VLSI-SoC: Forward-Looking Trends in IC and Systems Design

Chapter 1 A 1-V CMOS Ultralow-Power Receiver Front End for the IEEE 802.15.4 Standard Using Tuned Passive Mixer Output Pole

Chapter 2 Self-Timed Rings: A Promising Solution for Generating High-Speed High-Resolution Low-Phase Noise Clocks

Chapter 3 Adaptive Logical Control of RF LNA Performances for Efficient Energy Consumption

Chapter 4 A 1.8-V 3.6-mW 2.4-GHz Fully Integrated CMOS Frequency Synthesizer for the IEEE 802.15.4

Chapter 5 Design and Optimization of a Digital Baseband Receiver ASIC for GSM/EDGE

Chapter 6 VLSI Implementation of Hard- and Soft-Output Sphere Decoding for Wide-Band MIMO Systems

Chapter 7 Joint Optimization of Low-Power DCT Architecture and Efficient Quantization Technique for Embedded Image Compression

Chapter 8 Fast Fixed-Point Optimization of DSP Algorithms

Chapter 9 Design and Verification of Lazy and Hybrid Implementations of the SELF Protocol

Chapter 10 Adaptation Strategies in Multiprocessors System on Chip

Chapter 11 Tri-mode Operation for Noise Reduction and Data Preservation in Low-Leakage Multi-Threshold CMOS Circuits

Chapter 12 Fast Legalization for Standard Cell Placement with Simultaneous Wirelength and Displacement Minimization

Chapter 13 Control Electronics Integration toward Endoscopic Capsule Robot Performing Legged Locomotion and Illumination

Chapter 14 Smart Camera System-on-Chip Architecture for Real-Time Brush Based Interactive Painting Systems