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2010
B. H. Calhoun, Ryan, J., Khanna, S., Putic, M., and Lach, J., “Flexible Circuits and Architectures for Ultra Low Power”, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 98, pp. 267-282, 2010.
R. W. Mann, Wang, J., Nalam, S., Khanna, S., Braceras, G., Pilo, H., and Calhoun, B. H., “Impact of circuit assist methods on margin and performance in 6T SRAM”, Journal of Solid State Electronics, vol. 54, pp. 1398-1407, 2010.
J. Wang, Nalam, S., Qi, J., Mann, R. W., Stan, M., and Calhoun, B. H., “Improving SRAM Vmin and Yield by Using Variation-Aware BTI Stress”, in CICC, San Jose, CA, 2010.
, “Limits of Bias Based Assist Methods in Nano-Scale 6T SRAM”, in ISQED, 2010, pp. 1-8.
B. H. Calhoun, Arrabi, S., Khanna, S., Shakhsheer, Y., Craig, K., Ryan, J., and Lach, J., “REESES: Rapid Efficient Energy Scalable ElectronicS”, in GOMAC Tech, 2010.
J. Qi, Wang, J., Calhoun, B. H., and Stan, M., “SRAM-Based NBTI/PBTI Sensor System Design”, in Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Diego, CA, 2010, pp. 849-852.
J. Wang and Calhoun, B. H., “Standby Supply Voltage Minimization for Reliable Nanoscale SRAMs”, in Solid State Circuits Technologies, J. W. Swart, Ed. INTECH, 2010.
J. F. Ryan and Calhoun, B. H., “A Sub-Threshold FPGA with Low-Swing Dual-VDD Interconnect in 90nm CMOS”, in Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2010.
B. H. Calhoun, Khanna, S., Zhang, Y., Ryan, J., and Otis, B., “System Design Principles Combining Sub-threshold Circuits and Architectures with Energy Scavening Mechanisms”, in International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Paris, France, 2010, pp. 269-272.
J. Wang, Singhee, A., Rutenbar, R. A., and Calhoun, B. H., “Two Fast Methods for Estimating the Minimum Standby Supply Voltage for Large SRAMs”, Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 29, pp. 1908-1920, 2010.
S. Nalam, Bhargava, M., Mai, K., and Calhoun, B. H., “Virtual Prototyper (ViPro): An Early Design Space Exploration and Optimization Tool for SRAM Designers”, in Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2010, pp. 138-143.
2009
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. Nalam and Calhoun, B. H., “Asymmetric Sizing in a 45nm 5T SRAM to Improve Read Stability over 6T”, in CICC, 2009, pp. 709-712.
M. A. Hanson, Jr, H. C. Powell, Barth, A. T., Ringgenberg, K., Calhoun, B. H., Aylor, J. H., and Lach, J., “Body Area Sensor Networks: Challenges and Opportunities”, Computer, vol. 42, pp. 58–65, 2009.
A. D. Jurik, Bolus, J., Weaver, A. F., Calhoun, B. H., and Blalock., T. N., “Mobile Health Monitoring Through Biotelemetry”, in Bodynets, 2009.
J. Qi, Wang, J., Calhoun, B. H., and Stan, M., “MSN: Memory Sensor for NBTI”, in Techcon, 2009.
B. H. Calhoun and Rabaey, J., “Optimizing Power @ Design Time – Memory”, in Low Power Design Essentials, J. Rabaey, Ed. 2009.
B. H. Calhoun and Rabaey, J., “Optimizing Power @ Standby – Memory”, in Low Power Design Essentials, J. Rabaey, Ed. 2009.
M. Putic, Di, L., Calhoun, B. H., and Lach, andJohn, “Panoptic DVS: A Fine-Grained Dynamic Voltage Scaling Framework for Energy Scalable CMOS Design”, in International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), 2009, pp. 491-497.
S. Khanna and Calhoun, B. H., “Serial Sub-threshold Circuits for Ultra-Low-Power Systems”, in International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, 2009.
M. Bhargava, Nalam, S., Calhoun, B. H., and Mai, K., “An SRAM Prototyping Tool for Rapid Sub-32nm Design Exploration and Optimization”, in TECHCON, 2009.
B. H. Calhoun, Khanna, S., Mann, R., and Wang, J., “Sub-threshold Circuit Design with Shrinking CMOS Devices”, in International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2009.
B. H. Calhoun, Bolus, J., Khanna, S., Jurik, A. D., Weaver, A. F., and Blalock, T. N., “Sub-threshold Operation and Cross-Hierarchy Design for Ultra Low Power Wearable Sensors”, in International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2009.
S. Nalam, Bhargava, M., Ringgenberg, K., Mai, K., and Calhoun, B. H., “A Technology-Agnostic Simulation Environment (TASE) for Iterative Custom IC Design across Processes”, in ICCD, 2009, pp. 523-528.
2008
J. Wang, Nalam, S., and Calhoun, B. H., “Analyzing Static and Dynamic Write Margin for Nanometer SRAMs”, in International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, 2008, pp. 129-134.

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