Publications

 

­BOOK CHAPTERS

 

[BC1] “CMOS Focal-Plane Spatially-Oversampling Computational Image Sensor,” A. Olyaei, R. Genov, in “Circuits at the Nanoscale: Communications, Imaging, and Sensing,” edited by K. Iniewski, CRC Press, 2008.

 

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[J23] H. Jafari, R. Genov, Chopper-Stabilized Bidirectional Current Acquisition Circuits for Electrochemical Amperometric Biosensors,” subm. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I, 2012. (Special issue of IEEE TCAS-I on best IEEE ISCAS’12 papers, invited)

[J22] D. Ho, G. Gulak, R. Genov, “CMOS Low-Power Digital Pixel Sensor with In-Pixel Shared Comparator,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - II: Express Briefs, 2012.

[J21] K. Abdelhalim, L. Kokarovtseva, J. L. Perez Velazquez, R. Genov, “915-MHz FSK/OOK Wireless Neural Recording SoC with 64 Mixed-Signal FIR Filters," submitted to  IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2012.

[J20] D. Ho, O. Noor, U. Krull, G. Gulak, R. Genov, “CMOS Color Image Sensor with Dual-ADC Dynamic Range Extension,” accepted with minor revisions IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I, 2012.

[J19] D. Ho, O. Noor, U. Krull, G. Gulak, R. Genov, “CMOS Spectrally-Multiplexed DNA Analysis Microsystem with Fluorescence Black Hole Quenchers,” accepted with minor revisions IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 2012.

[J18] D. Ho, G. Gulak, R. Genov, “CMOS Color Photogate Sensor,” accepted with major revisions IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 2012.

[J17] H.  Jafari, L. Soleymani, R. Genov, “16-Channel CMOS Impedance Spectroscopy DNA Analyzer with Dual-Slope Multiplying ADCs,” to appear IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 2012. (Special issue on 2011 IEEE BioCAS Conference best papers, invited)       

[J16] M. Nazari, H. Jafari, L. Leng, A. Guenther, R. Genov, “CMOS Neurotransmitter Microarray: 96-Channel Integrated Potentiostat with On-die Microsensors,” to appear IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 2012. (Also invited to special section of IEEE TCAS-I on best IEEE CICC’10 papers)

[J15] R. Singh, L. Leng, A. Guenther, R. Genov, “A CMOS-Microfluidic Chemiluminescence Contact Imaging Microsystem,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2012.

[J14] K. Abdelhalim, V. Smolyakov, R. Genov, “A Phase-Synchronization Epileptic Seizure Detector VLSI Architecture,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 2011. (Special issue on best IEEE BioCAS’10 Conference papers, invited)

[J13] R. Karakiewicz, R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “1.1 TMACS/mW Fine-Grained Stochastic Resonant Charge-Recycling Array Processor,” IEEE Sensors Journal, 2011. (Special issue on design methods for low power arrays)

[J12] F. Shahrokhi, K. Abdelhalim, D. Serletis, P. Carlen, R. Genov, “128-Channel Fully Differential Digital Integrated Neural Recording and Stimulation Interface,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 149-161, June 2010. (Special issue on best IEEE ISCAS’09 papers, invited)                                                                

[J11] R. Singh, D. Ho, A. Nilchi, G. Gulak, P. Yau, R. Genov, A CMOS/Thin-Film Fluorescence Contact Imaging Microsystem for DNA Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, Vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 1029-1038, May 2010. (Special issue on best IEEE ISCAS’09 papers, invited)

[J10] A. Nilchi, J. Aziz, R. Genov, Focal-Plane Algorithmically-Multiplying CMOS Computational Image Sensor,IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 1829-1839, June 2009. (Also invited to TCAS-I special issue on best IEEE ISCAS’09 papers, declined)

[J9] J. Aziz, K. Abdelhalim, R. Shulyzki, R. Genov, B. Bardakjian, M. Derchansky, D. Serletis, P. Carlen, 256-Channel Neural Recording and Delta Compression Microsystem with 3D Electrodes,IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 995-1005, March 2009.

[J8] R. Karakiewicz, R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, 480-GMACS/mW Resonant Adiabatic Mixed-Signal Processor Array for Charge-Based Pattern Recognition,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 42, No. 11, Nov. 2007.

[J7] J. Aziz, R. Genov, B. Bardakjian, M. Derchansky, P. Carlen, Brain-Silicon Interface for High-Resolution In Vitro Neural Recording,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 56-62, March 2007.

