Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

University College Dublin

Equal1.labs Inc.

Robert Bogdan Staszewski

Feng-Wei Kuo

Chewn-Pu Jou

Dirk Robert Walter Leipold

Huan-Neng Chen

Feng Wei Kuo

Lan-Chou Cho

Wen-Shiang Liao

Min-Shueh Yuan

Chia-Chun Liao

Chao Chieh Li

Imran Bashir

David Redmond

Kai Xu

Anding Zhu

Jianglin Du

Gholamreza Nikandish

A novel and useful system and method of quantum stochastic rounding using silicon based quantum dot arrays. Unitary noise is derived from a probability of detecting a particle within a quantum dot comprising position based charge qubits with two time independent basis states |0> and |1>. A two level electron tunneling device generates quantum noise and includes a reservoir of particles, a quantum dot, and a barrier used to control tunneling between the reservoir and the quantum dot. A detector outputs a digital stream corresponding to the probability of a particle being detected. Controlling the bias applied to the barrier controls the probability of detection. The probability density function (PDF) of the output unitary noise is controlled to correspond to a desired probability. Unitary noise is used to perform stochastic rounding by controlling the bias applied to the barrier according to a remainder of numbers to be rounded.

System and method of quantum stochastic rounding using silicon based quantum dot arrays

In an embodiment, a circuit includes: a transformer defining an inductive footprint within a first layer; a grounded shield bounded by the inductive footprint within a second layer separate from the first layer; and a circuit component bounded by the inductive footprint within a third layer separate from the second layer, wherein: the circuit component is coupled with the transformer through the second layer, and the third layer is separated from the first layer by the second layer.

Systems and methods for shielded inductive devices

A broadband power amplifier circuit is disclosed for providing load modulation, and includes an active element for receiving an impedance matched signal and for amplifying the impedance matched signal to supply an amplified signal, and an output matching network having a load impedance and coupled to the active element for receiving the amplified signal, the output matching network matches the load impedance to an optimum load impedance of the active element.

Power amplifiers

Systems and methods for suppressing and mitigating harmonic distortion in a circuit are disclosed. In one example, a disclosed circuit includes a radio frequency (RF) oscillator and a power amplifier. The RF oscillator is configured to generate an RF signal. The power amplifier is configured to generate an amplified RF signal based on the RF signal. The power amplifier includes a transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding, and a feedback capacitor electrically coupled to the primary winding and the secondary winding.

Systems and methods for suppressing and mitigating harmonic distortion in a circuit

Disclosed are apparatuses for optical coupling and a system for communication. In one embodiment, an apparatus for optical coupling including a substrate and a grating coupler is disclosed. The grating coupler is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of coupling gratings arranged along a first direction, wherein effective refractive indices of the plurality of coupling gratings gradually decrease along the first direction.

Apparatus for optical coupling and system for communication

Systems and methods are provided for hopping a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) among a plurality of channels, wherein a gain of the DCO Kis a nonlinear function of frequency. A first normalized tuning word (NTW) corresponding to a first channel of the plurality of channels is generated. A first normalizing gain multiplier X is generated based on the nonlinear function of frequency, on an estimate of the nonlinear function of frequency, at a first frequency corresponding to the first channel. The first NTW is multiplied by the first X to obtain a first oscillator tuning word (OTW). The first OTW is input to the DCO to cause the DCO to hop to the first channel. A system for hopping among a plurality of channels at a plurality of respective frequencies comprises a phase-locked loop (PLL), a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO), a multiplexer, and an arithmetic module.

Compensation technique for the nonlinear behavior of digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO) gain

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