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Editor’s Column Mary Y. Lanzerotti, IBM, myl@us.ibm.com Welcome to the Summer 2008 issue of SSCS News! As with prior issues, its goal is to be a self-contained resource, with original sources and new contributions by experts describing the current state of affairs in technology in view of the influence of the original papers and/or patents. In Summer 2008, we feature the SSCS News Editor-in-Chief: Mary Y. Lanzerotti IBM T. J. Watson Research Center myl@us.ibm.com Fax: +1 914 945 1358 Technology Editor: Richard C. Jaeger Alabama Microelectronics Center Auburn University, AL rj@jaegerengineering.com Tutorials Editor: Rakesh Kumar Technology Connexions Poway, CA rakesh@tcxinc.com Associate Editor for Europe/Africa: Tony Harker Alba Centre Alba Campus Livingston Scotland EH54 7EG harker@sli-institute.ac.uk News Editor: Katherine Olstein IEEE SSCS k.olstein@ieee.org Administrative Committee President: Willy Sansen K. U. Leuven, Belgium sansen@esat.kuleuven.be Fax: +32 16 321975 Vice-President: Bernhard Boser University of California Berkeley, CA Secretary: David A. Johns University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada Treasurer: Rakesh Kumar Technology Connexions Poway, CA Past- President: Richard C. Jaeger Alabama Microelectronics Center University, AL Other Representatives: Representative to Sensors Council Darrin Young Representative from CAS to SSCS Domine Leenaerts Representative to CAS from SSCS Un-Ku Moon work and impact of Dr. Eric Vittoz, who has written an extensive lead article entitled “Electronic Watch and Low Power Circuits.” I am grateful to Dr. Erik Heijne for suggesting Dr. Vittoz as a potential subject and feature author, and for his recommendations of experts who could attest to the impact of Dr. Vittoz’s career on the development and commercialization of electronic Swiss watches. Please be sure to read Dr. Heijne’s Introduction to this issue on page 4. IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Executive Director: Anne O’Neill IEEE SSCS-West: 1500 SW 11th Avenue #1801 Portland, OR 97201 Tel: +1 732 981 3400 Fax: +1 732 981 3401 Email: sscs@ieee.org Administrator: Katherine Olstein IEEE SSCS 445 Hoes Lane Piscataway, NJ 08854 Tel: +1 732 981 3410 Fax: +1 732 981 3401 Elected AdCom Members at Large Terms to 31 Dec. 08: Wanda K. Gass Ali Hajimiri Paul J. Hurst Akira Matsuzawa Ian Young Terms to 31 Dec. 09: John J. Corcoran Kevin Kornegay Hae-Seung (Harry) Lee Thomas H. Lee Jan Van der Spiegel Terms to 31 Dec. 10: Terri S. Fiez Tadahiro Kuroda Bram Nauta Jan Sevenhans Mehmet Soyuer Region 8 Representative: Jan Sevenhans Region 10 Representative: C.K. Wang Chairs of Standing Committees: Awards John J. Corcoran Chapters Jan Van der Spiegel Education C.K. Ken Yang Meetings Bill Bidermann Membership Bruce Hecht Nominations Richard C. Jaeger Publications Glenn Gulak For detailed contact information, see the Society e-News: www.ieee.org/portal/site/sscs For questions regarding Society business, contact the SSCS Executive Office. Contributions for the Fall 2008 issue of the Newsletter must be received by 8 August 2008 at the SSCS Executive Office. A complete media kit for advertisers is available at www.spectrum.ieee.org/mc_print. Scroll down to find SSCS. As a result, we are honored to offer: (1) “A Short Story of the EKV MOS Transistor Model,“ by Christian C. Enz (Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology); (2) “Watch Microelectronics: Pioneer in Portable Consumer Electronics,” by Mougahed Darwish, Marc Degrauwe, Thomas E. Gyger, Gunther Meusburger, (all at EM Microelectronic-Marin SA), Jean Claude Robert (ETA); (3) “It’s About Time: A Brief Chronology of Chronometry,” by Thomas Lee (Stanford University); (4) “History of the Development of the Swiss Watch Microprocessors,” by Christian Piguet (CSEM Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique S.A.); (5) “Eric Vittoz and the Strong Impact of Weak Inversion Circuits,” by Yannis Tsividis (Columbia University). Summer ’08 also includes reprints of one original paper and the first two pages of two original patents by Dr. Vittoz: (1) F. Leuenberger and E. Vittoz, “Complementary-MOS Low- Power Low-Voltage Integrated Binary Counter,” Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 57, No. 9, September, 1969, pp. 1528- 1532. (2) E. A. Vittoz, “Frequency Divider Circuit,” U. S. Patent 3,619,646, Nov. 9, 1971. (3) W. Hammer, E. A. Vittoz, J. Hermann, H. Choffat, “Timekeeper,” U. S. Patent 3,895, 485, July 22, 1975. To accentuate the impact of Dr. Vittoz’s work, I would like to include two photographs that I took of the Swatch store in Grand Central Terminal, New York, NY. (This store is directly on the walking path from the train to the subway.) continued on page 95 2 IEEE SSCS NEWS Summer 2008
