Research line: Design of analog integrated circuits and systems, mixed-signal and RF
Specific competencies: Ability to research and identify emerging issues in analog circuits and systems design, mixed-signal, and RF, mainly in CMOS nanometric integrated technology. Ability to analyze and model analog circuits and systems, mixed-signal, and radio frequency, at different levels of abstraction and hierarchical levels of the topology or architecture. Ability to conceive and implement original circuit topologies, competitive with state of art, and give response to the needs of the specific application for which are needed. Ability to obtain the maximum of the manufacturing processes at the edge of technology scaling, solving various design compromises underlying the use of the above mentioned processes. Ability to conceive and implement original circuit solutions that expand the frontiers of knowledge in this research line. The ability to validate the proposed innovations in circuits and systems for industrial applications. Ability to transmit to the scientific and technical community the technological advances.
Training activities: the basic training activity is the continuous interaction between the student and its director or directors, completed in the writing and defense of the doctoral thesis. Also, regular meetings are held for students and teachers of the research line for the delivery of seminars by teachers and the presentation and discussion of student work. The training is complemented with the assistance, as a lecturer and as a listener, to international congresses related to the research line, as well as conferences and courses given by renowned researchers within the framework of the doctoral program.
Coordination activities: regular meetings of the teaching staff of the research line to organize research activity of the students working in this research line, as well as to monitor the individual evolution.They will also establish and updated the objectives of the research line.
Evaluation and rating systems: evaluation and rating will be made through the public defense of the Doctoral Thesis in accordance with current regulations of the University of Seville
Brief description of content: Analog integrated circuits, mixed-signal, and RF, integrated in CMOS nanometric technologies. Analog circuits for low power consumption and low voltage supply: amplifiers, comparators, integrators, and discrete time and continuous-time filters. CMOS RF and millimeter wave (mmW) circuits: low-noise amplifiers, mixers, VCOs, PLLs, and frequency synthesizers. Analog-digital and digital-analog converters: Nyquist converters, oversampling sigma-delta converters. Adaptive and reconfigurable integrated circuits and systems. Communication integrated circuits and systems for CMOS nanometric technologies. Wireless transceivers completely integrated in CMOS nanometric technologies.
