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A. Banerjee, Liu, N., Patel, H. N., and Calhoun, B. H., A 256kb 6T self-tuning SRAM with extended 0.38V–1.2V operating range using multiple read/write assists and VMIN tracking canary sensors, in 2017 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Austin, TX, 2017, 2017.
B. H. Calhoun and Chandrakasan, A., A 256kb Sub-threshold SRAM in 65nm CMOS, presented at the 02/2006, IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2006, pp. 628-629.
S. Jocke, Bolus, J., Wooters, S. N., Jurik, A. D., Weaver, A. F., Blalock, T. N., and Calhoun, B. H., A 2.6-μW Sub-threshold Mixed-signal ECG SoC, in Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2009.
S. Li, Liu, X., and Calhoun, B. H., A 32nA Fully Autonomous Multi-Input Single-Inductor Multi-Output Energy Harvesting and Power Management Platform with 1.2×10^5 Dynamic Range, Integrated MPPT, and Multi-Modal Cold Start-Up, in IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2022.
A. Shrivastava, Craig, K., Roberts, N., Wentzloff, D. D., and Calhoun, B. H., A 32nW Bandgap Reference Voltage Operational from 0.5V Supply for Ultra-low Power Systems, in EEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2015.
X. Liu, Truesdell, D. S., Faruqe, O., Parameswaran, L., Rickley, M., Kopanski, A., Cantley, L., Coon, A., Bernasconi, M., Wang, T., and Calhoun, B. H., A 33nW Fully Autonomous SoC with Distributed Cooperative Energy Harvesting and Multi-Chip Power Management for mm-scale System-in-Fiber, in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Invited paper, 2023.PDF icon A_33nW_Fully_Autonomous_SoC_with_Distributed_Cooperative_Energy_Harvesting_and_Multi-Chip_Power_Management_for_mm-scale_System-in-Fiber.pdf (16.09 MB)
D. Duvvuri, Shen, X., Bassirian, P., Bishop, H. L., Liu, X., Chen, C. - H., Dissanayake, A., Zhang, Y., Blalock, T. N., Calhoun, B. H., and Bowers, S. M., A 366 nW, -74.5 dBm Sensitivity Antenna-Coupled Wakeup Receiver at 4.9 GHz with Integrated Voltage Regulation and References, in IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Atlanta, GA, 2021.
R. Agarwala, Wang, P., and Calhoun, B. H., A 405nW/4.8μW Event-Driven Multi-Modal (V/I/R/C) Sensor Interface for Physiological and Environmental Co-Monitoring, in 2021 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), 2021.
J. Breiholz, Yahya, F., Lukas, C. J., Chen, X., Leach, K., Wentzloff, D., and Calhoun, B. H., A 4.4 nW Lossless Sensor Data Compression Accelerator for 2.9x System Power Reduction in Wireless Body Sensors, in 2017 IEEE 60th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Boston, MA, USA, 2017.
X. Chen, Breiholz, J., Yahya, F. B., Lukas, C. J., Kim, H. - S., Calhoun, B. H., and Wentzloff, D. D., A 486 µW All-Digital Bluetooth Low Energy Transmitter with Ring Oscillator Based ADPLL for IoT applications, in IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), 2018.
A. Shrivastava, Pandey, J., Otis, B., and Calhoun, B. H., A 50nW, 100kbps Clock/Data Recovery Circuit in an FSK RF Receiver on a Body Sensor Node, in VLSI Design Conference, 2013.
H. N. Patel, Roy, A., Yahya, F. B., Liu, N., Kumeno, K., Yasuda, M., Harada, A., Ema, T., and Calhoun, B. H., A 55nm Ultra Low Leakage Deeply Depleted Channel Technology Optimized for Energy Minimization in Subthreshold SRAM and Logic, in European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), 2016.
