IEICE Transactions on Electronics, Volume 98-C

Volume 98-C, Number 1, January 2015

Special Section on Recent Progress in Electromagnetic Theory and Its Application

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  Hiroshi Shirai, Motoyuki Sato:
  Foreword. 1
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  Keisuke Fujita, Hiroshi Shirai:
  Theoretical Limitation of the Radiation Efficiency for Homogenous Electrically Small Antennas. 2-7
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  Michio Takikawa, Yoshio Inasawa, Hiroaki Miyashita, Izuru Naito:
  Novel Phased Array-Fed Dual-Reflector Antenna with Different Orthogonal Cross-Section by Imaging Reflector Antenna and Ring-Focus Cassegrain Antenna. 8-15

Regular Section

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  Hanchao Zhou, Ning Zhu, Wei Li, Zibo Zhou, Ning Li, Junyan Ren:
  A Monolithic Sub-sampling PLL based 6-18 GHz Frequency Synthesizer for C, X, Ku Band Communication. 16-27
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  Hsiao-Yun Li, Shiu-Cheng Chen, Jia-Shiang Fu:
  Ferroelectric-Based Pulse-Shaping Artificial Transmission Line. 28-34
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  Korkut Kaan Tokgoz, Kimsrun Lim, Seitarou Kawai, Nurul Fajri, Kenichi Okada, Akira Matsuzawa:
  Characterization of Crossing Transmission Line Using Two-Port Measurements for Millimeter-Wave CMOS Circuit Design. 35-44
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  Naoki Miura, Akihiko Miyazaki, Junichi Kato, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Satoshi Shigematsu, Masami Urano, Mamoru Nakanishi, Tsugumichi Shibata:
  Software-Hardware-Cooperative Protocol Processor for Extendable 10G-EPON MAC Chip. 45-52
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  Shuhei Tanakamaru, Masafumi Doi, Ken Takeuchi:
  A Design Strategy of Error-Prediction Low-Density Parity-Check (EP-LDPC) Error-Correcting Code (ECC) and Error-Recovery Schemes for Scaled NAND Flash Memories. 53-61
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  Takeki Ninomiya, Zhiqiang Wei, Shinichi Yoneda, Kenji Shiraishi:
  Theoretical and Experimental Approaches to Select Resistive Switching Material. 62-64

Volume 98-C, Number 2, February 2015

Special Section on Recent Progress in Organic Molecular Electronics

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  Hiroaki Usui:
  Foreword. 65
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  Fuh-Shyang Juang, Apisit Chittawanij, Lin-Ann Hong, Yu-Sheng Tsai, Kuo-Kai Huang:
  The Study of N-type Doping and Stamping Transfer Processes of Electron Transport Layer for Organic Light-emitting Diodes. 66-72
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  Masashi Kouda, Ryuji Hirase, Takeshi Yamao, Shu Hotta, Yuji Yoshida:
  Orientation-Controlled Films of Thiophene/Phenylene Co-Oligomers. 73-79
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  Hiroshi Yamauchi, Shigekazu Kuniyoshi, Masatoshi Sakai, Kazuhiro Kudo:
  Fabrication of Step-Edge Vertical-Channel Organic Transistors by Selective Electro-Spray Deposition. 80-85
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  Taishi Noma, Dai Taguchi, Takaaki Manaka, Mitsumasa Iwamoto:
  Analysis of Carrier Behaviors in Double-layer Organic Devices by Displacement Current Measurement and Electric-field-induced Optical Second-harmonic Generation Measurement. 86-90
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  Nobuo Satoh, Shigetaka Katori, Kei Kobayashi, Kazumi Matsushige, Hirofumi Yamada:
  Surface Potential Measurement of Organic Multi-layered Films on Electrodes by Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy. 91-97
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  Masahiro Minagawa, Hidetsugu Tamura, Ryo Sakikawa, Itsuki Ikarashi, Akira Baba, Kazunari Shinbo, Keizo Kato, Futao Kaneko:
  Improvement of On/Off Ratio in Organic Field-effect Transistor Having Thin Molybdenum Trioxide Layer. 98-103
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  Hathaithip Ninsonti, Kazuma Hara, Supeera Nootchanat, Weerasak Chomkitichai, Akira Baba, Sukon Phanichphant, Kazunari Shinbo, Keizo Kato, Futao Kaneko:
  Enhanced Photocurrent Generation at a Spiro-OMeTAD/AuNPs-TiO₂ Interface with Grating-coupled Surface Plasmon Excitation. 104-109
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  Hideaki Goto, Ryohei Sano, Yudai Fukushi, Yasushiro Nishioka:
  A Portable Biofuel Cell Utilizing Agarose Hydrogel Containing Glucose. 110-115
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  Yuuki Miyazaki, Kazuo Okamoto, Kenji Ogino:
  Synthesis and Structural Properties in a Film State of Ladder-type Polydiacetylene with a Terephthalamide Linker for Organic Semi-conducting Application. 116-119
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  Kazuya Tada:
  Thermal Annealing Effect on Optical Absorption Spectra of Poly(3-hexylthiophene): Unmodified-C₆₀ Composites. 120-122
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  Takeshi Fukuda, Tomokazu Kurabayashi, Hikari Udaka, Nayuta Funaki, Miho Suzuki, Dong Hyun Yoon, Asahi Nakahara, Tetsushi Sekiguchi, Shuichi Shoji:
  Chemical Reaction in Microdroplets with Different Sizes Containing CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dot and Organic Dye. 123-126
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  Asami Ohtake, Seiko Uchino, Kunio Akedo, Masanao Era, Koichi Sakaguchi:
  Dispersibility Evaluation of Graphene Oxides with Alkyl Chain Groups by Using Optical Transparency. 127-128
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  Ryosuke Kikuchi, Satoshi Usui, Kuniaki Tanaka, Hiroaki Usui:
  Vapor Deposition Polymerization of Polyimide with Naphthalene Unit. 129-132
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  Nobuya Hiroshiba, Wataru Yano, Ryuji Okumura, Yo Ichikawa:
  Fabrication of Nanosized Structures on Nafion Membranes by Thermal Nanoimprinting. 133-135
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  Keisuke Kawachi, Kazunari Shinbo, Yasuo Ohdaira, Akira Baba, Keizo Kato, Futao Kaneko:
  Evaluation of a PAH/PSS Layer-by-Layer Deposited Film Using a Quartz-Crystal-Microbalance and Surface-Plasmon-Resonance Hybrid Sensor. 136-138
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  Hirotake Kajii, Masato Ise, Hitoshi Tanaka, Takahiro Ohtomo, Yutaka Ohmori:
  Influence of Polymer Gate Dielectrics on p-Channel and n-Channel Formation of Fluorene-type Polymer Light-emitting Transistors. 139-142
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  Toshiki Yamada, Akira Otomo:
  Usefulness of Transmission Ellipsometric Method for Evaluation of Electro-optic Materials. 143-146
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  Wen-Kai Lin, Shui-Hsiang Su, Cheng-Lin Huang, Meiso Yokoyama:
  Efficiency Enhancement of Solution-Processed Flexible Organic Solar Cells. 147-151
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  Naoki Matsuda, Hirotaka Okabe:
  In situ Observation of Direct Electron Transfer Reaction of Cytochrome c Immobilized on ITO Electrode Modified with 10-carboxydecylphosphonic Acid by Slab Optical Waveguide Spectroscopy and Cyclic Voltammetry. 152-155

