June
2009
David M. Binkley, Ph.D.,
P.E.
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Woodward Hall 235C
The
Phone: 704-687-8590
FAX: 704-687-4762
Email: dmbinkle@uncc.edu
URL:
www.coe.uncc.edu/~dmbinkle
· Analog, mixed-signal, and RF integrated circuit design and test in bulk and SOI CMOS technologies, including optimization methodologies for analog CMOS design. Applications include biomedical neural implants, radiation-hardened deep-space systems, positron emission tomography (PET) medical imaging, and micropower battery-operated consumer products.
· Modeling and analog, mixed-signal design in emerging organic and ZnO, thin-film, FET technologies. Potential applications include large-area, low-cost electronic systems and hybrid systems configured with sensors and devices in the emerging technologies or CMOS technologies.
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, The University of Tennessee, 1992 (while working full-time in industry); Dissertation: “Analysis and Development of Non-Delay-Line Constant-Fraction Discriminator Circuits, Including a Fully-Monolithic CMOS Implementation;” GPA 3.90/4.0.
Master of
Science, Electrical Engineering, The University of Tennessee, 1984 (while
working full-time in industry); Thesis: “A Low Noise 45 ‑ 75 MHz
Phase-Locked
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering (with Highest Honors), The University of Tennessee, 1978 (COOP student); Study emphasis: Analog and digital circuit design; GPA 3.81/4.0.
Associate
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of
North Carolina at Charlotte,
Adjunct
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The
Visiting
Scientist, Institute for Electronic Design Automation, for the International
Masters Program in Communications Engineering, www.master.ei.tum.de, The Technical
University of Munich,
Vice President
Integrated Circuit Development, 1998 – 2000; staff member, 1992 – 1998 (part
time); member board of directors, 1992 – 2007; cofounder, Concorde
Microsystems, Inc.,
Senior Scientist, 1992 – 1998; Senior Development Engineer, 1985 – 1992; CTI PET Systems, Inc., Knoxville, TN. In 2005, CTI PET Systems became part of Siemens Medical Solutions.
Electronic
Design Engineer, 1978 – 1985, Technology for Energy Corporation,
Biography
included in Marquis Who’s Who in
Tau Beta Pi Teaching Award, Most Influential Teacher of 2001, for the college of engineering at UNC at Charlotte.
IEEE Award,
“For Excellence in Support of IEEE Activities,” as
IEEE Superior
Presentation Award, 1991 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging
Conference,
CTI/Siemens Thinker Award, “In acknowledgment and appreciation for the time, ingenuity, and blood that has made the ECAT Detector Electronic ASIC a successful reality,” March 1994.
CTI/Siemens Outstanding Contributor Award with Stipend, “Willingly given countless hours and efforts toward the achievement of this (new PET tomograph product) goal,” August 1989.
Technology for Energy Corporation, three citations of excellence from the president and executive committee, 1978 – 1985.
2004/2005 Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Steve Tucker, Ph.D. student.
2004 Newport Research Excellence Award, Nikhil Verma, M.S. student, for the paper “Design of an auto-zeroed, differential, organic thin-film, field-effect transistor amplifier for sensor applications.” One of seven awards given at the 2004 Annual SPIE Meeting in Denver.
2002 UNC Charlotte Cameron Center Advisory Board Master’s Research Award, Norbert Ulshoefer, for the research presentation, “A Low-Noise, Micropower, CMOS Preamplifier for a 100-Element Intracortical Electrode Array.”
UNC Charlotte Electrical and Computer Engineering 2002 Outstanding Master’s Student Award, Adam Eastridge.
4090/6090, Analog System Design (senior/M.S.), UNC Charlotte. This course prepares students for the analysis and design of analog systems that permits the design of board-level circuits and facilitates the design of analog CMOS integrated circuits. Analog systems include amplifiers, filters, waveform generators, active rectifiers, comparators, and power supply circuits implemented with commercial operational amplifiers and other integrated circuits. The course includes the analysis and design of operational amplifier circuits with emphasis on active filters. Filter types, orders, and responses are developed in detail, including frequency, phase, group delay, and transient response. Finally, the course includes a design project involving computer circuit simulation, computer printed-circuit board layout, external fabrication of the circuit board, electronic assembly, experimental evaluation, and a design report.
4132/5132, Analog Integrated Circuit Design (senior/M.S.), UNC Charlotte. This course prepares students for transistor-level analog CMOS integrated circuit design including MOS modeling and circuit analysis. Emphasis is placed on hand analysis of MOS current mirrors, low-voltage and regulated cascode current mirrors, operational amplifiers, negative feedback compensation, and other analog circuits with SPICE computer simulation used for verification. Course makes extensive use of professor’s notes motivated by over twenty years of industry design experience. Students design, analyze, simulate, and layout (using Cadence) a simple MOS operational amplifier.
6263/8263, Advanced Analog Integrated
Circuit Design (M.S./Ph.D.), UNC
6090/8090, Radio Frequency Design,
(M.S./Ph.D.), UNC
Performance and Design of RF Wireless Circuits (Ph.D.), University of Tennessee. This course preceded “Radio Frequency Design” above and included additional topics on transistor-level noise analysis, phase noise analysis, and the design of low phase noise, PLL frequency synthesizes. Co-developed with Dr. Chuck Britton of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
2111, Network Theory I (Circuits 1, sophomore), Fall 2008 (22 students), Fall 2007 (28 students), Fall 2006 (15 students), Fall 2005 (34 students), Fall 2004 (24 students), and Fall 2003 (31 students).
2112, Network Theory II (Circuits 2, sophomore), Spring 2009 (27 students), Spring 2008 (55 students), Spring 2007 (22 students), Spring 2006 (44 students), Spring 2005 (26 students), and Spring 2004 (25 students).
3131, Fundamentals of Semiconductors and Electronics (junior), Spring 2006 (24 students), Fall 2002 (74 students), and Fall 2001 (65 students).
3132, Electronics II (junior), Spring 2003 (63 students), and Spring 2002 (49 students).
4132/5132, Analog Integrated Circuit Design (senior/M.S.), Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2003, Spring 2002, Spring 2001, and Fall 2000.
4090/6090, Analog System Design (senior/M.S.), Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2005
6263/8263, Advanced Analog Integrated Circuit Design (M.S./Ph.D.), Fall 2008, Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Fall 2002, Fall 2001, and Spring 2001.
6090/8090, Radio Frequency Design (M.S./Ph.D.), Spring 2001. Taught simultaneously at UNC Charlotte and Mississippi State University using the Internet Centra Symposium system. Co-taught with Dr. Tom Weldon of UNC Charlotte.
Advanced Topics in Integrated Circuit Design - Analog CMOS Design, Technical University of Munich, Summer 2007, as part of the International Masters Program in Communications Systems and Communications Electronics.
Performance and
Design of RF Wireless Circuits (Ph.D.),
“Analysis and Simulation of Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta Modulators,” Yi Yang, Ph.D. credit, Fall 2007.
“Enhanced I-V Program for the HP-4062C Parametric Test System,” Derek Corpening, B.S. credit, Spring 2005.
“I-V Curve Tracer Program for the HP-4062C Parametric Test System,” Harold Hearne, M.S. credit, Spring 2004.
“Constant gm CMOS Operational Amplifier in Strong Inversion with Rail-to-Rail Input and Output,” Clark Hopper, M.S. credit, Spring 2002.
“A Comprehensive Introduction to the Folding and Interpolating ADC Architecture,” research performed at TRW corporation during summer of 2001, Adam Eastridge, M.S. credit, Fall 2001.
“The Basic Concepts of Delta-Sigma Analog-to-Digital Converters,” Norbert Ulshoefer, M.S. credit, Spring 2001.
Analog CMOS design CAD tool for optimizing transistor current and sizing. This tool assists both graduate students and industry designers in optimizing the drain current and sizing of MOS devices for tradeoffs in bandwidth, gain, noise, dc matching, etc. A paper describing this tool appears in the IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. This tool will be publicly launched with the book, Tradeoffs and Optimization in Analog CMOS Design, and was developed by M.S. and Ph.D. students under a DARPA grant (D. Binkley, P.I.).
Interactive, animated, circuit analysis review program. This educational project permits undergraduate students to review the fundamentals of dc circuit analysis at their own pace through an animated slide set. This program was developed by female and minority undergraduate students under a congressional grant (F. Tranjan, P.I.).
Tucker, Steve D., “Power Optimization of Algorithmic Analog-to-Digital Converters,” graduated May 2005.
Calder, Alan, “Modeling and Design of ZnO, Thin-Film, Field-Effect Transistors for Pixel-Driver and Analog Applications,” anticipated graduation, December 2009.
Yang, Yi, topic in Continuous-time sigma-delta modulators for data converters, anticipated graduation, May 2010.
Verma, Nikhil, topic in RF CMOS design.
