Ph.D. Thesis “VLSI-Compatible Si/SiGe/Si p-MOSFETs” University of Toronto, 1994.



Patents


  1. M.A. Copeland, S.P. Voinigescu, D. Marchesan, “Method and apparatus for performing image signal rejection” US Patent No: 6542724.

  2. S.P. Voinigescu and M.C. Maliepaard on "High frequency noise and impedance matched integrated circuits" US Patent No: 5789799

  3. X-M. Li, S.P. Voinigescu, "Method for forming a lateral bipolar transistor", US Patent No: 5624856.


Book Chapters

  1. S.P. Voinigescu, S.T. Nicolson, E. Laskin, K. Tang, and P. Chevalier, “SiGe BiCMOS and CMOS Transceiver Blocks for Automotive Radar and Imaging Applications in the 80-160 GHz Range”, in “Analog Circuit Design” pp. 303-326, edited by Herman Casier, Michiel Steyaert and Arthur H.M. van Roermund, 2008, Springer 2008, ISBN 978-1-4020-8262-7.

  2. S.T. Nicolson, K.W. Tang, T.O. Dickson, P. Chevalier, B. Sautreuil, and S. P. Voinigescu, Design of Silicon Integrated Circuit W-Band Low Noise Amplifiers,” in “Wireless technologies: Circuits, Systems, and Devices,” edited by Krysztof Iniewski, CRC Press, Oct. 2007, ISBN:978-0-84937-9-963.

  3. S.P. Voinigescu, T.O. Dickson, M. Gordon, C. Lee, T. Yao, A. Mangan, K. Tang, and K. Yau, “RF and Millimeter-Wave IC Design in the Nano-(Bi)CMOS Era,” in Si- based Semiconductor Components for Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits (RF IC), pp.33-62, Editor: Will Z. Cai, Transworld Research Network, 2006 ISBN:81-7895-196-7

  4. S.P. Voinigescu, D.S. McPherson, F. Pera, S. Szilagyi, M. Tazlauanu, and H. Tran, "A Comparison of Silicon and III-V Technology Performance and Building Block Implementations for 10 and 40 Gb/s Optical Networking ICs," IJHSES, Vol.13, No.1, and book chapter in Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits, pp.27-58, 2003. paper.pdf


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Journal Papers

  1. E. Laskin, M. Khanpour, S.T. Nicolson, A. Tomkins, P. Garcia, A. Cathelin, D. Belot, and S.P. Voinigescu, “Nanoscale CMOS Transceiver Design in the 90-170 GHz Range, “, EEE Trans. MTT, Vol.57, in press , Dec. 2009.

  2. N. Revil, P. Chevalier, S. Pruvost, J. Bouvier, G. Avenier, G. Troillard, L. Depoyan, M. Buczko, S. Montusclat, A. Margain, S.T Nicolson, K.H.K Yau, D. Gloria, M. Diop, N. Loubet, N. Derrier, C. Leyris, S. Boret, D. Dutartre, S.P. Voinigescu, A. Chantre,“0.13 mm SiGe BiCMOS Technology Fully Dedicated to mm-Wave Applications“ IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, Vol.44, No.8, pp. 2312-2321, September 2009.

  3. A. Tomkins, R.A. Aroca, T. Yamamoto, S.T. Nicolson, Y. Doi, S.P. Voinigescu, “A Zero-IF 60GHz 65nm CMOS Transceiver with Direct BPSK Modulation Demonstrating up to 6Gb/s Data Rates Over a 2m Wireless Link,” IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, Vol.44, No.8, pp. 2085-2099, August 2009.

  4. S. Shahramian, S.P. Voinigescu, and A.C. Carusone,“ A 35-GS/s 4-bit Flash ADC with Active Data and Clock Distribution Trees,'' IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, Vol. Vol.44, No.6, pp.1709-1720, June 2009.

  5. A. Hart and S.P. Voinigescu ''1 GHz Bandwidth Low-Pass ADC with 20-50 GHz Adjustable Sampling Rate,'' IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, Vol.44, No.5, pp.1401-1414. May 2009.

  6. S.T. Nicolson, P. Chevalier, B. Sautreuil, and S.P. Voinigescu, “Single-Chip W-Band SiGe HBT Transceivers and Receivers for Doppler Radar and Millimeter-Wave Imaging,“ IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol.43, No.10, pp. 2206-2217, October 2008.

  7. R. A. Aroca and S. P. Voinigescu, “A Large Swing, 40-Gb/s SiGe BiCMOS Driver with Adjustable Pre-Emphasis for Data Transmission over 75W Coaxial Cable“ IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol.43, No.10, pp.2177-2186, October 2008.

  8. M. Khanpour, K.W. Tang, P. Garcia, and S. P. Voinigescu, “A Wideband W-Band Receiver Front-End in 65-nm CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol.43, No.8, pp.1717-1730, August. 2008.

  9. S.T. Nicolson, K.H.K. Yau, S. Pruvost, V. Danelon, P. Chevalier, P. Garcia, A. Chantre, B. Sautreuil, and S.P. Voinigescu, “A Low-Voltage SiGe BiCMOS 77-GHz Automotive Radar Chipset,“ IEEE Trans. MTT, Vol.56, pp. 1092-1104, May 2008.

