IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine - Spring 2015 - 4

editor's note

R. Jacob Baker

Welcome to the Spring 2015 Issue of
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine!

This Spring 2015 issue marks the final issue for the magazine's long-time
News Editor Katherine Olstein. Katherine has worked tirelessly for years
to bring the readers of the magazine
information about the activities in
the local Chapters, conference news,
awards, and other happenings of interest to Society members. Katherine has
been a pleasure to work with through
the years. I think I speak for the hundreds of Society members that she has
interacted with when I say that she will
be missed as she transitions to her
new position. Good luck Katherine!
In this issue, we've compiled articles
ranging from tutorials to technology
overviews to a review of the activities
at ISSCC this past February. Specifically,
■ Prof. Ali Sheikholeslami continues
his well-received series of articles in
"Circuit Intuitions." In this column,
he discusses and reviews bandwidth
extension. While these articles have
been geared toward giving undergraduate students circuit design intuition, the feedback has indicated
that even seasoned designers are benefiting from them.
■ Prof. Behzad Razavi's column series
"A Circuit for All Seasons" provides
details on the design, operation,
and use of the StongARM latch.
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These articles have also been well
received including the questions
and answers to the readers.
Associate Magazine Editor Patrick
Yue's article, "The China IC Industrial
Revolution" discusses the importance

Katherine has
worked tirelessly
for years to bring
the readers of
the magazine
information about
the activities in
the local Chapters,
conference news,
awards, and other
happenings of
interest to Society
members.

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of the IC industry to China's economy.
Prof. Yue provides an overview of the
impact and challenges faced by the IC
industry in China.
In an, as usual, entertaining column, Dr. Marcel Pelgrom discusses
"How to Stop a Tsunami," which
pokes fun at our publication habits.
ISSCC 2015 had some outstanding
technology tutorials. We've asked

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the presenters of these tutorials to
write articles for the magazine. In
this issue, the articles include Dr.
Alison Burdett's tutorial, "UltraLow-Power Wireless Systems," Dr.
Antonio Liscidini's tutorial, "The
Fundamentals of Modern Wireless
Receivers," and a tutorial "LowPower Near-Threshold Design" by
Nathaniel Pinckney, David Blaauw,
and Dennis Sylvester.
■ Dr. Robert Dennard has contributed the invited article, "Past Progress and Future Challenges in LSI
Technology-From DRAM and Scaling to Ultra-Low-Power CMOS."
The goal of the magazine continues to be to provide Society news and
information as well as a series of selfcontained 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 evolution of a particular IC
technology. We will also continue to
feature articles focused on the contributions of luminaries.
We hope you enjoy reading IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine. Please send
your comments to me at rjacobbaker@
gmail.com.

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