Date and Time: 17th March 2014 (Monday), 11:15AM – 12:45PM
Venue: HG01, Ho Yin Convention Centre, University of Macau
Morning Coffee Session: Free Discussion with Prof. Murmann
(10:45AM – 11:15AM)
Speaker: Prof. Boris MURMANN, Associate Professor,
Sony Faculty Scholar, Department of Electrical
Engineering, Stanford University
Abstract
As modern electrical and optical communication systems transition toward advanced modulation schemes, there exists a pressing need for power efficient A/D converters operating at tens of gigasamples per second. Within this context, this tutorial will cover relevant circuit- and architecture-level design techniques for high-speed CMOS A/D converters. At the circuit level, we will discuss fundamental challenges in the design of track-and-hold circuits and voltage comparators, which will also include a review of clock jitter and metastability. At the architecture level, we consider trade-offs in the design of time-interleaved SAR and flash converters as well as techniques for the estimation, system-level budgeting and calibration of circuit imperfections.
Biography
Boris Murmann is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 2003. From 1994 to 1997, he was with Neutron Microelectronics, Germany, where he developed low-power and smart-power ASICs in automotive CMOS technology. Dr. Murmann’s research interests are in the area of mixed-signal integrated circuit design, with special emphasis on data converters and sensor interfaces. In 2008, he was a co-recipient of the Best Student Paper Award at the VLSI Circuits Symposium in 2008 and a recipient of the Best Invited Paper Award at the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC). He received the Agilent Early Career Professor Award in 2009 and the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award in 2012. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, the Data Converter Subcommittee Chair of the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) and as a program committee member of the European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC). He is an elected AdCom member of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society.