  10. E. Laskin, P. Chevalier, A. Chantre, B. Sautreuil and S.P. Voinigescu, “165-GHz Transceiver in SiGe Technology,” accepted IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol.43, No.5, pp.1087-1100, May 2008.

  11. T.O. Dickson and S. P. Voinigescu, “Low-power circuits for a 10.7-to-86 Gb/s serial transmitter in 130-nm SiGe BiCMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol.42, No.10, pp. 2077-2085, Oct. 2007. paper.pdf

  12. S.T. Nicolson, K.H.K Yau, P. Chevalier, A. Chantre, B. Sautreuil, K.A. Tang, and S.P. Voinigescu, ''Design and Scaling of W-Band SiGe BiCMOS VCOs,'' IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol.42, No.9, pp.1821-1833. Sept. 2007. paper.pdf

  13. T. Chalvatzis, K.H.K. Yau, P. Schvan, M.T. Yang, and S.P. Voinigescu, “Low voltage topologies for 40+ Gb/s circuits in nanoscale CMOS,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol.42, No.7, pp.1564-1573, July. 2007. paper.pdf

  14. T. Chalvatzis, E. Gagnon, M. Repeta and S.P. Voinigescu, ''A Low-Noise 40-GS/s Continuous-Time Bandpass Delta-Sigma ADC Centered at 2GHz for Direct Sampling Receivers,'' IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits. Vol.42, No.5, pp.1065-1075, May. 2007. paper.pdf

  15. T. Yao, M.Q. Gordon, K.K.W. Tang, K.H.K. Yau, M-T Yang, P. Schvan, and S. P. Voinigescu, ''Algorithmic Design of CMOS LNAs and PAs for 60-GHz Radio,'' IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits. Vol.42, No.5, pp.1044-1057, May. 2007. paper.pdf

  16. A. Garg, A.C. Carusone, and S.P. Voinigescu, “A 1-Tap 40-Gbs Lookahead Decision Feedback Equalizer in 0.18mm SiGe BiCMOS Technology,” IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits. Vol.41, No.10, pp.2224-2232, Oct. 2006. paper.pdf

  17. S. Shahramian, A.C. Carusone, and S.P. Voinigescu, “A 40-GSamples/Sec Track & Hold Amplifier in 0.18mm SiGe BiCMOS Technology,” IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits. Vol.41, No.10, pp.2233-2240, Oct. 2006. paper.pdf

  18. E. Laskin and S.P. Voinigescu, “A 60 mW per Lane, 4 × 23-Gb/s 27-1 PRBS Generator,” IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, Vol.41, No.10, pp.2198-2208,Oct. 2006. paper.pdf

  19. T.O. Dickson, K.H.K. Yau, T. Chalvatzis, A. Mangan, R. Beerkens, P. Westergaard, M. Tazlauanu, M.T Yang, and S. P. Voinigescu, “The Invariance of Characteristic Current Densities in Nanoscale MOSFETs and its Impact on Algorithmic Design Methodologies and Design Porting of Si(Ge) (Bi)CMOS High-Speed Building Blocks,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 1830-1845, Aug. 2006. paper.pdf

  20. A.M. Mangan, S.P. Voinigescu, M.T. Yang, and M. Tazlauanu, “De-Embedding Transmission Line Measurements for accurate Modelling of IC Designs,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev., Vol. ED-53, pp.235-241, No.2, 2006. paper.pdf

  21. T.O. Dickson, E. Laskin, I. Khalid1, R. Beerkens1, J. Xie1, B. Karajica1, S.P. Voinigescu, “An 80-Gb/s 231-1 Pseudo-Random Binary Sequence Generator in SiGe BiCMOS Technology”, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 40, no. 12, pp. 2735-2745, Dec. 2005. paper.pdf

  22. T.O. Dickson, R. Beerkens, and S.P. Voinigescu, “A 2.5-V, 45-Gb/s Decision Circuit Using SiGe BiCMOS Logic”, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol.40, No.4, pp.994-1003, 2005. paper.pdf

  23. T.O. Dickson, M.-A. LaCroix, S. Boret, D. Gloria, R. Beerkens, and S.P. Voinigescu, “30-100 GHz Inductors and Transformers for Millimeter-wave (Bi)CMOS Integrated Circuits”, IEEE Trans. MTT, Vol.53, No.1, pp.123-133, 2005. paper.pdf

  24. H. Tran, F. Pera, D.S. McPherson, D. Viorel, and S. P. Voinigescu, “6-kOhm, 43-Gb/s Differential Transimpedance-Limiting Amplifier with Auto-Zero Feedback and High Dynamic Range”, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol.39, No.10, pp.1680-1689, 2004. paper.pdf

  25. D.S. McPherson, F. Pera, M. Tazlauanu and S.P. Voinigescu, "A 3V Fully Differential Distributed Limiting Driver for 40 Gb/s Optical Transmission Systems, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol.38, No.9, pp.1485-1496, 2003. paper.pdf

