The main activities in this line are:

Battery-less implantable circuitry for restoring some motor activity

• Circuitry for recording neural activity
• Neuro-muscular stimulation circuitry
• Inductive coupling for RF transmission

CMOS subthreshold analog companding for very low-voltage applications

• Amplification & AGC
• Filtering
• Generation
• PDM
• Sigma-Delta A/D conversion

Low-power read-out techniques for large sensor-arrays

• CTIAs
• CDS
• Analog multiplexers
• Video buffers
• Mixed A/D pixel circuitry

Low-power CMOS and N/MEMS design for RF

• LNA - Mixers
• Local oscillators
• N/MEMS-CMOS interfacing

Relevant Results

The most relevant results are:

• CMOS Subthreshold Analog Companding for Very Low-Voltage Applications
• A 1.2um CMOS full-custom analog library for 1V audio applications
• A 1.1V 300uA CMOS hearing-aid-on-chip product
• A 500x12 read-out IC for cryogenic IR sen