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    DENG Zhonghan
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(1): 1-12.

    Integrated circuit technology is one of the core technologies of modern electronic engineering,which promotes the development of the entire science and technology industry.Starting from the whole industrial chain of integrated circuits,this paper briefly introduces the current situation of integrated circuit technology and industrial chain at home and abroad from four perspectives:device technology,manufacturing equipment,design tools and chip categories.In the future,with the advancement of technology and the growth of application demand,integrated circuits will continue to play a key role in promoting the sustainable development of the industry.It is hoped that this paper can inspire domestic counterparts,enrich the understanding of the current situation of the industry,and provide a certain reference value for the determination of the direction and goal of scientific research and application.

  • Special Topic of Aerospace Integrated Circuits
    ZHAO Yuanfu, WANG Liang
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(3): 1-5.

    Aerospace integrated circuits are the core foundation technology of aerospace engineering,and their long-term sustained development is crucial for China's progress towards becoming a space power.This article introduces the development status of international integrated circuits,the development trends of aerospace integrated circuits,the development strategies of United States and Europe regarding aerospace integrated circuits,as well as the current development situation of China's aerospace integrated circuits.It elaborates on several considerations for the development of China's aerospace integrated circuits.

  • Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(4): 0-0.
  • Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(2): 0-0.
  • Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(3): 0-0.
  • Special Topic of Aerospace Integrated Circuits
    DING Lili, CHEN Wei, GUO Xiaoqiang, ZHANG Fengqi, YAO Zhibin, WU Wei
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(3): 23-26.

    To evaluate the single event effects vulnerability of electronic systems being used in space environment,and verify the effectiveness of system-level hardening methods against radiation,this article conducts relevant research on system level single event effect testing methods.Feasibility of irradiating devices in electronic systems one by one under laboratory environment to evaluate single event functional interrupt rate is confirmed.It is suggested that many methods could be used to get the vulnerability data of devices.The procedure to directly sum up the cross section value corresponding to each device is pointed out to be not reasonable.Through all the above suggestions,it is able to support the test for system-level single event effects.

  • Special Topic of Chiplet Research
    LI Jiayao, ZHANG Kun, PAN Quan
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(2): 1-9.

    Chiplet integrates multiple small chips into a system chip,aiming to achieve various goals such as chip reusability,heterogeneous integration,performance enhancement,and cost reduction.The development trends of the Chiplet primarily encompass heterogeneous integration,innovative interconnects,and advanced packaging.Notably,interface interconnection is the key of Chiplet technology.Interconnection using the design of physical layer interfaces and data transmission protocols,considering factors like process,packaging techniques,power constraints,and requirements of upper-level applications.Serial and parallel interconnects are two choices for chip-to-chip physical layer interfaces,each with its own advantages and application scenarios.Additionally,for different propagation media,emerging interconnect technologies such as optical and wireless interconnects offer higher bandwidth,lower power consumption,and more flexible interconnection topologies.Chiplet is promising to bring significant breakthroughs and advancements to the field of electronics,promoting more efficient,flexible,and innovative chip design and manufacturing.

  • Special Topic of Aerospace Integrated Circuits
    CHEN Baozhong, SONG Kun, WANG Yingmin, LIU Cunsheng, WANG Xiaohe, ZHAO Hui, XIN Weiping, YANG Lixia, XING Hongyan, WANG Chenjie
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(3): 19-22.

    An investigation on radiation-hardened technology of single event effect(SEE)for power MOSFETs is described in the paper.In order to decrease the gain of the parasitic bipolar junction transistor (BJT),an optimized reversed-body implant process is utilized.Meanwhile,a variable-doping buffer of epitaxy is designed to reduce the gradient of vertical electric-field,leading to a decreased accumulation of carriers nearly the sensitive gate area.Results show under rated Vds and 15 V negative Vgs bias,the single event burnout (SEB) and single event gate rupture (SEGR) LET of radiation-hardened MOSFETs is above 75 MeV·cm2/mg.Under the same radiation condition,the negative gate-source bias of radiation-hardened MOSFETs reaches to 15~17 V.There is an obvious increase comparing to the unhardened MOSFETs of 7~10 V.

  • Special Topic of Aerospace Integrated Circuits
    FU Jing, FU Xiaojun, WEI Jianan, ZHANG Peijian, GUO Anran
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(3): 6-12.

