Circuit, interconnect, and system design with novel devices (NEM relays, Si-photonics). Integration of novel devices into CMOS design flows and foundries. On-chip interconnects and high-speed off-chip interfaces (electrical, photonic). Modeling and analysis of noise and dynamics in circuits and systems. Application of optimization techniques to digital communications, analog and digital circuits. Digital communications and signal-processing architectures, clock generation and distribution, high-speed digital circuit design, VLSI and mixed-signal IC design.
Silicon photonics is poised to meet the increasing demand for high-bandwidth, low-power, and densely integrated optical communications in CMOS-compatible environments….
Compressed sensing (CS) is a promising method for recovering sparse signals from fewer measurements than ordinarily used in Shannon’s sampling…
Silicon CMOS circuits have a well-defined lower limit on their achievable energy efficiency due to sub-threshold leakage. Once this limit…
Integrated photonic interconnects present a disruptive alternative to electrical I/O for many VLSI applications, with potential for superior bandwidth density…
Outphasing power amplifier architectures such as linear amplification with nonlinear components (LINC) have been used to improve the power efficiency…
Numerical algorithms are the basis of many important technologies employed in industry and academia. Their efficient implementation is key in…
Demand for bandwidth in chip-to-chip communication has been increasing as the industry demands a higher quantity and quality of information….
With the rise of many-core chips that require substantial bandwidth from the network-on-chip (NoC), integrated photonic links have been investigated…