  26. H. Djahanshahi, N. Saniei, S.P. Voinigescu, M.C. Maliepaard, C.A.T. Salama, "A 20GHz InP-HBT Voltage-Controlled Oscillator with Wide Frequency Tuning Range," IEEE Trans. on MTT, Vol.49, No.9, pp. 1566-1572, Sept. 2001. paper.pdf

  27. M.A. Copeland, S.P. Voinigescu, D. Marchesan, P. Popescu, and M.C. Maliepaard ,"5GHz SiGe HBT Monolithic Radio Transceiver With Tunable Filtering," IEEE Trans. on MTT, Vol. 48, No.2, pp.170-181, Feb. 2000. paper

  28. S. P. Voinigescu, M. C. Maliepaard, J.L. Showell, G. Babcock, D. Marchesan, M. Schroter, P. Schvan, and D. L. Harame, "A Scalable High Frequency Noise Model for Bipolar Transistors with Application to Optimal Transistor Sizing for Low-Noise Amplifier Design", IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol.32, No.9, pp.1430-1438, 1997. paper

  29. V. Van, M.J. Deen, J. Kendall, D.S. Malhi, S. Voinigescu, and M. Schroter, “DC extraction of the base and emitter resistances in polysilicon-emitter npn BJTs,” Can.J.Phys., Vol.74, pp.172-176, 1996.

  30. S. Voinigescu, P.B. Rabkin, C.A.T. Salama, and P. Blakey, "2D Numerical Investigation of the Impact of Compositional Grading on the Performance of Submicrometer Si/SiGe MOSFET's,"IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev., Vol. ED-42, pp.1039-1046, 1995. paper

  31. S.P. Voinigescu, K. Iniewski, R. Lisak, C.A.T. Salama, J.-P. Noel, and D.C.Houghton, "New technique for the characterization of Si/SiGe layers using heterostructure MOS capacitors," Solid-St. Electronics, Vol. 37, pp. 1491-1501, 1994. paper

  32. K. Iniewski, S. Voinigescu, J. Atcha, and C.A.T. Salama, "Analytical modeling of threshold voltages in p-channel Si/SiGe/Si MOS structures," Solid-St. Electronics, vol.36, pp.775-783, 1993. paper

  33. S. Voinigescu, M. Schumacher, K. Iniewski, R. Lisak, and Z. Parpia, “Emerging SiGe Technology – A review,” Electron Technology, Vol.26, pp.25-64, 1993.

  34. S. Voinigescu and C.A.T. Salama, "Optimal channel grading in p-type Si/SiGe metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs)," Can.J.Phys., Vol.70, pp.975-978, 1992.

  35. S. Voinigescu and A. Muller, "Charge Dynamics in Heterostructure Schottky-Gate Capacitors and Their Influence on the Transconductance and Low-Frequency Capacitance of MODFET's," IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev., Vol.ED-36, pp.2320-2327, 1989. paper

  36. S. Voinigescu, A. Muller, and C. Anton, "Auger recombination in heavily-doped p+ silicon," Solid-St. Phenomena, Vols.6,7, pp.315-322, 1989. paper

  37. A. Muller and S. Voinigescu, "Heavy doping effects on the I-V and stored charge characteristics of narrow base PIN diodes," Solid-St. Electronics, vol.32, pp.593-601, 1989. paper

  38. S. Voinigescu, "Quantum modelling of charge distribution in single and multiple heterojunction modfets," Int. J.Electronics, vol.66, pp.227-245, 1989. paper


Papers at Refereed International Conferences


  1. E. Laskin, P. Chevalier, B. Sautreuil, and S. P. Voinigescu, ”A 140-GHz Double-Sideband Transceiver with Amplitude and Frequency Modulation Operating over a few Meters,” accepted at IEEE BCTM, Capri, Italy, Oct. 2009.

  2. A. Balteanu and S.P. Voinigescu, ”A Cable Equalizer with 31 dB of Adjustable Peaking at 52 GHz,” accepted at IEEE BCTM, Capri, Italy, Oct. 2009.

  3. A. Tomkins, P. Garcia, and S. P. Voinigescu, ”A Passive W-Band Imager in 65nm Bulk CMOS” accepted at IEEE CSICS, Greensboro, N.C, Oct. 2009.

  4. I. Sarkas, S.T. Nicolson, A. Tomkins, E. Laskin, P. Chevalierm B. Sautreuil, and S.P. Voinigescu, ”A 12-Gb/s, Direct QPSK Modulation, SiGe BiCMOS Transceiver for Last Mile Links in the 70-80 GHz Band” accepted at IEEE CSICS, Greensboro, N.C, Oct. 2009.

  5. I. Sarkas, M. Khanpour, A. Tomkins, P. Chevalier, P. Garcia, and S.P. Voinigescu, "W-band 65-nm CMOS and SiGe BiCMOS Transmitter and Receiver with Lumped I-Q Phase Shifters," IEEE RFIC Symposium, Digest, pp.441-444, June 2009.

  6. S.P. Voinigescu, M. Khanpour, S.T. Nicolson, A. Tomkins, E. Laskin, A Cathelin, and D. Belot, "CMOS Receivers in the 100-140 GHz Range," IEEE IMS, Digest, pp.193-196, June 2009.

