Wideband Continuous-time SigmaDelta ADCs, Automotive Electronics, and Power Management

Part I CT MASH Architectures for Wideband DeltaSigma Modulators.- 1 WiFi Receiver Evolution in a Dense Blocker Environment.- 2 WiFi Receiver Evolution in a Dense Blocker Environment.- 3 SigmaDelta ADCs with Improved Interferer Robustness.- 4 Design Considerations for Filtering DeltaSigma Converters.- 5 Blocker and Clock-Jitter Performance in CT DeltaSigma ADCs for Consumer Radio Receivers.- 6 CT MASH Architectures for Wideband DeltaSigma Modulators.- Part II - Automotive Electronics.- 7 Trends and Characteristics of Automotive Electronics.- 8 Next Generation of Semiconductors for Advanced Power Distribution in Automotive Applications.- 9 High-Voltage Fast-Switching Gate Drivers.- 10 A Self-Calibrating SAR ADC for Automotive Microcontrollers.- 11 Advanced Sensor Solutions for Automotive Applications.- 12 A Low Power Continuous Time Accelerometer Front End.- 13 Part III Power Management.- 14 Switched-Capacitor Power Converter Topology Overview and Performance Comparison.- 15 Switched-Capacitor Power Converter Topology Overview and Performance Comparison.- 16 Heterogeneous Integration of High-Switching Frequency Inductive DC/DC Converters.- 17 Heterogeneous Integration of High-Switching Frequency Inductive DC/DC Converters.- 18 Heterogeneous Integration of High-Switching Frequency Inductive DC/DC Converters.- 19 An Ultra-Low-Power Electrostatic Energy Harvester Interface.

Andrea Baschirotto graduated in Electronic Engineering (summa cum laude) from the University of Pavia in 1989. In 1994, he received the Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering from the University of Pavia. In 1994, he joined the Department of Electronics, University of Pavia, as a Researcher (Assistant Professor). In 1998, he joined the Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Lecce, Italy, as an Associate Professor. In 2007, he joined the Department of Physics, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy, as an Associate Professor.

Pieter Harpe received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. In 2008, he started as researcher at Holst Centre / imec, The Netherlands. Since then, he has been working on ultra low-power wireless transceivers, with a main focus on ADC research and design. In April 2011, he joined Eindhoven University of Technology as assistant professor on low-power mixed-signal circuits. Since 2012, he is co-organiser of the yearly workshop on Advances in Analog Circuit Design (AACD). In 2013, he became member of the Technical Program Committees of ISSCC and ESSCIRC. In 2013, he received a 250.000euro `VENI' grant from the Dutch Technology Foundation STW for research on multi-functional ADCs.

Kofi Makinwa holds degrees from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (B.Sc., M.Sc.), Philips International Institute, Eindhoven (M.E.E.), and Delft University of Technology, Delft (Ph.D.). From 1989 to 1999, he was a research scientist at Philips Research Laboratories, where he designed sensor systems for interactive displays, and analog front-ends for optical and magnetic recording systems. In 1999 he joined Delft University of Technology, where he is currently an Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Engineering and Chair of the Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory.
Dr. Makinwa holds 18 patents, and has authored or co-authored 4