MTL Annual Research Report 2011

Collaborators

• E. Alon, UC Berkeley
• K. Asanovic, UC Berkeley
• T.-J. King Liu, UC Berkeley
• A. Kavcic, U. Hawaii at Manoa
• D. Markovic, UC Los Angeles
• C-K. K. Yang, UC Los Angeles

Graduate Students

• W. An, EECS
• F. Chen, Res. Asst., EECS
• H. Fariborzi, Res. Asst., EECS
• M. Georgas, Res. Asst., EECS
• J. Leu, Res. Asst., EECS
• Y. Li, Res. Asst., EECS
• Z. Li, Res. Asst., EECS
• B. Moss, Res. Asst., EECS
• R. Sredojević, Res. Asst., EECS
• C. Sun, Res. Asst., EECS
• O. Uyar, Res. Asst., EECS

Publications

R. Sredojević and V. Stojanović, “Fully-Digital Transmit Equalizer
with Dynamic Impedance Modulation”, [Invited] IEEE of Journal
Solid-State Circuits, 25 pp., August 2011.

S. Song and V. Stojanović, “A 6.25 Gb/s Voltage-time Conversion Based
Fractionally Spaced Linear Equalization Receiver for High-speed
Links,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 46, no. 5, 15
pages, May 2011.

J. S. Orcutt, S. D. Tang, S. Kramer, H. Li, V. Stojanović, and R. J.
Ram, “Low-Loss Polysilicon Waveguides Suitable for Integration within
a High-Volume Electronics Process,” in Proceedings of Optical Society
of America – CLEO/QELS Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2 pp., May 2011.

S.D. Vamvakos, V. Stojanović, and B. Nikolić, “Discrete-Time, Linear
Periodically Time-Variant Phase-Locked Loop Model for Jitter
Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I, 16 pp.,
2011.

H. Kam, T.-J. K. Liu, V. Stojanović, D. Marković, and E. Alon, “Design, Optimization, and Scaling of MEM Relays for Ultra-Low-Power Digital Logic,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 236-250, January 2011.

J. S. Orcutt, A. Khilo, C. W. Holzwarth, M. A. Popović, H. Li^, J. Sun, T. Bonifield, R. Hollingsworth, F. X. Kärtner, H. I. Smith, V. Stojanović, and R. J. Ram, “Nanophotonic integration in state-of-the-art CMOS foundries,” Optics Express, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 2335-2346, January 2011.

M. Spencer, F. Chen, C. Wang, R. Nathanael, H. Fariborzi, A. Gupta, H. Kam, V. Pott, J. Jeon, T-J. K. Liu, D. Marković, E. Alon, and V. Stojanović, “Demonstration of Integrated Micro-Electro-Mechanical Relay Circuits for VLSI Applications,“ IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits [Invited], vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 308-320, January 2011.

R. Sredojević, and V. Stojanović, “Digital Link Pre-emphasis with Dynamic Driver Impedance Modulation”, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, CA, pp. 1-4, September 2010.

F. Chen, A. P. Chandrakasan, and V. Stojanović, “A Low-power Area-efficient Switching Scheme for Charge-sharing DACs in SAR ADCs”, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, CA, pp. 1-4, September 2010.

F. Chen, A. P. Chandrakasan, and V. Stojanović, “A Signal-agnostic Compressed Sensing Acquisition System for Wireless and Implantable Sensors”, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, CA, pp. 1-4, September 2010.

H. Fariborzi, M. Spencer, V. Karkare, J. Jeon, R. Nathanael, C. Wang, F. Chen, H. Kam. V. Pott, T-J. K. Liu, E. Alon, V. Stojanović, and D. Marković, “Analysis and Demonstration of MEM-Relay Power Gating”, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, CA, pp. 1-4, September 2010.

S. Beamer, C. Sun, Y-J. Kwon, A. Joshi, C. Batten, V. Stojanović, and K. Asanović, ”Re-architecting DRAM with Monolithically Integrated Silicon Photonics,” 37th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA-37), Saint-Malo, France, pp. 129-140, June 2010.

B. Bond, B., Z. Mahmood, R. Sredojević, Y. Li, A. Megretski, V. Stojanović, Y. Avniel, and L. Daniel, “Compact Modeling of Nonlinear Analog Circuits using System Identification via Semi-Definite Programming and Robustness Certification,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 1149-1162, August 2010.

B. Kim and V. Stojanović, “An Energy-Efficient Equalized Transceiver for RC-Dominant Channels,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol.45, no.6, pp.1186-1197, June 2010.

F. Chen, M. Spencer, R. Nathanael, C. Wang, H. Fariborzi, A. Gupta, H. Kam, V. Pott, J. Jeon, T-J. K. Liu, D. Marković, V. Stojanović, and E. Alon, “Demonstration of Integrated Micro-Electro-Mechanical (MEM) Switch Circuits for VLSI Applications,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 150-151, February 2010.** (Winner of the 2010 ISSCC Jack Raper Award for Outstanding Technology-Directions Paper).