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broadcast as a webinar to SSCS members worldwide. For more information
on the upcoming webinar, please see
the SSCS website. Part 1 of this seminar,
"Time-Based Circuits-Not Just the Single Slope!," was recorded on 18 May by
Dr. Matt Straayer from Maxim Integrated
Inc. Part 2 was recorded on August 17
by Prof. Pavan Hanumolu, the University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, "Applications of Time-based Circuits in Data
Conversion, Filtering, and Control."
Hanumolu started his talk with a summary of part 1 and later covered different
applications such as data conversion,

filtering, and control in power management. For the last part of the seminar,
he covered the recent publications on
time-based circuits from his research
group at the University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign. A list of related
references and recent publications, done
in collaboration with Dr. Mike Perrott
and Dr. Straayer, was provided.

Abstract
In the second part of this two-part
series on time-based circuits, I will present time-based signal representation
as an alternative to classical voltage or

charge-based signal representations.
I will then show how this representation enables the implementation of
fundamental building blocks, such
as integrators using mostly digital circuits. Finally, I will present case studies of time-based analog filters, analog
to digital converters, and direct currentdirect current converters to highlight
the advantages, opportunities, and
drawbacks of the time-based approach.

-Mojtaba Sharifzadeh
Chair, Santa Clara Valley Chapter

IEEE SSCS and EDS Baltimore Joint Chapter Holds Spring Meeting

The IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
(SSCS) and IEEE Electron Devices
Society (EDS) Joint Chapter held their
spring meeting on 25 April 2017.
The event was held at the National
Electronics Museum near the Baltimore-Washington Intern at ion a l
Airport. Dr. Naghmeh Karimi, University of Maryland, Department
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of Computer Science and Electrical
Engineering, gave a talk on malicious
aging in integrated circuits/cores
(MAGIC). The event was attended by
22 people.

Upcoming Fall Colloquium
On Thursday, 12 October 2017, the
Baltimore Chapter held their 6th
Annual Fall Colloquium, with the
topic "Flexible and Wearable Electronics." The event, sponsored by

the EDS's Mini Colloquia Program, addressed the interests of local industry, government, and academia. The
colloquium was held at the American
Center for Physics near the University of Maryland, College Park campus. For more information about the
event, contact Chapter Chair Paul A.
Potyraj at papotyraj@ieee.org.

-Paul Potyraj

SSCS and CASS Joint Sweden Chapter Hosts Workshop
on Energy-Efficient Electronics

The IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
(SSCS) and IEEE Circuits and Systems
Society (CASS) Joint Sweden Chapter hosted a workshop on energyefficient electronics. The workshop
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took place in beautiful Ystad, on the
south coast of Sweden and was organized by Ch apter Ch a ir P r of.
J o a c h i m Rodrig ues at Lund University. This biannual event brings
together experts, from both industry
and academia, in system architecture, circuit design, and technology

to discuss the challenges and latest trends in the development of
low-power and ultra-low-power embedded systems. The event was coorganized by EPFL , L ausanne,
Switzerland, and Bar-Ilan University,
Israel. The 60 people in attendance
listened to invited speakers from top

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