Li, Zhong, “A Stochastic Segmentation Method for Interesting Region Detection and Image Retrieval,” graduated May 2009.
Bolt, Bryan C., “Aerial Image Resolution and Edge-Slope Enhancement Via Acousto-Optic Phasefront Manipulation,” graduated May 2007.
Pagan, Jennifer, “Quantum Dot Light Emitting Diode,” graduated July 2006.
Kumar, Suriya Kumar Ashok, “Optimized Embedded Array DFT Architecture to Maximize the Throughput of High Volume Manufacturing Testing,” graduated January 2005.
Puckett, Brian
S., “A 0.5‑mm CMOS
Constant-Bandwidth, Variable-Gain Front-End Transconductor
System for PET Medical Imaging,” graduated Fall 2001,
Mulagada, Raghu K., topic in RF integrated circuit design, anticipated graduation, December 2010.
Barnwell, Christopher, “Noise in Operational Amplifier Circuits and Design of a Low-Noise Audio Mixer,” graduated summer 2008.
Hopper, Clark E., “Micropower, Low-Noise Design of CMOS Devices and Preamplifiers for Operation over Extreme Temperature,” sponsored by NASA/JPL, graduated May 2007.
Yager, Jeremy, “An Evolvable Low-Offset Operation Amplifier in SOI CMOS for the Extreme Environments of Lunar Exploration,” sponsored by NASA/JPL, graduated May 2007.
Nachimuthu, Yasodhadevi, “Design of Low Time Dispersion CMOS Comparators,” graduated May 2005.
Verma, Nikhil, “High Gain Organic Thin-Film FET Amplifiers with Autozeroing for Large Area Organic Sensors,” graduated December 2004.
Ihme, David H., “Design of SOI CMOS, Micropower, Low-Noise, Radiation Hardened Preamplifiers for Deep-Space Applications,” sponsored by NASA/JPL, graduated December 2002.
Tucker, Steve D., “Comparison of Methods to Improve the Transconductance Variation in Rail-to-Rail Input Stages of Operational Transconductance Amplifiers,” graduated August 2002.
Eastridge, Adam, “A Built-In, Direct-Coupled, Low-Offset, Resistive Current Sensor for Transient Supply Current Testing of CMOS Integrated Circuits,” graduated April 2002, sponsored by DARPA. Adam was the 2001-2002 outstanding M.S. graduate student for the electrical and computer engineering department.
Ulshoefer, Norbert M. “A Low-Noise, Micropower, CMOS Preamplifier for a 100-Element Intracortical Electrode Array,” graduated April 2002, sponsored by NASA/JPL. Norbert was the 2001-2002 Cameron Center M.S. research award winner.
Venkat, Nikhil Anand Tadepalli, “Evaluation of a New Built-In Transient Supply Current (iDDT) Sensor for Detection of Pattern Sensitive Faults in Static Random Access Memories (SRAMS),” graduated September 2001.
Sivalingala, Sreedhar, “A New Built-In Current Sensor for iDDT Testing and its Evaluation for Testing Open Defects in SRAMS,” graduated August 2001.
Kumar,
Abhinava, “Low-Voltage,
Crawford, Robert, “Low Voltage, Leakage Insensitive, Switched-Op Amp Sample and Hold Circuit,” June 2009.
Vasconez, Pablo, “Instrumentation for Interference Reduction Using a New Technique: Synchronous Cancellation,” September 2008.
Patel, Kinnari, “Non-Linear Current-Voltage Modelling Based on the Circular Transmission Line Model (CTLM) of p-type and n-type Gallium Nitride in Novel Light Emitting Diodes with Quantum Dot Active Layers,” November 2007.
Burkhart, Casey, “Electroluminescence of a Gallium Nitride Light Emitting Diode with Integrated Quantum Dot Active Layer,” August 2007.
Hodge, David, “Photoluminescence of Inorganic Deep Green Quantum Dots in Device Heterostructures,” July 2007.
Chikkala, Soumya Rao, “Silicon Compilation for DFT Macro Cells,” graduated December 2005.
Mohan, Srikanth, “Design of a Programmable Gain Amplifier
Using a CMOS Transresistance Amplifier,” graduated
June 2005.
Wichman, Christopher, “Low-Voltage, Micropower, Algorithmic Analog-to-Digital Converters for Biomedical Applications, graduated May 2005.
Ahrens, Michael T., “Study of the Optimum Nickel and Gold Concentrations in the Deposition of p-type Contacts onto Light Emitting Diodes (LED’s) in order to Maximize Transmittance and to Minimize Contact Resistance,” graduated May 2005.
Shah, Ankit R., “High Speed, Power Efficient Embedded Memory Design,” graduated May 2004.
Dusety, Krishna R., “Gate Sizing and Cluster Refinement to Reduce Simultaneous Switching Noise in Deep Submicron Circuits,” graduated May 2004.
Iida, Daisuke, “High Performance Capacitive Sensors,” mechanical engineering, graduated July 2003.
Maddali, Raghudhar, “Test Pattern Generation for Transient Power Supply Current Based Testing,” graduated July 2003.
Islam, Atia, “Parameterized VHDL Design of the Output Response Analyzer and Test Controller for Built-In Self-Test of Mixed-Signal Systems,” graduated May 2003.
Patel, Deepa, “A Fault Simulator for Analog Portions of Mixed-Signal Systems,” graduated May 2003.
Morton, Jason, “A Parameterized VHDL Model for a Test Pattern Generator for Built-In Self-Test of Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits,” graduated May 2003.
Case, Aaron, “Mixed-Signal Fault Simulator: Comparisons of Hardware and Simulation Results,” graduated December 2002.
Nall, Jeremy, “On-Line and Off-Line Built-In Self-Test Based Diagnosis of Interconnect Faults in Field Programmable Gate Arrays,” graduated May 2002.
Swann, Brian,
M.S. thesis, “Development of a 6-bit 15.625 MHz CMOS Two-Step Flash
Analog-to-Digital Converter for a Low Dead Time Sub-Nanosecond Time Measurement
System,” graduated May 2000 (co-advised as adjunct associate professor at the
Hearne, Harold, “Design of Micropower CMOS Analog Output Drivers,” sponsored by NASA/JPL, graduated December 2005.
Lesnick, Jennifer, “An Introduction to Switched Capacitor Filters,” graduated December 2002.
Moss, Brian C., “Web-Based Analog CMOS Design Tool,” graduated April 2001.
Jain, Nikhil, “Implemented Automatic Test
Pattern Generator with the Help of PODEM Algorithm in C Language,” graduated
May 2007.
Bricha, Adil, “Interference in Wireless Local Area Networks,” graduated December 2006.
Davis, Matt, “Class AB LNA with Reduced Current and Greater Linearity than a Class A LNA,” graduated December 2005.
Murrieta, Ana Maria, “Multi-Dimensional Visualization of BIST ORA Simulation Data,” graduated December 2002.
Clark, Jason, graduated December 2002.
Harris, Mickey, graduated May 2001.
James, Jared, graduated May 2001.
Ugalde, Jeffrey, graduated May 2001.
Khalil, Monika Magdy, semiconductor parameter measurements using custom measurement software written by Derek Corpening and other students, sponsored by “Strategies for Success,” Congressional Grant, Dr. Farid Tranjan, Principal Investigator, August 2004 – May 2004.
Corpening, Derek, software development for MOS device evaluation using the HP-4062C parametric test station, funded by the electrical and computer engineering department, January – May 2004, and JPL, June – August, 2004.
Parker, Amy, and Lopez, Stephen, an interactive, animated, circuit analysis review program in power point, sponsored by “Strategies for Success,” Congressional Grant, Dr. Farid Tranjan, Principal Investigator, August 2002 – May 2003.
Johnson, S., Petrillo D., and Huff, J., “RFID Extended Networking,” May 2007.
Chaney, Matthew, and Evans, Justin, “Basic Calculator Implemented in a FPGA,” May 2003.
Snyder,
William, and
Supervised, at Concorde and CTI PET Systems, six University of Tennessee undergraduate COOP students. Supervised analog/mixed-signal CMOS layout, SPICE simulations, and development of computer programs for layout verification, automated SPICE optimization, automated testing of custom integrated circuits, and operation of custom semiconductor parameter analyzer.
D. M. Binkley, principal investigator, with C. E. Stroud, R. Z. Makki, and T. P. Weldon, co-investigators, “A Comprehensive Design and Test Methodology for Mixed-Signal Microsystems,” University of North Carolina at Charlotte grant from DARPA neoCAD program, $750,000, July 2001 – March 2004.
D. M. Binkley, principal investigator, “CMOS Integration of Low-Noise, Micropower, Front-End Electronics for a 100-Element Intracortical Electrode Array,” University of North Carolina at Charlotte grant from NASA JPL, $109,365, January 2001 – December 2003.
