Micro-Relay Technology for Energy-Efficient Integrated Circuits

This volume describes the design of relay-based circuit systems from device fabrication to circuit micro-architectures. This book is ideal for both device engineers as well as circuit system designers, and highlights the importance of co-design across design hierarchies when trying to optimize system performance (in this case, energy-efficiency). The book will also appeal to researchers and engineers focused on semiconductor, integrated circuits, and energy efficient electronics.

Covers microsystem fabrication, MEMS device design, circuit design, circuit micro-architecture and CAD Describes work previously done in the field and also lays the groundwork and criteria for future energy-efficient device and system design Maximizes reader insights into the design and modeling of micro-relay, micro-relay reliability, integrated circuit design with micro-relays, and more

Autorentext

Fred Chen currently works at Lion Semiconductor, Inc. Hei Kam currently works at Intel Corporation and was formerly a graduate student at UC Berkeley.

Inhalt
A New Era of Old Electronics.- Design and Modeling of Micro-Relay.- Micro-Relay Technologies.- Micro-Relay Reliability.- Optimization and Scaling of Micro-Relays for Ultra-Low-Power Digital Logic.- Integrated Circuit Design with Micro-Relays.- Micro-Relay Circuits for VLSI Applications.