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Publications

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Journal Publications

• O. U. Khan, S.-Y. Chen, W. E. Stark, D. D. Wentzloff, "Impact of Compressed Sensing and Finite Quantization on the Performance of a UWB Receiver with Multipath Channel Estimation," IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS), Vol. 2, No. 3, Sept. 2012, pp. 460-469. [ paper ]
• J. K. Brown, D. D. Wentzloff, "A Clock-Harvesting Receiver using 3G CDMA Signals in the 1900MHz-Band," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (TCAS-II), 2012. [ paper ]
• N. E. Roberts, S. Oh, D. D. Wentzloff, "Exploiting Channel Periodicity in Body Sensor Networks," IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS), vol. 2, no. 1, Mar. 2012, pp. 3-14. [ paper ]
• B. H. Calhoun, J. Lach, J. Stankovic, D. D. Wentzloff, K. Whitehouse, A. T. Barth, J. K. Brown, Q. Li, S. Oh, N. E. Roberts, Y. Zhang, "Body Sensor Networks: A Holistic Approach from Silicon to Users," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 100, No. 1, 2012, pp. 91-106. [ paper ]
• K. K. Huang, D. D. Wentzloff, "A 60 GHz Antenna-Referenced Frequency-Locked Loop in 0.13μm CMOS for Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 46, No. 12, Dec. 2011, pp. 2956-2965. [ paper ]
• Y. Park, D. D. Wentzloff, "A Cyclic Vernier TDC for ADPLLs Synthesized From a Standard Cell Library," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (TCAS-I), Vol. 58, No. 7, July 2011, pp. 1511-1517. [ paper ]
• Y. Park, D. D. Wentzloff, "An All-Digital 12 pJ/Pulse IR-UWB Transmitter Synthesized From a Standard Cell Library," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 46, No. 5, May 2011, pp. 1147-1157. [ paper ]
• M. Faisal, R. T. Shiffer, M. Flaska, S. A. Pozzi, D. D. Wentzloff, "A correlation-based pulse detection technique for gamma-ray/neutron detectors," Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Oct. 2010. [ paper ]
• R. T. Schiffer, M. Flaska, S. A. Pozzi, S. Carney, D. D. Wentzloff, "A scalable FPGA-based digitizing platform for radiation data acquisition," Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Oct. 2010. [ paper ]
• A. P. Chandrakasan, F. S. Lee, D. D. Wentzloff, V. Sze, B. P. Ginsburg, P. P. Mercier, D. C. Daly, R. Blazquez, "Low-Power Impulse UWB Architectures and Circuits," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 97, No. 2, Feb. 2009, pp. 332-352. [ paper ]
• D. D. Wentzloff , A. P. Chandrakasan, "Gaussian Pulse Generators for Subbanded Ultra-Wideband Transmitters," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Vol. 54, No. 4, Apr. 2006, pp. 1647-1655. [ paper ]
• D. D. Wentzloff, R. Blazquez, F. S. Lee, B. P. Ginsburg, J. Powell, A. P. Chandrakasan, "System Design Considerations for Ultra-Wideband Communication," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 43, no. 8, Aug. 2005, pp. 114-121. [ paper ]
• B. H. Calhoun, D. C. Daly, N. Verma, D. F. Finchelstein, D. D. Wentzloff, A. Wang, S. Cho, A. P. Chandrakasan, "Design Considerations for Ultra-Low Energy Wireless Microsensor Nodes," IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 54, No. 6, June 2005, pp. 727-740. [ paper ]

Awards

• J.K. Brown and D.D. Wentzloff, “A 1900MHz-Band GSM-Based Clock-Harvesting Receiver with -87dB Sensitivity,” 2011 DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest Award Winner, Jun. 2011.