R. Z. Makki, principal investigator, D. M. Binkley co-investigator, “US-Lebanon Cooperative Research: Sensors for Testing Embedded Memories,” University of North Carolina at Charlotte grant from NSF, $34,300 for one year beginning March, 2003.
D. M. Binkley, principal investigator, “Investigation of evolvable, silicon-on-insulator, analog CMOS circuits for the wide temperature environment of lunar exploration,” University of North Carolina at Charlotte grant from NASA JPL, $9,960, October, 2006 – April, 2007.
D. M. Binkley,
principal investigator, “Design of auto-zeroed, a-Si:H
thin-film FET amplifiers for large-area sensor applications,”
D. M. Binkley,
principal investigator, “Evaluation of organic, thin-film, field-effect
transistors for potential analog circuits for large area sensors,”
D. M. Binkley, principal investigator, “Radiation Degradation of Noise Performance of Micropower, Low-Noise, SOI CMOS Preamplifiers for Navigation and Guidance Systems,” University of North Carolina at Charlotte grant from NASA JPL, $9,994, August – December, 2002.
D. M. Binkley, principal investigator, “Design Methodology Requirements for Ultra-Low-Power, SOI CMOS Electronics for Long-Life, Environmentally Diverse, Survivable Systems for Deep-Space Missions,” University of North Carolina at Charlotte grant from NASA JPL, $9,945, September – December, 2001.
D. M. Binkley, principal investigator, C. E. Stroud and R. Makki, co-investigators, “Design for Testability and Analog Built-In Self Test,” University of North Carolina at Charlotte grant from Agere (formerly Lucent Technologies), $30,000, September 2000 – July 2001.
C. W. Melcher, principal investigator, D. M. Binkley, co-investigator, “A Fast LSO Depth-of-Interaction Detector for PET,” CTI Phase I Small Business Innovative Research Grant (National Institutes of Health), $100,000 1996 - 1997.
D. M. Binkley, principal investigator, “A Timing System for Positron Emission Tomography,” CTI Phase II Small Business Innovative Research Grant (National Institutes of Health), $500,000, 1991-1993.
D. M. Binkley, principal investigator, “A Timing System for Positron Emission Tomography,” CTI Phase I Small Business Innovative Research Grant (National Institutes of Health), $50,000, 1988-1989.
Comprehensive methodology for optimizing analog CMOS design, August 2000 – present. This methodology permits selection of MOS drain current, inversion level, and channel length for optimal tradeoffs in bandwidth, dc gain, distortion, thermal noise, flicker noise, dc matching, and other circuit performances. The methodology permits design anywhere in the continuum of MOSFET operation: weak, moderate, strong, and strong inversion/velocity saturation over all available channel lengths. Research collaborators include Dr. Matthias Bucher (Theta, Inc., and the Technical University of Crete). This research has been presented at a number of tutorials at international conferences and is the subject of Tradeoffs and Optimization in Analog CMOS Design. This research also resulted in a Visiting Scientist appointment at the Technical University of Munich for the summer of 2007.
NASA/JPL micropower,
silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS electronics for deep space missions, January
2001 – present. Engaged in research and development of micropower,
low-noise circuits in partially depleted silicon-on-insulator (PDSOI) CMOS
processes. The emphasis of this research is design methodologies for micropower circuits for the severe temperature and
radiation environment of deep space missions. Supervised graduate students and
collaborated with Dr. Mohammad Mojarradi of NASA/JPL. Additional collaborators
include Dr. Benjamin Blalock,
DARPA neoCAD, July 2001 – May 2004. Research in design and testing methodologies for mixed-signal integrated circuits. This research focused primarily on built-in self-test (BIST) of mixed-signal integrated circuits, but included research in transistor-level design methodologies, fault simulation, and transient supply current (iDDT) testing. Supervised graduate students in the design of an analog CMOS design tool that permits optimization of bandwidth, gain, dc matching, noise, and other circuit performances. Additionally, supervised graduate students in the design of analog board-level and CMOS benchmark circuits for evaluating the BIST research. Collaborators included UNC Charlotte professors, Drs. Chuck Stroud, Rafic Makki and Tom Weldon, and external university and industry researchers.
NASA/JPL micropower, CMOS electronics for intra-cortical probe, January 2001 – December 2003. Research and development of micropower, low-noise, analog CMOS integrated circuits for an intra-cortical neural probe that observes 100 neural signatures in a monkey’s brain. These signals will be assessed to determine the neural request for limb movement. If successful, this research could lead to the development of neural controlled, human prosthetic limbs. Supervised graduate students and collaborated with Dr. Mohammad Mojarradi of NASA/JPL and researchers at the California Institute of Technology.
Wide-band, high-gain analog CMOS electronics for transient supply current testing (iDDT) sensors, August 2000 – May 2004. Collaborated with UNC Charlotte professors Drs. Rafic Makki and Tom Weldon in the development of wide-band, high gain analog CMOS electronics needed for iDDT sensors. The iDDT test method permits efficient testing of embedded SRAM’s and other digital circuits and is being extended to analog and mixed-signal circuits. Two UNCC patents have been awarded from this research.
J. Yager (graduate student) and D. M. Binkley (principal investigator), “Investigation of evolvable, silicon-on-insulator, analog CMOS circuits for the wide temperature environment of lunar exploration,” final research report for NASA/JPL, June 2007.
D. M. Binkley (principal investigator), C. E. Stroud, R. Z. Makki, and T. P. Weldon “A Comprehensive Design and Test Methodology for Mixed-Signal Microsystems,” final research report for DARPA, May 2004.
R. Crawford, N. Verma (graduate students), and D. M. Binkley (principal investigator), “Evaluation of Organic, Thin-film, Field-effect Transistors for Potential Analog Circuits for Large Area Sensors,” final research report for NASA/JPL, December 2003.
D. M. Binkley, “Design Methodology Requirements for Ultra-Low-Power, SOI CMOS Electronics for Long-Life, Environmentally Diverse, Survivable Systems for Deep-Space Missions,” final research report for NASA/JPL, March 2003.
D. M. Binkley, “Radiation Degradation of Noise Performance of Micropower, Low-Noise, SOI CMOS Preamplifiers for Navigation and Guidance Systems,” final research report for NASA/JPL, March 2003.
C. E. Hopper (graduate student), D. M Binkley (principal investigator), and C. E. Stroud, “An Outlined Survey of Design-for-Test and Built-In-Self-Test for Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits, final research report for Agere Systems, Inc., September 2001.
D. M. Binkley, Tradeoffs and Optimization in Analog CMOS Design, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., ISBN 978-0-470-03136-0, hardback, 632 pages, June 2008. (As of March 31, 2009, the associated design tools developed by the author have been downloaded by over 100 industry and university researchers from 30 countries).
S. Mohan, A. Ravindran, D. Binkley, and A. Mukerjee, “Power Optimized Design of CMOS Programmable Gain Amplifiers,” Journal of Low Power Electronics, vol. 2, May 2006, pp. 259-270.
D. M. Binkley, B. J. Blalock, and J. M. Rochelle, “Optimizing Drain Current, Inversion Level, and Channel Length in Analog CMOS Design,” Journal of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 47, April 2006, pp. 137-163.
D. M. Binkley, C. E. Hopper, J. D. Cressler, M. M. Mojarradi, and B. J. Blalock, “Noise Performance of 0.35‑mm SOI CMOS Devices and Micropower Preamplifier Following 63‑MeV, 1‑Mrad (Si) Proton Irradiation,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 51, no. 6, December 2004, pp. 3788-3794.
B. K. Swann, B. J. Blalock, L. G. Clonts, D. M. Binkley, J. M. Rochelle, E. Breeding, and K.
M. Baldwin, “A 100‑ps Time-Resolution CMOS Time-to-Digital Converter for
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Applications,” IEEE J. of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 39, no. 11, November 2004,
pp. 1839-1853.
B. K. Swann, J. M. Rochelle, D. M.
Binkley, B. S. Puckett, B. J. Blalock, S. C. Terry, J. W. Young, M. S. Musrock, J. E. Breeding, and K. M. Baldwin, “A Custom Mixed
Signal CMOS Integrated Circuit for High Performance PET Tomograph
Front-End Applications,” IEEE
Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 50, no. 4, August 2003, pp. 909-914.
S. C. Terry, J. M. Rochelle, D. M.
Binkley, B. J. Blalock, and D. Foty, “Comparison of a
BSIM3V3 and EKV MOST Model for a 0.5‑mm CMOS Process and Implications for Analog Circuit Design,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science,
vol. 50, no. 4, August 2003, pp. 915-920.
M. N. Ericson, C. L. Britton, A. L.
Wintenberg, J. M. Rochelle, B. J. Blalock, D. M.
