Microelectronics International: Volume 37 Issue 4

Thermal performance and fatigue life prediction of POP stacked chip assembly under thermal cycling load

Dongbo Li, Jianpei Wang, Bing Yang, Yongle Hu, Ping Yang

This paper aims to perform experimental test on fatigue characteristics of package on package (POP) stacked chip assembly under thermal cycling load. Some suggestions for design…

Novel implementation of 3D multiplexers in nano magnetic logic technology

Farnoosh Farzaneh, Reza Faghih Mirzaee, Keivan Navi

Owing to recent challenges of CMOS manufacturing and power consumption in silicon technologies among alternative technologies, Nanomagnetic logic (NML) is one of the most…

The interfacial reliability of through-glass vias for 2.5D integrated circuits

Omar Ahmed, Golareh Jalilvand, Scott Pollard, Chukwudi Okoro, Tengfei Jiang

Glass is a promising interposer substrate for 2.5 D integration; yet detailed analysis of the interfacial reliability of through-glass vias (TGVs) has been lacking. The purpose of…

Dynamic dielectric properties characterization of tapered dielectrophoresis microelectrodes for selective detection and rapid manipulation of cells

Muhamad Ramdzan Buyong, Farhad Larki, Celine Elie Caille, Norazreen Abd Aziz, Ahamad Ghadafi Ismail, Azrul Azlan Hamzah, Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

This paper aims to present the dielectrophoresis (DEP) force (FDEP), defined as microelectrofluidics mechanism capabilities in performing selective detection and rapid…

Investigations of temperature sensor embedded into PCB

Kamil Janeczek, Aneta Araźna, Wojciech Stęplewski, Marek Kościelski, Krzysztof Lipiec, Ireneusz Rafalik, Sebastian Karolewski, Dorota Liszewska, Anna Sitek

The purpose of this study is to design and fabricate a simple passive sensor circuitry embedded into a printed circuit board (PCB) and then to examine its properties.

A 1-mm2 CMOS-pipelined ADC with integrated folded cascode operational amplifier

Norhamizah Idros, Zulfiqar Ali Abdul Aziz, Jagadheswaran Rajendran

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the acceptable performance by using the limited input range towards lower open-loop DC gain operational amplifier (op-amp) of an 8-bit…

Implementation of capacitance as simultaneous sensing and actuating tool in tapered microelectrode arrays for dielectrophoresis-on-a-chip application

Muhamad Ramdzan Buyong, Farhad Larki, Muhamad Ikhmal Hakimi Zainal, Abdelaziz Yousif Ahmed Almahi, Ahmad Ghadafi Ismail, Azrul Azlan Hamzah, Aminuddin Ahmad Kayani Kayani, Céline Elie Caille, Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

This paper aims to present the capacitance characterization of tapered dielectrophoresis (DEP) microelectrodes as micro-electro-mechanical system sensor and actuator device. The…