% Computation of ST-ZCR and STE of a speech signal.
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% Functions required: zerocross, sgn, winconv.
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% Author: Nabin Sharma
% Date: 2009/03/15
[x,Fs] = wavread('so.wav'); % word is: so
x = x.';
N = length(x); % signal length
n = 0:N-1;
ts = n*(1/Fs); % time for signal
% define the window
wintype = 'rectwin';
winlen = 201;
winamp = [0.5,1]*(1/winlen);
This paper reviews key factors to practical ESD
protection design for RF and analog/mixed-signal (AMS) ICs,
including general challenges emerging, ESD-RFIC interactions,
RF ESD design optimization and prediction, RF ESD design
characterization, ESD-RFIC co-design technique, etc. Practical
design examples are discussed. It means to provide a systematic
and practical design flow for whole-chip ESD protection design
optimization and prediction for RF/AMS ICs to ensure 1 st Si
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