[J6] A. Olyaei, R. Genov, Focal-Plane Spatially-Oversampling CMOS Image Compression Sensor,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 26-34, Jan. 2007.

[J5] R. Genov, M. Stanacevic, M. Naware, G. Cauwenberghs, N. Thakor, 16-Channel Integrated Potentiostat for Distributed Neurochemical Sensing,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, Vol. 53, No. 11, pp. 2371-2376, Nov. 2006. (Special issue on advances in life science systems and applications)

[J4] R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “Dynamic MOS Sigmoid Array Folding Analog-to-Digital Conversion,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 182-186, Jan. 2004. (Special issue on advances on analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters)

[J3] R. Genov, S. Chakrabartty, G. Cauwenberghs, “Silicon Support Vector Machine with On-Line Learning,” International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 385-404, 2003.

[J2] R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “Kerneltron Support Vector Machine in Silicon,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 1426-1434, Sept. 2003. (Special issue on neural networks hardware implementations)

[J1] R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “Charge-Mode Parallel Architecture for Matrix-Vector Multiplication,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 48, No. 10, pp. 930-936, Oct. 2001.

 

 

REFEREED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

 

[C54] A. Vidwans, K. Abdelhalim, R. Genov, “Similarity-Index Early Seizure Detector VLSI Architecture,” subm. IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2013), 2013.

[C53] M. Aliroteh, N. Soltani, R. Genov, “Cellular Inductive Powering System for Weakly-Linked Resonant Rodent Implants,” subm. IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2013), 2013.

[C52] A. Bagheri, S. R. I. Gabran, M. T. Salam, J. L. Perez Velazquez, R. R. Mansour, M. M. A. Salama, R. Genov, "1024-Channel-Scalable Wireless Neuromonitoring and Neurostimulation Rodent Headset with Nanotextured Flexible Microelectrodes," IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS’2012), Nov. 2012.

[C51] K. Abdelhalim, H. Jafari,L. Kokarovtseva, J. L. Perez Velazquez, R. Genov, "64-Channel UWB Wireless Neural Vector Analyzer and Phase Synchrony-Triggered Stimulator SoC," IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC’2012), Sept. 2012.

[C50] H. Jafari, L. Soleymani, K. Abdelhalim, E. Sargent, S. Kelley and R. Genov, “Nanostructured CMOS Wireless Ultra-Wideband Label-free DNA Analysis SoC,” IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, June 2012.

[C49] K. Abdelhalim, R. Genov, ”Compact Chopper-Stabilized Neural Amplifier with Low-Distortion High-Pass Filter in 0.13μm CMOS,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2012), 2012.

[C48] H. Jafari, R. Genov, ”Bidirectional Current Conveyer with Chopper Stabilization and Dynamic Element Matching,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2012), 2012.

[C47] D. Ho, M. O. Noor, U. J. Krull, G. Gulak, R. Genov, ”Single-Filter Multi-Color CMOS Fluorescent Contact Sensing Microsystem,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2012), 2012.

[C46] D. Ho, G. Gulak, R. Genov, ”CMOS 3-T Digital Pixel Sensor with In-Pixel Shared Comparator,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2012), 2012.

[C45] H. Jafari, R. Genov, ”CMOS Impedance Spectrum Analyzer with Dual-Slope Multiplying ADC,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS’2011), San Diego, Nov. 2011 (Best Paper Award, one conference-wide award).

[C44] K. Abdelhalim, R. Genov, “915-MHz Wireless 64-Channel Neural Recording SoC with Programmable Mixed-Signal FIR Filters,” IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC’2011), Sept. 2011.

[C43] D. Ho, G. Gulak, R. Genov, “CMOS Electric Field-Modulated Color Sensor,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC’2011), Sept. 2011.

[C42] R. Shulyzki, K. Abdelhalim, A. Bagheri, C.M. Florez, P.L. Carlen, R. Genov, “256-site Active Neural Probe and 64-channel Responsive Cortical Stimulator,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC’2011), Sept. 2011.

[C41] K. Abdelhalim, R. Genov, “An Area and Power-Efficient Stimulator for Integrated Neural Recording and Stimulation Arrays,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2011), May 2011.

[C40] K. Abdelhalim, V. Smolyakov, R. Shulyzki, J. Aziz, D. Serletis, P. Carlen, R. Genov, “VLSI Multivariate Phase Synchronization Epileptic Seizure Detector,” IEEE Conf. on Neural Engineering, Apr. 2011.

[C39] K. Abdelhalim, V. Smolyakov, R. Genov, “A Phase Synchronization and Magnitude Processor VLSI Architecture for Adaptive Neural Stimulation,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS’2010), Paphos, Cyprus, Nov. 2010 (Best Student Paper Award finalist).

