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B04 Analog Computing Circuits Exploiting Devices Integrated into the BEOL

In a real life system analog design components are as important as digital building blocks. Moreover, for some functions energy consumption can be reduced by using an analog rather than a digital solution. However, the design of analog circuits is much more demanding since, in contrast to digital circuits, there is no inherent mechanism to avoid the propagation of errors. Therefore, special attention needs to be put towards constructing analog building blocks that make use of the new features offered by the BEOL integrated devices but also considers their shortcomings. In the first phase example circuits will be created that utilize of one or two of the BEOL integrated devices. Again, established devices will be used as the starting point in Phase 1.