Regular Section

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  Hidenori Yukawa, Koji Yoshida, Tomohiro Mizuno, Tetsu Owada, Moriyasu Miyazaki:
  Ku/Ka-band Compact Orthomode Junction with Low Pass Filters for High Power Applications. 156-161
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  Hideaki Wakabayashi, Masamitsu Asai, Jiro Yamakita:
  A Scattering Field Expression by Dielectric Gratings Using Circularly Poarized Waves. 162-165

Volume 98-C, Number 3, March 2015

Special Section on Leading-Edge Applications and Fundamentals of Superconducting Sensors and Detectors

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  Masataka Ohkubo:
  Foreword. 166
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  Andreas Chwala, Ronny Stolz, Matthias Schmelz, Vyacheslav Zakosarenko, Matthias Meyer, Hans-Georg Meyer:
  SQUID Systems for Geophysical Time Domain Electromagnetics (TEM) at IPHT Jena. 167-173
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  Saburo Tanaka, Takeyoshi Ohtani, Yosuke Uchida, Yoshimi Hatsukade, Shuichi Suzuki:
  Contaminant Detection System using High Tc SQUID for Inspection of Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Sheet. 174-177
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  Keisuke Maehata, Makoto Maeda, Naoko Iyomoto, Kenji Ishibashi, Keisuke Nakamura, Katsunori Aoki, Koji Takasaki, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Keiichi Tanaka:
  Response of a Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor Microcalorimeter with a Mushroom-shaped Absorber to L X-rays Emitted by Transuranium Elements. 178-185
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  Kenichiro Nagayoshi, Kazuhiro Sakai, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Noriko Y. Yamasaki, Yoh Takei, Keisuke Maehata, Naoko Iyomoto, Shohei Ezaki, Akira Takano, Makoto Maeda, Toru Hara:
  Three-Dimensionally Assembled TES X-ray Microcalorimeter Arrays for a TEM EDS System. 186-191
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  Go Fujii, Masahiro Ukibe, Shigetomo Shiki, Masataka Ohkubo:
  Development of Array Detectors with Three-Dimensional Structure toward 1000 Pixels of Superconducting Tunnel Junctions. 192-195
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  Hiroyuki Maezawa:
  Application of Superconducting Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixers for Terahertz-Band Astronomy. 196-206
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  Kenichi Karatsu, Satoru Mima, Shugo Oguri, Jihoon Choi, R. M. Thushara Damayanthi, Agnes Dominjon, Noboru Furukawa, Hirokazu Ishino, Hikaru Ishitsuka, Atsuko Kibayashi, Yoshiaki Kibe, Hitoshi Kiuchi, Kensuke Koga, Masato Naruse, Tom Nitta, Takashi Noguchi, Takashi Okada, Chiko Otani, Shigeyuki Sekiguchi, Yutaro Sekimoto, Masakazu Sekine, Shibo Shu, Osamu Tajima, Kenta Takahashi, Nozomu Tomita, Hiroki Watanabe, Mitsuhiro Yoshida:
  Development of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector for Cosmological Observations. 207-218
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  Akira Endo:
  Superconducting On-Chip Spectrometery for Millimeter-submillimeter Wave Astronomy. 219-226
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  Kemmei Kajino, Shigehito Miki, Taro Yamashita, Hirotaka Terai:
  Low-Energy Optical-to-Electrical Converters Based on Superconducting Nanowire for Single-Flux-Quantum Circuits. 227-231
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  Yosuke Sakashita, Yuki Yamanashi, Nobuyuki Yoshikawa:
  50 GHz Demonstration of an Integer-Type Butterfly Processing Circuit for an FFT Processor Using the 10 kA/cm² Nb Process. 232-237
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  Tomoki Watanabe, Yoshiaki Urai, Hiroshi Shimada, Yoshinao Mizugaki:
  Pulse Response of Mutually-Coupled dc-to-SFQ Converter Investigated using an On-Chip Pulse Generator. 238-241

