University of Minnesota

Hyung-il Kim

Jian-Ping Wang

Mahdi Jamali

Somnath Kundu

Sachin S Sapatnekar

Zhengyang Zhao

Mahendra Dc

Angeline Klemm Smith

Po-Wei Chiu

Gyusung Park

Meghna G Mankalale

Zhaoxin Liang

In some examples, a device includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to receive an analog signal and output digital codes based on values of the analog signal. The device also includes a plurality of counters, where each counter of the plurality of counters is configured to increment in response to a respective digital code outputted by the ADC.

Testing an analog-to-digital converter using counters

A time-based decision feedback equalizer (TB-DFE) circuit may include a voltage-to-time converter configured to convert a communication signal into a time-based signal. A timing of when an edge of the time-based signal occurs is indicative of a voltage level of the communication signal. The circuit may include a plurality of delay circuits arranged to process the time-based signal in series to generate a delay data signal. The delay circuits may adjust the timing of when the edge of the time-based signal occurs, and a corresponding time delay introduced by each of the delay circuits may be based on a respective weighting factor applied to one or more samples of an output digital signal previously generated by the TB-DFE circuit. A phase detector may compare a timing of an edge of the delay data signal with a reference clock signal and generate the output digital signal based on the comparison.

Time-based decision feedback equalization

In some examples, an electronic device comprising an input ferroelectric (FE) capacitor, an output FE capacitor, and a channel positioned beneath the input FE capacitor and positioned beneath the output FE capacitor. In some examples, the channel is configured to carry a magnetic signal from the input FE capacitor to the output FE capacitor to cause a voltage change at the output FE capacitor. In some examples, the electronic device further comprises a transistor-based drive circuit electrically connected to an output node of the output FE capacitor. In some examples, the transistor-based drive circuit is configured to deliver, based on the voltage change at the output FE capacitor, an output signal to an input node of a second device.

Fast magnetoelectric device based on current-driven domain wall propagation

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