[C38] R.  Singh, K. Abdelhalim, R. Genov, “A Compact Parasitic-Insensitive Dual-Frequency Delta-Sigma Modulated CMOS Capacitive Sensor,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS’2010), Paphos, Cyprus, Nov. 2010.

[C37] M. Nazari, H. Jafari, L. Leng, A. Guenther, R. Genov, "192-Channel CMOS Neurochemical Microarray,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC’2010), Sept. 2010. (AMD/CICC Student Scholarship Award, one of the highest ranked student papers)      

[C36] R. Shulyzki, K. Abdelhalim, R. Genov, “CMOS Current-Copying Neural Stimulator with OTA Sharing,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2010), May 2010.

[C35] R. Singh, L. Leng, A. Guenther, R. Genov, “A Hybrid CMOS-Microfluidic Contact Imaging Microsystem,” SPIE Optics and Photonics Aug. 1-6, 2009. (invited)

[C34] A. Nilchi, J. Aziz, R. Genov, “CMOS Image Compression Sensor with Algorithmically-Multiplying ADCs,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2009), pp. 1497-1500, May 2009. (Best Paper on Sensory Systems, and Best Student Paper Awards)

[C33] F. Shahrokhi, K. Abdelhalim, R. Genov, “128-Channel Fully Differential Digital Neural Recording and Stimulation Interface,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2009), pp. 1249-1252, May 2009. (Best Student Paper Contest Finalist)

[C32] R. Singh, D. Ho, A. Nilchi, R. Genov, G. Gulak, “A Hybrid Thin-Film/CMOS Fluorescence Contact Imager,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2009), pp. 2437-2440, May 2009.

[C31] M. Nazari, R. Genov, “A Fully Differential CMOS Potentiostat,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2009), pp. 2177-2180, May 2009.

[C30] R. Singh, R. Genov, R. Kotamraju, B. Mazhari, “Multi-Step Binary-Weighted Capacitive Digital-to-Analog Converter Architecture,” IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS’08), Knoxville, Tennessee, Aug. 10-13, 2008.

[C29] R. Karakiewicz, R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “1.1 TMACS/mW Load-Balanced Resonant Charge-Recycling Array Processor,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC’2007), Sept. 2007.

[C28] J. Aziz, R. Karakiewicz, R. Genov, A. W. L. Chiu, B. L. Bardakjian, M. Derchansky, P. L. Carlen, “In Vitro Epileptic Seizure Prediction Microsystem,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2007), May 2007.

[C27] J. Aziz, R. Genov, M. Derchansky, B. Bardakjian, P. Carlen, “256-Channel Neural Recording Microsystem with On-Chip 3D Electrodes,” IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC’2007), Feb. 2007.

[C26] A. Olyaei, R. Genov, “ViPro: Focal-Plane Spatially-Oversampling CMOS Image Compression Sensor,” IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC’2006), Sept. 2006.

[C25] J. N. Y. Aziz, R. Karakiewicz, R. Genov, B. L. Bardakjian, M. Derchansky, P. L. Carlen, “Towards Real-Time In-Implant Epileptic Seizure Prediction,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC’2006), Sept. 2006.

[C24] R. Karakiewicz, R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “175 GMACS/mW Charge-Mode Adiabatic Mixed-Signal Array Processor,” IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, June 2006.

[C23] J. N. Y. Aziz,  R. Karakiewicz,  R. Genov, B. L. Bardakjian, M. Derchansky, P. L. Carlen, “Real-Time Seizure Monitoring and Spectral Analysis Microsystem,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2006), May 2006.

[C22] J. N. Y. Aziz, R. Genov, B. L. Bardakjian, M. Derchansky, P. L. Carlen, “256-Channel Integrated Neural Interface and Spatio-Temporal Signal Processor,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2006), May 2006.

[C21] J. N. Y. Aziz, R. Genov, “Electro-Chemical Multi-Channel Integrated Neural Interface Technologies,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2006), May 2006.

[C20] A. Olyaei, R. Genov, “Algorithmic Delta-Sigma Modulated FIR Filter,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2006), May 2006.

[C19] J. Aziz, R. Genov, “Multi-Channel Integrated Neural Interfaces for Distributed Electro-Chemical Sensing,” IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS’05), Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 7-10, 2005.

[C18] A. Olyaei, R. Genov, “Focal-Plane CMOS Wavelet Feature Extraction for Real-Time Pattern Recognition,” SPIE Photonics North, Toronto, Canada, Sept. 12-14, 2005.