  7. K.H.K. Yau, M. Khanpour, M-T. Yang, P. Schvan, S.P. Voinigescu, "On-die Source-Pull for the Characterization of the W-band Noise Performance of 65nm General Purpose (GP) and Low Power (LP) n-MOSFETs" IEEE IMS, Digest, pp. 773-776, June 2009.

  8. A. Hart, T. Chalvatzis, P. Garcia, and S.P. Voinigescu, “mm-Wave Delta-Sigma Modulators,” IEEE CSICS Digest pp.183-186, Monterey, CA, October 2008. (invited)

  9. A. Tomkins, P. Garcia and S.P. Voinigescu, "A 94GHz SPST Switch in 65nm Bulk CMOS", IEEE CSICS Digest, pp.139-142, Monterey, CA, October 2008.

  10. S. Shahramian, A.C. Carusone, P. Schvan, and S.P. Voinigescu, “ An 81Gb/s, 1.2V TIALA-retimer in Standard 65nm CMOS” IEEE CSICS Digest, pp. 215-218, Monetery, CA, October 2008.

  11. G. Avenier, P. Chevalier, B. Vandelle, F. Brossard, L. Depoyan, M. Buczko, S. Boret, S. Montusclat, A. Margain, S.T. Nicolson, K.H.K. Yau, D. Gloria, D. Dutartre, S.P. Voinigescu and A. Chantre, 0.13m SiGe BiCMOS technology for mm-wave applications,?” IEEE BCTM, Monterey, CA, October 2008 (invited).

  12. A. Hart and S.P. Voinigescu, “A SiGe BiCMOS Operational Amplifier with 48dB of Gain and 9GHz Unity Gain Bandwidth” 2008 IEEE BCTM, Monterey, CA, October 2008.

  13. A. Tomkins, R.A. Aroca, T. Yamamoto, S.T. Nicolson, Y. Doi, S.P. Voinigescu, “A Zero-IF 60GHz Transceiver in 65nm CMOS with > 3.5Gb/s Links,” IEEE CICC Digest, pp. 471-474, San Jose, CA, September 2008.

  14. P. Garcia, A. Chantre, S. Pruvost, P. Chevalier, S.T. Nicolson, S.P. Voinigescu, C. Garnier, “Will BiCMOS stay competitive for mmW applications?”, IEEE CICC, San Jose, CA, September 2008. (invited)

  15. R.A. Aroca, A. Tomkins, Y. Doi, T. Yamamoto and S.P. Voinigescu, “Circuit Performance Characterization of Digital 45-nm CMOS Technology for Applications around 110 GHz,” IEEE VLSI Circuits Symposium Digest, pp.162-163, Honolulu, June 2008.

  16. S.T. Nicolson, A. Tomkins, K.W. Tang, A. Cathelin, D. Belot, and S.P. Voinigescu, “A 1.2V, 140GHz Receiver with On-Die Antenna in 65nm CMOS,” IEEE RFIC Symposium, Digest, pp.239-242, June 2008.

  17. E. Laskin, K.W. Tang, P. Chevalier, A. Chantre, B. Sautreuil, and S.P. Voinigescu, “170-GHz Transceiver with On-Chip Antennas in SiGe Technology,” IEEE RFIC Symposium, Digest, pp.637-640, June 2008.

  18. A. Hart and S.P. Voinigescu, “A 1GHz Bandwidth Low-Pass ∆Σ ADC with 20GHz to 50GHz Adjustable Sampling Rate,” IEEE RFIC Symposium, Digest, pp.181-184, June 2008.

  19. T. Chalvatzis and S.P. Voinigescu, “A 4.5 to 5.8 GHz Tunable ΔΣ Digital Receiver with Q Enhancement,” pp. IEEE IMS, June 2008. (2nd. Best Student Paper Award)

  20. E. Laskin, M. Khanpour, R. Aroca, K.W. Tang, P. Garcia, S.P. Voinigescu, “95GHz Receiver with Fundamental Frequency VCO and Static Frequency Divider in 65nm Digital CMOS,” IEEE ISSCC Digest, pp.180-181, Feb. 2008. (Beatrice Winner Award)

  21. S.T. Nicolson, P. Chevalier, A. Chantre, B. Sautreuil and S.P. Voinigescu, “A 77-79GHz Doppler Radar Transceiver in Silicon,” IEEE CSICS, pp. 252-255, Oct. 2007. Slides & paper

  22. M. Khanpour, S.P. Voinigescu, and M.T. Yang, ''A High-Gain, Low-Noise, +6dBm PA in 90nm CMOS for 60-GHz Radio,” IEEE CSICS, pp. 121-124, Oct. 2007. Slides & paper

  23. R.A. Aroca and S.P. Voinigescu, ''A Large Swing 40-Gb/s SiGe BiCMOS Driver with Adjustable Pre-Emphasis for Data Transmission over 75W Coaxial Cable,” IEEE CSICS, pp. 169-172, Oct. 2007. Slides & paper

  24. K.W. Tang, M. Khanpour, P. Garcia, C. Garnier, and S.P. Voinigescu, ''65-nm CMOS, W-Band Receivers for Imaging Applications,” IEEE CICC, pp.749-752, San Jose, CA, Sept. 2007. Slides & paper