Regular Section

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  Ikuma Ando, Gia Khanh Tran, Kiyomichi Araki, Takayuki Yamada, Takana Kaho, Yo Yamaguchi, Tadao Nakagawa:
  Experimental Validation of Digital Pre-distortion Technique for Dual-band Dual-signal Amplification by Single Feedback Architecture Employing Dual-band Mixer. 242-251
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  Shinichi Tanaka, Kyosuke Mukaida, Kei Takata:
  Compact Stub Resonators with Enhanced Q-Factor Using Negative Order Resonance Modes of Non-Uniform CRLH Transmission Lines. 252-259
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  Jie Pan, Yuichiro Kakutani, Taishu Nakayama, Masayuki Mori, Koichi Maezawa:
  Resonant Tunneling Super Regenerative Detectors Detecting Higher Frequency Signals than Their Free-Running Oscillation Frequency. 260-266
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  Hoyoon Jun, Yongsurk Lee:
  Protection of On-chip Memory Systems against Multiple Cell Upsets Using Double-adjacent Error Correction Codes. 267-274
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  Yoshifumi Takasaki, Keiji Kuroda, Yuzo Yoshikuni:
  Measurement of the Linewidth of a Frequency-tunable Laser Used in Optical Coherence Tomography. 275-278
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  Zhe Huang, Ruohe Yao, Fei Luo:
  Trigger Circuit of Hardware Trojan Based on Up/Down Counter. 279-282
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  Naoki Harada, Shintaro Sato, Naoki Yokoyama:
  Simulation Study of Short-Channel Effect in MOSFET with Two-Dimensional Materials Channel. 283-286

Volume 98-C, Number 4, April 2015

Special Section on Solid-State Circuit Design---Architecture, Circuit, Device and Design Methodology

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  Takeshi Yamamura:
  Foreword. 287
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  Li-Chung Hsu, Masato Motomura, Yasuhiro Take, Tadahiro Kuroda:
  Through Chip Interface Based Three-Dimensional FPGA Architecture Exploration. 288-297
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  Jun Furuta, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Hidetoshi Onodera:
  Impact of Cell Distance and Well-contact Density on Neutron-induced Multiple Cell Upsets. 298-303
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  Rui Wu, Wei Deng, Shinji Sato, Takuichi Hirano, Ning Li, Takeshi Inoue, Hitoshi Sakane, Kenichi Okada, Akira Matsuzawa:
  A 60-GHz CMOS Transmitter with Gain-Enhanced On-Chip Antenna for Short-Range Wireless Interconnections. 304-314
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  Tohru Kaneko, Masaya Miyahara, Akira Matsuzawa:
  A Circuit Technique for Enhancing Gain of Complementary Input Operational Amplifier with High Power Efficiency. 315-321
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  Yasuhiro Take, Tadahiro Kuroda:
  Relay Transmission Thruchip Interface with Low-Skew 3D Clock Distribution Network. 322-332
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  Go Matsukawa, Yohei Nakata, Yasuo Sugure, Shigeru Oho, Yuta Kimi, Masafumi Shimozawa, Shuhei Yoshida, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Masahiko Yoshimoto:
  A Low-Latency DMR Architecture with Fast Checkpoint Recovery Scheme. 333-339

Regular Section

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  EunHee Kim, Dong-Gyu Kim:
  Numerical Implementation of Generalized Monopulse Estimation with Measured Subarray Patterns. 340-348
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  Changyuan Chang, Penglin Yang, Yang Xu, Yao Chen, Bin Bian:
  A Primary-side Regulation AC-DC Constant Voltage Control Chip with Cable Compensation. 349-355
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  Katsuhiko Ueda, Zuiko Rikuhashi, Kentaro Hayashi, Hiroomi Hikawa:
  Low-Power Wiring Method for Band-Limited Signals in CMOS Logic Circuits by Segmentation Coding with Pseudo-Majority Voting. 356-363
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  Wanbin Ren, Shengjun Xue, Hongxu Zhi, Guofu Zhai:
  Preliminary Study of Electrical Contact Behaviors of Au-plated Material at Super Low Making/Breaking Velocity. 364-370
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  Tomomi Yoshimoto, Tatsuo Iwata:
  Field-emission Characteristics of a Focused-Ion-Beam-Sharpened P-Type Silicon Single Emitter. 371-376
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  Jonggyun Lim, Wonshil Kang, Kang-Yoon Lee, Hyunchul Ku:
  A High Efficiency Class-E Power Amplifier Over a Wide Power Range Using a Look-Up Table Based Dynamic Biasing Scheme. 377-379

Volume 98-C, Number 5, May 2015

Special Section on Fundamentals and Applications of Advanced Semiconductor Devices

