MTL Annual Report

Collaborators

• P. Holloway National Semiconductor

Graduate Students

• S. Chung, Res. Asst., EECS
• J. Dong, Res. Asst., EECS
• P. Godoy, Res. Asst. EECS
• T. Khanna, Res. Asst., EECS
• Z. Li, Res. Asst., EECS
• O. Ogunnika, Res. Asst., EECS
• W. Sanchez, Res. Asst., EECS
• J. Spaulding, Res. Asst., EECS

Support Staff

• C. Kinsella, Administrative Assistant II

Publications

J. L. Bohorquez, M. Yip, A. P. Chandrakasan, J. L. Dawson, “A Digitally-Assisted Sensor Interface for Biomedical Applications,” VLSI Symposium on Technology and Circuits, Honolulu, HI, June 15-18, 2010.

W. Sanchez, C. G. Sodini, J. L. Dawson, “An Energy Management IC for Bio-Implants Using Ultracapacitors for Energy Storage,” VLSI Symposium on Technology and Circuits, Honolulu, HI, June 15-18, 2010.

S. Chung, P.A. Godoy, T.W. Barton, D.J. Perrault, and J.L. Dawson, “Asymmetric Multilevel Outphasing Transmitter Using Class-E PAs with Discreet Pulse Width Modulation,” International Microwave Symposium. Anaheim, CA, May 23-28, 2010.

N. Verma, A. Shoeb, J. L. Bohorquez, J. L. Dawson, J. Guttag, and A. P. Chandrakasan, “A Micro-power EEG Acquisition SoC with Integrated Feature-Extraction Procesor for a Chronic Seizure Detection System,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, pp. 804-816, Apr. 2010.

P. Godoy, D. J. Perreault, and J. L. Dawson, “Outphasing Energy Recovery Amplifier with Resistance Compression for Improved Efficiency,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, pp. 2895-2906, Dec. 2009.

H. Boo, S. Chung, and J.L. Dawson, “Adaptive Predistortion Using a ΔΣ Modulator for Automatic Inversion of Power Amplifier Nonlinearity,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, pp. 901-905, Dec. 2009.

J.L. Bohorquez, A.P. Chandrakasan, and J.L. Dawson, “Frequency-Domain Analysis of Super-Regenerative Amplifiers,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, pp. 2882-2894, Dec. 2009.

S. Chung, and J.L. Dawson, “A 73.1dB SNDR Digitally Assisted Subsampler for RF Power Amplifier Linearization Systems,” VLSI Symposium on Technology and Circuits, Japan, pp. 148-149, June 2009.

S. Chung, P.A. Godoy, T.W. Barton, E.W. Huang , D.J. Perreault, and J.L. Dawson, “Asymmetric Multilevel Outphasing Architecture for Multi-standard Transmitters,” IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, Boston, MA, pp. 237-240, June 2009.

J.L. Bohorquez, A.P. Chandrakasan, and J. L. Dawson, “A 350μW CMOS MSK Transmitter and 400μW OOK Super-Regenerative Receiver for Medical Implant Communications,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (VLSI Symposium Special Issue), pp. 1248-1259, Apr. 2009