  25. S.P. Voinigescu, R. Aroca, T.O. Dickson, S.T. Nicolson, T. Chalvatzis, P. Chevalier, P. Garcia, C. Garnier, and B. Sautreuil, ''Towards a sub-2.5V, 100-Gb/s Serial Transceiver,” IEEE CICC, pp.471-478, San Jose, CA, Sept. 2007 (invited). Slides & paper

  26. T. Chalvatzis, T.O. Dickson, and S.P. Voinigescu, ''A 2-GHz Direct Sampling Delta-Sigma Tunable Receiver with 40-GHz Sampling Clock and on-chip PLL,” IEEE VLSI Symp. Digest, pp.54-55, Kyoto, Japan, June. 2007. Slides & paper

  27. E. Laskin, P. Chevalier, A. Chantre, B. Sautreuil and S.P. Voinigescu, “80-GHz/160-GHz Transceiver in SiGe HBT Technology,” IEEE RFIC Symp. Digest, pp. 153-156, Honolulu, HI, June. 2007. Slides & paper

  28. S.T. Nicolson, K.K.W. Tang, K.H.K. Yau, P. Chevalier, B. Sautreuil and S.P. Voinigescu, “A 2.5V 77GHz Automotive Radar Chipset,” IEEE Int. Microwave Symp. Digest, pp.487-490, Honolulu, HI, June. 2007. Slides & paper

  29. S.P. Voinigescu, S.T. Nicolson, M. Khanpour, K.K.W. Tang, K.H.K. Yau, N. Seyedfathi, A.Timonov, A. Nachman, G. Eleftheriades, P. Schvan, and M.T. Yang, ''CMOS SOCs at 100 GHz: System Architectures, Device Characterization, and IC Design Examples,'' IEEE ISCAS, New Orleans, pp.1971-1974, May 2007 (invited) Slides & paper

  30. K. H. K. Yau, A. M. Mangan, P. Chevalier, P. Schvan, and S.P. Voinigescu, “A Scalable Transmission-Line Based Technique for De-Embedding Noise Parameters,” Proceedings of IEEE Int. Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures, pp. 237-242, Japan, March 2007. paper

  31. K. H. K. Yau, K. K. W. Tang, P. Schvan, P. Chevalier, B. Sautreuil and S. P. Voinigescu, “The Invariance of the Noise Impedance in n-MOSFETs across Technology Nodes and its Application to the Algorithmic Design of Tuned Low Noise Amplifiers,” Si Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, pp. 245-248, Jan. 2007. paper

  32. P. Chevalier, B. Barbalat, M. Laurens, B. Vandelle, L. Rubaldo, B. Geynet, S.P. Voinigescu, T.O. Dickson, N. Zerounian, S. Chouteau, D. Dutartre, A. Monroy, B. Sautreui1, F. Aniel, G. Dambrine, and A. Chantre, “High-Speed SiGe BiCMOS Technologies: 120-nm Status and End-of-Roadmap Challenges,” Si Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, pp.18-23, Jan. 2007. (invited) paper

  33. P. Chevalier, D. Gloria, P. Scheer, S.P. Voinigescu, T.O. Dickson, E. Laskin, S.T. Nicolson, T. Chalvatzis, K.H.K. Yau, S. Pruvost, F. Gianesello, F. Pourchon, P. Garcia, J.-C. Vildeuil, A. Chantre, C. Garnier, and O. Noblanc “Advanced SiGe BiCMOS and CMOS platforms for Optical and Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits,” IEEE CSICS, pp. 12-15, Nov. 2006 (invited). Paper

  34. S.T. Nicolson and S.P. Voinigescu, “Methodology for Simultaneous Noise and Impedance Matching in W-Band LNAs,” IEEE CSICS, San Antonio, pp. 279-282, Nov. 2006. Slides & Paper

  35. T.O. Dickson and S.P. Voinigescu., “Low-power circuits for a 10.7-to-86 Gb/s 80-Gb/s serial transmitter in 130-nm SiGe BiCMOS,” IEEE CSICS, pp.235-238, Nov. 2006. Slides & Paper

  36. D. Alldred, B. Cousins and S.P. Voinigescu, “A 1.2V, 60GHz radio receiver with on-chip transformers and inductors in 90nm CMOS,” IEEE CSICS, pp.51-54, Nov. 2006. Slides & Paper

  37. K.W. Tang, S. Leung, N. Tieu, P. Schvan, and S.P. Voinigescu, “Frequency Scaling and Topology Comparison of mm-wave CMOS VCOs,” IEEE CSICS, pp.55-58, Nov. 2006. Slides & Paper

  38. S.T. Nicolson, K.H.K. Yau, P. Chevalier, A. Chantre, B. Sautreuil, and S.P. Voinigescu., “Design and Scaling of SiGe BiCMOS VCOs Operating near 100 GHz,” IEEE BCTM Digest, pp.142-145, Oct. 2006. (Best Student Paper Award) Slides & Paper