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  Naoki Hara:
  Foreword. 381
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  P. Pungboon Pansila, Kensaku Kanomata, Bashir Ahmmad, Shigeru Kubota, Fumihiko Hirose:
  Room Temperature Atomic Layer Deposition of Gallium Oxide Investigated by IR Absorption Spectroscopy. 382-389
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  Tokinobu Watanabe, Masahiro Hori, Taiki Saruwatari, Toshiaki Tsuchiya, Yukinori Ono:
  Evaluation of Accuracy of Charge Pumping Current in Time Domain. 390-394
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  P. Pungboon Pansila, Kensaku Kanomata, Bashir Ahmmad, Shigeru Kubota, Fumihiko Hirose:
  Nitrogen Adsorption of Si(100) Surface by Plasma Excited Ammonia. 395-401
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  Sohya Kudoh, Shun'ichiro Ohmi:
  A Study on Si(100) Surface Flattening Utilizing Sacrificial Oxidation Process and Its Effect on MIS Diode Characteristics. 402-405
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  Akio Ohta, Chong Liu, Takashi Arai, Daichi Takeuchi, Hai Zhang, Katsunori Makihara, Seiichi Miyazaki:
  Resistance-Switching Characteristics of Si-rich Oxide Evaluated by Using Ni Nanodots as Electrodes in Conductive AFM Measurements. 406-410
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  Ryo Nagata, Yuichiro Yanagi, Shunjiro Fujii, Hiromichi Kataura, Yasushiro Nishioka:
  Highly Conductive DMSO-Treated PEDOT: PSS Electrodes Applied to Flexible Organic Solar Cells. 411-421
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  Toan Thanh Dao, Hideyuki Murata:
  Tunable Threshold Voltage of Organic CMOS Inverter Circuits by Electron Trapping in Bilayer Gate Dielectrics. 422-428
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  Sungjun Kim, Sunghun Jung, Min-Hwi Kim, Seongjae Cho, Byung-Gook Park:
  Resistive Switching Characteristics of Silicon Nitride-Based RRAM Depending on Top Electrode Metals. 429-433
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  Xiang Yin, Masaki Sato, Seiya Kasai:
  Analysis on Non-Ideal Nonlinear Characteristics of Graphene-Based Three-Branch Nano-Junction Device. 434-438

Regular Section

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  Youngkyu Jang, Changnoh Yoon, Ik Joon Chang, Jinsang Kim:
  Variation-Aware Flip Flop for DVFS Applications. 439-445
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  Keishi Tsubaki, Tetsuya Hirose, Nobutaka Kuroki, Masahiro Numa:
  A 32-kHz Real-Time Clock Oscillator with On-Chip PVT Variation Compensation Circuit for Ultra-Low Power MCUs. 446-453

Volume 98-C, Number 6, June 2015

Special Section on Analog Circuits and Related SoC Integration Technologies

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  Takahiro Miki:
  Foreword. 454
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  Tatsuya Ohguro, Satoshi Inaba, Akio Kaneko, Kimitoshi Okano:
  Technology of FinFET for High RF and Analog/Mixed-Signal Performance Circuits. 455-460
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  Kenichi Okada:
  Digitally Assisted Analog and RF Circuits. 461-470
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  Teerachot Siriburanon, Wei Deng, Kenichi Okada, Akira Matsuzawa:
  A Constant-Current-Controlled Class-C Voltage-Controlled Oscillator using Self-Adjusting Replica Bias Circuit. 471-479
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  Pao-Lung Chen, Da-Chen Lee, Wei-Chia Li:
  Flying-Adder Frequency Synthesizer with a Novel Counter-Based Randomization Method. 480-488
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  Keisuke Okuno, Toshihiro Konishi, Shintaro Izumi, Masahiko Yoshimoto, Hiroshi Kawaguchi:
  An I/O-Sized ADC with Second-Order TDC and MOM Capacitor Voltage-to-Time Converter. 489-495
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  Yanzhao Ma, Shaoxi Wang, Shengbing Zhang, Xiaoya Fan, Ran Zheng:
  A Current Mode Buck/Boost DC-DC Converter With Automatic Mode Transition and Light Load Efficiency Enhancement. 496-503
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  Norihiro Kamae, Akira Tsuchiya, Hidetoshi Onodera:
  A Forward/Reverse Body Bias Generator with Wide Supply-Range down to Threshold Voltage. 504-511

Regular Section

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  Fatemeh Abrishamian, Katsumi Morishita:
  Cascade Connection of Two Long-Period Fiber Gratings with a π-Phase Shift to Expand the Rejection Bandwidths. 512-517
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  Jindrich Windels, Ann Monté, Jan Doutreloigne:
  Design and Characterization of a Secondary Side Smart-Power Integrated Active Asynchronous Voltage Clamp. 518-527
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  Chanon Warisarn, Autthasith Arrayangkool, Piya Kovintavewat:
  An ITI-Mitigating 5/6 Modulation Code for Bit-Patterned Media Recording. 528-533

