IEEE Solid-States Circuits Magazine - Spring 2021 - 4

EDITOR'S NOTE
Leo Belostotski
Welcome to the Spring 2021 Issue of
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine!
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The focus of this second issue of the
13th year of IEEE Solid-State Circuits
Magazine is on a less-common but
increasingly important variety, i.e.,
" flavor, " of integrated circuits, i.e.,
" chips. " The chip flavor of this issue
is cryogenically cooled circuits. While
such circuits still fall in a niche category
of otherwise ubiquitous integrated
circuits found just about
everywhere, cryogenic circuits date
back to the early 1950s. Cryogenic
amplifiers were initially conceived
of to address challenges in the
fields of space exploration and radio
astronomy, but they now are widely
investigated for other applications,
most notably quantum computing.
The guest editor, Joseph Bardin,
has authored and invited other contributors-Davide
Braga, Shaorui Li,
Farah Fahim, Bogdan Staszewski,
Imran Bashir, Elena Blokhina, Dirk
Leipold, and Edoardo Charbon-to
provide articles describing cryogenic
circuits for diverse areas: radio
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astronomy, quantum computing, and
high-energy physics.
In addition to the always-popular
editorials/tutorials from Ali Sheikholeslami
and Behzad Razavi, this
issue also introduces a series titled
" Shop Talk " by Chris Mangelsdorf.
The new series intends to provide
practical, undocumented tricks that
are not taught in schools but are
used extensively by industry pros.
To make this series interactive,
relevant, and also
entertaining, readers' participation
is encouraged.
In this issue, Ali's " Circuit
Intuitions " column
discusses methods of
finding the equivalent
impedance seen when
looking into a pair of
nodes, Behzad's " The
Analog Mind " column explores broadPalermo,
Ali Sheikholeslami, ShiuhHua
Wood Chiang, Nima Maghari,
Tadahiro Kuroda, and Rui Martins,
this issue also recognizes Behzad
Razavi's contribution to the global
microelectronic industry and his
impact on circuits education.
The goal of the magazine continCryogenic
amplifiers
were
initially conceived
of to address
challenges in the
fields of space
exploration and
radio astronomy.
band I/O circuits, and Chris's debut
" Shop Talk " column presents a onestep
technique for determining the
worst-case capacitive load for analog
circuits.
In an article contributed by Payam
Heydari with remarks by Samuel
ues to be to provide Society news
and information as well as a series of
self-contained resources to keep the
IEEE Solid-State Circuits
Society member up to
date with changes in
technology while, at the
same time, providing
reviews of circuit design
concepts. This includes
contributions from experts
describing the current state
of affairs and the evolution
of a particular IC technology.
We will also continue to feature
articles focused on the contributions
of luminaries and solid-state circuit
techniques and directions.
We hope you enjoy reading this
issue of IEEE Solid-State Circuits
Magazine. Please send comments to
lbelosto@ieee.org.
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