OPERATIONAL CATEGORY
1st Place $4,000
(session 44.5) A True Single-Phase 8-bit Adiabatic Multiplier
Suhwan Kim,Conrad H. Ziesler, Marios C. Papaefthymiou - Univ. of Michigan
2nd Place $2,500
(session 9.1) Design of Half-Rate Clock and Data Recovery Circuits for Optical Communication
Jafar Savoj, Behzad Razavi - Univ. of California, Los Angeles
2nd Place $2,500
Optimal Design of a Low Power, Low Noise 3.4 GHz CMOS Downconverter
Peter J. Vancorenland, Geert Van der Plas, Michiel Steyaert, Willy Sansen - Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Belgium
CONCEPTUAL CATEGORY
1st Place $4,000, Best Paper $1,000
(session 50.2) Two-Dimensional Position Detection System with MEMS Accelerometer for MOUSE Applications
Seungbae Lee, Gijoon Nam, Junseok Chae, Hanseup Kim, Alan J. Drake - Univ. of Michigan
2nd Place $2,500
A Configurable, Algorithm-Specific Processor for Real-Time Wavelet-Based Video
Li Ding, Yi Li, Richard B. Brown - Univ. of Michigan 3rd Place $1,500
VLSI Implementation of Binaural Spatializer Using FIR Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF)
NamSung Kim, Jiyoun Kim, Mingyu Cho, TaeYoung Choi, Trevor Mudge Univ. of Michigan
HONORABLE MENTIONS $500
A 1.8 GHz CMOS Cellular Transceiver Front-End: From Integrated Circuit to Integrated System Design
Michiel Steyaert, Bram De Muer, Johan Janssens, Marc Borremans - Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Belgium
HiPAR-DSP 16: VLSI-Design of a Second Generation Programmable Parallel Multimedia-DSP
Willm Hinrichs, Jens Peter Wittenburg, Hanno Lieske, Helge Kloos, Lars Friebe, Peter Pirsch - Univ. of Hannover, Germany