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MWSCAS Student Paper Contest Winners

YearPlaceAuthorsAffiliationTitle
19971C.E. Savin, M.O. Ahmad, M.N.S. SwamyConcordia University Montreal CanadaA General Framework for the Design of Stack Filters using the Lp Norm Objective Function
2Wolfgan Himmelbauer  and Andreas G. AndreouJohns Hopkins UniversityMasic Log-Domain Circuits in Subthreshold MOS
3Jasbir S. Takhar, Daphne J. Gilbert, Sheffield HallamUniversity of Sheffield Hallam University UKThe Derivation of Minimal Test Sets for Combinational Logic Circuits Using Genetic Algorithms
19981Klemens Letsch and R. MatznerUniversitaet der Bunderswehr, Munich GermanyOn the Construction of a Random Process with Given Power Spectrum and Probability Density Function
2Arm G. Wassal and M.A. HasanUniversity of WaterlooA VLSI Switch Architecture for Broadband Satellite Networks
19991Per Lowenborg, Hakan Johansson and Lars WanhammarLinkoping University, SwedenA Class of Two-Channel Hybrid Analog/Digital Filter Banks
2Ahmed Shams and Magdy BayoumiUniversity of Southwestern LouisianaA Framework for Performance Evaluation of 1-bit Full Adder Cells
3Tuna B. Tarim, Mohammed Ismail and H. Hakan KuntmanIstanbul University and Ohio State UniversityStatistical Desing of the Four-MOSFET Structure
20001-AAlyssa Apsel and Andreas AndreauJohn Hopkins UniversityQuality of Data Reconstruction Using Stochastic Encoding and an Integrating Receiver
1-BAhmed H. Mostafa, Mourad N. El-Gamal and Ramez A. RaflaMcGill UniversityCMOS 5-10 GHZ Oscillators for Low Voltage RF Applications
2-AH. Aboushady, Y. Dumonteix, M.M. Louerat and H. MehrezUniversite Paris VIEfficient Polyphase Decomposition of Comb Decimation Filters in Analog-to-Digital Converters
2-BLin Cong and William C. BlackIowa State UniversityA New Charge Redistribution D/A and A/D converter Technique -- Psuedo C-2C Ladder
3-AWarren J. Gross, Vincent C. Gaudet and P. Glenn GulakUniversity of TorontoA VLSI Architecture or Soft-Output PR4 Detection
3-BRiku Uusikartano and Jarkko NiitylahtiTampere University of TechnologyA Digital Frequency Synthesizer for a 2.4 GHZ Fast Frequency Hopping Transceiver
3-CRoman Genov and Gert CauwenberghsJohn Hopkins UniversityGharge-Mode Parallel Architecture for Matrix-Vector Multiplication
3-DKo-Chi Kuo and Adriau LeucimSUNY at Stony BrookA Novel Linear Tunable MOS Transconductor
20011Afshin Rezayee and Ken MartinUniversity of TorontoA Coupled Two-Stage Ring Oscillator
2Khurran Waheed and Fahti SalamMichigan State UniversityA Mixed Mode Neuro-VLSI Chip for High-Speed Applications
3Gazi A. Al-RawiStanfordExploiting Bondwire Parasitic Impedance in the Design of a 1.6 GHz Narrow-Band CMOS Low-Noise Amplifier
20021-AMourad El-Gamal and Tommy TsangMcGill UniversityMicro-Electromechanical Variable Capacitors for RF Applications
1-BAnthony Long, Jingshi Yao, and Stephen LongUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraA 13W Current Mode Class D High Efficiency 1 GHz Power Amplifier
2Sebastian Magierowski and Stefan ZukotynskiUniversity of TorontoNonlinear Analysis of CMOS LC-Tuned VCO Phase Noise
3Omar Elkeelany and G. ChaudhryUniversity MissouriA Prototype of WideBand/Ethernet Bridge Using WEMAC
4-ABiju Mullul Veedu and M.A. SoderstrandOklahoma State UniversitySimple Adaptive Heterodyne Filter
4-BChuang Zhang, Ashok Srivastava, and Pratul AjmeraLouisiana State UniversityA 0.8V Ultra-low Power CMOS Operational Amplifier Design