Conference Proceedings

• O. U. Khan, D. D. Wentzloff, "1.2 GS/s Hadamard Transform Front-End For Compressive Sensing in 65nm CMOS," IEEE Radio Wireless Week, Jan. 2013.
• D. Y. Lee, D. D. Wentzloff, and J. P. Hayes, “Wireless Wafer Probing for On-Chip Analog Voltage Measurement,” IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), Nov. 2012.
• N. E. Roberts, D. D. Wentzloff, "A 915MHz Ultra Low Power Receiver using Sub-Vt Active Rectifiers," IEEE Subthreshold Microelectronics Conference, Oct. 2012.
• S. Han, D. D. Wentzloff, "0.61W/mm² Resonant Inductively Coupled Power Transfer for 3D-ICs," IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Sep. 2012. [ paper ]
• S. Han, D. D. Wentzloff, "In-Phase Resonant Inductive Coupling for Multi-Layer Vertical Communication in 3D-ICs," IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (AP-S), Jul. 2012. [ paper ]
• K.-K. Huang, D. D. Wentzloff, "60GHz Wire-Bond Helical Antennas in 130nm CMOS Technology," IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (AP-S), Jul. 2012. [ paper ]
• S. Oh, D. D. Wentzloff, "A -32dBm Sensitivity RF Power Harvester in 130nm CMOS," IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), June 2012, pp. 483-486. [ paper ]
• N. E. Roberts, D. D. Wentzloff, "A 98nW Wake-up Radio for Wireless Body Area Networks," IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), June 2012, pp. 373-376. [ paper ]
• M. Flaska, G. Chaud, J. D. Linkous, M. Faisal, D. D. Wentzloff, S. A. Pozzi, "Investigation of Waveform Digitizers for High-Performance, Pulse-Shape Discrimination Systems Based on Organic Liquid Scintillators," IEEE Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications (SORMA), May 2012.
• R. T. Schiffer, M. J. Haling, M. Faisal, M. Flaska, S. A. Pozzi, D. D. Wentzloff, "A Real-Time, Pulse-Shape Discrimination and Data Processing System for Organic Liquid Scintillators," IEEE Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications (SORMA), May 2012.
• M. Faisal, R. T. Schiffer, M. Flaska, S. A. Pozzi, D. D. Wentzloff, "A Correlation-Based Timing Technique to Achieve Sub-Sample Timing Resolution in Nuclear Particle Detection Systems," IEEE Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications (SORMA), May 2012.
• S. Oh, D. D. Wentzloff, "Portable hardware for real-time channel estimation on wireless body area networks," IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), Nov. 2011, pp. 233-236. [ paper ]
• Y. Park, D. D. Wentzloff, "An All-Digital PLL Synthesized from a Digital Standard Cell Library in 65nm CMOS," IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Sep. 2011, pp 1-4. [ paper ]
• S. Oh, D. D. Wentzloff, "A Step Recovery Diode Based UWB Transmitter for Low-Cost Impulse Generation," IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), Sep. 2011. [ paper ]
• D. Y. Lee, D. D. Wentzloff, J. P. Hayes, "Wireless Wafer-Level Testing of Integrated Circuits via Capacitively-Coupled Channels," IEEE International Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits & Systems (DDECS), April 2011, pp. 99-104. [ paper ]
• J. K. Brown, D. D. Wentzloff, "A 1900MHz-Band GSM-Based Clock-Harvesting Receiver with -87dBm Sensitivity," IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), June 2011. [ paper ]
• M. Faisal, Y. Park, D. D. Wentzloff, "Reconfigurable Firmware-Defined Radios Synthesized from Standard Digital Logic Cells," SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing Conference, Apr. 2011. [ paper ]
• J. M. Almodovar-Faria, J. McNair, D. D. Wentzloff, "Optimal Receiver Bandwidth for Energy-Detection PPM UWB Systems," IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Mar. 2011, pp. 1700-1705. [ paper ]
• K.-K. Huang, D. D. Wentzloff, "a 60GHz antenna-Referenced Frequency-locked loop in 0.13μm CMOS for Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2011 [ paper ]
• S. Han, D. D. Wentzloff, "Wireless Power Transfer Using Resonant Inductive Coupling for 3D Integrated ICs," IEEE International 3D System Integration Conference (3DIC), Nov. 2010. [ paper ]