  39. E. Laskin, S.T. Nicolson, P. Chevalier, A. Chantre, B. Sautreuil, and S.P. Voinigescu. “Low-Power, Low-Phase Noise SiGe HBT Static Frequency Divider Topologies up to 100 GHz,” IEEE BCTM Digest, pp.235-238, Oct. 2006. Slides & Paper

  40. S.P. Voinigescu, T. Chalvatzis, K.H.K. Yau, A. Hazneci, A. Garg, S. Shahramian, T. Yao, M. Gordon, T.O. Dickson, E. Laskin, S.T. Nicolson, A.C. Carusone, L. Tchoketch-Kebir, O. Yuryevich, G. Ng, B. Lai, and P. Liu, “SiGe BiCMOS for Analog, High-Speed Digital and Millimetre-Wave Applications Beyond 50 GHz,” IEEE BCTM Digest, pp.223-230, Oct. 2006. (Invited). Slides & Paper

  41. T. Chalvatzis, K.H.K. Yau, P. Schvan, M.T. Yang, and S.P. Voinigescu, “A 40-Gb/s Decision Circuit in 90-nm CMOS,” IEEE ESSCIRC Digest, pp.512-515, Sept. 2006. Slides & Paper

  42. S. Shahramian, S.P. Voinigescu and A.C. Carusone, “A 30-GSamples/Sec Track and Hold Amplifier in 0.13mm CMOS Technology,” IEEE CICC Digest, pp. 493-496, San Jose, CA, Sept. 2006. Slides & Paper

  43. F. Pera and S.P. Voinigescu, “An SOI CMOS, High Gain and Low Noise Transimpedance-Limiting Amplifier for 10Gb/s Applications,” IEEE RFIC Symposium Digest, pp. 401-404, June 2006.

  44. T. Chalvatzis and S.P. Voinigescu, A Low-Noise 40-GS/s Continuous-Time Bandpass ΔΣ ADC Centered at 2GHz,” IEEE RFIC Symposium Digest, pp. 323-326, June 2006. (2nd Best Student Paper Award). Slides & Paper

  45. T. Yao, M. Gordon, K. Yau, M.T. Yang, and S.P. Voinigescu “60-GHz PA and LNA in 90-nm RF-CMOS,” IEEE RFIC Symposium Digest, pp. 147-150, June 2006. Slides & Paper

  46. T. Yao, L.Tchoketch-Kebir, O. Yuryevich, M.Q. Gordon, and S.P. Voinigescu, “65GHz Doppler Radar Transceiver with On-Chip Antenna in 0.18μm SiGe BiCMOS,” IEEE IMS Digest, pp.1493-1496, June 2006 Slides & Paper

  47. M.Q. Gordon, T. Yao, and S.P. Voinigescu,”65-GHz Receiver in SiGe BiCMOS Using Monolithic Inductors and Transformers” Si Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, Technical Digest pp.265-268, Jan. 2006. (Best Student Paper Award). Slides & Paper

  48. T.O. Dickson and S.P. Voinigescu,”SiGe BiCMOS Topologies for Low-Voltage Millimeter-Wave Voltage-Controlled Oscillators and Frequency Dividers” Si Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, Technical Digest pp.273-276, Jan. 2006. Paper

  49. G. Ng., B. Lai, P. Liu, and S.P. Voinigescu, ”1 GHz Opamp-Based Bandpass Filter,” Si Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, Technical Digest pp.369-372, Jan. 2006. Paper

  50. K.H.K. Yau and S.P. Voinigescu, ”Modeling and Extraction of SiGe HBT Noise Parameters from Measured Y-Parameters and Accounting for Noise Correlation,” Si Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, Technical Digest pp.226-229, Jan. 2006. Paper

  51. A. Garg, A.C. Carusone, and S.P. Voinigescu, “A 1-Tap 40-Gbs Lookahead Decision Feedback Equalizer in 0.18mm SiGe BiCMOS Technology,” IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Symposium, Technical Digest, pp.37-41, Nov.2005. Slides & Paper

  52. S. Shahramian, A.C. Carusone, and S.P. Voinigescu, “A 40-GSamples/Sec Track & Hold Amplifier in 0.18mm SiGe BiCMOS Technology,” IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Symposium, Technical Digest, pp.101-104, Nov. 2005 (Best Paper Award). Paper

  53. E. Laskin and S.P. Voinigescu, “A 60 mW per Lane, 4 × 23-Gb/s 27-1 PRBS Generator,” IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Symposium, Technical Digest, pp.192-195, Nov. 2005. Slides & Paper

  54. S.P. Voinigescu, R. Beerkens, T. O. Dickson, and T. Chalvatzis, “Design Methodology and Applications of SiGe BiCMOS Cascode Opamps with up to 37-GHz Unity Gain Bandwidth,” IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Symposium, Technical Digest, pp.283-286, Nov. 2005. Slides & Paper

  55. S.P. Voinigescu, T.O. Dickson, T. Chalvatzis, A. Hazneci, E. Laskin, R. Beerkens, and I. Khalid, “Algorithmic Design Methodologies and Design Porting of Wireline Transceiver IC Building Blocks Between Technology Nodes,” IEEE CICC, pp.111-118, San Jose, CA, Sept. 2005 (Invited). Slides & Paper

  56. S.P. Voinigescu, M. Gordon, C. Lee, T. Yao, A. Mangan, and K. Yau, “System-on-Chip Design Beyond 50 GHz,” International Workshop on SOC, pp.10-13, Banff, July 20, 2005 (Invited) Slides & Paper

  57. M.T. Yang, Patricia P.C. Ho, T.J. Yeh, Y.J. Wang, Darryl C. W. Kuo, C. W. Kuo, S.C. Yang, Alain Mangan, Sorin P. Voinigescu, Sally Liu, “On the Millimeter-Wave Characteristics and Model of On-Chip Interconnect Transmission Lines Up to 110 GHz,” IEEE MTT-S Digest, paper:TH3F-1 June 2005.

