My research program strives to extend the rate, reach, and reliability of our communication links – whether they are between a satellite and an earthbound receiver, or between two integrated circuits just a few millimetres apart. Specifically, we develop integrated electronic systems that process information at high speeds. Projects combine signal processing concepts with integrated circuit design. Visit our IC Design Gallery for some recent examples.
Research News
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I presented a tutorial on High-Performance Chip-to-chip Signaling at the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, August 31st in Malta. |
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I appeared at the 2008 CMOS Emerging Technologies Workshop in Vancouver, BC to give a presentation on "Reconfigurable Receivers for Next-Generation Wireless Applications" in August 2008. |
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I gave lectures to the Department of Electronics, University of Pavia, Italy on "Multi-Gb/s Chip-to-chip Signaling" and "Electronic Dispersion Compensation in Optical Fibre Links" in July 2008. |
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A tutorial article titled "The Limits of Light - The finite bandwidth of optical fibre" appeared in the Spring 2008 issue of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine. |
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Research Areas
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Students
Student(s) |
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Further info... |
Current students |
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Shahriar Shahramian, Ph.D.. candidate |
2003 - present | Ultra-high-speed A/D conversion | Home page |
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Masum Hossain, Ph.D. candidate |
2005 - present | Circuits and systems for high-speed wireline communication | masum@eecg.utoronto.ca |
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Mike Bichan, Ph.D. candidate |
2006 - present | Parallel chip-to-chip I/O | www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~mbichan |
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Kentaro Yamamoto, Ph.D.. candidate |
2006 - present | Baseband Analog Circuit Blocks for Radio Receivers in CMOS | www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~kentaro |
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Dustin Dunwell, Ph.D. Candidate |
2006 - present | Circuits and systems for high-speed wireline communication | dunwelld@eecg.utoronto.ca |
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Amer Samarah, Ph.D. Candidate |
2007 - present | TBD | samaraha@eecg.utoronto.ca |
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Hemesh Yasorathan, M.A.Sc. candidate |
2008 - present | TBD | |
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Tony Kao, M.A.Sc. candidate |
2006 - present | An integrated CMOS fibre-optic receiver | tonykao@eecg.utoronto.ca |
Past students |
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Peter Park, M.A.Sc. |
2005 - 2008 | A 4PAM/2PAM coaxial cable receiver analog front-end targeting 40Gb/s in 90-nm CMOS | parkp@eecg.utoronto.ca |
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George Ng, M.A.Sc. |
2005 - 2008 | Distributed Circuit Techniques for Equalization of Short Multimode Fiber Links | ngg@eecg.utoronto.ca |
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Horace Cheng, M.A.Sc. |
2005 - 2008 | A 4PAM/2PAM Coaxial Cable Driver Targeting 40Gb/s in 0.13μm CMOS | horace@eecg.utoronto.ca |
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Ahmad Darabiha, Ph.D. |
2003 - 2008 | High-throughput low-density parity check decoders | www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~ahmadd |
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Faisal Musa,
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2002 - 2007 |
High-speed baud-rate clock recovery |
Download thesis [7 MB] |
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Jennifer Pham, M.A.Sc. |
2004 - 2007 | Time-interleaved DS-DAC for Broadband Wireless Applications | Download thesis [12 MB] |
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Kentaro Yamamoto, M.A.Sc. |
2004 - 2006 | A programmable delta-sigma ADC | www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~kentaro |
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Mike Bichan, M.A.Sc. |
2003 - 2006 | Crosstalk-Aware Transmitter Pulse-Shaping for Parallel Chip-to-Chip Links | Download thesis [3 MB] |
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Adesh Garg, M.A.Sc. |
2003 - 2005 | A 1-tap 40-Gbps look-ahead decision feedback equalizer in SiGe BiCMOS | Download thesis [5 MB] |
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Jonathan
Sewter, |
2002 - 2004 |
Electronic equalization of polarization-mode dispersion in 40-Gb/s optical systems |
Download thesis [3 MB] |
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Sabrina Liao,
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2007 - 2008 |
Broadband CMOS Digitally-controlled Oscillators |
Coming soon |
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Michael Georgas, B.A.Sc. |
2006 - 2007 | A Genetic Algorithm for the Design of Passive Filters and a Distributed Amplifier | Download thesis [12 MB] |
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Denis Daly,
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2002 - 2003 |
Direct GMSK generation using delta-sigma modulation |
Download thesis [1.3 MB] |
[Group photo, summer 2007, Webster's Falls, Greensville, Ontario.]
Past projects:
| A Genetic Algorithm for Transfer Function Design |
| Analog Filter Design |