4-CZhangwen Tang and Hao MinFudan UniversityHigh-Performance All-Digital Quadrature Frequency Synthesizer/Mixer
2003
20041Muhammad Akhtar, M. Abe and M. KawamataTohoku University, JapanModified-Filtered-x LMS Algorithm Based Active Noise Control System with Improved Online Secondary-Path Modeling
2Weng-Ieng Mok, Pui-In Mak, Seng-Pan U and R.P. MartinsUniversity of Macao, ChinaModeling of Noise Sources in Reference Voltage Generator for Very-High-Speed Pipelined ADC
3Yuh-Jue Chuang, Ting-Jian Pan and Ja-Ling WuNational Taiwan University, TaiwanGeneral Splitting and Merging of 2-D DCT in the DCT Domain
20051Flavio Carbognani, F. Buergin, N. Felber, H. Kaeslin, and W. Fichtner ETH ZurichA 2.7-UW/MHZ Transmission-Gate-Based 16-Bit Multiplier for Digital Hearing Aids
2Peter Singerl and H. KoepplTechnical University GrazA Low-Rate Identification Method for Digital Predistorters Based on Volterra Kernel Interpretation
3Hemal Shah, Abdel-Aty-Zohdy and M. Hashem SherifOakland UniversityNovel Usage of Wavelets as Basis in RDNN for Telecommunication Applications
20061Henning Ehm, Liu Yang and Jiguang YueTongji UniversityTime Domain Phase Noise Synthesis for System Simulation
2Moataz Abdelwahab and Wasfy MikhaelUniversity of Central FloridaRecognition of Noisy Facial Images Employing Transform - Domain Two-Dimensional Principal Component Analysis
3Albert Saiz-Vela, Pere Miribel-Catala, Jordi Colomer, Manel Puig-Vidal and Josep SamitierUniversity of BarcelonaLow-Power High-Voltage Non-Overlapping Clock Generators for Switched-Capacitor Step-Up DC-DC Converters
20071Behzad Mesgarzadeh, M. Hansson and A. AlvandpourLinkoping University - SwedenLow-Power Bufferless Resonant Clock Distribution Networks
2Matthias Keller, A. Buhmann, M. Ortmanns and Y. ManoliUniversity of Freiburg - GermanySystematic Approach to the synthesis of Continuous-Time
3Pukar Malla, H. Lakdawala, K. Kornegay and K. SoumyanathCornell
20081Abhay Vasudev and Jiang ZheUniversity of AkronAn Electrowetting Based Microgripper
2Qiuning Chen, Kamal El-Sankary, Ezz El-MasryDalhousie UniversityA UHF Continuous-Time Current-Mode Band-Pass Delta Sigma Modulator Based on Active Inductor
3Christy M. Bogard, Benjamin Arazi and Eric C. RouchkaUniversity of LouisvilleToward DNA-Based Security Circuitry: First Step – Random Number Generation
20091Rajdeep Bondade, Dongsheng MaUniversity of ArizonaA DLL Regulated SIMO Power Converter for DVS-Enabled Power-Aware VLSI Systems
2Christine LeuerRuhr University Bochum GermanySystematic Derivation of Reference Circuits for Wave Digital Modeling of Passive Linear Partial Differential Equations
3Juan Zeng, Valencia Joyner, Jun Liao, Shanging Deng, Zhauran HuangTufts UniversityA 55 Gb/s 7-Channel Current-Mode Imaging Receiver Front-End for Free-Space Optical MIMO
20101Matteo Agostinelli, Robert Priewasser, Stefano Marsili, Mario HuemerUniversity of Klagenfurt, AustriaNon-Linear Control for Energy Efficient DC-DC Converters Supporting DCM Operation
2Bhavin Shastri, David PlantMcGill University, Montreal, CanadaProbabilistic Theory for Semi-Blind Oversampling Burst-Mode Clock and Data Recovery Circuits
3Marcos Turqueti, Jafar Saniie, Erdal OrukluIllinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, ILMEMS Acoustic Array Embedded in an FPGA Based Data Acquisition and Signal Processing System
20111Hemasundar Geddada, Jose Silva-Martinez and Stewart S. TaylorTexas A&M UniversityInductorless Wideband CMOS LNAs with Nonlinearity Cancellation
