Seminars


:(Item with the maroon color implies that presentation is the most recent one.)

                                                                           Fall semester, 2008

  Date Presenter Topic Materials Location
1 Aug  28, 2008
3:55PM-5:10PM
Erdem Topsakal

Towards a Miniature Long Term Implantable Continuous Glucose Monitoring Device: Ongoing Research and Future Challenges

Abstract Room 223C ZEC

  

                                                                      Summer semester, 2008

  Date Presenter Topic Materials Location
2 June 9, 2008
2:00PM-3:30PM
Gabriel A. Rincón- Mora

Power Losses in Switching DC-DC Converter ICs

Abstract Room 223D ZEC
1 June 9, 2008
10:30AM-12:00AM
Gabriel A. Rincón- Mora

AC Design and Performance of Low-Dropout Regulators (LDOs)

Abstract Room 223D ZEC

                                                             Spring semester, 2008

  Date Presenter Topic Materials Location
12 April 17, 2008
3:55PM-5:10PM
Axel Thomsen

Design of a fractional N PLL

Abstract Room 205 Engineering/Physics
11 April 10, 2008
3:55PM-5:10PM
Amit Gupta

Low ripple Charge Pump Design

Abstract Room 205 Engineering/Physics
10 April 3, 2008
3:55PM-5:10PM
Sunil Khatri

An Adaptive Body Bias based Sub-threshold Circuit Design Approach

Abstract Room 205 Engineering/Physics
9 Mar 20, 2008
3:55PM-5:10PM
Jack Ambundo

Power Management LDO Design

Abstract Room 205 Engineering/Physics
8 Mar 6, 2008
3:55PM-5:10PM
Tuli Dake

High Voltage LDO Tutorial

Abstract Room 205 Engineering/Physics
7 Feb 28, 2008
3:55PM-5:10PM
Dr. Eugenio Culurciello

A Silicon-On-Sapphire Instrument For Ion Channel Patch-Clamp Research

Abstract Room 205 Engineering/Physics
6 Feb 21, 2008
3:55PM-5:10PM
Sundeep Desai

Integrated Circuit Test Engineering- An Industrial Perspective

Abstract Room 205 Engineering/Physics
5 Feb 14, 2008
3:55PM-5:10PM
Jason Wardlaw

Making the Jump from Academia to Industry:     Preparing a Chip for a Consumer Product

Abstract Room 205 Engineering/Physics
4 Feb 7, 2008
3:55PM-5:10PM
Roberto Sadkowski

Analog is Everywhere: What Engineers can do in a Semiconductor Company

Abstract Room 205 Engineering/Physics
3 Jan 31, 2008
3:55PM-5:10PM
Gunhee Han

Retinal and Auditory Neural Prosthesis

Abstract Room 205 Engineering/Physics
2 Jan 24, 2008
3:55PM-5:10PM
Gunhee Han

Mixed-Signal Biomedical SOC for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

Abstract Room 205 Engineering/Physics
1 Jan 17, 2008
3:55PM-5:10PM
Vijay Dhanasekaran

A Low Power Class-AB 16W Headphone Driver Capable of Handling Wide Range of Load Capacitance

Abstract Room 105D ZEC

 

                                                            Fall semester, 2007

  Date Presenter Topic Materials Location
11 Nov 15, 2007
3:55PM-5:10PM
Pankaj Pandey

From Multi-Gb/s RAID Servers to Ultra Lpw Power iPods: AFE Ckt Design Techniques for the HDD Industry

Abstract Room 227A ZEC
10 Nov 13, 2007
12:45PM-2:00PM
Leonard Dauphinee & Pieter Vorenkamp

An Overview of Analog and RF Design at Broadcom

Abstract Room 223A ZEC
9 Nov 8, 2007
3:55PM-5:10PM
Gaurav Chandra

Design Considerations for High Speed High Resolution Pipelined ADC's

Abstract Room 227A ZEC
8 Nov 1, 2007
3:55PM-5:10PM
Adrian Maxim

Design Challenges for MIxed-Signal Nanometer CMOS Single-Chip Broadcast Receiver SOCs

Abstract Room 227A ZEC
7 Oct  19, 2007
3:55PM-5:10PM
Samuel Palermo

Low-Power Optical Interconnect Transceivers

Abstract Room 119A ZEC
6 Oct  18, 2007
3:55PM-5:10PM
Dr. Ayman Fayed

Circuit and System Techniques for Adaptive Equalization High-Speed Wire-Line Applications