    Silicon-based optoelectronic technology combines the advantages of high integration of large-scale IC manufacturing technology with the advantages of large bandwidth,high speed ability of optoelectronic chips,and promotes the wide application of silicon-based optoelectronic devices in high energy physics experiments,medical imaging and high energy particle colliders.However,photodetectors used in space environment and medical detectors are expected to be subjected to a cumulative fluences of ~1012 particles/cm2 during their operating cycle,while detectors used in large particle colliders are expected to a radiation fluences of ~1014 particles/cm2.In this paper,the advance in space radiation effects of Si-based photodetectors is described in detail,including the radiation effects of Si-based photodiodes,avalanche photodiodes,single photon detectors and photomultiplier after irradiation by different particles.The research results show that the hardness of total ionizing dose for the detector is good,and the displacement damage is the main reason for the degradation of detectors’ key parameters.Due to the difference in working principle,all kinds of devices show different degradation behavior and degradation mechanism in the space radiation.

  • Special Topic of Aerospace Integrated Circuits
    YANG Qiang, GE Chaoyang, LI Yanfei, XIE Rubin, HONG Genshen
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(3): 13-18.

    A single-event burnout (SEB) hardened design based on N-type lateral double-diffused metal-oxide-silicon (NLDMOS) devices with a Nbuffer layer is proposed in this paper.The electrical and single-event characteristics of NLDMOS is verified by TCAD simulation.Without changing the device performance,the 18 V NLDMOS SEB trigger voltage increases from 22 V to 32 V,reaching the theoretical maximum,which is the avalanche breakdown voltage of the device.The NLDMOS device with an Nbuffer structure can suppress the peak electric field transfer when the parasitic bipolar transistor is turned on due to single paricle incident,and avoid avalanche breakdown of the device causing SEB.Furthermore,Nbuffer is also suitable for SEB hardening of 18~60 V NLDMOS.

  • Special Topic of Chiplet Research
    LIU Zhaoyang, REN Bolin, WANG Zedong, LV Fangxu, ZHENG Xuqiang
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(2): 10-22.

    As the size of semiconductor technology gradually approaches the physical limit,the progress of process technology has led to a decreasing improvement in the power consumption,area,and other performance of chips,semiconductor technology has entered the “post-Moore era”.In order to further meet the high bandwidth communication needs brought about by the rapid development of machine learning,artificial intelligence,and other information and communication industries,Chiplet technology which based on advanced interconnection and packaging techniques,steps into the picture.Chiplet technology disassembles the original complex multifunctional SoC chip into small chips with small area,low cost,and different process nodes,and assembles them through advanced packaging technology,which has received high attention from academia and industry due to its advantages of high yield,low cost,high integration,strong performance,good flexibility,and fast time-to-market.This paper summarizes and elaborates on the technical characteristics,advantages,development history,and specific applications of Chiplet.Meanwhile,the core technologies of Chiplet,especially Chiplet D2D interconnect technology,are introduced in detail.Finally,the existing technical issues and challenges of Chiplet are described,and the suggestions for future development are put forward.

  • Special Topic of Chiplet Research
    CHEN Long, HUANG Letian
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(2): 41-49.

    Facing the challenge of the "area wall" in chip design,there is a significant increase in chip manufacturing costs.The chiplet technology enables the production of small area chips using a mature process,and composing by advanced packaging techniques,which can overcome the limitations imposed by the area wall,facilitating agile chip design and reducing overall design costs.Determining an optimal chiplet particle size to meet flexible chip design requirements remains a crucial issue when utilizing chiplet technology.Furthermore,achieving interconnectivity between functional chiplets after dividing chip functions is pivotal for realizing the final functionality of the chip.Therefore,this paper provides a comprehensive review of recent research on chiplet function division,spatial exploration in chiplet design and the influence of chiplet function division on the inter-chip interconnect,while also pointing out that chipet design methodology is an important research direction for the development of chiplet technology in the future.

  • Cover Article
    YANG Lihong, LI Shixin, HAN Chenxi, YUN Yueheng, LIU Shubin, ZHAO Xiaoteng, ZHU Zhangming
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(4): 1-9.