D. S. Truesdell and Calhoun, B. H., A 640 pW 22 pJ/sample Gate Leakage-Based Digital CMOS Temperature Sensor with 0.25°C Resolution, in IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) 2019, Austin, TX, 2019.PDF icon A 640 pW 22 pJ_sample Gate Leakage-Based Digital CMOS Temperature Sensor with 0.25C Resolution.pdf (1.81 MB)
A. Klinefelter, Roberts, N., Shakhsheer, Y., Gonzalez, P., Shrivastava, A., Roy, A., Craig, K., Faisal, M., Boley, J., Oh, S., Zhang, Y., Akella, D., Wentzloff, D. D., and Calhoun, B., A 6.45 μW Self-Powered IoT SoC with Integrated Energy-Harvesting Power Management and ULP Asymmetric Radios, in ISSCC, San Francisco, CA, 2015.
S. Gupta, Truesdell, D. S., and Calhoun, B. H., A 65nm 16kb SRAM with 131.5pW Leakage at 0.9V for Wireless IoT Sensor Nodes, in 2020 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSI), 2020.PDF icon A 65nm 16kb SRAM with 131.5pW Leakage at 0.9V for Wireless IoT Sensor Nodes.pdf (935.56 KB)
X. Liu, Agrawal, A., Tanaka, A., and Calhoun, B. H., A 6nA Fully-Autonomous Triple-Input Hybrid-Inductor-Capacitor Multi-Output Power Management System with Multi-Rail Energy Sharing, All-Rail Cold Startup, and Adaptive Conversion Control for mm-scale Distributed Systems, in 2024 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2024.PDF icon A_6nA_Fully Autonomous_Triple-Input_Hybrid-Inductor-Capacitor_Multi-Output_Power_Management_System_with_Multi-Rail_Energy_Sharing_All-Rail_Cold_Startup_and_Adaptive_Conve.pdf (1.55 MB)
A. Roy and Calhoun, B. H., A 71% Efficient Energy Harvesting and Power Management Unit for Sub-µW Power Biomedical Applications, in 2017 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), Turin, Italy, 2017.
S. Li and Calhoun, B. H., A 745pA Hybrid Asynchronous Binary-Searching and Synchronous Linear-Searching Digital LDO with 3.8×105 Dynamic Load Range, 99.99% Current Efficiency, and 2mV Output Voltage Ripple, in IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, CA, 2019.
J. Moody, Bassirian, P., Roy, A., Liu, N. X., Pancrazio, S., N. Barker, S., Calhoun, B. H., and Bowers, S. M., A -76dBm 7.4 nW wakeup radio with automatic offset compensation, in International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2018.
P. Wang, Agarwala, R., Bishop, H. L., Dissanayake, A., and Calhoun, B. H., A 785nW Multimodal (V/I/R) Sensor Interface IC for Ozone Pollutant Sensing and Correlated Cardiovascular Disease Monitoring, in 2020 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSI), 2020.
X. Liu, Li, S., and Calhoun, B. H., An 802pW 93% Peak Efficiency Buck Converter with 5.5×106 Dynamic Range Featuring Fast DVFS and Asynchronous Load-Transient Control, in 2021 IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), 2021.PDF icon An 802pW 93% Peak Efficiency Buck Converter with 5.5×106 Dynamic Range Featuring Fast DVFS and Asynchronous Load-Transient Control.pdf (580.42 KB)
J. Moody, Bassirian, P., Roy, A., Feng, Y., Li, S., Costanzo, R., N. Barker, S., Calhoun, B. H., and Bowers, S. M., An 8.3 nW -72 dBm Event Driven IoE Wake Up Receiver RF Front End, in 2017 European Microwave Integrated Circuit Conference (EuMIC), Nuremberg, Germany, 2017.
S. Li, Breiholz, J., Kamineni, S., Im, J., Wentzloff, D. D., and Calhoun, B. H., An 85 nW IoT Node-Controlling SoC for MELs Power-Mode Management and Phantom Energy Reduction, in 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2020.
R. Agarwala, Wang, P., Tanneeru, A., Lee, B., Misra, V., and Calhoun, B. H., An 88.6nW Ozone Pollutant Sensing Interface IC with a 159 dB Dynamic Range, in ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), 2020.
Y. Shakhsheer, Khanna, S., Craig, K., Arrabi, S., Lach, J., and Calhoun, B. H., A 90nm Data Flow Processor Demonstrating Fine Grained DVS for Energy Efficient Operation from 0.25V to 1.2V, in Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, 2011.

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