Abstract Room 227A ZEC
5 Oct  5, 2007
10:15AM-11:15AM
Shyam S. Somayula

A Fully Integrated Single Chip GSM/GPRS Phone in 130nm and its challenges

Abstract Room 104 Brown
4 Oct  4, 2007
3:55PM-5:10PM

Sang Wook

An Adaptive Low Pass Filtering Technique for Spur Reduction in Integer-N Frequency Synthesizers

Abstract Room 227A ZEC
3 Sep 27, 2007
3:55PM-5:10PM

Marvin Onabajo

Design Methodologies for Built-In Testing of Integrated RF Transceivers with the On-Chip Loopback Technique

Abstract Room 227A ZEC
2 Sep 20, 2007
3:55PM-5:10PM

Dr. Jose Silva-Martinez

RF-to-DIGITAL Interfaces

Abstract Room 227A ZEC
1 Sep 6, 2007
3:55PM-5:10PM

Xiaohua Fan

High performance analog and RF circuits: LNAs and multistage amplifier

Abstract Room 227A ZEC

 

Summer semester, 2007

  Date Presenter Topic Materials Location
1. June 5, 2007 1:30PM Dr.Khaled N. Salama
RPI

 Integrated Biosensors

Abstract

Room 103 ZEC

 

Spring semester, 2007

  Date Presenter Topic Materials Location
6 Apr 18, 2007
10:00AM-11:10AM

Fikret Dulger
TI

Receiver Front-Ends for Cellular Systems in Digital CMOS

Abstract Room 223D ZEC
5 Apr 4, 2007
3:00PM-4:00PM

Rahmi Hezar
TI

An Active Passive Continuous Time Sigma Delta Architecture for Wide Band Applications

Abstract Room 256 Brown Bldg.
4 Apr 4, 2007
10:00AM-11:10AM

Russell Byrd
TI

A Power Optimized Dual Mode GSM/WCDMA SDADC towards 32nm Digital CMOS

Abstract Room 223D ZEC
3 Mar 28, 2007
10:00AM-11:10AM

Nadeem Ahmed and Yan Cui
Wiquest

UWB design considerations

Abstract Room 223D ZEC
2 Mar 21, 2007
10:00AM-11:10AM

Roman Staszewski
TI

Digital Radio Processor (DRP) Overview

Abstract Room 223D ZEC
1 Feb 21, 2007
10:00AM-11:10AM

Kori Kirk
Broadcom

Broadcom Information Session

Abstract Room 308 Rudder tower

 

Fall semester, 2006

  Date Presenter Topic Materials Location
4 Oct 18, 2006
3:00PM-3:50PM

Dr. Shouli Yan
UT Austin

A Power Efficient 2.5MS/s 14bit Sigma-Delta Modulator for A/D Conversion

Abstract Room 227A ZEC
3 Oct 4, 2006
3:00PM-3:50PM

 David Hernandez-Garduno

Circuit Design Techniques for High-Speed Signal Processing in Communications Systems

Abstract Room 227A ZEC
2 Sep 27, 2006
3:00PM-3:50PM

Amit Kumar Gupta

Design Techniques for Low Noise and High Speed A/D Converter

Abstract Room 227A ZEC
1 Sep 20, 2006
3:00PM-3:50PM

 Jianhong Xiao

Design of CMOS RF Front-Ends for Terrestrial and Mobile DTV Tuners

Abstract Room 227A ZEC

 

Spring semester, 2006

  Date Presenter Topic Materials Location
6 April 18, 2006
2:00PM-3:00PM

 Jeyanandh Paramesh
UW Seattle

CMOS Integrated Circuits for Multi-Antenna Wireless Communications

Abstract Room 342 ZEC
5 March 21, 2006
3:55PM-5:10PM

 Jose D. Arteaga
TI Dallas

Mixed Signal IC Characterization-Case Study: True Digital Audio Amplifier Testing

Abstract Room 119A ZEC
4 March 7, 2006
2:20PM-3:35PM

 Bill Krenik
TI Dallas

Wireless Industry Update: What's Happening In Wireless Technology?

