Operational Category:
1st place -
CGaAs PowerPC FXU
Authors: Alan Drake, Todd Basso, Richard Brown
Affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2nd place -
Systematic Design of a 14-bit 150 MS/s CMOS Current Steering D/A Converter
Authors: Geert van der Plas, Jan Vandenbussche, Anne van den Bosch, Willy Daems, Georges Gielen,
Michiel Steyaert, Willy Sansen
Affiliation: Katholieke University, Leuven, Belgium
3rd place -
A High Performance Readout Circuit for Infrared Focal Plane Array
Authors: Haluk Kulah, Tayfun Akin
Affiliation: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Conceptual Category:
1st place -
An Integrated MEMS-CiCMOS SINCGARS Transceiver
Authors: Michael McCorquodale, Ark-Chew Wong, Karthik Nagarajan, Haluk Kulah,
Clark T-C Nguyen
Affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2nd place -
BlowChip: A 115 Mbps Blowfish Encryption/Decryption Chip
Author: Jeremy Cieslak
Affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
3rd place -
A Design of and the Design Tools for a Novel Quantum Dot Based Microprocessor
Authors: Michael Niemier, Michael Kontz, Peter Kogge
Affiliation: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Honorable Mention:
Design of a Wireless Adaptive Network Device
Authors: Paul Lettieri, Mani Srivastava
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, CA
VLSI Design of Parallel Buffers for High Speed Interfaces
Authors: Mehdi Kazemi-Nia, Hussein Alnuweiri
Affiliation: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Pipe-Rench: Physical Implementation of Virtual Hardware
Authors: Matthew Moe, Herman Schmit
Affiliation: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
A Low Power, Mixed Signal Microcontroller for Single Chip Instrument Applications
Authors: Matthew Guthaus, Keith Kraver
Affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Design Methodology Used in a 12-b CMOS A/D Converter
Authors: Hui Pan, Masahiro Segami
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, CA