[C17] A. Olyaei, R. Genov, “Mixed-Signal CMOS Haar Wavelet Compression Imager Architecture,” IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS’05), Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 7-10, 2005.

[C16] R. Karakiewicz, R. Genov, “Minimal Activity Mixed-Signal VLSI Architecture for Real-Time Linear Transforms in Video,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2005), Kobe, Japan, May 23-26, 2005.

[C15] M. Naware, A. Rege, R. Genov, M. Stanacevic, G. Cauwenberghs, N. Thakor, “Integrated Multi-Electrode Fluidic Nitric-Oxide Sensor and VLSI Potentiostat Array,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2004), Vancouver, Canada, May 26-29, 2004.

[C14] R. Genov, M. Stanacevic, M. Naware, G. Cauwenberghs, N. Thakor, “VLSI Multi-Channel Track-and-Hold Potentiostat,” Microtechnologies for the New Millennium, Bioengineered and Bioinspired Systems, Proc. SPIE vol. 5119, May 2003.

[C13] R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “Algorithmic Partial Analog-to-Digital Conversion in Mixed-Signal Array Processors,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2003), Bangkok, Thailand, May 25-28, 2003.

[C12] R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, G. Mulliken, F. Adil, “A 5.9mW 6.5GMACS CID/DRAM Array Processor,” IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC’2002), Florence, Italy, Sept. 24-26, 2002.

[C11] R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “Kerneltron: Support Vector ‘Machine’ in Silicon,” SVM’2002, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Niagara Falls, ON, Aug. 10, 2002.

[C10] G. Mulliken, F. Adil, G. Cauwenberghs, R. Genov, “Delta-Sigma Algorithmic Analog-to-Digital Conversion,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2002), Phoenix, AZ, May 26-29, 2002.

[C9] R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “Charge-Based MOS Correlated Double Sampling Comparator and Folding Circuit,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2002), Phoenix, AZ, May 26-29, 2002.

[C8] G. Cauwenberghs, R. T. Edwards, Y. Deng, R. Genov, D. Lemonds, “Neuromorphic Processor for Real-Time Biosonar Object Detection,” IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP’2002), Orlando, FL, May 13-17, 2002.

[C7] R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “Stochastic Mixed-Signal VLSI Architecture for High-Dimensional Kernel Machines,” Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS'2001), Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, vol. 14, 2002.

[C6] R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “CID/DRAM Mixed-Signal Parallel Distributed Array Processor,” IEEE 14th International ASIC/SOC Conference (ASIC/SOC'2001), Washington, DC, Sept. 12-15, 2001.

[C5] R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “Massively Parallel Inner-Product Array Processor,” IEEE Int. Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN'2001), Washington, DC, July 15-19, 2001.

[C4] R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “Analog Array Processor with Digital Resolution Enhancement and Offset Compensation,” Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS'2001), Baltimore, MD, March 21-23, 2001.

[C3] R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “Charge-Mode Parallel Architecture for Matrix-Vector Multiplication,” 43rd IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS'2000), Lansing, MI, Aug. 8-11, 2000. (Best Student Paper Award)

[C2] R. Genov, S. Madhavapeddi, G. Cauwenberghs, “Learning to Navigate from Limited Sensory Input: Experiments with the Khepera Microrobot,” IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN'99), Washington, DC, vol. 3, pp. 2061-2064, 1999. (Best Presentation Award)

[C1] R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “16-Channel Single-Chip Current-Mode Track-and-Hold Acquisition System with 100 dB Dynamic Range,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'99), Orlando, FL, vol. 6, pp. 350-353, 1999. (Best Student Paper Contest Finalist)

 

NON-REFEREED CONFERENCE  AND WORKSHOP PUBLICATIONS

 

[UC3] A. Olyaei, R. Genov, “CMOS Wavelet Compression Imager Architecture,” A. Olyaei, R. Genov, IEEE CAS Emerging Technologies Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 23-24, 2005.

[UC2] R. Genov, “A 1GMACS/mW Mixed-Signal Differential-Charge CID/DRAM Processor,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Circuits and Systems for Communications (ICCSC’2004), Moscow, Russia, June 30 - July 2, 2004 (invited).

[UC1] R. Genov, G. Cauwenberghs, “Embedded Dynamic Memory and Charge-Mode Logic for Parallel Array Processing,” 5th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI'2001), Orlando, FL, July 22-25, 2001.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

 

[O1] R. Genov, “Massively Parallel Mixed-Signal VLSI Kernel Machines,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, May 2003.