics for time-of-flight positron emission tomography photodetectors

Full System Exploration of On-Chip Wireless Communication on Many-Core Architectures

A new versatile hybrid MEMS technology for high sensitivity, fluid proof sensing applications

Design and management of three-dimensional multi-processor systems-on-chip with integrated flow cell arrays

A 500 x 500 Dual-Gate SPAD Imager With 100% Temporal Aperture and 1 ns Minimum Gate Length for FLIM and Phasor Imaging Applications

Piezoelectric suspended microchannel resonators

Near-junction microfluidic cooling for high power-density GaN-on-Si electronics: A wafer, device, packaging, and system-level investigation

Resource Trade-Offs in Circuits and Systems: from Neurotechnology to Communications

The Michelangelo step: removing scalloping and tapering effects in high aspect ratio through silicon vias

Random flip-flop: adding quantum randomness to digital circuits for improved cyber security, artificial intelligence and more