Analysis, design and implementation of reliable, robust, low power, wideband analog IC and VLSI systems

可靠、稳健、低功耗、宽带模拟 IC 和 VLSI 系统的分析、设计和实现

• 批准号: 121810-2006
• 负责人: Raut, Rabin
• 金额: $ 1.17万
• 依托单位: Concordia University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2006-01-01 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=338889
• 关键词: Analysis; design; implementation; reliable; robust

Electronic devices are part of our day to day lives. An electronic device or system is meant to handle information in the form of electrical signal. In the real physical world, the signals change continuously with time. Such signals are referred to as analog signals.The current research work will involve inventing new electronic devices that can be built using modern sub-micron (smaller than one-millionth of a meter) integrated circuit technologty. The device and any bigger system built using these devices should operate reliably under varying enviromental conditions. The emphasis will be on to save the bettery power and to process analog electrical signals that changes very rapidly with time. Thus the work will involve analysis, design and implemenattion of low power, high frequency, robust, reliable anlog integrated circuits and systems. Our research will concentrate on devices which can work with electrical signals that change several hundred million times (or more) in a second. These signals are referred to as high frequency signals. These devices may find use in variety of electronic systems such as fiber optic communication, computers, personal communication devices, wireless communication and so on. It is known that devices operating at high frequencies consume substantial power from the battery. However, special optimization technique can be used to reduce this power consumption. Thus our work will involve innovations for low-power high-frequency electronic devices. All electronic devices working with analog signals exhibit changes in functionality with changes in environmental conditions i.e., temperature change, battery voltage change and so on. By applying special feedback techniques, such changes can be minimized. Thus our task will involve research for creating reliable and robust analog electronic devices and systems. Europe and Asia have very strong base in analog and radio frequency electronics. We hope that our research shall provide Canadians with a group of very highly skilled technical personnel in this competitive area of electrical engineering.

电子设备是我们日常生活的一部分。电子设备或系统旨在处理电信号形式的信息。在现实的物理世界中，信号随时间不断变化。此类信号被称为模拟信号。当前的研究工作将涉及发明可以使用现代亚微米（小于百万分之一米）集成电路技术构建的新型电子设备。该设备以及使用这些设备构建的任何更大的系统应该在不同的环境条件下可靠运行。重点将放在节省电池电量和处理随时间变化非常快的模拟电信号上。因此，这项工作将涉及低功耗、高频、稳健、可靠的模拟集成电路和系统的分析、设计和实现。我们的研究将集中于能够处理每秒变化数亿次（或更多）的电信号的设备。这些信号被称为高频信号。这些设备可用于各种电子系统，例如光纤通信、计算机、个人通信设备、无线通信等。众所周知，以高频运行的设备会消耗大量电池电量。然而，可以使用特殊的优化技术来降低功耗。因此，我们的工作将涉及低功率高频电子设备的创新。所有使用模拟信号的电子设备都会随着环境条件的变化（例如温度变化、电池电压变化等）而表现出功能变化。通过应用特殊的反馈技术，可以最大限度地减少此类变化。因此，我们的任务将涉及创建可靠且强大的模拟电子设备和系统的研究。欧洲和亚洲在模拟和射频电子领域拥有非常强大的基础。我们希望我们的研究能够为加拿大人在电气工程这个竞争激烈的领域提供一批非常熟练的技术人员。