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The International Solid&#8211;State Circuits Conference is the foremost global forum for presentation of advances in solid&#8211;state circuits and Systems&#8211;on&#8211;a&#8211;Chip&#046; The Conference offers a unique opportunity for engineers working at the cutting edge of IC design and use to maintain technical currency, and to network with leading experts&#046; <b>Keywords:</b> ANALOG &#8211; Analog circuits and subsystems, including baseband amplifiers, dc&#8211;dc converters, continuous&#8211;time & discrete&#8211;time filters, comparators, multipliers, voltage references, power&#8211;control circuits, non&#8211;linear analog circuits, op&#8211;amps, switched&#8211;capacitor circuits, synthesizers, and PLLs&#046; DATA CONVERTERS &#8211; Nyquist&#8211;rate and oversampling A/D and D/A converters, and sample&#8211;and&#8211;hold circuits&#046; DIGITAL &#8211; Design, fabrication, and test of digital VLSI systems; microprocessors, network processors and chipsets; I/O and inter&#8211;chip communication; intra&#8211;chip communication; reconfigurable logic&#8211;array circuits; digital clock&#8211;synthesis circuits and architectures; high&#8211;performance and lowpower logic&#8211;micro&#8211;architectures and circuit techniques; high&#8211;speed digital circuits; power&#8211;reduction and management methods for digital VLSI, and implementation methodologies for digital VLSI&#046; IMAGERS, MEMS, MEDICAL & DISPLAY &#8211; Image sensors and companion chips; smart sensors; MEMS for analog and RF; MEMS for sensor&#8211;andinstrumentation applications, integrated sensors and transducers; sensor&#8211;interface circuits; biosensors; microarrays and lab&#8211;on&#8211;a&#8211;chip; sensors for medical applications; circuitry and MEMS technologies that enable bio&#8211;medical and environmental applications; display drivers, controllers, and companion chips; thin&#8211;film&#8211;transistor interface circuits; organic LED and liquid&#8211;crystal&#8211;display interface circuits; flat&#8211;panel and projection displays; and circuits for print heads&#046; MEMORY &#8211; Static, dynamic, non&#8211;volatile, and read&#8211;only memory; circuit&#8211;design techniques, system architectures, I/O interfaces, and array organizations; magnetic and ferro&#8211;electric memory designs and architectures; data storage and multi&#8211;bit&#8211;cell&#8211;based memory designs; embedded memory architectures, cache&#8211;memory systems, multi&#8211;port memory, and CAM designs; emerging memory technologies; nano&#8211;crystal, phase&#8211;change, and 3D memories; high&#8211;speed low&#8211;power and low&#8211;voltage memory designs; yield&#8211;enhancement redundancy and ECC techniques; and memory testing and built&#8211;in self&#8211;test&#046; RF &#8211; Circuits and sub&#8211;circuits for RF/IF/baseband, including receiver and transmitter front&#8211;end circuits, narrowband RF, ultra&#8211;wideband and millimeter&#8211;wave circuits (MMDS, 60GHz), IF amplifiers, power amplifiers, RF switches, power detectors, active antennas &#8211; including MIMO, modulators, and demodulators&#046; SIGNAL PROCESSING &#8211; Digital signal processors; reconfigurable signal&#8211;processing circuits; low&#8211;power signal&#8211;processing circuits; baseband&#8211;communication&#8211; processing architectures; cryptographic&#8211; and security&#8211;processing circuits; analog signal&#8211;processing circuits; magnetic&#8211; and opticalstorage circuits; multimedia processors, image&#8211;processing/compression architectures, audio&#8211;and&#8211;voice&#8211; processing/compression architectures, and graphics processors&#046; TECHNOLOGY DIRECTIONS &#8211; Advanced circuit technologies and techniques; ultra&#8211;low&#8211;voltage and sub&#8211;threshold logic design; molecular&#8211;, organic&#8211;, and nano&#8211;electronics; flexible substrates and printable electronics; 3D&#8211;integration and novel packaging technologies; compound&#8211;semiconductor, superconductive, and micro&#8211;photonic technologies and circuits; energy sources and energy harvesting; emerging applications such as biomedical and ambient&#8211;intelligence; emerging wireless applications and circuits; 3D RF and mixed&#8211;signal circuits; RFID; advanced signal&#8211;processing and microprocessor architectures; design for manufacturability; analog and optical processors, non&#8211;transistor&#8211;based analog and digital circuits and their system architectures; advanced memory technologies; spintronics; quantum storage&#046; WIRELESS &#8211; Receivers/transmitters/transceivers for wireless systems including (but not limited to) WLAN, WPAN, WMAN, GPS, DVB/DMB, Bluetooth UWB, GSM/EDGE/CDMA/UMTS/3G/4G base stations and handsets, TV/radio/satellite&#046; WIRELINE &#8211; Receivers/transmitters/transceivers for wireline systems including (but not limited to) LAN, WAN, FDDI, Ethernet, token&#8211;ring, fiber channel, SONET, SDH, PON, ATM, ISDN, xDSL, cable&#8211;modem; optical/electrical data links and backplane transceivers, power&#8211;line/phone&#8211;line home networks, subscriber&#8211;line circuits and modems&#046; Wireline transceiver building blocks like AGC, oscillators, line&#8211;drivers and hybrids&#046;