Binkley, and B. D. Williamson, “Noise Behavior of MOSFETs Fabricated in 0.5‑mm Fully-Depleted
Silicon-on-Sapphire CMOS in Weak, Moderate, and Strong Inversion,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 50, no. 4, August 2003, pp. 963-968.
M. S. Musrock,
J. W. Young, J. C. Moyers, J. E. Breeding, M. E. Casey, J. M. Rochelle, D. M.
Binkley, and B. K. Swann, “Performance Characteristics of a New Generation of
Processing Circuits for PET Applications,” IEEE
Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 50, no. 4, August 2003, pp. 974-978.
M. Mojarradi,
D. M. Binkley, B. J. Blalock, R. Andersen, N. Ulshoefer,
T. Johnson, and L. Del Castillo, “A Miniaturized, Neuroprosthesis
Suitable for Implantation into the Brain,” IEEE
Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 11, no. 1, March 2003, pp.
38-42.
D. M. Binkley, C. E. Hopper, S. D. Tucker, B. C. Moss, J. M. Rochelle, and D. P. Foty, “A CAD Methodology for Optimizing Transistor Current and Sizing in Analog CMOS Design,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 22, no. 2, February 2003, pp. 225-237.
M. E. Casey, C. Reynolds, D. M.
Binkley, and J. M. Rochelle, “Analysis of Timing Performance for an
APD – LSO Scintillation Detector,” Nuclear Methods and Physics in Physics Research, vol. 504, 2003, May 2003, pp. 143-148.
D. M. Binkley, B. S. Puckett, B. K. Swann, J. M. Rochelle, M. S. Musrock, and M. E. Casey, “A 10-Mcps, 0.5‑mm CMOS Constant-Fraction Discriminator Having Built-In Pulse Tail Cancellation,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 49, no. 3, June 2002, pp. 1130-1140.
R. Lecomte, C. M. Pepin, M. D. Lepage, J.-F. Pratte, H. Dautet, and D. M. Binkley, “Performance Analysis of Phoswich/APD Detectors and Low Noise Preamplifiers for High Resolution PET Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 48, no. 3, June 2001, pp. 650-655.
D. M. Binkley, M. E. Casey, B. S. Puckett, R. Lecomte, and A. Saoudi, “A Power Efficient, Low Noise, Wideband, Integrated CMOS Preamplifier for LSO/APD PET Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 47, no. 3, June 2000, pp. 810-817.
D. M. Binkley and J. W. Young, “An Electronic Detector Simulator for Testing Position, Energy, and Timing Spectral Performance of Detector Electronics,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 45, no. 3, June 1998, pp. 782-786.
D. M. Binkley, J. M. Rochelle, B. K. Swann, L. G. Clonts, and R. N. Goble, “A Micropower CMOS, Direct-Conversion, VLF Receiver Chip for Magnetic-Field Wireless Applications,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 33, no. 3, March 1998, pp. 344-358 (invited from 1997 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference).
S. R. Cherry, Y. Shao, R. Silverman, K. Meadors, S. Siegel, A. Chatziioannou, J. Young, W. Jones, J. Moyers, D. Newport, A. Boutefnouchet, T. Farquhar, M. Andreaco, M. Paulus, D. Binkley, R. Nutt, and M. Phelps, “MicroPET: A High Resolution PET Scanner for Imaging Small Animals,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 44, no. 3, June 1997, pp. 1161-1166.
M. J. Paulus, J. M. Rochelle, M. S. Andreaco, and D. M. Binkley, “A Low-Noise, Wideband, CMOS Charge-sensitive Preamplifier for use with APD/LSO PET Detectors,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 32, no. 3, June 1996, pp. 1666-1671.
J. M. Rochelle, D. M. Binkley, and M. J. Paulus, “Fully Integrated Current-Mode CMOS Gated Baseline Restorer Circuits,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 42, no. 4, August 1995, pp. 729-735.
D. M. Binkley, “Performance of Non-Delay-Line Constant-Fraction Discriminator Timing Circuits,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. NS 41, no. 4, August 1994, pp. 1169-1175.
D. M. Binkley, “Optimization of Scintillation-Detector Timing Systems Using Monte Carlo Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 41, no. 1, February 1994, pp. 386-393.
D. M. Binkley, J. M. Rochelle, M. J. Paulus, and M. E. Casey, “A Low-Noise, Wideband, Integrated CMOS Transimpedance Preamplifier for Photodiode Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. NS-39, no. 4, August 1992, pp. 747-752.
D. M. Binkley, M. L. Simpson, and J. M. Rochelle, "A Monolithic, 2-µm CMOS Constant-Fraction Discriminator," IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. NS-38, no. 6, December 1991, pp. 1754-1759.
K. Ishii, H. Orihara, T. Matsuzawa, D. M. Binkley, and R. Nutt, “High Resolution Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomograph,” Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 61, no. 12, December 1990, pp. 3755-3762.
D. M. Binkley and M. E. Casey, “Performance of Fast Monolithic ECL Voltage Comparators in Constant-Fraction Discriminators and Other Timing Circuits,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. NS-35, no. 1, February 1988, pp. 226-230.
D. M. Binkley, “A Radiation-Hardened Accelerometer Preamplifier for 2 x 108 Rads (Si) Total Dose,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. NS-29, no. 6, December 1982, pp. 1500-1507.
D. M. Binkley, J. D. Hardy, and J. W. Rizzie, “A Small Modular Isolation Amplifier for Nuclear Power Plant 1E Isolation,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. NS-29, no. 1, February 1982, pp. 1000-1007.
D. M. Binkley, “Tradeoffs and Optimization in Analog CMOS Design,” invited plenary paper, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (MIXDES), pp. 47-60, Ciechocinek, Poland, June 2007.
D. M. Binkley, N. Verma, R. L. Crawford, E. J. Brandon, and T. N. Jackson, “Design of an auto-zeroed, differential, organic thin-film, field-effect transistor amplifier for sensor applications,” Proceedings of SPIE, Organic Field-Effect Transistors III, vol. 5522, Denver, August 2004, pp. 41-52. Winner of a Newport Research Excellence Award.
Erik Brandon, William West, Lisong Zhou, Tom Jackson, Greg Theriot, Rod A.B. Devine, David Binkley, Nikhil Verma, and Robert Crawford, “Flexible electronics for space applications,” Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Symposium, vol. 814, pp. 219-230, 2004.
D. M. Binkley,
C. E. Hopper, B. J. Blalock, M. M. Mojarradi, J.D. Cressler,
and L. K. Yong, “Noise Performance of 0.35‑mm SOI CMOS Devices and Micropower
Preamplifier from 77 – 400 K,” 2004 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 2004.
D. M. Binkley, D. H. Ihme,
B. J. Blalock, and M. M. Mojarradi, “Micropower, 0.35‑mm
Partially Depleted SOI CMOS Preamplifiers having Low White and Flicker Noise,” 2003 IEEE International SOI Conference,
Newport Beach, September 2003.
D. M. Binkley,
M. Bucher, and D. Kazazis, “Guiding the Designer in Optimizing Analog CMOS Design,” invited plenary paper, Proceedings
of the European Conference on Circuit Theory
and Design (ECCTD) 2003, Krakow, August
2003, pp. I-8 – I-13.
D. M. Binkley,
D. H. Ihme, C. E. Hopper, B. J. Blalock, and M. M.
Mojarradi, “Design of Micropower, Low-Noise, SOI CMOS Preamplifiers for Deep
Space Environments,” 2003 15th
Biennial University/Government/Industry Microelectronics Symposium, Boise, Idaho, June 2003.
B. K. Swann, J. M. Rochelle, D. M.
Binkley, B. S. Puckett, B. J. Blalock, S. C. Terry, J. W. Young, M. S. Musrock, J. E. Breeding, and K. M. Baldwin, “A Custom Mixed
Signal CMOS Integrated Circuit for High Performance PET Tomograph
Front-End Applications,” 2002 IEEE
Nuclear Science and Medical Imaging Conference, November 2002.
S. C. Terry, J. M. Rochelle, D. M.
Binkley, B. J. Blalock, and D. Foty, “Comparison of a
BSIM3V3 and EKV MOST Model for a 0.5‑mm CMOS Process and Implications for Analog Circuit Design,” 2002 IEEE Nuclear Science and Medical
Imaging Conference, November 2002.
M. N. Ericson, C. L. Britton, A. L.
Wintenberg, J. M. Rochelle, B. J. Blalock, and D. M.
Binkley, “Noise Behavior of MOSFETs Fabricated in 0.5‑mm Fully-Depleted
Silicon-on-Sapphire CMOS in Weak, Moderate, and Strong Inversion,” 2002 IEEE Nuclear Science and Medical
Imaging Conference, November 2002.
M. S. Musrock,
J. W. Young, J. C. Moyers, J. E. Breeding, M. E. Casey, J. M. Rochelle, D. M.
Binkley, and B. K. Swann, “Performance Characteristics of a New Generation of
Processing Circuits for PET Applications,” 2002
IEEE Nuclear Science and Medical Imaging Conference, November 2002.
