Multi-Gigahertz Nyquist Analog-to-Digital Converters: Architecture and Circuit Innovations in Deep-Scaled CMOS and FinFET Technologies

About Athanasios T. RamkajFilip TavernierMarcel J.M. PelgromMichiel S. J. Steyaert

Athanasios T. Ramkaj received the M.Sc. degree (cum laude) in electrical engineering (microelectronics) from TU Delft Delft The Netherlands and the Ph.D. degree (summa cum laude) in electrical engineering from KU Leuven Leuven Belgium in 2014 and 2021 respectively. Since June 2021 he has been with the Murmann Mixed-Signal Group Stanford University Stanford CA USA as a postdoctoral research fellow. In parallel he is also a visiting researcher at Kilby Labs Texas Instruments Santa Clara CA USA investigating multi-GHz ultra-low jitter A/D solutions. From 2013 to 2014 he was an AMS research/design intern in the Central Research & Development Department of NXP Semiconductors Eindhoven The Netherlands where he worked on GHz-range A/D converters for communication systems. In 2019 he was an AMS research/design intern with the High-Speed Data Converters group of Analog Devices Inc. Wilmington MA USA investigating highly integrated solutions for bandwidth extension of next generation RF A/D converters. His main research interests include high-speed/bandwidth high-resolution RF sampling A/D converters high-speed analog/mixed-signal circuits for wireline and wireless systems ultra-wideband receiver front ends and ultra-low jitter clocking. Dr. Ramkaj is the recipient of the 2021 Analog Devices Outstanding Student Designer Award the 2019-2020 IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Predoctoral Achievement Award and the 2015 IEEE PRIME Golden Leaf Best Student Paper Award. He also serves as a reviewer for the IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION SYSTEMS IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS I: REGULAR PAPERS and IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II: EXPRESS BRIEFS.   Marcel J. M. Pelgrom received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Twente University Enschede The Netherlands. In 1979 he joined Philips Research Laboratories where his research has covered topics as Charge Coupled Devices MOS matching properties analog-to-digital conversion digital image correlation and various analog building block techniques. He has headed several project teams and was as a team leader for high-speed analog-to-digital conversion products responsible for many Integrated Circuits. His IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS paper on MOS transistor mismatch is the most cited paper of this Journal. From 1996 till 2003 he was a department head for mixed-signal electronics research. In 2003 and 2014 he spent a sabbatical in Stanford University Stanford CA USA where he was appointed a consulting professor. Till 2013 he was a member of the technical staff of NXP Semiconductors Eindhoven The Netherlands. Next to the various activities concerning industry-academic relations he was involved as a research fellow in research on substrate noise variability and advanced conversion techniques. Presently he is an independent consultant. Dr. Pelgrom is an honorary professor at the KU Leuven Leuven Belgium and the 2017 recipient of the prestigious IEEE Gustav R. Kirchhoff award. He served twice as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer as associate editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS I: REGULAR PAPERS and has written over 40 publications three books seven book chapters and holds 37 US patents. He is currently lecturing at Twente University Enschede The Netherlands Delft University Delft The Netherlands and for MEAD/EPFL Lausanne Switzerland.   Michiel S. J. Steyaert received the M.Sc. degree in electrical and mechanical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in electronics from KU Leuven Leuven Belgium in 1983 and 1987 respectively. From 1983 to 1986 he received the IWNOL Fellowship from the Belgian National Foundation for Industrial Research which allowed him to work as a Research Assistant with the Laboratory ESAT KU Leuven. In 1987 he was responsible for several industrial projects in the field of analog micropower circuits with the Laboratory ESAT as an IWONL Project Researcher. In 1988 he was a Visiting Assistant Professor with the University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles CA USA. He was appointed by the National Fund of Scientific Research Belgium as a Research Associate in 1989 as a Senior Research Associate in 1992 and as a Research Director with the Laboratory ESAT KU Leuven in 1996. Between 1989 and 1996 he was also a part-time Associate Professor. He was the Chair of the Electrical Engineering Department from 2005 until 2012. He is currently a Full Professor with KU Leuven. He was also the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering until 2020. He authored or co-authored over 500 papers in international journals or proceedings and co-authored over 24 books. His current research interests are in high performance and high-frequency analog integrated circuits for telecommunication systems and analog signal processing. Dr. Steyaert received the 1990 and the 2001 European Solid-State Circuits Conference Best Paper Award the 1991 and the 2000 NFWO Alcatel-Bell-Telephone Award for innovative work in integrated circuits for telecommunications the 1995 and the 1997 IEEE-ISSCC Evening Session Award and the 1999 IEEE Circuit and Systems Society Guillemin-Cauer Award. He is the only European Researcher who received both the 50th Anniversary Top ISSCC Contributors Award in 2003 and the 60th Anniversary Top ISSCC Contributors Award in 2013 for his strong and sustained contributions.   Filip Tavernier obtained the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in engineering science from KU Leuven Leuven Belgium in 2005 and 2011 respectively. From 2011 to 2014 he was a Senior Fellow in the Microelectronics Group at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) Geneva Switzerland. From 2014 to 2015 he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Department of Electrical Engineering ESAT-MICAS of KU Leuven. From 2015 until 2020 he was an Assistant Professor and since 2020 he is an Associate Professor at KU Leuven within the same department. His main research interests are analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for high-performance data converters DC-DC converters optical receivers and cryogenic circuits. Prof. Tavernier is a Treasurer of the IEEE SSCS Benelux Chapter an SSCS European Webinar Coordinator a member of the Technical Program Committee of the European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC) and the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) and a member of the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Student Research Preview Committee. He also serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE SOLID-STATE CIRCUIT LETTERS.