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Chips, Volume 5, Issue 1

2026 March - 9 articles

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Articles (9)

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,622 Views
16 Pages

4 March 2026

The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) has opened resource-limited devices to novel physical threats, such as Side-Channel Attacks (SCAs) and Hardware Trojans (HTs). Traditional security mechanisms are often not capable of standing again...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Issues in Hardware and IC System Security)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,668 Views
19 Pages

24 February 2026

For sensing applications, a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor (CIS) with a lateral overflow integration capacitor (LOFIC) is in high demand. The LOFIC CIS can achieve high-dynamic-range (HDR) imaging by combining a low-conve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,131 Views
37 Pages

23 February 2026

The fast expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) has increased the need for strong security measures to protect the enormous network of interconnected devices. This paper proposes a unique approach that combines optimization, intuitive design princ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Issues in Hardware and IC System Security)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,275 Views
13 Pages

A Novel Design of Industrial Reconfigurable CDC

  • Karim M. Abozeid,
  • Hassan Mostafa,
  • A. H. Khalil and
  • Mohamed Refky

5 February 2026

This paper presents a novel design for a reconfigurable CDC as a multiplexed sensor fusion that converts three analog signals into digital output bits with different resolutions. The proposed reconfigurable CDC design uses the SAR technique that intr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Implementation of Reconfigurable Optoelectronic Integrated Chips)
  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,594 Views
43 Pages

A Review of Thermal Management Techniques Adopted for High-Power-Density GaN-Based Converters

  • Mohamed Belguith,
  • Sonia Eloued,
  • Moncef Kadi,
  • Jaleleddine Ben Hadj Slama and
  • Mahmoud Hamouda

22 January 2026

Power converters based on gallium nitride (GaN) are progressing swiftly owing to their exceptional efficiency and tiny dimensions, boosted by high power density and fast switching capabilities. Nevertheless, these benefits are accompanied by consider...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
16,235 Views
45 Pages

A New Era in Computing: A Review of Neuromorphic Computing Chip Architecture and Applications

  • Guang Chen,
  • Meng Xu,
  • Yuying Chen,
  • Fuge Yuan,
  • Lanqi Qin and
  • Jian Ren

22 January 2026

Neuromorphic computing, an interdisciplinary field combining neuroscience and computer science, aims to create efficient, bio-inspired systems. Different from von Neumann architectures, neuromorphic systems integrate memory and processing units to en...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Neuromorphic Chips at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Electronics and AI)
  • Article
  • Open Access
690 Views
14 Pages

A Procedure for Fast Circuit Cross Section Estimation

  • Clayton R. Farias,
  • Tiago R. Balen and
  • Paulo F. Butzen

13 January 2026

Semiconductor technologies are susceptible to radiation effects. The particle incidence in susceptible areas of an integrated circuit (IC) can generate physical interactions capable of producing errors. This paper predicts the IC cross sections for S...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Research in Microelectronics and Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
987 Views
20 Pages

Electro-Physical Model of Amorphous Silicon Junction Field-Effect Transistors for Energy-Efficient Sensor Interfaces in Lab-on-Chip Platforms

  • Nicola Lovecchio,
  • Giulia Petrucci,
  • Fabio Cappelli,
  • Martina Baldini,
  • Vincenzo Ferrara,
  • Augusto Nascetti,
  • Giampiero de Cesare and
  • Domenico Caputo

12 January 2026

This work presents an advanced electro-physical model for hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) Junction Field Effect Transistors (JFETs) to enable the design of devices with energy-efficient analog interface building blocks for Lab-on-Chip (LoC) s...

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