Antnio Manuel Couto Pinto Instituto Superior Tcnico Lisbon

António Manuel Couto Pinto Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon – Portugal) Ph. D Student Professor of Electronic in Polytechnic School – ISEL (since 1982) Analog-to-Digital Converters ( Flash ADCs) 6 th Summer School on “ADC & DAC Metrology”

Alameda Campus INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO Taguspark Campus A SCHOOL OF THE 21 st CENTURY 6 th Summer School on “ADC & DAC Metrology” 2

Internal Organisation Academic Units Departments n n n n n Civil Engineering and Architecture Mechanical Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Chemical Engineering Mining Engineering and Earth Resources Materials Engineering Physics Mathematics Information Systems Engineering and Management Autonomous Section n Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 6 th Summer School on “ADC & DAC Metrology” 3

Facts and Figures Students & Staff Undergraduate Students 8 680 Master’s Students 1 089 596 Doctorate Students DEEC 10 365 1 900 Professors 774 145 Non-teaching staff 565 Total Students 6 th Summer School on “ADC & DAC Metrology” 4

Education 39 Other Postgraduate Courses 21 Undergraduate / Graduate Programmes 31 Master’s Programmes 22 Doctoral (Ph. D) Programmes 6 th Summer School on “ADC & DAC Metrology” 5

Education IST Position on the Bologna Process Cycle Duration Degree 1 st 3 years Bachelor in Engineering Sciences 2 nd 2 years Master (Engineering Diploma) 3 rd 3 years Ph. D. Obs. Scientific-based teaching oriented towards conceptual engineering Specialisation courses of specific scope to complement 1 st and 2 nd cycle training Mobility "Bridging Programmes" for vocational 1 st and 2 nd cycle students to carry on scientifically oriented programmes 6 th Summer School on “ADC & DAC Metrology” 6

technology from seed 6 th Summer School on “ADC & DAC Metrology” 7 7

CAM – Analog and Mixed Circuits Group Human Resources Group Coordinators: Prof. Medeiros Silva Prof. Jorge Fernandes 3 Ph. D. + 3 Ph. D. students + 3 M. Sc. Student + final year undergraduates 6 th Summer School on “ADC & DAC Metrology” 8 8

CAM – Analog and Mixed Circuits Group Current Research Activity Radio-frequency integrated circuits, namely low noise amplifiers, oscillators/mixers, and PLL. Electronics for Medical applications front-end electronics for PET scanner and Vision implantable neuro prosthesis Low-noise digital cells for use in mixed-signal integrated circuits Analog integrated filters with on-chip tuning Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) for high sampling rates, with emphasis on folding and interpolation techniques 6 th Summer School on “ADC & DAC Metrology” 9 9

António Manuel Couto Pinto Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) Flash ADC with a Statistics Approach Design and test a circuit with: n Technology UMC. 18 mm (CMOS) n Small size transistors (high speed, low power, low cost) 6 th Summer School on “ADC & DAC Metrology” 10 10

António Manuel Couto Pinto Interest on this course Learn the methods and test proceedings applied to ADC 6 th Summer School on “ADC & DAC Metrology” 11 11

Thank You 6 th Summer School on “ADC & DAC Metrology” 12 12