Summer 2008 Volume 13, Number 3 Photo of Eric Vittoz Editor’s Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Symbiosis in the Technology World, Tony Harker, Associate Editor for Europe/Africa . . . 5 Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 11 16 53 79 86 TECHNICAL LITERATURE Electronic Watch and Low-Power Circuits, Eric A. Vittoz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 A Short Story of the EKV MOS Transistor Model, Christian C. Enz . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Watch Microelectronics: Pioneer in Portable Consumer Electronics, M. Darwish, M. Degrauwe, T. Gyger, G. Meusburger, J. C. Robert . . . . . . . . . . 31 It’s About Time: A Brief Chronology of Chronometry, Thomas H. Lee . . . . . . . . 42 History of the Development of Swiss Watch Microprocessors, Christian Piguet . . . 50 Eric Vittoz and the Strong Impact of Weak Inversion Circuits, Yannis Tsividis . . . . . 56 Executive Summary: Advances in Ultra-Low-Voltage Design, J. Kwong, A. Chandrakasan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Executive Summary: Gigasensors for an Attoscope, Erik H. M. Heijne, . . . . . . . 60 Complementary-MOS Low-Power Low-Voltage Integrated Binary Counter, Fritz Leuenberger and Eric Vittoz, reprinted from Proceedings of the IEEE, 57 (9):1528-1532, September, 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Microwatt Switched Capacitor Circuit Design, E. Vittoz, presented at a Summer Course On Switched Capacitor Circuits, June 9-12, 1981, ESAT, KU Leuven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Frequency Divider Circuit (U.S. Patent No. 3,619,646) Eric Andre Vittoz, 1971 67 Timekeeper (U.S. Patent No. 3,895,486) W. Hammer, E. Vittoz, J. Hermann, H. Choffat, 1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 PEOPLE Clark Nguyen Presents DL Talk on RF-MEMS in Japan, Katherine Olstein . . . . . . . . . . . 71 New Senior Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Tools: Tips for Making Writing Easier, Part 2: Five-Minute Miracle - Narrow Your Questions, Shape Your Answers, Peter and Cheryl Reimold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 CONFERENCES ISSCC Student Forum, Anne O’Neill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 2007 VLSI-TSA/DAT Best Paper Awards Presented in April, 2008, Clara Wu and Elodie Ho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Now It’s Japan’s Turn to Host A-SSCC, Koji Kito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Hot Chips 20: Three Days of the Best in High-performance Chips and Technologies, Don Draper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) Celebrates 30th Year . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Sister Conferences ESSCIRC/ESSDERC Meet on 15-19 September, Franz Dielacher . .80 2008 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Conference to Meet in Monterey, CA, Marise Bafleur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 2008 IEEE Compound Semiconductor IC Symposium (CSICS) to Collocate with BCTM in October, Sorin Voinigescu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 CHAPTER NEWS SSCS-Green Mountain Organizes 17th IEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop, P. Nsame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Oregon State University Student Branch Chapter Inaugurated in March, Sunwoo Kwon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 SSCS NEWS Sansen and Matsuzawa Visit National Taiwan University, C.K. Wang . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Eight Candidates Vie for Five AdCom Positions, Anne O’Neill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Call for Nominations for Sensors Awards, Anne O’Neill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 CEDA Currents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Summer 2008 IEEE SSCS NEWS 3
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