MTL Annual Research Report 2006

Circuits & Systems

• Error-correcting Codes that Minimize Receiver Turn-on Time
  M. Bhardwaj, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: NSF, IBM Fellowship
• A Robust Digital Baseband for UWB Communications
  R. Blázquez, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: NSF
• CAD for Tile-based 3-D Field Programmable Gate Arrays
  V. Chandrasekhar, A.P. Chandrakasan, D. Troxel
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• A Power-efficient Multi-local PLL Clock Distribution
  F. Chen, V. Stojanovic, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC
• Carbon Nanotube - CMOS Chemical Sensor Integration
  T.S. Cho, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC, Samsung Lee Kun Hee Scholarship Foundation
• An Energy Efficient Transceiver for Wireless Micro-Sensor Applications
  D.C. Daly, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: DARPA Power Aware Computing/Communication Program
• Prediction of Variation in Advanced Process Technology Nodes
  N. Drego, A.P. Chandrakasan, D. Boning
  Sponsorship: MARCO C2S2
• Deep Sub-micron CMOS Analog-to-Digital Conversion for Ultra-wideband Radio
  B.P. Ginsburg, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: NDSEG Fellowship, DARPA
• Fine-grain Power Control for Field Programmable Gate Arrays
  F. Honoré, A.P. Chandrakasan, D. Troxel
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC
• A Micropower DSP Architecture for Self-powered Microsensor Applications
  N. Ickes, D. Finchelstein, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: DARPA Power Aware Computing/Communication Program
• CMOS Circuit Techniques for Data-rate Enhancement in VCSEL-based Chip-to-chip Optical Links
  A.M. Kern, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC, Intel, NSF
• A Sub-threshold Cell Library and Methodology
  J. Kwong, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: Texas Instruments, DARPA
• Design of a High-speed, High-resolution DAC in 2-D and 3-D Processes
  P. Lajevardi, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• An Energy-efficient Ultra-wideband Radio Receiver
  F.S. Lee, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: NSF
• 3-D SRAM Architecture and Circuits
  T. Pan, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• An Energy-optimal Power Supply for Digital Circuits
  Y.K. Ramadass, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: DARPA, Texas Instruments
• An Energy-efficient Digital Baseband Processor for Pulsed UWB Using Extreme Parallellization
  V. Sze, R. Blázquez, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: DARPA
• An Ultra Low-power ADC for Wireless Micro Sensor Applications
  N. Verma, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: DARPA Power Aware Computing/Communication Program
• An All-digital, Pulsed-UWB Transmitter in 90-nm CMOS
  D.D. Wentzloff, A.P. Chandrakasan
  Sponsorship: NSF
• Parameterized Model Order Reduction of Nonlinear Circuits and MEMS
  B. Bond, L. Daniel
  Sponsorship: MARCO GSRC, NSF
• Development of Specialized Basis Functions and Efficient Substrate Integration Techniques for Electromagnetic Analysis of Interconnect and RF Inductors
  X. Hu, T.A.E. Moselhy, J. White, L. Daniel
  Sponsorship: SRC, MARCO GSRC, NSF
• A Quasi-convex Optimization Approach to Parameterized Model-order Reduction
  K.C. Sou, L. Daniel, A. Megretski
  Sponsorship: MARCO GSRC, SRC, NSF
• RF PA Linearization: Open-loop Digital Predistortion Using Cartesian Feedback for Adaptive PA Characterization
  J.W. Holloway, S. Chung, J. Huang, J.L. Dawson
  Sponsorship: MARCO C2S2
• Convex Optimization of Integrated Systems Using Geometric Programming
  T. Khanna, R. Sredojevic, J.L. Dawson, V. Stojanovic
