Monolithic three dimensional integration of semiconductor integrated circuits

Y Du - US Patent 9,177,890, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A three-dimensional integrated circuit comprising top tier nanowire
transistors formed on a bottom tier of CMOS tran sistors, with inter-tier vias, intra-tier vias …

3D floorplanning using 2D and 3D blocks

K Samadi, SA Panth, Y Du - US Patent 9,064,077, 2015 - Google Patents
The disclosed embodiments are directed to systems and method for floorplanning an
integrated circuit design using a mix of 2D and 3D blocks that provide a significant …

Three-dimensional (3-D) integrated circuits (3DICS) with graphene shield, and related components and methods

Y Du - US Patent 9,536,840, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A three-dimensional (3-D) integrated circuit (3DIC) with a graphene shield
is disclosed. In certain embodiments, at least a graphene layer is positioned between two …

Flip-flops in a monolithic three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC)(3DIC) and related methods

Y Du, J Xie, K Samadi - US Patent 9,041,448, 2015 - Google Patents
Flip-flops in a monolithic three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC)(3DIC) and related
method are disclosed. In one embodiment, a single clock source is provided for the 3DIC …

Clock distribution network for 3D integrated circuit

K Samadi, SA Panth, J Xie, Y Du - US Patent 9,098,666, 2015 - Google Patents
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[图书][B] Analysis and design of resilient VLSI circuits: mitigating soft errors and process variations

R Garg - 2009 - books.google.com
This monograph is motivated by the challenges faced in designing reliable VLSI systems in
modern VLSI processes. The reliable operation of integrated circuits (ICs) has become …

A fully integrated Li-ion-compatible hybrid four-level DC–DC converter in 28-nm FDSOI

SS Amin, PP Mercier - IEEE journal of solid-state circuits, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a Li-ion-compatible fully integrated hybrid dc-dc converter implemented
in 28-nm FDSOI. A modified four-level converter is proposed to achieve high efficiency while …

Ultra low voltage level shifters to interface sub and super threshold reconfigurable logic cells

A Chavan, E MacDonald - 2008 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultra-low power consumption often comes at the price of reduced performance for energy
conscious electronics-particularly reconfigurable circuits. Operating devices at ultra-low …

Architecture knowledge for evaluating scalable databases

I Gorton, J Klein, A Nurgaliev - 2015 12th Working IEEE/IFIP …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Designing massively scalable, highly available big data systems is an immense challenge
for software architects. Big data applications require distributed systems design principles to …

Three-dimensional (3D) memory cell separation among 3D integrated circuit (IC) tiers, and related 3D integrated circuits (3DICS), 3DIC processor cores, and methods

J Xie, Y Du - US Patent 9,171,608, 2015 - Google Patents
Abstract A three-dimensional (3D) memory cell separation among 3D integrated circuit
(IC)(3DIC) tiers is disclosed. Related 3DICs, 3DIC processor cores, and methods are also …