    In high-speed wireline communication,clock-forwarding receivers requires the de-skew circuit to achieve the optimal sampling relationship between the clock and the data,and to ensure the synchronization of multiple data channels.A global de-skew scheme is proposed in the paper,which only uses one data and clock channel for alignment,and implements multi-channel data synchronization by clock delay matching and distribution techniques,reducing the power and area overhead by the independent de-skew circuit for each channel.The proposed receiver consists of 8 data channels,1 half-rate forwarded clock channel,and a global de-skew circuit based on the delay-locked loop.Based on 180 nm CMOS technology,at a data rate of 2.5 Gb/s,it can remove any skew between the input clock and data,and obtain the sampling phase at the center of the data eye,with the ability of clock duty cycle calibration.At a supply voltage of 1.8 V,the total power consumption of the proposed receiver is 187 mW,occupying the area of 0.16 mm2,saving 45.2% and 62.8% of power and area overhead,respectively,compared with the independent de-skew scheme for each channel.

  • Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(1): 0-0.
  • Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(5): 0-0.
  • Research Paper
    LIANG Rui
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(1): 89-93.

    In response to the current issues of inaccurate positioning and easy loss during the tracking process of mobile robots' moving targets,an embedded technology based moving target control and automatic tracking system is designed.This system simulates moving targets with light spots,which can not only control the motion trajectory of the moving target,but also achieve automatic tracking of its motion trajectory.This design takes the embedded chip STM32F103 as the core,processes image data through OpenMV,and adjusts the servo with precise PID algorithm to control the laser pen's spot to move and track on the screen according to the set program.After testing,the system can accurately complete the tracking and automatic tracking tasks of moving targets,with sensitive response and high cost-effectiveness.It can be widely used in intelligent control devices such as moving target tracking.

  • Special Topic of Chiplet Research
    LI Peijie, LIU Qinrang, CHEN Ting, SHEN Jianliang, LV Ping, GUO Wei
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(2): 31-40.

    With the development of integrated circuits to the Beyond Moor era,the heterogeneous integration technology has become an emerging direction of microelectronics.The interconnect interface,the key to the heterogeneous integration technology, is critical to heterogeneous integrated chip and system.In order to promote the implementation of heterogeneous integrated interconnect interface, the structure of the heterogeneous integrated chip and system is described and the heterogeneous integration technology is summarized into four technical routes:large chip by integrated chiplets, larger chip by integrated large chips,wafer-level chips and wafer-level systems. The characteristics of the heterogeneous integrated interconnect interface are summarized.The current research status and existing problems in the industry and academia around the heterogeneous integrated interconnect interface are analyzed.Finally,the future development trend and the needed technical characteristics of the heterogeneous integrated interconnect interface are given by this article.

  • TOPICAL DISCUSS
    Chen Liangyong, Chu Wenwen, Shao Kesong
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2023, 23(12): 12-14.
    In the paper,the general method of data communication and exchange between MCUs is proposed in embedded system application under the condition that there are multiple MCUs in a single module,and puts forward a method of dividing the sending cache and the receiving cache at both ends of MCU under the premise of short distance between MCUs.DMA and SPI cooperate with each other to carry out high-speed data transmission methods without software intervention,in order to meet the need for frequent access to each other's data applications.
  • Research Paper
    BAI Zixing, DAI Huasheng, SONG Yijing, JIANG Jinhu, ZHANG Weihua, LIANG Hao
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2024, 24(1): 58-63.

    With the trend of digitization,intelligence,and networking sweeping the world,functional security and network security are increasingly intertwined and overlapping,evolving into endogenous security issues.The operating system is an important component of computer systems and the cornerstone of software architecture,and operating system level endogenous security is crucial.The dynamic heterogeneous redundant architecture based on mimetic defense is a key technology for achieving endogenous security in operating systems.However,it currently faces challenges such as single kernel operating systems not supporting endogenous security,lack of operating system level endogenous security solutions,and incomplete design of operating system level consensus mechanisms.This article analyzes and designs an embedded security architecture for operating systems,heterogeneous redundancy mechanisms,efficient communication,and consensus mechanisms,and proposes a multi kernel based embedded security technology solution for operating systems.

  • TOPICAL DISCUSS
    Wen Feng, Guo Hongwei, Li Huijing, Yang Zhiwen
    Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems. 2023, 23(12): 8-11.
    Aiming at the problem of occasional power loss that may occur in the complex environment of the bomb shipboard memory,a memory solution with power failure rewrite function is proposed to avoid the last stored data being overwritten by the new data after the memory recovers from the occasional power loss on the bomb arrows.The power down-surviving technique is implemented on the basis of write-while-erase,and cross-biplane programming is used to satisfy the data writing rate.The ground test bench simulates the data sent from the bomb system,and after a large number of tests,the results show that the design achieves the function of power failure renewal,and can achieve the stable storage of data,which verifies the reliability of the system.