Abstract Room 119A ZEC
3 Feb 28, 2006
3:55PM-5:10PM

 Shanfeng Cheng

Design of Clock and Data Recovery Loops For Giga-bits Serial Data Links

Abstract Room 119B ZEC
2 Feb 21, 2006
3:55PM-5:10PM

Sung Tae Moon
Intel

Intel's Recent Analog Circuit Developments: 1A Linear Regulator and 20Gb/s Serial Link

Abstract Room 119B ZEC
1 Jan 31, 2006
3:55PM-5:10PM

Sudipto Chakraborty
TI Dallas

Recent Advances in Integrated Communication Systems: Technology To Systems

Abstract Room 119B ZEC

 

Fall semester, 2005

  Date Presenter Topic Materials Location
8 Nov 22, 2005
3:55PM-5:10PM

Bharath Kumar Thandri
TAMU

Design of RF/IF Analog to Digital Converters For Software Radio Communication Receivers

Abstract Room 342 ZEC
7 Nov 10, 2005
2:00PM-4:00PM

Benoit Provost
Intel

Design-For-Testability at Intel

Abstract Room 342 ZEC
6 Nov 8, 2005
3:55PM-5:10PM

Alberto Valdes-Carcia
TAMU

An 11-Band 3.4 to 10.3 GHz MB-OFDM UWB Receiver in 0.25um SiGe BiCMOS

Abstract Room 223A ZEC
5 Oct 25, 2005
3:55PM-5:10PM

Jan-Michael Stevenson
Microtune, Inc.

Broadband Design for Wireless and Wired Systems

Abstract Room 223A ZEC
4 Oct 18, 2005
3:55PM-5:10PM

Pieter Vorenkamp
VP & Chief Architect
Broadcom

ANALOG/RF MICRO-ELECTRONICS

 

Abstract Room 223A ZEC
3. Sep 27,2005      2:00PM -4:00PM  Doug Natelson

Charge Injection in Polymer Field-Effect Transistors

Abstract Room 342 ZEC
2. Sep 13,2005      3:55PM -5:10PM Claudio Montiel

Texas Instruments –HPA (High Performance Analog)

Abstract Room 223A ZEC
1. Aug 30,2005      3:55PM -5:10PM Artur Lewinski

High Frequency and High Dynamic Range Continuous Time Filters

Abstract

Room 223A ZEC

Spring semester, 2005

  Date Presenter Topic Materials Location
1. Jan 24, 2005 3:00PM-4:30PM Dr. John Fattaruso
TI Dallas

Current Trends in Analog Design for SOC

Abstract

Room 227A ZEC

Fall semester, 2004

  Date Presenter Topic Materials Location
7. Nov 22, 2004 2:00PM-2:50PM Burak Kelleci   
  Texas A&M Univ.     
 Practical Usage of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) Abstract Room 118 Civil engineering
6. Nov 15, 2004 2:00PM-2:50PM Sunil P Khatri   
  Texas A&M Univ.     
CE Group 
 Encoding-Based Minimization of Inductive Crosstalk for Off-Chip Data Transmission Abstract Room 118 Civil engineering
5. Nov 8, 2004 1:30PM-2:50PM David Kelly and         Martin Snelgrove          PropheSi Technolgoies  Sigma-Delta Converters and RF circuits design Abstract Room 118 Civil engineering
4. Nov 1, 2004 2:00PM-2:50PM  Xavier Haune

Analog Devices  

 Transmit DACs for mobile handsets Abstract Room 118 Civil engineering
3. Oct 11, 2004 2:00PM-2:50PM Jianlong Chen   A Linearized CMOS OTA with frequency-dependent harmonic distortion analysis and its analysis and its apllication in filgers Abstract Room 118 Civil engineering
2. Oct 4, 2004 2:00PM-2:50PM Dr. Antonio Torralba University of Sevilla Spain The FVF: A Useful Cell for Low-Voltage Analog Design Abstract

Room 118 Civil engineering

1. Sep 27, 2004 2:00PM-2:50PM Dr. Jacob A. Abraham UT Austin

Taming Complexity Through Abstraction and Hierarchy: Applications to Manufacturing Test Generation

Abstract

Room 118 Civil engineering

Spring semester, 2004

  Date Presenter Topic Materials Location
12. April 26, 2004 3:00PM-3:50PM Dr. Yehia Massoud
Rice University

Towards High Performance System-On-Chip Design Automation

Abstract

Room 223B ZEC

11. April 19, 2004 3:00PM-3:50PM Dr. Steven M. Wright

Parallel MR Imagaging: System Design And Limitations

Abstract

Room 223B ZEC

10. April 12, 2004 3:00PM-3:50PM Murthy R. Mellachervu

A 3-Gb/s Vertical Recording Preamplifier For Hard Disk Drives

Abstract

Room 223B ZEC

9. April 5, 2004 3:00PM-3:50PM Alberto Valdes-Garcia

An On-Chip Transfer Function Characterization System for Analog Build-in Testing

Abstract

Room 223B ZEC

8. March 29, 2004 3:00PM-3:50PM Gonggui Xu
TI

An Analog Front End For Video Decoder Applications

Abstract

Room 223B ZEC

7. March 22, 2004 3:00PM-3:50PM Siew Kuok Hoon and Jun Chen
TI

Power Management for Wireless Applications

Abstract

Room 223B ZEC

6. March 15, 2004 3:00PM-3:50PM Richard K. Hester
TI

Analog Front End Design for ADSL

Abstract

Room 119D ZEC

5. March 8, 2004 3:00PM-3:50PM Robert Bogdan Staszewski
TI

Novel Architecture of An All-digital Transmitter And A Discrete-Time Receiver For Wireless Applications