M. Bucher, D. Kazazis, F. Krummenacher, D. Binkley, D. Foty, and Y. Papananos, “Analysis of Transconductance at All Levels of Inversion in Deep Submicron CMOS,” 9th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems Proceedings, vol. III, September 2002, pp. 1183-1186.
D. Foty,
M. Bucher, and D. Binkley, “Re-interpreting
the MOS Transistor via the Inversion Coefficient and the Continuum of gms/ID,” 9th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems
Proceedings, vol. III, September 2002, pp. 1179-1182.
S. A. Kumar, R. Z. Makki, and D. M. Binkley, “iDDT Testing of CMOS
Embedded SRAM’s”, Proceedings of the 6th World Multiconference
on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics, July
2002, pp. 545- 550.
M. E. Casey, C. Reynolds, D. M.
Binkley, and J. M. Rochelle, “Analysis of Timing Performance for an
APD – LSO Scintillation Detector,” 2002 International Conference on Novel Developments in Photodetection,
D. Foty, D. Binkley, and M. Bucher, “gm/ID-Based MOSFET Modeling and Modern Analog Design,” (Invited Paper), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, June 2002, pp. 55 – 58.
D. Foty,
D. Binkley, and M. Bucher, “Starting Over: gm/ID-Based MOSFET Modeling as a
Basis for Modernized Analog Design Methodologies,” Technical Proceedings of the
2002 International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems,
Nanotech 2002, vol. 1, April 2002, pp. 682 – 685.
S. A. Kumar, R. Z. Makki, and D. M. Binkley, “iDDT Testing of
Embedded CMOS SRAMs,” 2002 Design,
Automation, and Test in
D. M. Binkley, B. S. Puckett, B. K. Swann, J. M. Rochelle, and M. Musrock, “A 10-Mcps, 0.5‑mm CMOS Constant-Fraction Discriminator Having Built-In Pulse Tail Cancellation,” 2001 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, IEEE Catalog 02CH37310C (CD format), 2002.
D. Foty, D. Binkley, and M. Bucher, “Measurements and Modeling of MOSFET Inversion Level over a Wide Range as a Basis for Analog Design,” Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, August 2001, pp. I-85 – 88.
D. Binkley, M. Bucher, and D. Foty, “Design-Oriented Characterization of CMOS over the Continuum of Inversion Level and Channel Length,” Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems,” December 2000, pp. 161-164.
R. Lecomte, C. M. Pepin, M. D. Lepage, J.-F. Pratte, H. Dautet, and D. M. Binkley, “Performance Analysis of Phoswich/APD Detectors and Low Noise Preamplifiers for High Resolution PET Systems,” 2000 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, IEEE Catalog 00CH37149C (CD format), November 2000, pp. 9-77 – 81.
D. Foty and D. M. Binkley, “MOSFET Modeling and Circuit
Design: Re-Establishing a Lost Connection,” tutorial summary, Proceedings 37th
Annual Design Automation Conference,
D. M. Binkley, M. E. Casey, B. S. Puckett, R. Lecomte, and A. Saoudi, “A Power Efficient, Low Noise, Wideband, Integrated CMOS Preamplifier for LSO/APD PET Systems,” 1999 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, 1999.
D. M. Binkley and J. W. Young, “An Electronic Detector Simulator for Testing Energy, Position, and Timing Spectral Performance of Detector Electronics,” 1997 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, 1997, pp. 666-670.
D. M. Binkley, J. M. Rochelle, and B. K. Swann, “A Micropower CMOS, Direct-Conversion, VLF Receiver Chip for Magnetic-Field Wireless Applications,” Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1997, pp. 415-418.
S. R. Cherry, Y. Shao, R. Silverman, K. Meadors, S. Siegel, A. Chatziioannou, J. Young, W. Jones, J. Moyers, D. Newport, A. Boutefnouchet, T. Farquhar, M. Andreaco, M. Paulus, D. Binkley, R. Nutt, and M. Phelps, “MicroPET: A High Resolution PET Scanner for Imaging Small Animals,” 1996 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, 1996, pp. 1120-1124.
S. R. Cherry, Y. Shao, R. Silverman, S. Siegel, K. Meadors, E. Mumcuoglu, J. Young, W. Jones, C. Moyers, M. Andreaco, M. Paulus, D. Binkley, R. Nutt, and M. Phelps, “MicroPET: A Dedicated PET Scanner for Small Animal Imaging,” Abstracts from the Society of Nuclear Medicine 43rd Annual Meeting, 1996.
M. J. Paulus, J. M. Rochelle, M. S. Andreaco, and D. M. Binkley, “A Low-Noise, Wideband, CMOS Charge-Sensitive Preamplifier for use with APD/LSO PET Detectors,” 1995 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, 1995, pp. 330-334.
J. M. Rochelle, D. M. Binkley, and M. J. Paulus, “Fully Integrated Current-Mode CMOS Gated Baseline Restorer Circuits,” Conference Record of the 1994 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1994, pp. 39-43.
M. J. Paulus, J. M. Rochelle, and D. M. Binkley, “Comparison of the Beveled-Edge and Reach-Through APD Structures for PET Applications,” Conference Record of the 1994 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1994, pp. 1864-1868.
D. M. Binkley, J. M. Rochelle, M. J. Paulus, M. E. Casey, R. Nutt, W. Loeffler, and J. C. Moyers, “A Custom CMOS Integrated Circuit for PET Tomograph Front-End Applications,” Conference Record of the IEEE 1993 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1993, pp. 867-871.
D. M. Binkley, “Performance of Non-Delay-Line Constant-Fraction Discriminator Timing Circuits,” Conference Record of the 1993 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1993, pp. 815-819.
D. M. Binkley, “Optimization of Scintillation-Detector Timing Systems Using Monte Carlo Analysis,” Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1992, pp. 263-265.
B. E. Williams, D. M. Binkley, and M. E. Casey, “A Remote Gain Control for Photomultiplier Tubes,” Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1992, pp. 245-247.
D. M. Binkley, J. M. Rochelle, M. J. Paulus, and M. E. Casey, “A Low-Noise, Wideband, Integrated CMOS Transimpedance Preamplifier for Photodiode Applications,” Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991, pp. 730-734.
D. A. Rhodes and D. M. Binkley, “Matrix Costing Technique for Emerging Technologies,” Transactions of the American Association of Cost Engineers, 1985, pp. A.8.1-10.
D. M. Binkley et al., “Signal Isolation of 1E Safety Circuits in Nuclear Power Plants,” Proceedings of the American Power Conference, 1982, pp. 114-118.
J. Roberts, A. Eastridge, D. Binkley, S. Thomas, and R. Makki, “A high speed dynamic power supply current sensor,” Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE SoutheastCon, pp. 728-733, Richmond, Virginia, March 2007.
J. M. Rochelle,
D. M. Binkley, L. G. Clonts, B. K Swann, and R. Sangsingkeow, “Wireless Boundary Proximity Determining and
Animal Containment System and Method,”
D. M. Binkley, R. Z. Makki, T. P. Weldon, and A. Chehab, “Methods and Apparatus for Testing Electronic Circuits,” U. S. Patents 7,148,717 (6 claims), December 12, 2006 and 6,833,724 (9 claims), December 21, 2004. (An additional patent is pending).
D. M. Binkley,
“Amplitude and Rise-Time Insensitive Timing-Shaping Filters with Built-In
Pulse-Tail Cancellation for High Count-Rate Operation,”
D. M. Binkley, “Amplitude and Rise-Time Insensitive Timing-Shaping Filters,” U. S. Patent 5,396,187 (8 claims), March 7, 1995. This patent covers front-end analog electronics for positron emission tomograph (PET) medical imaging scanners manufactured under the Siemens name.
D. M. Binkley, “Remote Gain Control Circuit for Photomultiplier Tubes,” U. S. Patent 5,367,222 (21 claims), November 22, 1994.
D. M. Binkley, “Tradeoffs and Optimization in Analog CMOS Design,” part of the MOS AK workshop, 2008 European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC)/European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), Edinburgh, September 19, 2008.
D. M. Binkley,
“Tradeoffs and Optimization in Analog CMOS Design,” 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
D. M. Binkley, “Tradeoffs and Optimization in Analog CMOS Design,” conference tutorial with D. M. Binkley (organizer), H. Graeb, G. G. E. Gielen, and J. Roychowdhury, “From Transistor to PLL ‑ Analog Design and EDA Methods,” 2008 Design, Automation, and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), Munich, March 10, 2008.