Volume 98-C, Number 7, July 2015

Special Section on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips

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  Fumio Arakawa, Makoto Ikeda:
  Foreword. 534-535
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  Koichiro Ishibashi, Nobuyuki Sugii, Shiro Kamohara, Kimiyoshi Usami, Hideharu Amano, Kazutoshi Kobayashi, Cong-Kha Pham:
  A Perpetuum Mobile 32bit CPU on 65nm SOTB CMOS Technology with Reverse-Body-Bias Assisted Sleep Mode. 536-543
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  Sugako Otani, Hiroyuki Kondo:
  RX v2: Renesas's New-Generation MCU Processor. 544-549
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  Masayuki Sato, Ryusuke Egawa, Hiroyuki Takizawa, Hiroaki Kobayashi:
  FLEXII: A Flexible Insertion Policy for Dynamic Cache Resizing Mechanisms. 550-558
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  Atsushi Koshiba, Motoki Wada, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Mikiko Sato, Tsubasa Kosaka, Kimiyoshi Usami, Hideharu Amano, Masaaki Kondo, Hiroshi Nakamura, Mitaro Namiki:
  A Fine-Grained Power Gating Control on Linux Monitoring Power Consumption of Processor Functional Units. 559-568
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  Yoshio Shimomura, Hiroki Yamamoto, Hayato Usui, Ryotaro Kobayashi, Hajime Shimada:
  BTB Energy Reduction by Focusing on Useless Accesses. 569-579
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  Naruki Kurata, Ryota Shioya, Masahiro Goshima, Shuichi Sakai:
  Address Order Violation Detection with Parallel Counting Bloom Filters. 580-593
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  Seung-Youl Kim, Kyoung-Rok Cho, Je-Hoon Lee:
  Design of q-Parallel LFSR-Based Syndrome Generator. 594-596

Special Section on Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Technology

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  Kenjiro Nishikawa:
  Foreword. 597
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  Jiasheng Hong, Jia Ni, Francisco Cervera, Laura Hepburn:
  Recent Advances in Microwave Planar Filter Technology. 598-607
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  Apostolos Georgiadis, Ana Collado, Kyriaki Niotaki:
  Rectenna Design and Signal Optimization for Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer. 608-612
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  Kuniyoshi Yokoo, Koji Mizuno:
  History of the Microwave-Tube Art at Tohoku University. 613-615
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  Kunio Sawaya:
  Historical Review of Research and Development of Linear Antennas in Tohoku University. 616-620
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  Koji Yamanaka, Yasunori Suzuki, Shoichi Narahashi, Takaya Wada, Makoto Kawashima, Ken Takei, Kazutaka Takagi, Atsushi Honda, Zhengyi Li, Liang Zhou, Yoji Ohashi, Wataru Hattori, Yusuke Takahashi:
  Recent Activities of Japanese Microwave Industry. 621-629
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  Takashi Hirose, Fusao Nuno, Masashi Nakatsugawa:
  Development of Wireless Systems for Disaster Recovery Operations. 630-635
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  Ryosuke Kobayashi, Takumi Kato, Kazuhiro Azuma, Yasushi Yamao:
  Design and Fabrication of Three-Bit Reconfigurable Bandpass Filter Using Branch-Line Type Variable Resonator. 636-643
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  Xianshi Jing, Sheng Sun, Lei Zhu:
  Design of Microwave Patch Hybrid Couplers with Arbitrary Power Ratio and Impedance Transformation. 644-650
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  Xin Yang, Tsuyoshi Sugiura, Norihisa Otani, Tadamasa Murakami, Eiichiro Otobe, Toshihiko Yoshimasu:
  A 5-GHz Band WLAN SiGe HBT Power Amplifier IC with Novel Adaptive-Linearizing CMOS Bias Circuit. 651-658
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  Takana Kaho, Yo Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Shiba, Tadao Nakagawa, Kazuhiro Uehara, Kiyomichi Araki:
  Concurrent Multi-Band Mixer with Independent and Linear Gain Control. 659-668
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  Daliso Banda, Mizuki Motoyoshi, Tomokazu Koizumi, Osamu Wada, Tuan Thanh Ta, Suguru Kameda, Noriharu Suematsu, Tadashi Takagi, Kazuo Tsubouchi:
  1/2f_s Direct RF Under Sampling Receiver for Multi Channel Satellite Systems. 669-676
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  Masaomi Tsuru, Kengo Kawasaki, Koji Tsutsumi, Eiji Taniguchi:
  Adaptively Phase-Shift Controlled Self-Injection Locked VCO. 677-684
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  Takeshi Mitsunaka, Kunihiko Iizuka, Minoru Fujishima:
  97-mW 8-Phase CMOS VCO and Dividers for a 134-GHz PLL Synthesizer. 685-692
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  Yong Huang, Tomohiko Mitani, Takaki Ishikawa, Naoki Shinohara:
  Experiment on Driving a Low-Power DC Motor by Microwave Power Transfer in Continuous-Wave and Pulsed-Wave. 693-700
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  Shinya Kitagawa, Ryosuke Suga, Kiyomichi Araki, Osamu Hashimoto:
  Dual-Polarization RCS Reduction of X-Band Antenna Using Switchable Reflector. 701-708
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  Kohei Hasegawa, Ryo Ishikawa, Akira Saitou, Kazuhiko Honjo:
  Digital Spatial Modulation Using Dual Scatterers Embedded with Switches for Wireless Power Transmission Applications. 709-715

Regular Section

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  Kazuya Yamamoto, Miyo Miyashita, Hitoshi Kurusu, Yoshinobu Sasaki, Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroaki Seki:
  A 3.5-GHz-Band GaAs HBT Stage-Bypass-Type Step-Gain Amplifier Using Base-Collector Diode Switches and Its Application to a WiMAX HBT MMIC Power Amplifier Module. 716-728
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  Youngkyu Jang, Ik Joon Chang, Jinsang Kim:
  SET-Tolerant Active Body-Bias Circuits in PD-SOI CMOS Technology. 729-733
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  Toru Nakura, Masahiro Kano, Masamitsu Yoshizawa, Atsunori Hattori, Kunihiro Asada:
  Resonant Power Supply Noise Reduction by STO Capacitors Fabricated on Interposer. 734-740
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  Takashi Imagawa, Masayuki Hiromoto, Hiroyuki Ochi, Takashi Sato:
  An Error Correction Scheme through Time Redundancy for Enhancing Persistent Soft-Error Tolerance of CGRAs. 741-750

