IEEE Solid State Circuit Society
Dallas Chapter

Greetings from the Chair:

Welcome to the new IEEE Solid State Circuit Society in Dallas!! As the chair of the Dallas Chapter, I like to extend an invitation to everyone in the Dallas area with an interest in Solid State Circuits. We are preparing speeches and seminars to cover various interesting area in solid state circuit designs to the SSCS members and other engineers.

Our seminars are open to everyone. It is our hope to continue to provide quality seminars as well as networking opportunities for members in the greater Dallas area.

Your comments or suggestions for a better SSCS are greatly appreciated.

Gonggui Xu (gongguixu@yahoo.com)

Upcoming seminars:

Title: "Power Management for Portable Microsystems"

Abstract:

Power management for portable low power systems has special needs: generation of multiple supply voltages, miniaturization and high efficiency at low currents. The research activity on this area often aims at system with all the components on package and solutions that share the inductor for obtaining multiple supply voltages. This presentation deals with the above point and focuses on design methodologies to obtain multiple outputs and to use of very small inductors. The four possible schemes, buck, boost, and inverting or non-inverting buck-boost, are considered. The key specific problems related to the issue are the inductor current switching scheme, the multiple-loops control, the suitable driving of power switches and, accordingly, the converter power efficiency. All the issues are discussed in details. Moreover, design examples of devices integrated with CMOS technologies and the experimental results are presented.

 

The miniaturization of dc-dc converter requires using very high switching frequency. This must be achieved while maintaining high efficiency, better than the one of a linear converter. The circuit solution discussed in the tutorial foresee a non conventional loop control that enable operation up to 120-MHz switching frequency with peak power efficiency of 87% for 75% duty cycle and 93% at 60 MHz. The results are confirmed by experimental measurements.

 

New directions, favored by advancement in packaging that enable 3D and pushed by new needs, like the optimal conversion of solar energy, are briefly discussed.

Speaker:

Prof. Franco Maloberti, University of Pavia

Biography:

Picture4Prof. Franco Maloberti received the Laurea degree in physics (summa cum laude) from the University of Parma, Parma, Italy, in 1968, and the Doctorate Honoris Causa in electronics from the Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (Inaoe), Puebla, Mexico, in 1996. He was the TI/J.Kilby Chair Professor at the A&M University, Texas and the Distinguished Microelectronic Chair Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. He was a Visiting Professor at The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-PEL), Zurich, Switzerland and at the EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Presently he is Microelectronics Professor, Head of the Micro Integrated Systems Group, University of Pavia, Italy and Honorary Professor, University of Macau, China SAR. His professional expertise is in the design, analysis, and characterisation of integrated circuits and analog digital applications, mainly in the areas of switched-capacitor circuits, data converters, interfaces for telecommunication and sensor systems, and CAD for analog and mixed A/D design. He has written more then 400 published papers on journals or conference proceedings, four books, and holds 30 patents.

 

Prof. Maloberti was the recipient of the XII Pedriali Prize for his technical and scientific contributions to national industrial production, in 1992. He was co-recipient of the 1996 Fleming Premium, IEE, the best Paper award, ESSCIRC-2007, and the best paper award, IEEJ Analog Workshop-2007. He received the 1999 IEEE CAS Society Meritorious Service Award, the 2000 IEEE CAS Society Golden Jubilee Medal, and the IEEE Millenium Medal. Dr. Maloberti was Vice-President, Region 8, of the IEEE Circuit and Systems Society (1995-1997), Associate Editor of IEEE-Transaction on Circuit and System-II 1998 and 2006-07, President of the IEEE Sensor Council (2002-2003), member of the BoG of the IEEE-CAS Society (2003-2005) and Vice-President, Publications, of the IEEE CAS Society (2007-2008). He is Distinguished Lecturer of the Solid State Circuit Society and Fellow of IEEE.

Date:

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Time:

11:30am, Social/Refreshments
12:00-1:00pm, Seminar

Place:

The address of Texas Instruments Inc. Texins Activity Center:

13900 North Central Expressway

Dallas, TX   75243

Address:

13900 North Central Expressway

Dallas, TX   75243

Directions:

From the North: Take 75 south and exit 22 toward Midpark Rd and take a U turn or left turn at the Midpark Rd. A Texas Instrument entrance is immediately at the right side of the of the service road.

From the South: Take 75 north and exit 23 toward Spring Valley and keep right. After the signal light of the Midpark Rd, a Texas Instrument entrance is immediately at the right side of the service road.

After entering the Texas Instrument, the Texins Activity Center is at the left side. Parking is free.

Just in case, you can find the Texins Activity Center maps and directions at the following link:

 

http://www.healthclubdirectory.com/health_clubs/completeListing/TX/Texas/Dallas/5763

SSCS Webpage:

http://ewh.ieee.org/r5/dallas/sscs/

Contact:

gongguixu@yahoo.com