6th Summer School on “ADC & DAC Metrology”

Analog-to-Digital Converters ( Flash ADCs)

António Manuel Couto Pinto

Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon – Portugal)

Professor of Electronic in Polytechnic School – ISEL (since 1982)

PhD Student

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INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO

A SCHOOL OF THE 21st CENTURY

Taguspark Campus

Alameda Campus

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Internal Organisation

Civil Engineering and Architecture Mechanical Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Chemical Engineering Mining Engineering and Earth Resources Materials Engineering Physics Mathematics Information Systems Engineering Engineering and Management

Academic Units

Departments

Autonomous Section

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

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Facts and Figures

Students & Staff

Doctorate Students

Undergraduate Students

Master’s Students

8 680

1 089

596

10 365

Professors 774

Non-teaching staff 565

Total Students 1 900

145

DEEC

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Education

21Undergraduate

/ Graduate Programmes

31Master’s

Programmes

39Other

Postgraduate Courses

22Doctoral (PhD)

Programmes

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Mobility

3rd

2nd

3 years

2 years

Ph. D.

Master (Engineering Diploma)

1st 3 yearsBachelor in

Engineering Sciences

Education

IST Position on the Bologna Process

Cycle Duration Degree

Scientific-based teaching oriented

towards conceptual engineering

Obs.

"Bridging Programmes" for vocational 1st and 2nd cycle students to carry on scientifically oriented programmes

SpecialisationSpecialisation courses of specific scope to

complement 1st and 2nd cycle training

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technologyfrom seed

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Human Resources Group Coordinators:

Prof. Medeiros Silva

Prof. Jorge Fernandes

3 Ph.D.

+ 3 Ph.D. students

+ 3 M.Sc. Student

+ final year undergraduates

CAM – Analog and Mixed Circuits Group

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CAM – Analog and Mixed Circuits Group

Current Research ActivityRadio-frequency integrated circuits, namely low noise amplifiers, oscillators/mixers, and PLL.

Electronics for Medical applications front-end electronics for PET scanner and Vision implantable neuro prosthesis

Low-noise digital cells for use in mixed-signal integrated circuits

Analog integrated filters with on-chip tuning

Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) for high sampling rates, with emphasis on folding and interpolation techniques

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Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs)

António Manuel Couto Pinto

Flash ADC with a Statistics Approach

Design and test a circuit with:

Technology UMC .18m (CMOS)

Small size transistors (high speed, low power, low cost)

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Interest on this course

António Manuel Couto Pinto

Learn the methods and test proceedings applied to ADC

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Thank You

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