Volume 98-C, Number 8, August 2015

Special Section on Microwave Photonics

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  Hiroshi Murata:
  Foreword. 751
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  Lawrence R. Chen:
  Generating UWB and Microwave Waveforms Using Silicon Photonics. 752-763
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  Andreas Beling, Joe C. Campbell, Kejia Li, Qinglong Li, Ye Wang, Madison E. Woodson, Xiaojun Xie, Zhanyu Yang:
  High-Power Photodiodes for Analog Applications. 764-768
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  Katsuyuki Yamamoto, Tadashi Kawai, Akira Enokihara, Tetsuya Kawanishi:
  Compact Electro-Optic Single Sideband Modulators Utilizing Miniaturized Branch-Line Couplers on LiNbO₃ Substrate. 769-776
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  Akira Enokihara, Masashi Yamamoto, Tadashi Kawai, Tetsuya Kawanishi:
  Low Chirp Modulation by Electro-Optic Intensity Modulator Using Microwave 180-Degree Hybrid Directly Formed on LiNbO₃ Substrate. 777-782
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  Yusuf Nur Wijayanto, Atsushi Kanno, Hiroshi Murata, Tetsuya Kawanishi, Yasuyuki Okamura:
  Millimeter-Wave Radar Receiver Using Z-Cut LiNbO₃ Optical Modulator with Orthogonal-Gap-Embedded Patch-Antennas on Low-k Dielectric Material. 783-792
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  Isao Morohashi, Takahide Sakamoto, Norihiko Sekine, Tetsuya Kawanishi, Akifumi Kasamatsu, Iwao Hosako:
  Generation of Arbitrarily Patterned Pulse Trains in the THz Range by Spectral Synthesis of Optical Combs. 793-798
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  Shigeru Kuwano, Daisuke Iida, Jun Terada, Akihiro Otaka, Naoto Yoshimoto, Shintaro Hisatake, Tadao Nagatsuma:
  Error Vector Magnitude Evaluation of Terahertz Transmitter Employing Optical Frequency Comb. 799-807
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  Tomotaka Nagashima, Makoto Hasegawa, Takuya Murakawa, Tsuyoshi Konishi:
  Quantization Error Improvement for Optical Quantization Using Dual Rail Configuration. 808-815
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  Irneza Ismail, Quang Nguyen-The, Motoharu Matsuura, Naoto Kishi:
  One to Six Wavelength Multicasting of RZ-OOK Based on Picosecond-Width-Tunable Pulse Source with Distributed Raman Amplification. 816-823
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  Quynh Nguyen Quang Nhu, Quang Nguyen-The, Hung Nguyen Tan, Motoharu Matsuura, Naoto Kishi:
  Waveform Conversion and Wavelength Multicasting with Pulsewidth Tunability Using Raman Amplification Multiwavelength Pulse Compressor. 824-831
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  Masaki Shiraiwa, Yoshinari Awaji, Naoya Wada, Atsushi Kanno, Toshiaki Kuri, Pham Tien Dat, Tetsuya Kawanishi:
  New Burst-Mode Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier with Wide Linearity and High Output Power for Uplink Analog Radio-over-Fiber Signal Transmission. 832-839
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  Pham Tien Dat, Atsushi Kanno, Tetsuya Kawanishi:
  Performance of Uplink Packetized LTE-A Signal Transmission on a Cascaded Radio-on-Radio and Radio-over-Fiber System. 840-848
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  Toshiaki Kuri, Atsushi Kanno, Tetsuya Kawanishi:
  Re-Configurable Wavelength De-Multiplexer in Wavelength Division Multiplexed Radio-over-Fiber Systems for Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave Signal Delivery. 849-856
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  Benoît J. Gouhier, Ka-Lun Lee, Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, Christina Lim, Efstratios Skafidas:
  Recirculating Frequency Shifter-Based Hybrid Electro-Optic Probing System with Ultra-Wide Bandwidth. 857-865
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  Hai Huy Nguyen Pham, Shintaro Hisatake, Tadao Nagatsuma:
  Characterization of an F-Band Horn Antenna Based on Electro-Optic Near-Field Measurements. 866-872
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  Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Ito:
  Millimeter-Wave Ellipsometry Using Interface-Planarization Prism. 873-877
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  Naokatsu Yamamoto, Kouichi Akahane, Toshimasa Umezawa, Tetsuya Kawanishi:
  A 1.55-µm Waveband Optical Absorption Characterization of an Electro-Absorption Device with a Highly Stacked InAs/InGaAlAs Quantum Dot Structure. 878-881

Regular Section

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  Chia-Wen Chang, Yuan-Hua Chu, Shyh-Jye Jou:
  A Near-Threshold Cell-Based All-Digital PLL with Hierarchical Band-Selection G-DCO for Fast Lock-In and Low-Power Applications. 882-891
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  Wiparat Busyatras, Chanon Warisarn, Lin M. M. Myint, Piya Kovintavewat:
  A TMR Mitigation Method Based on Readback Signal in Bit-Patterned Media Recording. 892-898
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  Makoto Akiba:
  Theory and Measurement of Reset Noise Suppression in CTIA Readout Circuits. 899-902

Volume 98-C, Number 9, September 2015

Special Section on Recent Development of Electro-Mechanical Devices (IS-EMD2014)

