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TOPICS IN CIRCUITS FOR COMMUNICATIONS Digital RF Processing: Toward Low-Cost Reconfigurable Radios (2008)

Khurram Muhammad, Robert Bogdan Staszewski, Dirk Leipold, Texas Instruments

RF circuits for multi-gigahertz frequencies have recently migrated to state-of-the-art lowcost digital CMOS processes. This article visits fundamental techniques recently developed that migrate RF...

Error-Resilient Video Coding in the IS0 MPEG-4 Standard (2008)

Raj Talluri, Texas Instruments

This article describes error resilience aspects of the video coding techniques that are standardized in the IS0 MPEG-4 standard. The article begins with a description of the general problems in...

Instruction Scheduling with Release Times and Deadlines on ILP Processors (2008)

Hui Wu, Jingling Xue, Joxan Jaffar, Texas Instruments, Ti C, Philips Trimedia

ILP (Instruction Level Parallelism) processors are being increasingly used in embedded systems. In embedded systems, instructions may be subject to timing constraints. An optimising compiler for ILP...

A 50A, 1-μs-RISE-TIME, PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC LOAD INSTRUMENT FOR MEASUREMENT OF MICROPROCESSOR POWER SUPPLY TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE (2008)

John A. Mcneill, Melinda Lawler, James Noon, Gregory Levesque, Jacob Ruiter, Texas Instruments

Abstract- A prototype instrument has been developed which is capable of providing a transient current of up to 50A with a rise time as low as 1μs. The minimum current, maximum current, and rise time...

A Unified System and Circuit Approach to Portable Power IC Verification using Verilog-AMS (2008)

J. G. Mena, R. Cooper, H. Schmeller, H. Deng, R. Stair, Texas Instruments

Abstract—The article describes how a Verilog-AMS based mixed-signal simulation methodology is used to unify the design verification on the system and circuit level. This methodology enabled the...

RESYNCHRONIZATION OF MULTIPROCESSOR SCHEDULES: PART 2 — LATENCY-CONSTRAINED RESYNCHRONIZATION (2008)

Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya, Hitachi America, Sundararajan Sriram, Texas Instruments, Edward A. Lee, Uc Berkeley

The companion paper [7] introduced the concept of resynchronization, a post-optimization for static multiprocessor schedules in which extraneous synchronization operations are introduced in such a...

Software Setup and Introductory Assembly programs for the MSP430 (2008)

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This is Lab 3 of the Colorado State University Microprocessors course using the eZ430-F2012 development tool. This introductory lab will walk you through the process of creating an assembly project,...

RESYNCHRONIZATION OF MULTIPROCESSOR SCHEDULES: PART 1 — FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND UNBOUNDED-LATENCY ANALYSIS 1. Abstract (2008)

Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya, Hitachi America, Sundararajan Sriram, Texas Instruments, Edward A. Lee, U. C. Berkeley

This paper introduces a technique, called resynchronization, for reducing synchronization overhead in embedded multiprocessor implementations. The technique exploits the well-known observation [35]...

ADVANCES IN WIRELESS VIDEO ENERGY-EFFICIENT WIRELESS VIDEO CODING AND DELIVERY (2008)

Aggelos K. Katsaggelos, Fan Zhai, Texas Instruments

over wireless channels from mobile devices has gained increased popularity in a wide range of applications. A major obstacle in these types of applications is the limited energy supply in mobile...

Jose Fridman Analog Devices (2007)

Francisco Barat Nxp, Francois Bodin Irisa, Murali Jayapala Imec, Tor Jeremiassen, Texas Instruments, ...

The organizers would like to thank all the people who made this year's

Dynamic spectrum management for next-generation DSL systems (2002)

Kee Bong Song, Seong Taek Chung, George Ginis, Texas Instruments, John M. Cioffi

The performance of DSL systems is severely constrained by crosstalk due to the electromagnetic coupling among the multiple twisted pairs making up a phone cable. In order to reduce performance loss...

Understanding Digital Subscriber Line (1999)

John M. Cioffi, Vladimir Oksman, Thierry Pollet, Alcatel Corporate, ...

VDSL services are overviewed with an emphasis on the basic architecture, applications, and data rates, as well as the technological challenges of design. Discussions of the telephone line...

Preliminary Outline of the IEEE P1500 Scalable Architecture for Testing Embedded Cores (1999)

Saman Adham, Nortel Debashis, Bhattacharya Ti, Dwayne Burek Logicvision, C. J. Clark, Intellitech Mike, ...

This paper provides an outline of the proposals of the IEEE P1500 Scalable Architecture Task Force and defines what is in the scope of the Task Force's current standardization activity. The...

OR WARRANTED TO BE SUITABLE FOR USE IN LIFE-SUPPORT APPLICATIONS, (1997)

Robert Siwy, Texas Instruments, Deutschland Gmbh

Texas Instruments (TI) reserves the right to make changes to its products or to discontinue any semiconductor product or service without notice, and advises its customers to obtain the latest version...

Data References for: "Branch Effect Reduction Techniques" (1997)

Augustus K. Uht, Vijay Sindagi, Texas Instruments, Sajee Somanathan, Ade Corporation

This document gives the sources for the data in the paper: "Branch Effect Reduction Techniques".