  Sponsorship: MIT Lincoln Laboratory Advanced Concepts Committee
• High-Resolution, Pipelined Analog-to-Digital Conversion Using Comparator-Based Switched-Capacitor Techniques
  L. Brooks, H.-S. Lee
  Sponsorship: NSDEG Fellowship, CICS
• High Speed Time-Interleaved Comparator-Based Switch Capacitor ADC
  A. Chow, H.-S. Lee
  Sponsorship: MARCO C2S2
• Low-Voltage Comparator-Based Switched-Capacitor Sigma-Delta ADC
  M. Guyton, H.-S. Lee
  Sponsorship: CICS
• Noise Analysis of Threshold Detection Comparators
  T. Sepke, J.K. Fiorenza, P. Holloway, C.G. Sodini, H.-S. Lee
  Sponsorship: MARCO C2S2, CICS
• Massively Parallel ADC with Self-Calibration
  M. Spaeth, H.-S. Lee
  Sponsorship: CICS
• Intelligent Night-Vision Human Detection System
  Y. Fang, I. Masaki, B.K.P. Horn
  Sponsorship: Intelligent Transportation Research Center
• Vision-Based System for Occupancy and Posture Analysis
  M. Farrell, I. Masaki, B.K.P. Horn
  Sponsorship: Intelligent Transportation Research Center
• Techniques for Low-jitter Clock Multiplication
  B. Helal, M.H. Perrott
  Sponsorship: MARCO C2S2 (partial)
• Advanced Delay-locked Loop Architecture for Chip-to-Chip Communication
  C.-M. Hsu, M.H. Perrott
  Sponsorship: MARCO C2S2
• Digital Techniques for the Linearization of RF Transmitters
  K. Johnson, M.H. Perrott 36
• Techniques for Highly Digital Implementation of Clock and Data Recovery Circuits
  C. Lau, M.H. Perrott
  Sponsorship: MARCO C2S2
• Digital Implementation and Calibration Technique for High-speed Continuous-time Sigma-Delta A/D Converters
  M. Park, M.H. Perrott
  Sponsorship: MARCO C2S2, Applied Materials
• High-performance Time-to-Digital Conversion and Applications
  M. Straayer, M.H. Perrott
  Sponsorship: Lincoln Laboratory
• Fast Cochlear Amplification with Slow Outer Hair Cells
  T.K. Lu, S. Zhak, P. Dallos, R. Sarpeshkar
  Sponsorship: NSF, David and Lucille Packard Foundation, ONR, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Circuits for an RF Cochlea
  S. Mandal, S. Zhak, R. Sarpeshkar
  Sponsorship: NSF, Center for Bits and Atoms
• An Analog Storage Cell with 5 Electrons/sec Leakage
  M. O’Halloran, R. Sarpeshkar
  Sponsorship: Center for Bits and Atoms, NSF Research Grant, ONR, Catalyst Foundation, David and Lucille Packard Foundation, Swartz Foundation.
• A Time-based Energy-efficient Analog-to-Digital Converter
  H. Yang, R. Sarpeshkar
  Sponsorship: Center for Bits and Atoms, NSF Research Grant, ONR
• Optimization of System and Circuit Parameters in Wideband OFDM Systems
  F. Edalat, C.G. Sodini
  Sponsorship: NSF, Texas Instruments
• Comparator-based Switched-capacitor Circuits (CBSC)
  J.K. Fiorenza, T. Sepke, P. Holloway, H.-S. Lee, C.G. Sodini
  Sponsorship: MARCO C2S2, CICS
• A Wideband Delta-Sigma Digital-RF Modulator
  A. Jerng, C.G. Sodini
  Sponsorship: CICS
• Area- and Power-Efficient Integrated Transceivers for Gigabit Wireless LAN
  L. Khuon, C.G. Sodini
  Sponsorship: MARCO C2S2, CICS
• Optical-feedback OLED Display Using Integrated Organic Technology
  I. Nausieda, I. Kymissis, V. Bulovic, A.I. Akinwande, C.G. Sodini
  Sponsorship: MARCO C2S2, MARCO MSD
• A 77-GHz Receiver for Millimeter Wave Imaging
  J. Powell, K.M. Nguyen, C.G. Sodini
  Sponsorship: NSF, Lincoln Laboratory
• Realization of Baseband DSP Core for the Wireless Gigabit LAN
  J.K. Tan, K.M. Nguyen, C.G. Sodini
  Sponsorship: NSF, CICS
• Channel-and-Circuits-Aware, Energy-Efficient Coding for High-speed Links
  N. Blitvic, M. Lee, L. Zheng, V. Stojanovic
  Sponsorship: MARCO IFC
• Efficiency of High-speed On-Chip Interconnect: Trade-off and Optimization
  B. Kim, V. Stojanovic
  Sponsorship: NEC research fund

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