  58. M. Racanelli, S. Voinigescu and P. Kempf, “High Performance SiGe BiCMOS Technology,” IEEE/ACES International Conference on Wireless Communications and Applied Computational Electromagnetics, Honolulu, Hawaii, April. 2005, (Invited)

  59. T.O. Dickson, E. Laskin, I. Khalid1, R. Beerkens1, J. Xie1, B. Karajica1, S.P. Voinigescu, “A 72Gb/s 231-1 PRBS Generator in SiGe BiCMOS Technology”, ISSCC-Digest, pp.342-343, 2005. paper.pdf

  60. A. Hazneci and S. P. Voinigescu, 49-Gb/s, 7-Tap Transversal Filter in 0.18mm SiGe BiCMOS for Backplane Equalization IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Symposium, Monterey, CA, Technical Digest, pp.101-104, Oct.2004, paper (pdf) and slides

  61. C. Lee, T. Yao, A. Mangan, K. Yau, M. A. Copeland, and S. P. Voinigescu, “SiGe BiCMOS 65-GHz BPSK Transmitter and 30 to 122 GHz LC-Varactor VCOs with up to 21% Tuning Range,” IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Symposium, Monterey, CA, Technical Digest, pp.179-182, Oct. 2004 (invited) paper and slides

  62. Paul Westergaard, Timothy O. Dickson, and Sorin P. Voinigescu, “A 1.5-V, 20/30-Gb/s CMOS Backplane Driver with Digital Pre-emphasis,” Proceedings of the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, pp.23-26, Orlando, FL, Oct. 2004. paper.pdf

  63. S.P. Voinigescu, T.O. Dickson, and R. Beerkens, I. Khalid, and P. Westergaard, “A Comparison of Si CMOS, SiGe BiCMOS, and InP HBTs Technologies for High-Speed and Millimeter-wave ICs,” Si Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, pp.111-114, Atlanta, GA, Sept. 2004. (Invited) paper (pdf) and slides

  64. M. Gordon and S.P. Voinigescu, “An Inductor-based 52-GHz, 0.18 mm SiGe BiCMOS Cascode LNA with 22 dB Gain,” IEEE ESSCIRC, pp.287-291, Leuven, Belgium, Sept. 2004. paper (pdf) and slides

  65. T. O. Dickson, R. Beerkens, and S. P. Voinigescu, “A 2.5-V, 40-Gb/s Decision Circuit Using SiGe BiCMOS Logic”, VLSI Symposium, Digest of Papers, pp. 206-209, June 2004, (Best Student Paper Award). paper

  66. M.T. Yang, T.J. Yeh, Y. J. Wang, Patricia P.C. Ho, Y. R. Lin, Darry C.W. Kuo, Sorin P. Voinigescu, Mihai Tazlauanu, Y.T. Chia, K.L. Young, “Foundry 0.13 um CMOS Modeling for MS/Wave SOC Design at 10 GHz and Beyond”, RFIC Symposium, Digest of Papers, pp.167-170, June 2004.

  67. T. O. Dickson, M.-A. LaCroix, S. Boret, D. Gloria, R. Beerkens, and S. P. Voinigescu, “Si-based Inductors and Transformers for 30-100 GHz Applications”, IEEE MTT-S Digest, pp. 205-208, June 2004, (Best Student Paper Finalist) paper

  68. M.T. Yang, P.C. Ho, C.K. Lin, T.J. Yeh, S.P. Voinigescu, M. Tazlauanu, Y.T. Chia, K.L. Young, “BSIM4 High-Frequency Model Verification for 0.13 um RF-CMOS Technology,” IEEE MTT-S Digest, pp. 1049-1052 June 2004.

  69. S.P. Voinigescu, M. Tazlauanu, P.C. Ho, and M.T. Yang,“Direct Extraction Methodology for Geometry-Scalable RF-CMOS Models”, Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures, Vol.17, pp.235-240, March 2004. paper.