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  Makoto Hasegawa:
  Foreword. 903
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  Xue Zhou, Mo Chen, Guofu Zhai:
  Comparisons on Arc Behavior and Contact Performance between Cu and Cu-Mo Alloys in a Bridge-Type Contact System. 904-911
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  John W. McBride, Hong Liu, Chamaporn Chianrabutra, Adam P. Lewis:
  The Wear of Hot Switching Au/Cr-Au/MWCNT Contact Pairs for MEMS Contacts. 912-918
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  Haruki Miyagawa, Junya Sekikawa:
  Motion of Break Arcs Occurring between Silver Electrical Contacts with Copper Arc Runners. 919-922
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  Makoto Hasegawa:
  Influences of Contact Opening Speeds on Break Arc Behaviors of AgSnO₂ Contact Pairs in DC Inductive Load Conditions. 923-927

Regular Section

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  Junichi Hamazaki, Housei Mogi, Norihiko Sekine, Satoshi Ashihara, Akifumi Kasamatsu, Iwao Hosako:
  Impact of Mode Filtering on the Performance of Femtosecond Pulse Amplification in a Large Mode Area Fiber. 928-933
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  Kazuya Yamamoto, Takayuki Matsuzuka, Miyo Miyashita, Kenichi Maeda, Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroaki Seki:
  0.8-/1.5-GHz-Band WCDMA HBT MMIC Power Amplifiers with an Analog Bias Control Scheme. 934-945
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  Masayoshi Shimokoshi, Jay Mosbrucker, Kris Schouterden:
  Track Pitch Design Considering Skew Angles and Adjacent Track Interference in HDD. 946-951

Volume 98-C, Number 10, October 2015

Regular Section

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  Te Huang, Ying-Wen Bai, Po-Yang Hsu:
  Reducing the Standby Power Consumption of the S3 State for PCs. 952-962
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  Majid Delshad, Nasrin Asadi Madiseh, Bahador Fani, Mahmood Azari:
  Implementation of Soft Switching Forward Converter with Self-Driven Synchronous Rectification. 963-970
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  Yasuhide Hiraga, Jun-ichi Nishide, Hajime Nakanotani, Masaki Aonuma, Chihaya Adachi:
  High-Efficiency Sky-Blue Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Utilizing Thermally-Activated Delayed Fluorescence. 971-976
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  Jinli Chen, Jiaqiang Li, Lingsheng Yang, Peng Li:
  MIMO Radar Receiver Design Based on Doppler Compensation for Range and Doppler Sidelobe Suppression. 977-980
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  Qing Hua, Zehong Li, Bo Zhang:
  Low Loss Intelligent Power Module with TFS-IGBTs and SiC SBDs. 981-983
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  Li Bin, Deng Zhun, Xie Liang, Xiangliang Jin:
  99.4% Switching Energy Saving and 87.5% Area Reduction Switching Scheme for SAR ADC. 984-986
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  Young-Cheol Park, Hyunchul Ku:
  Geo-Electrical Design of Wideband, Efficient Class-F Power Amplifiers. 987-990
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  Eun Jung Jang, Jaeyong Chung, Jacob A. Abraham:
  Delay Defect Diagnosis Methodology Using Path Delay Measurements. 991-994
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  Tomomi Yoshimoto, Yoshiaki Sugimoto, Tatsuo Iwata:
  Lowering of Threshold Voltage by Thermal Annealing of Diamond Micropowder Field Emitter. 995-998

Volume 98-C, Number 11, November 2015

Special Section on Electronic Displays

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  Mutsumi Kimura:
  Foreword. 999
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  Mototaka Ochi, Yoko Shida, Hiroyuki Okuno, Hiroshi Goto, Toshihiro Kugimiya, Moriyoshi Kanamaru:
  Al-Based Metal Mesh Electrodes for Advanced Touch Screen Panels Using Aluminum Nitride System Optical Absorption Layer. 1000-1007
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  Hiroshi Haga, Kazuhide Yoshinaga, Jiro Yanase, Daisuke Sugimoto, Kenichi Takatori, Hideki Asada:
  Electrostatic Tactile Display Using Beat Phenomenon for Stimulus Localization. 1008-1014
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  Hiroyuki Manabe, Munekazu Date, Hideaki Takada, Hiroshi Inamura:
  Low-Power Driving Technique for 1-Pixel Display Using an External Capacitor. 1015-1022
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  Shuta Ishizuka, Takuya Mukai, Hideki Kakeya:
  Multi-Phase Convex Lens Array for Directional Backlights to Improve Luminance Distribution of Autostereoscopic Display. 1023-1027
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  Yuki Koga, Tokiyoshi Matsuda, Mutsumi Kimura, Dapeng Wang, Mamoru Furuta, Masashi Kasami, Shigekazu Tomai, Koki Yano:
  Capacitance Sensor of Frequency Modulation for Integrated Touchpanels Using Amorphous In-Sn-Zn-O Thin-Film Transistors. 1028-1031
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  Tomoya Matsuzaki, Takahiro Ishinabe, Hideo Fujikake:
  Crystal Axis Control of Soluble Organic Semiconductors in Nematic Liquid Crystal Solvents Based on Electric Field. 1032-1034
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  Hironao Sano, Ryota Ishida, Tatsuya Kura, Shunsuke Fujita, Shigeki Naka, Hiroyuki Okada, Takeshi Takai:
  Transparent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Top Electrode Using Ion-Plating Method. 1035-1038
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  Akihito Sato, Takahiro Ishinabe, Hideo Fujikake:
  Flexible In-Plane-Switching Liquid Crystal Display Using Stretched Polycarbonate Substrates with Optical Positive A-Plate. 1039-1042
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  Hideki Sakai, Takahiro Ishinabe, Hideo Fujikake:
  Flexible Polymer-Wall-Stabilized Blue-Phase Liquid Crystal Cell Using Plastic Substrates. 1043-1046

