IEEE Solid-States Circuits Magazine - Winter 2022 - 5

PRESIDENT'S CORNER
John R. Long
The Many Benefits of Our Society
A
Authoritative journals, irresistible
conferences, unexplored online re -
sources, and weeknight dining with
distinguished experts-these are just
a few reasons members value the IEEE
Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS).
Technologies created by SSCS members
allowed us to work effectively
from home, while, almost simultaneously,
the profile of our profession
was raised tremendously during the
COVID-19 pandemic by a spike in the
demand for semiconductors. This
year is the 25th anniversary of our
Society, which originated as a Technical
Council of IEEE in the 1960s. As the
incoming president, these events and
our anniversary year have me thinking
about the many ways we serve
each other and our profession
as SSCS members.
Have you visited the SSCS
homepage (https://sscs.ieee
.org) or used one of our many
online sources of technical
information? If you have
never viewed a webinar,
the latest PLL tutorial
(available at https://
sscs.ieee.org/education/
past-webinars?eid=609&
m=48068f7c61082374
1d0545d32b5f9d97) is
rial and short course presentations
(https://sscs.ieee.org/education/tuto
rials-on-line) delivered by experts. Our
rich repository of online educational
content is a unique advantage of SSCS
membership worth exploring.
An exciting new initiative pioneered
by Boris Murmann and the SSCS Circuit
Directions group is encouraging young
people from diverse backgrounds to
design chips on their own using open
source tools (via Efabless, available
at https://efabless.com/projects/
project_definition/SSCS-21). Other
groups, such as Young Professionals
(https://sscs.ieee.org/membership/
young-professionals) and Women in
Thanks to the
progression of
Moore's law,
the world's most
talented chip
designers, and
their innovations
are well
documented in the
JSSC database.
very popular and an excellent place
to start. The SSCS also has a YouTube
channel (https://www.youtube.com/
c/IEEESolidStateCircuitsSociety/
featured) of short videos on selected
educational topics as well as tutoDigital
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the ISSCC is
synonymous with
Circuits (https://sscs.ieee.org/women
-in-circuits), offer career
advice, networking,
and mentoring opportu -
nities to many members.
The Society is also reach -
ing out again, with new
membership initiatives in
Africa, South America, and
Southeast Asia.
Our flagship publication
is the Journal of Solid-State
Circuits (JSSC), which began
as a record of the International
Solid-State Circuits
Conference (ISSCC). Thanks to
the progression of Moore's law, the
ISSCC is synonymous with the world's
most talented chip designers, and
their innovations are well documented
in the JSSC database. Membership in
the SSCS opens up access to JSSC on
IEEE Xplore, and one of the little-used
features of that platform is the " Get
Entire Issue Now " option at the top of
every JSSC issue. Try downloading an
entire issue of the JSSC, and stay current
with the latest developments in
our field!
Other SSCS publications to explore,
if you haven't encountered them
already, are as follows:
■ IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters: A
brief, four-page paper format saves
time for readers and authors (https://
ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue
.jsp?punumber=8011414).
■ IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State
Circuits Society (OJ-SSCS): This is a
new, open access journal for authors
wanting to retain their copyright
(https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/
RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=8782712).
■ IEEE RFIC Virtual Journal: This
online-only journal caters to experienced
and student practitioners
of radio-frequency design (https://
ieeexplore.ieee.org/virtual-jurnals/
rfic).
■ IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine:
Written at a tutorial level and in
an informal style, the Magazine
features articles on technical milestones,
current trends, and future
developments.
The new tutorial-format papers in OJSSCS
and IEEE Design and Test magazine
(https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/
RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6221038)
are my suggestions for hidden gems
you may not be familiar with.
The excitement of face-to-face
gatherings like the ISSCC was replaced
by virtual meetings during the COVID-19
pandemic. Travel bans affected all
of the conferences the SSCS sponsors,
including the ISSCC, Asian Solid-State
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