2Yisong Chang, Jizeng Wei, Wei Guo and Jizhou SunTianjin University, ChinaA Multi-Functional Dot Product Unit with SIMD Architecture for Embedded 3D Graphics Engines
3Li Ding, Zhangcai Huang, Minglu Jiang, Atsushi Kurokawa and Yasuaki InoueWaseda University, JapanModeling the Overshooting Effect of Multi-input Gate in Nanometer Technologies
20121-AJohn Kota, Dezarae Holman, Kyle Wilson, Eric Matas, Arjuna Madanayake and Malik ElbulukUniversity of Akron, Akron OHHigh-Voltage Class-D Direct-Drive Audio Amplifier for Electrostatic Lougspeakers
1-BSiva Sudani, Degan Chen and Randy GeigerIowa State University, Ames, IAA Method for Accurate Full Spectrum Testing without Requiring Coherency
2Bastian Mohr, Wenjia Li and Stefan HeinenRWTH Aachen University, Aachen, GermanyAnalysis of Digital Predistortion Architectures for Direct Digital-To-RF Transmitter Systems
3Toby Balsom, William Redman-White1 and Jonathan ScottUniversity of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand and 1Southampton University, Southampton, UKBipolar Amplifier Bias Technique for Robust IM3 Null Tracking Independent of Internal Emitter Resistance
20131Christopher Condrat, Priyank Kalla and Steve BlairUniversity of UtahCrossing-Aware Chanel Routing for Photonic Waveguides
2Te-Wen Liao, Jun-Ren Su and Chung-Chih HungNational Chiao Tung UniversitySub-Sampling Charge Pump and Random Pulsewidth Matching Technique for Frequency Synthesizer
3Xuan Zhang, Chengcheng Yao, Feng Guo and Jin WangOhio State UniversityReverse Power Flow Study of an Isolated Quasi-Switched-Capacitor DC/DC Converter for Automotive Applications
HMPayam S Rahmdel, Damining Shi and Richard ComleyMiddlesex UniversityRadon Sinogram Decomposition for Line Segmentation (Video Presentation)
 2014 1B. Min, N. H. W. Yang, and S. PalermoTexas A&M University10Gb/s adaptive receiver-side near-end and far-end crosstalk cancellation circuitry
2Y. K. The and P. K. T. MokHong Kong University of Science and TechnologyA bipolar output voltage pulse transformer boost converter with charge pump assisted shunt regulator for thermoelectric energy harvesting
 2015 1Sagar Ray and Mona M. HellaRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NYA 10-Gb/s Inductorless AGC Amplifier with 45-dB Linear Variable Gain Control in 0.13-m CMOS
2Nicholas Preyss, Lorenz Koestler and Andreas BurgTelecommunications Circuits Laboratory, EPF Lausanne, SwitzerlandFractionally Spaced Complex Sub-Nyquist Sampling for Multi-Gigabit 60 GHz Wireless Communication
   3Bin Liu, Mohammad H. Foroozannejad, Soheil Ghiasi and Benam M. BaasUniversity of Calif. DavisOptimizing Power of Many-Core Systems by Exploiting Dynamic Voltage, Frequency and Core Scaling
20161Adam G. Kimura and Steven B. BibykThe Ohio State UniversityQuantifying Metrics for Analyzing Integrated Circuit Design Integrity
2M.A. Maktoomi, M.H. Maktoomi, A.P. Yadav, M.S. Hashmi and F.M. GhannouchiIndraprastha Institute of Information Technology, DelhiDual-Frequency Admittance Property of Two Sections Transmission-Line and Application
3-AAnastasis Keliris and Michail ManiatakosNew York UniversityRemote Field Device Fingerprinting Using Device-Specific Modbus Information
3-BMuna Darweesh, Hani Saleh, Baker Mohammad and Mohammed IsmailKhalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, UAENovel Logarithmic ECG Feature Extraction Algorithm Based on Pan and Tompkins