Regular Section

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  Shoichiro Kawashima, Keizo Morita, Mitsuharu Nakazawa, Kazuaki Yamane, Mitsuhiro Ogai, Kuninori Kawabata, Kazuaki Takai, Yasuhiro Fujii, Ryoji Yasuda, Wensheng Wang, Yukinobu Hikosaka, Ken'ichi Inoue:
  An 8-Mbit 0.18-µm CMOS 1T1C FeRAM in Planar Technology. 1047-1057

Volume 98-C, Number 12, December 2015

Special Section on Terahertz Waves Coming to the Real World

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  Yasuhiro Nakasha:
  Foreword. 1058-1059
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  Tadao Nagatsuma, Guillermo Carpintero:
  Recent Progress and Future Prospect of Photonics-Enabled Terahertz Communications Research. 1060-1070
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  Atsushi Kanno, Pham Tien Dat, Norihiko Sekine, Iwao Hosako, Tetsuya Kawanishi, Yuki Yoshida, Ken-ichi Kitayama:
  High-Speed Coherent Transmission Using Advanced Photonics in Terahertz Bands. 1071-1080
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  Ingmar Kallfass, Iulia Dan, Sebastian Rey, Parisa Harati, Jochen Antes, Axel Tessmann, Sandrine Wagner, Michael Kuri, Rainer Weber, Hermann Massler, Arnulf Leuther, Thomas Merkle, Thomas Kürner:
  Towards MMIC-Based 300GHz Indoor Wireless Communication Systems. 1081-1090
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  Minoru Fujishima, Shuhei Amakawa, Kyoya Takano, Kosuke Katayama, Takeshi Yoshida:
  Tehrahertz CMOS Design for Low-Power and High-Speed Wireless Communication. 1091-1104
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  Shintaro Hisatake, Guillermo Carpintero, Yasuyuki Yoshimizu, Yusuke Minamikata, Kazuki Oogimoto, Yu Yasuda, Frédéric van Dijk, Tolga Tekin, Tadao Nagatsuma:
  Photonic Millimeter Wave Transmitter for a Real-Time Coherent Wireless Link Based on Injection Locking of Integrated Laser Diodes. 1105-1111
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  Shoichi Shiba, Masaru Sato, Hiroshi Matsumura, Yoichi Kawano, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Toshihide Suzuki, Yasuhiro Nakasha, Taisuke Iwai, Naoki Hara:
  Beyond 110 GHz InP-HEMT Based Mixer Module Using Flip-Chip Assembly for Precise Spectrum Analysis. 1112-1119
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  Takuro Tajima, Ho-Jin Song, Makoto Yaita:
  300-GHz Microstrip-to-Waveguide Transition on a Polyimide Substrate Integrated with an LTCC Substrate Integrated Waveguide. 1120-1127
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  Sourav Roy, Kazunori Serita, Iwao Kawayama, Hironaru Murakami, Yuri Avetisyan, Masayoshi Tonouchi:
  Characterization of Terahertz Imagers Using a Narrowband Time-Domain Terahertz Radiation and Detection System. 1128-1130
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  Kouhei Kasagi, Naoto Oshima, Safumi Suzuki, Masahiro Asada:
  Power Combination in 1 THz Resonant-Tunneling-Diode Oscillators Integrated with Patch Antennas. 1131-1133

Regular Section

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  Takuya Niimi, Shouhei Kidera, Tetsuo Kirimoto:
  Dielectric Constant and Boundary Extraction Method for Double-Layered Dielectric Object for UWB Radars. 1134-1142
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  Yutaka Fukuchi, Kouji Hirata, Joji Maeda:
  Numerical Analyses of All-Optical Retiming Switches Using Cascade of Second Harmonic Generation and Difference Frequency Mixing in Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate Waveguides. 1143-1149
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  Kazuya Yamamoto, Hitoshi Kurusu, Miyo Miyashita, Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroaki Seki:
  A Current-Mirror-Based GaAs-HBT RF Power Detector Suitable for Base Terminal Monitoring in an HBT Power Stage. 1150-1160
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  Kento Kimura, Aravind Tharayil Narayanan, Kenichi Okada, Akira Matsuzawa:
  An AM-PM Noise Mitigation Technique in Class-C VCO. 1161-1170
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  Aibin Yan, Huaguo Liang, Zhengfeng Huang, Cuiyun Jiang, Maoxiang Yi:
  A Self-Recoverable, Frequency-Aware and Cost-Effective Robust Latch Design for Nanoscale CMOS Technology. 1171-1178
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  Jung Nam Bae, Saichandrateja Radhapuram, Ikkyun Jo, Takao Kihara, Toshimasa Matsuoka:
  A Design of 0.7-V 400-MHz Digitally-Controlled Oscillator. 1179-1186
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  Chanon Warisarn, Piya Kovintavewat:
  Soft-Output Decoding Approach of 2D Modulation Codes in Bit-Patterned Media Recording Systems. 1187-1192
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  Yuan Wang, Wei Su, Guangliang Guo, Xing Zhang:
  Novel DEM Technique for Current-Steering DAC in 65-nm CMOS Technology. 1193-1195