  70. H. Tran, F. Pera, D.S. McPherson, D. Viorel, and S. P. Voinigescu, “6-kOhm, 43-Gb/s Differential Transimpedance-Limiting Amplifier with Auto-Zero Feedback and High Dynamic Range,” IEEE GaAs IC Symp., pp. 241-244, Nov. 2003. paper and slides

  71. D.S. McPherson, F.Pera, M. Tazlauanu and S. P. Voinigescu, "A 3V Fully Differential Distributed Limiting Driver for 40 Gb/s Optical Transmission Systems, IEEE GaAs IC Symp., Technical Digest, pp.95-98, Oct. 2002. paper (pdf) and slides

  72. S.P. Voinigescu, P. Popescu, P. Banens, M. Copeland, G. Fortier, K. Howlett, M. Herod, D. Marchesan, J. Showell, S. Szilagyi, H. Tran, and J. Weng, "Circuits and Technologies for Highly Integrated Optical Networking ICs at 10Gb/s to 40Gb/s," Proc. of the IEEE CICC, pp.331-338, May 2001. (invited) (Best Paper Award) paper (pdf) and slides

  73. S.P. Voinigescu, D. Marchesan and M. A. Copeland, " A family of Monolithic Inductor-Varactor SiGe-HBT VCOs for 20GHz to 30GHz LMDS and Fiber-Optic Receiver Applications," RFIC Symposium, Digest of Papers, 2000. paper (pdf)

  74. S.P. Voinigescu, M.A. Copeland, D. Marchesan, P. Popescu, and M. C. Maliepaard, "5GHz SiGe HBT Monolithic Radio Transceiver With Tunable Filtering," RFIC Symposium, Digest of Papers, pp.131-134, 1999. paper (pdf)

  75. S.P. Voinigescu et al., "Process- and Geometry Scalable Bipolar Transistor and Transmission Line Models for Si and SiGe MMICs in the 5- 22GHz Range," Proc. of IEDM, pp.307-310, 1998. paper.pdf.

  76. R. Hadaway, P.Schvan, S.Voinigescu, Y.Greshishchev, D.Marchesan, J.Ojha, P.Dawe, "Application of SiGe HBTs to Datacom and Wireless", MRS, San Francisco, April 1998.

  77. S.P.Voinigescu, and M.C.Maliepaard, "5.8GHz and 12.6GHz Si Bipolar MMICs," ISSCC-Digest, pp.372-373, 1997. paper.pdf.

  78. S.P. Voinigescu, M.C. Maliepaard, J.L. Showell, G. Babcock, D. Marchesan, M. Schroter, P. Schvan, and D.L. Harame, "A Scalable High Frequency Noise Model for Bipolar Transistors with Application to Optimal Transistor Sizing for Low-noise Amplifier Design," BCTM Proceedings, pp.61-64, 1996.

  79. S.P. Voinigescu, S.W. Tarasewicz, T. MacElwee, and J. Ilowski, "An Assessment of the State-of-the-Art 0.5 um Bulk CMOS Technology for RF Applications", International Electron Device Meeting, IEDM, Washington DC, pp.721-724,1995. paper.pdf.

  80. D. Harame, ..., S. Voinigescu, et. al, "SiGe HBT Technology: Device and Application Issues", invited paper at the International Electron Device Meeting, IEDM, Washington DC, 1995. paper.pdf

  81. D.J. Walkey, M. Schroter, and S.P. Voinigescu, "Predictive Modelling of Lateral Scaling in Bipolar Transistors,"1995 Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, BCTM, Minneapolis, MN, 1995.

  82. S.P. Voinigescu, C.A.T. Salama, J.-P. Noel, and T.I. Kamins, "Optimized Ge Channel Profiles for VLSI Compatible Si/SiGe p-MOSFET's, "Proceedings of the International Electron Device Meeting, IEDM, pp.369-372, 1994. paper.pdf.

  83. S.P. Voinigescu, C.A.T. Salama, J.-P. Noel, and T.I. Kamins, "Si/SiGe/Si p-MOSFET with Triangular Ge Channel Profiles," Proceedings of ESSDERC-94, Edinburgh, UK, 1994.

  84. S. Voinigescu, P.B. Rabkin, C.A.T. Salama, and P. Blakey, "2D Numerical Investigation of Gate Structure, Band Alignment and Doping Effects on the Transconductance and Cutoff Frequency of Submicrometer Si/SiGe FET's,"Proceedings of ESSDERC-93, p.361, Grenoble, France, 1993.

  85. S. Voinigescu and C.A.T. Salama, "Optimal channel grading in p-type Si/SiGe metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs)," Sixth Canadian Semiconductor Technology Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 1992.

  86. M. Schumacher, S. Voinigescu, and C.A.T. Salama, "Type II SiGe HBT's," Sixth, Canadian Semiconductor Technology Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 1992.

  87. S. Voinigescu, A. Muller, and C. Anton, "Auger recombination in heavily-doped p+ silicon," GADEST, East-Germany, 1989.

  88. S. Voinigescu, A. Muller, "The influence of heavy-doping effects on the accurate design of narrow-base PIN diodes," MIKON, Gdansk, Poland, 1988.

  89. S. Voinigescu, R. Cacoveanu, A. Ioachim, V. Tone,“X-band waveguide QPSK modulator,” Proceedings of the Eighth Colloquium on Microwave Communication (pp.303-304). Amsterdam: Elsevier. xxii+508pp, 1986.

  90. S. Voinigescu, N. Marin, “Design considerations for microwave and MM-wave BARITT-type diodes. X-band experimental results,” Proceedings of the Eighth Colloquium on Microwave Communication (pp.381-382). Amsterdam: Elsevier. xxii+508pp.1986.