Kategoria BISAC: Computers >> Embedded Computer Systems

This book serves as a comprehensive guide to the world of EDA tools, offering readers a deeper understanding of their inner workings and a glimpse into the future of electronic design. With a meticulous focus on numerical methods, the author delves deeply into the mathematical foundations that underpin EDA tools. From finite element analysis to Monte Carlo simulations, readers will gain a thorough understanding of the numerical techniques employed to model and simulate complex electronic systems. Furthermore, this book elucidates the diverse modeling methods utilized in EDA tools,...

 This book provides an easy-to-read introduction to quantum computing, as well the classical simulation of quantum circuits with common types of error effects. The authors showcase the enormous potential that can be unleashed when doing these simulations using decision diagrams–a data-structure common in the design automation community, often used in quantum computing design tasks. The algorithms and methods described can outperform previously proposed solutions in some cases, providing a complementary solution to established approaches. Finally, the necessity of noise-aware...

This book provides an effective guide to hardware security, presenting both conventional countermeasures and advanced AI-driven strategies for preventing, detecting, and mitigating security vulnerabilities. Topics covered include secure design practices, access control, obfuscation, Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs), True Random Number Generators (TRNGs), side-channel analysis, and formal verification methods. The integration of AI and biologically inspired approaches, such as Artificial Immune Systems, is explored as a transformative tool for adaptive, self-learning...

This book reveals to readers how to harness high-voltage power for everyday electronics. The authors detail the transformation of up to 400 V—from household outlets and electric vehicle batteries—into the low voltage required for devices like smart home systems and LED lights. This concise guide delves into the cutting-edge integration of DC-DC and AC-DC converters onto a single microchip using a high-voltage switched-capacitor approach. Explore expert insights on topology, circuit design, and layout techniques that are shaping the future of power management.

This book offers a comprehensive introduction and in-depth information on all the packaging technologies and fabrication methodologies employed in advanced semiconductor packaging. Coverage includes materials, substrates, and assembly processes, as well as critical areas of testing and reliability, which are crucial for ensuring the utmost quality and reliability of advanced packaging solutions.

This book is based on the 18 tutorials presented during the 31st workshop on Advances in Analog Circuit Design held in Villach, Austria. In it, expert designers share their insights on a variety of topics at the frontier of analog circuit design, with specific contributions focusing on the design of imaging sensors, power management circuits, PLLs and frequency synthesizers. As such, for anyone involved in analog circuit research and development, this book provides a valuable overview of the state-of-the-art.

The purpose of this book is to teach quantum computing hardware from an engineer’s perspective. Engineers play an important role in quantum computers. However, college and graduate engineering students usually do not have the required physics and mathematics training to understand how quantum computer hardware works. This book provides step-by-step guidance to connect engineers to the quantum world.

• Prepares readers with the essential mathematics and physics skills to understand and design quantum computers.


• Covers spin qubits and superconducting qubits in a...

This textbook is a complete, self-sufficient, self-study/tutorial-type source of mathematical problems. It serves as a primary source for practicing and developing mathematical skills and techniques that will be essential in future studies and engineering practice. Rigor and mathematical formalism is drastically reduced, while the main focus is on developing practical skills and techniques for solving mathematical problems, given in forms typically found in engineering and science. These practical techniques are split into three separate books: the topics of algebra, complex algebra,...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of hardware security challenges and solutions, making it an essential resource for engineers, researchers, and students in the field. The authors cover a wide range of topics, from hardware design and implementation to attack models and countermeasures. They delve into the latest research and industry practices in the field, including techniques for secure chip design, hardware Trojan detection, side-channel attack mitigation, the threats and vulnerabilities facing modern hardware, the design and implementation of secure hardware, and the latest...

This book discusses the details of random number generation (RNG) as a key technology that is used for information security in various fields, such as electronic commerce and authentication. Readers will see how random numbers are used in various applications such as in the generation of keys for data encryption, games, lotteries, sampling, simulations, statistical sampling, search/sort algorithms, and gambling. The authors describe how the classification of RNGs encompasses linear and nonlinear (chaotic) pseudo and truly random number generators, and how they can be evaluated by applying...