D. M. Binkley,
“A Methodology for Analog CMOS Design Based on the EKV MOS Model,” conference
tutorial with D. Foty, “MOS Modeling as a Basis for
Design Methodologies: New Techniques for Modern Analog Design,” 2002 IEEE International Symposium on
Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
D. M. Binkley,
“A Methodology for Analog CMOS Design Based on the EKV MOS Model,” conference
tutorial with D. Foty, “MOS Modeling as a Basis for
Design Methodologies: New Techniques for Next-Generation Analog Circuit
Design,” 2001 15th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD),
D. M. Binkley,
“A Methodology for Analog CMOS Design Based on the EKV MOS Model,” conference
tutorial with D. Foty, “Re-Connection MOS Modeling
and Circuit Design: New Methods for Design Quality,” 2001 IEEE 2nd
International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED),
D. M. Binkley, “A Methodology for Analog CMOS Design Based on the EKV MOS Model,” tutorial given with analog MOS modeling talks by C. Enz, C. Hu, M. Bucher, and others for 2000 Fabless Semiconductor Association Design Modeling Workshop: SPICE Modeling, Santa Clara, October 2000.
D. M. Binkley,
“MOSFET Modeling and Circuit Design: A Methodology for Transistor Level Analog
CMOS Design,” conference tutorial with D. Foty,
“MOSFET Modeling and Circuit Design: Re-Establishing a Lost Connection,” 37th
Annual Design Automation Conference (DAC),
M. L. Simpson,
T. J. Paulus, D. M. Binkley, and M. Paulus, “Precision Timing Measurements: Instrumentation and
Fundamentals,” 1995 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium short course,
D. M. Binkley, “Tradeoffs and Optimization in Analog CMOS Design,” all-day tutorial for the Microsystems Strategic Alliance of Quebec (members include the University of Quebec at Montreal, Mc Gill University, Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Concordia University, and other universities and industry) and the Montreal IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, Montreal, Canada, January 30, 2009.
D. M. Binkley, “Tradeoffs and Optimization in Analog CMOS Design,” invited plenary talk for the 14th International Conference Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (MIXDES), Ciechocinek, Poland, June 2007.
D. M. Binkley,
M. Bucher, and D. Kazazis, “Guiding the Designer in Optimizing Analog CMOS Design,” invited plenary talk for the 2003 European Conference on Circuit Theory
and Design (ECCTD), Krakow, Poland, August 2003.
D. M. Binkley, “Tradeoffs and Optimization in Analog CMOS Design,” Polytechnical Institute of Lausanne (EPFL), West Switzerland Chapter of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, Lausanne, Switzerland, July 2007.
D. M. Binkley, “Tradeoffs and Optimization in Analog CMOS Design,” The Technical University of Munich Institute for Electronic Design Automation, Munich, Germany, June 2007.
D. M. Binkley, “Optimizing Analog CMOS Design from Weak through Strong Inversion,” North Carolina State University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Raleigh, North Carolina, January 2005.
D. M. Binkley,
“Optimizing Analog CMOS Design from Weak through Strong Inversion,”
D. M. Binkley,
“Ideas on Building the University Analog, Mixed-Signal, and Radio-Frequency
Electronics Program,” University of Tennessee Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department, Knoxville, Tennessee, April 2003. Similar talks also given
in April 1999 and April 2001.
D. M. Binkley,
“Ultra Low Power and Low Noise MOS Design Methodology,” talk given for
neurobiology researchers, California Institute of Technology,
D. M. Binkley,
“Micropower CMOS Circuit Design for Mixed-Signal
Applications,” Center for Integrated Space Microsystems, NASA Jet Propulsion
Laboratory,
D. M. Binkley, “Perspectives on University Curriculum and Research Development: Synergies with the Semiconductor Industry in North Carolina and the U.S.,” University of North Carolina at Charlotte Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 2000.
D. M. Binkley,
“Overview of Analog, Mixed-Signal, and RF Industry Research Experience with
Perspectives on University Curriculum and Research Development,”
D. M. Binkley,
“Overview of Analog, Mixed-Signal, and RF Industry Research Experience with
Perspectives on University Curriculum and Research Development,” Georgia
Institute of Technology Electrical and Computer Engineering Department,
D. M. Binkley,
“Perspectives on University Research and Curriculum Development for Analog,
Mixed-Signal, and RF Integrated Circuit Design,”
D. M. Binkley,
“CMOS Integrated Circuits for PET Medical Imaging and Micropower,
Battery-Operated Consumer Products,”
D. M. Binkley, “CMOS Integrated Circuits for PET Medical Imaging and Micropower, Battery-Operated Consumer Products,” North Carolina State University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 1997.
D. M. Binkley, “Low Phase Noise Phase-Locked Loops for Frequency Synthesis,” guest lecture at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 1996.
D. M. Binkley, “Design of CMOS Phase-Locked Loops,” guest lecture at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 1996.
D. M. Binkley, M. J. Paulus, and C. L. Britton, “Custom, Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Developed in East Tennessee,” presentation to IEEE East Tennessee/Oak Ridge sections, October 1994.
D. M. Binkley, “New Electronic Systems for ECATs of the Future,” ECAT Technical Users’ Meeting (for Siemens/CTI Positron Emission Tomograph users) held in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, April 1994.
D. M. Binkley,
“Analog CMOS Modeling, and a Micropower CMOS
Operational Amplifier for Switched Capacitor Filters,” guest lectures for
D. M. Binkley, “Integration of Analog Electronics for PET,” presentation to Microelectronics Systems Group, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Tennessee, February 1992.
D. M. Binkley, “Design and Performance of Micropower, Low-Noise, SOI CMOS Electronics for the Extreme Temperature and Radiation Environment of Deep Space,” University Workshop on Mixed-Signal and RF Integrated Circuits for Space Applications, hosted by Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, March 2004.
D. M. Binkley, “Design Methodologies for Micropower, Low-Noise Circuits in Rad-Hard SOI Technology,” Workshop on Low-Power CMOS Integrated Circuits for Instruments and Sensors for NASA Missions, hosted by Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, February 2003.
D. M. Binkley and B. J. Blalock, “Multichannel Front-End Electronics for an Intracortical Probe,” Workshop on Mixed-Signal, Silicon-on-Insulator CMOS Integrated Circuits for Survivable Systems for NASA Deep Space Missions, hosted by Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, February 2002.
D. M. Binkley, “Design Methodologies and Micropower, Low-Noise Preamplifiers in Rad-Hard SOI Technology,” Workshop on Mixed-Signal, Silicon-on-Insulator CMOS Integrated Circuits for Survivable Systems for NASA Deep Space Missions, hosted by Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, February 2002.
D. M. Binkley, “Ultra Low Power and Low Noise MOS Design Methodology,” Partially Depleted, Silicon-on-Insulator CMOS Technology Exchange Meeting with Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Honeywell, Boeing, and University Researchers, hosted by Honeywell Solid State Research Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 2001.
D. M. Binkley,
B. K. Swann, and Scott Puckett, “Current CMOS Research for PET Medical Imaging:
Bias Dependent CMOS Noise, Front-End Electronics, and Subnanosecond
Time-to-Digital Conversion,” 3rd
Southeastern Workshop on Mixed-Signal VLSI and Monolithic Sensors,
B. S. Puckett,
D. M. Binkley, and M. E. Casey, “A Low Current, Low Noise, Wideband Integrated
CMOS Preamplifier for LSO/APD PET Systems,” 3rd
Southeastern Workshop on Mixed-Signal VLSI and Monolithic Sensors,
D. M. Binkley, J. M. Rochelle, and B. K. Swann, “A Micropower CMOS, Direct-Conversion, VLF Receiver Chip for Magnetic-Field Wireless Applications,” 2nd Southeastern Workshop on Mixed-Signal VLSI and Monolithic Sensors, held at The University of Tennessee, April 1998.
D. M. Binkley and J. M. Rochelle, “Custom CMOS Mixed-Signal Chips for PET Medical Imaging and Consumer Products,” 1st Southeastern Workshop on Mixed-Signal VLSI and Monolithic Sensors, held at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 1997.
C. E. Stroud and D. M. Binkley, Sun Computer Workstations valued at $15,264 from Defense Contract Management Agency, August 2002.
· Department Committee Chair
· Analog, mixed-signal, RF electronic design research focus group, 2002 – present.
· Circuits and electronics ABET focus area improvement team, 2001 – 2007.
· Promotion and tenure committee, 2006 – 2007, 2003 – 2004.
· Awards committee, 2004 – 2006.
· Undergraduate curriculum committee, 2006 – 2007.
· Department Committee Member
· Circuits and electronics ABET focus area improvement team, 2007 – present.
· Computer engineering ABET focus area improvement team, 2001 – present.
· Promotion and tenure committee, 2008 – 2009, 2005 – 2006, 2001 – 2002.
· Graduate committee, 2008 - 2009
· Search committee for ECE department chair, 2008 – 2009, 2003 – 2004.
· Search committee for EE faculty associate for laboratories, 2007 – 2008.
· Search committee for ECE faculty member in electronics, 2002 – 2003.