Abstract

Room 119D ZEC

4. March 1, 2004 3:00PM-3:50PM Ari Yakov Vcalero López

Design Of Frequency Synthesizers For Short Range Wireless Transceivers

Abstract

Room 119D ZEC

3. Feb 23, 2004 3:00PM-3:50PM Nikolaos Stefanou

A Combined Chopping And Average Technique for Reduced Distortion Flash A/D Converter

Abstract

Room 119D ZEC

2. Feb 9, 2004 3:00PM-3:50PM Jinseok Koh

Multibit Second Order Single Amplifier Sigma-Delta ADC

Abstract

Room 119D ZEC

1. Jan 26, 2004 3:00PM-3:50PM Timothy W. Fischer

A rail-to-rail amplifier input stage with less than ±0.5% fluctuation in gm

Abstract

Room 119D ZEC

 

Fall semester, 2003

  Date Presenter Topic Materials Location
14. Dec 1, 2003 3:00PM-3:50PM Taner Sumesaglam

Digital Tuning Of Continuous-Time High-Q Filters

Abstract

Room 119A ZEC

13. Nov 24, 2003 3:00PM-3:50PM Karthikeyan Soundarapandian
TI

High Resolution, High Speed A-D Converters Using Mash Sigma-Delta Architecture

Abstract

Room 119A ZEC

12. Nov 17, 2003 3:00PM-3:50PM  Juna Felipe Osorio
Visiting Scholar
Substrate And Switching Noise In Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Abstract

Room 119A ZEC

11. Nov 10, 2003 3:00PM-3:50PM  Oscar Moreira-Tamayo
TI
A COMPETITIVE APPROACH TO DESIGN Abstract

Room 119A ZEC

10. Nov 3, 2003 3:00PM-3:50PM

Robert L. Shuler, Jr.
NASA

Multi-channel CMOS Signal Condition For Robotics Architecture and Circuit Techniques

Abstract

Room 119A ZEC

9. Oct 20, 2003 3:00PM-3:50PM Ahmed A. Emira

CHAMELEON: A DUAL-MODE 802.11B BLUETOOTH RECEIVER DESIGN

Abstract

Room 119A ZEC

8. Oct 13, 2003 3:00PM-3:50PM

Chunyu Xin
Ph.D.

LNA and Mixer Design in CMOS/BiCMOS Technology Abstract

Room 119A ZEC

7. Oct 6, 2003
3:00PM-3:50PM

Fikret Dülger
Ph.D.

IQ Modulator Design and Characterization in  W-CDMA Transmitters.

Abstract

Room 119A ZEC

6. Sep 29, 2003 3:00PM-3:50PM James R. Hellums

SURVEY OF CMOS AMPS FOR DRIVING SPEAKERS IN CELL PHONES

Abstract

Room 119A ZEC

5. Sep 29, 2003 11:00AM-

Paul Hurst
TI Analog Chair Candidate

Mixed-Signal Circuits for Digital Communication and Data Conversion Abstract

Room 342 ZEC

4. Sep 23, 2003 2:00PM- Tajinder Manku
TI Analog Chair Candidate

Multi-standard, multi-band, and multi-frequency radio in CMOS

Abstract Room 342 ZEC
3. Sep 22, 2003 3:00PM-3:50PM Bo Xia

A low power time-interleaved pipeline ADC design for 802.11b /Bluetooth dual-mode receiver.

Abstract Room 119A ZEC
2. Sep 15, 2003 3:00PM-3:50PM Artur Lewinski

OTA Linearity enhancement technique for high frequency applications with IM3 below -65dB.

Abstract

Room 119A ZEC

1. Sep 15, 2003 3:00PM-3:50PM Bharath Kumar

A 92 MHz, 80 dB peak SNR SC bandpass sigma-delta modulator based on a high GBW OTA with no Miller capacitors in 0.35um CMOS technology.

Abstract

Room 119A ZEC