· Strategic planning committee, 2004 – 2006.
· Workload assessment committee, 2000 – 2004.
· Department Representative
· Combined Campaign, 2003 – present.
· Arts and Science Council Campaign, 2003 – present.
· Advise approximately 25 Computer Engineering undergraduate students in fall and spring semesters, 2001 – present.
· Gave presentation, “Analog, Mixed-Signal, and RF Circuit Design Teaching and Research at UNC Charlotte,” UNC Charlotte IEEE student meeting, February 2005.
· Gave seminar with Dr. Chuck Stroud, “Analog and Digital Circuit Design at UNC Charlotte,” UNC Charlotte IEEE student meeting, April 2003.
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· Gave seminar, “Experiences as an Electrical Engineer Working at Small Companies,” UNC Charlotte Freshman Engineering Course, Freshman Engineering, ENGR 1201, January 2003.
· Gave seminar, “22 Years at Three Start-up Companies – Products, People, Planning, Growth, and Successes,” UNC Charlotte Industrial and Technology Management Seminar for Engineering Management course EMGT 6980, April, 2002.
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Delivered, with Dr. Tom Weldon, “Radio Frequency
Design” remotely to
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University Faculty Executive Committee member
representing the
· University Faculty Grievance Committee, chair, 2007 – 2008; member, 2004 – 2007.
· University Faculty Academic Planning and Budget Committee, member, 2007 – 2009.
· University Faculty Council member representing the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2002 – 2003.
· “Students, standards and expectations,” presented at the new faculty orientation panel discussion, “Five Things I’d Like to Tell You,” organized by the office of academic affairs, August 18, 2003. One of five invited senior faculty members.
· Performances as a member (piano) of the UNC Charlotte Faculty Jazz Ensemble.
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Performed with alumnus Kerry Brooks at the Arts
and Science Counsel kick-off reception, February 5, 2002. Spoke about the jazz
community in
· Performed with the John Harding quintet for the UNC Charlotte faculty/staff valentine party, February 16, 2001.
· Performances as a member of the UNC Charlotte Faculty/Student Jazz Ensemble.
· Various class appearances and performances for UNC Charlotte jazz improvisation classes.
Community (
· Coached Science Olympiad for St. Mark’s middle school with regional event at UNC Charlotte, March 2009.
· Presented music programs on jazz for St. Mark’s middle school, March 2009.
· Judged science fair projects for St. Mark’s middle school, January 2009 and January 2008, and for academic games for Our Lady of Assumption elementary school, February 2007.
· Presented “Science and Music” programs for Our Lady of Assumption elementary school, May 2004 and May 2003 (with graduate student Clark Hopper).
· Performed with UNC Charlotte faculty/student jazz ensemble at the NCAA Hornet’s game halftime as part of a national jazz promotion (jazz night) associated with the PBS series, Jazz, January 24, 2001.
· Senior member, IEEE, 1993 - present.
· Member of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits, Circuits and Systems, and Nuclear Science and Plasma societies.
· Tennessee Professional Engineers License, License Number 00015854, issued 1983.
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Chair of the IEEE East
· Vice Chair and program committee chair for the IEEE East Tennessee Section, 1995.
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Session chair for RF Circuits, International
Symposium of Low Power Electronic Design (ISLPED),
· Member of the Analog Signal Processing Technical Committee for the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, June 2002 to June 2007.
· Member of the Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference program committee, 2003.
· Member of the IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) modeling subcommittee (2001). Member of the ISQED 2001 technical program committee.
· Member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Special Study Section 7, review committee for medical imaging research (1995).
· Confidential review for the proposal of a new book covering electrical engineering fundamentals for electrical and computer engineering students, John Wiley and Sons, September 2008.
· Confidential review for the proposal of a new book covering electrical engineering fundamentals for non-electrical engineering students, John Wiley and Sons, 2007.
· R. Jacob Baker and David E. Boyce, CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation with the Layout System for Individuals, second edition, John Wiley and Sons and IEEE Press, 2004.
· IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 1 paper (2007), 1 paper (2004).
· IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, 1 paper (2009), 1 paper (2008), 1 paper (2004), 2 papers (2003).
· IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design, 1 paper (2008).
· IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 1 paper (2008), 2 papers (2006), 1 paper (2005), 4 papers (2004), 3 papers (2003), 2 papers (2002), 2 papers (2001).
· IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2 papers (2003), 3 papers (2002).
· IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, 1 paper (2002).
· Various paper reviews for IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science and IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems prior to 2001.
· IEEE Circuits and Systems Conference (ISCAS), coordinated reviews of 10 papers and reviewed 5 papers (2002).
· IEEE Medical Imaging Conference, 12 summaries (2002).
· IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, 5 summaries (2001).
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IEEE
International Conference on Quality Electronic Design, 13 papers (2001 at
program committee meeting in
· European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, 2 papers (2001).
· Various paper reviews for IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference and IEEE Circuits and Systems Conference prior to 2001.
· National Science Foundation, reviewer for mixed-signal and nano design panel, Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF), May 2004.
· U.S. Department of Energy, Phase-II SBIR Proposals, 1 proposal (2002).
· U.S. Department of Energy, Phase-I SBIR Proposals, 2 proposals (2001).
· Various SBIR proposal reviews for the National Institutes of Health and U.S. Department of Energy prior to 2001.
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Member of the board of directors, 1992 – 2007,
and cofounder, Concorde Microsystems, Inc.,
· Consulted with Concorde Microsystems, 2000 – 2001, in the design of a new PET, 0.5‑mm CMOS front-end circuit containing wideband (100 MHz), variable-gain (10:1), differential amplifiers, a constant fraction discriminator time derivation system, a 312.5‑ps resolution time-to-digital converter, continuous-time energy shaping filters, and bandgap reference, bias, and D/A converter support circuits. Personally designed the constant fraction discriminator system containing wideband, continuous time filters, continuous time autozero circuits, voltage comparators with subnanosecond time dispersion, and logic circuits.
Concorde Microsystems, Inc., (in 2005, became part of Siemens Medical
Solutions)
Vice President Integrated Circuit Development (1998 - 2000)
Co-founder and Part-Time Staff Member (1992 - 1998):
· Founded in 1992, with Drs. Ron Nutt and Jim Rochelle, an organization chartered to develop custom analog and mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuits, and develop new products employing novel measurement and signal processing techniques.
· Developed large portions of complex, custom, CMOS mixed-signal integrated circuits. Over two-million of these integrated circuits have been manufactured for consumer and medical markets.
· Developed, with colleagues, a new generation PET, front-end CMOS integrated circuit having event throughput of 80 ns compared to 300 ns for existing circuits. The integrated circuit, developed in 0.5‑mm CMOS, contains wideband (100 MHz), variable-gain (10:1), differential amplifiers, a constant fraction discriminator time derivation system, a 100‑ps resolution time-to-digital converter (presented in the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, November 2004), continuous-time energy shaping filters, and bandgap reference, bias, and D/A converter support circuits. Directed the development team consisting of an engineer, associate engineer, a university faculty consultant, and university students.
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Developed wideband (100 MHz) CMOS
continuous time filters (these replace external delay lines), continuous time autozero circuits (
· Developed a micropower (80 mA), VLF (10 - 82 kHz), direct-conversion, CMOS receiver containing low flicker-noise preamplifier, automatic gain control (AGC), I/Q mixer, I/Q baseband intermediate frequency (IF) stages, phase locked loop (PLL) synthesized local oscillator, and I/Q sigma-delta A/D converters developed by an associate. This single-chip receiver is designed for new battery operated wireless applications using modulated magnetic fields (presented in the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, March 1998).
· Developed micropower CMOS PLL, crystal oscillator, and switched-capacitor filter circuits used in a battery-operated, magnetic-field receiver integrated circuit. Developed low-distortion, continuous-time reconstruction filter circuits used in two magnetic-field transmitter integrated circuits.
· Developed, with associates, a PET medical imaging, front-end CMOS integrated circuit for use with fast LSO scintillation detectors. This integrated circuit was derived from the front-end CMOS integrated circuit developed for BGO scintillation detectors (see CTI/Siemens PET Systems work experience) and supports the fast 40‑ns decay timeconstant of LSO compared to the 300‑ns decay timeconstant of BGO.
· Developed low-noise (0.65 nV/Hz1/2), wideband (2.4 GHz gain bandwidth), power-efficient (3 mA), 0.8 m CMOS preamplifiers for avalanche photodiode (APD) light detectors coupled to PET scintillators. Research includes power-efficient production of MOSFET transconductance in moderate inversion and use of multiple feedback loops for wideband performance.
· Developed a semiconductor parameter analyzer for characterizing CMOS transistors. Designed custom voltage force, current measurement circuits operating over 10 pA to 100 mA. Analyzer operates using PC-based Visual Basic (software assistance provided by coworkers) to generate device curves and small signal parameter extraction over seven decades of MOSFET drain current.
· Developed low frequency and wideband (100 MHz) CMOS noise measurement instruments. Low frequency noise instrument provides automatic biasing for drain currents from 0.1 ‑ 10,000 mA. Wideband noise measurement system permits device noise measurements below 1 nV/Hz1/2.
· Developed production analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit testing working with integrated circuit test houses using Eagle mixed-signal testers and Sentry testers. Testing included interface circuit design, test algorithm development, and specification of measurements and test limits.
CTI PET Systems, Inc., (in 2005, became part of Siemens Medical
Solutions)
Senior Scientist (1992 - 1998), Senior Development Engineer (1985 - 1992):
· Developed front-end analog and digital electronics used in most commercial PET medical imaging tomographs. Developed circuitry is used in over 200 CTI tomographs at research and clinical hospitals around the world. These tomographs create images of biochemical function within the human body for evaluating diseases of the heart, brain, and whole body. Highly sensitive cancer imaging is currently a primary PET application.
· Developed, with associates, a custom, 2‑mm mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuit providing energy, position, and time measurement from 8 x 8 element BGO scintillation detectors used in PET tomographs. Personally developed patented non-delay-line constant-fraction timing discrimination circuits, low time dispersion (< 0.5 ns) comparators, wideband (100 MHz) continuous-time filters, and gated-baseline restorer autozero circuits. Directed the design of wideband (100 MHz) preamplifiers, variable-gain amplifiers (10:1 gain range at constant 60‑MHz bandwidth), gated integrators, and D/A converters. Directed the development team consisting of a senior engineer, a university faculty consultant, and university students.
· Received, as principal investigator, a $500,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health for research and development of the custom CMOS PET front-end integrated circuit previously described.
· Developed low-noise CMOS preamplifiers for avalanche photodiode (APD) light detectors coupled to scintillators.
· Developed a test set for emulating the energy and position spectral output of 8 x 8 element PET detectors having four photomultiplier outputs. Test set digitally maps uniform random numbers to numbers representing complex energy and position spectra. Spectral values of event energy and position are then converted to shaped analog pulses representing actual detector output signals. Circuitry involves extensive analog and digital circuits, including digital multipliers, registered PLD state machines, PROMs, D/A converters, and precision analog pulse shapers.
· Developed discrete PET front-end circuits (prior to development of custom CMOS integrated circuits) containing discrete devices, wideband operational amplifiers, operational transconductance amplifiers, flash A/D converters, and ECL logic devices.
· Developed discrete time-of-flight PET front-end electronics including a subnanosecond time-to-digital converter having 62.5‑ps timing resolution. Circuitry includes low metastability, ECL synchronization logic combined with fast analog time-to-amplitude conversion coupled to flash A/D converters.
· Developed two generations of automated test circuits for testing complex, mixed-signal, front-end chips. Supervised university COOP students and a test engineer for developing LabWindows and Visual Basic software to control and acquire automated measurements.
· Developed microprocessor based motion control circuits, including high-voltage, power MOSFET H-drivers for operating dc motors.
· Initiated detailed hazard analysis of motion systems critical to patient safety. This resulted in architectures for fundamental emergency stop and use of independent, isolated circuits.
· Developed digital support circuits using 80C196 and 80C51 microprocessors, memory, multipliers, and programmed logic devices. Developed firmware and C programs for microprocessor control and data acquisition.
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Developed C programs for
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Received doctorate degree in electrical
engineering while working full time. Dissertation research included invention
of patented non-delay-line time derivation circuits,
Technology for Energy
Corporation,
Electronic Design Engineer (1978 - 1985):
· Developed analog and digital circuits for nuclear power plant vibration and radiation monitoring systems.
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Developed a radiation hardened, accelerometer
preamplifier (for 2 x 108 rad
gamma dose) used in most
· Developed low-noise, charge-sensitive preamplifiers for ion-chamber instrumentation.
· Developed acoustical monitoring systems for loose-parts detection, relief-valve flow monitoring, diagnostic testing of rotating machinery, and materials testing.
· Developed computer controlled radiation monitoring systems containing electrometer, analog-to-digital conversion, and digital interface circuits.
· Received master’s degree while working full time. Independently developed a low phase noise (‑145 dBc/Hz at 20 kHz carrier offset), 45 ‑ 75 MHz PLL frequency synthesizer for a high dynamic range communications receiver. Low phase noise is required to minimize receiver reciprocal mixing noise.
“Millimeter-Wave CMOS Circuits and Transceivers,” tutorial by Behzad Razavi, 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2008.
“The Craft of Scientific Writing: A Workshop on Technical Writing,” short course by Michael Alley, 2004 SPIE Annual Meeting, August 2004.
“Introduction to bioMEMS,” tutorial by Dennis Polla, IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), February 2003.
“Highly Integrated RF and Wireless Transceivers,” tutorial by Antonio Montalvo, IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), February 2003.
“Design Methodologies and CAD Tools for
Mixed-Signal and RF IC’s,” half-day short course by Georges Gielen
and Geert Van der Plas, Design,
Automation, and Test in
“Metrics, Techniques and New Developments in Mixed-Signal Testing,” one-day short course by Gordon Roberts, 2000 International Test Conference, October 2000.
“IC Techniques for Mixed-Signal DFT and BIST,” one-day short course by Stephen Sunter, 2000 International Test Conference, October 2000.
“Dynamic Functional Imaging (PET, SPECT, and MRI),” one-day short course, 1999 IEEE Nuclear Science and Medical Imaging Symposium, October 1999.
“High Speed Data Converters,” tutorial by Klaas Bult, IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, January 1999.
“MOS Modeling for Deep Submicron CMOS Circuit Simulation,” one-day short course by Daniel Foty, 2nd Southeastern Workshop on Mixed-Signal VLSI and Monolithic Sensors, April 1998.
“Wireless IC Design,” one-day short course, 1997 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, May 1997.
“Advanced
Analog CMOS IC Design Techniques,” one-week course by
“TriQuint Semiconductor GaAs Class,” three-day course, TriQuint Semiconductor, April 1996.
David M. Binkley (senior member,
IEEE, 1993) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees degree in electrical
engineering from the
In 1992, Dr. Binkley cofounded Concorde Microsystems where he and colleagues developed custom, mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuits. Over four-million of these integrated circuits are installed in positron emission tomography (PET) medical imaging tomographs and battery-operated, micropower consumer products. Prior to joining Concorde Microsystems, Dr. Binkley was a senior scientist at CTI PET Systems engaged in research and design of front-end circuits for PET medical imaging tomographs. In 2005, Concorde Microsystems and CTI PET Systems became part of Siemens Molecular Imaging. Dr. Binkley began his career at Technology for Energy Corporation where he developed radiation hardened, analog electronics and other instrumentation for nuclear power applications.
Dr. Binkley was principal
investigator on NIH grants from the National Cancer Institute while in
industry. As principal investigator on university research, he has conducted
research for NASA JPL on micropower, analog CMOS
circuits and for DARPA on design and testing methodologies for mixed-signal
integrated circuits. Dr. Binkley has published over 65 papers and the book, Tradeoffs and Optimization in Analog CMOS
Design, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., June 2008. He has given tutorials or
plenary talks at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD), European Solid-State Circuits
and Device Research Conference (ESSCIRC/ESSDERC), International
Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
International Conference Mixed Design of
Integrated Circuits and Systems (MIXDES),
and Design and Test in Europe (DATE). He has also given invited talks
at the California Institute of Technology,
· Married to Jacqueline Lee Wimsatt with two children, Anna and Christopher (seventh grade).
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Professional jazz pianist, composer having
performed extensively in the
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Presented composition, Friends through the years, at the Composers Showcase at the International Jazz Composers Symposium,
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Performed with the
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Trio performed one night a week regularly for
five years at Ivory’s, and duo performed one night a week regularly for three
years at Regas Restaurant in
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Performed at First Street Cafe and other small
venues in
· Performed several live concerts over WUOT public radio from the Knoxville Museum of Art.
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Main stage performer, with quartet (piano,
saxophone, string bass, and drums), at the First Annual, Tennessee Jazz
Festival in
· Inaugural and repeat performer, with trio, for the East Tennessee Jazz Society.
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Interviewed about jazz piano performances by
public radio station WUOT, the Charlotte Weekly Newspaper, and the Knoxville
News Sentinel Newspaper. Jazz trio performance was featured by a
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Music endorsed by internationally recognized
jazz pianist/composer Donald Brown: “David is one of the best kept secrets in
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President of
· Individual member of Research!America, an advocacy group for medical research.
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Invited panelist for
· Wildflower and scenic photography has received first place and honorable mention awards at East Tennessee Dogwood Arts Festival and TVA&I Fair.
· Hobbies include amateur radio (WB4TQM), photography, water skiing, and running.