• Y. Park, D. D. Wentzloff, "An All-Digital 12pJ/pulse 3.1-6.0GHz IR-UWB Transmitter in 65nm CMOS," IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, Sep. 2010. [ paper ]
• K.-K. Huang, D. D. Wentzloff, "60GHz On-Chip Patch Antenna Integration in a 0.13-um CMOS Technology," IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), Sep. 2010. [ paper ]
• S. Han, D. D. Wentzloff, "Performance Improvement of Resonant Inductive Coupling for Wireless 3D IC Interconnect," IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (AP-S), Jul. 2010. [ paper ]
• Y. Park, D. D. Wentzloff, "A Cyclic Vernier Time-to-Digital Converter Synthesized from a 65nm CMOS Standard Library," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), June 2010, pp. 3561-3564. [ paper | slides ]
• Y. Park, D. D. Wentzloff, "IR-UWB Transmitters Synthesized from Standard Digital Library Components," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), June 2010, pp. 3296-3299. [ paper | slides ]
• J. K. Brown, D. D. Wentzloff, "Harvesting a Clock from a GSM Signal for the Wake-Up of a Wireless Sensor Network," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), June 2010, pp. 1500-1503. [ paper | slides ]
• J. R. Fernandes, D. D. Wentzloff, "Recent Advances in IR-UWB Transceivers: An Overview," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), June 2010, pp. 3284-3287. [ paper | slides ]
• M. Faisal, R. T. Shiffer, M. Flaska, S. A. Pozzi, D. D. Wentzloff, "A Correlation Based Pulse Detection Technique for Gamma/Neutron Detectors," Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications (SORMA), May 2010. [ abstract | summary | slides ]
• R. Schiffer, S. Carney, M. Flaska, S. A. Pozzi, D. D. Wentzloff, "A Scalable FPGA-Based Digitizing Platform for Radiation Data Acquisition," Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications (SORMA), May 2010. [ abstract | summary | poster ]
• M. Faisal, R. T. Schiffer, M. Flaska, S. A. Pozzi, D. D. Wentzloff, "A Correlation Based Pulse Detection Technique for Liquid Scintillation Detectors," Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting (INMM), June 2010. [ paper ]
• Y. Park, D.D. Wentzloff, "All-digital synthesizable UWB transmitter architectures," IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), Sep. 2008, pp. 29-32. [paper | slides ]
• D. D. Wentzloff, F. S. Lee, D. C. Daly, M. Bhardwaj, P. P. Mercier, A. P. Chandrakasan, "Energy Efficient Pulsed-UWB CMOS Circuits and Systems," (invited) IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), Sep. 2007, pp. 282-287. [ paper | slides | see the video demo ]
• D. D. Wentzloff, A. P. Chandrakasan, "Delay-Based BPSK for Pulsed-UWB Communication," IEEE International Conference on Speech, Acoustics, and Signal Processing (ICASP), Apr. 2007, pp. 561-564. [ paper | poster ]
• D. D. Wentzloff, A. P. Chandrakasan, "A 47pJ/pulse 3.1-to-5GHz All-Digital UWB Transmitter in 90nm CMOS," IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Feb. 2007, pp. 118-119. [ paper | slides ]
• F. S. Lee, R. Blazquez, B. P. Ginsburg, J. D. Powell, M. Scharfstein, D. D. Wentzloff, A. P. Chandrakasan, "A 3.1 to 10.6 GHz 100 Mb/s Pulse-Based Ultra-Wideband Radio Receiver Chipset," IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), Sep. 2006, pp. 185-190. [ paper | see the video demo ]
• C. Wang, T. Cardanha, D. D. Wentzloff, “Development and Implementation of a Powertrain Electrical System Simulator with Computer-Controlled Fault Generation,” Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress, Apr. 2006. [ paper ]
• D. D. Wentzloff, A. P. Chandrakasan, "A 3.1-10.6 GHz Ultra-Wideband Pulse-Shaping Mixer," IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), June 2005, pp. 83-86. [ paper | slides ]
• N. Checka, D. D. Wentzloff, A. P. Chandrakasan, R. Reif, "The Effect of Substrate Noise on VCO Performance," IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), June 2005, pp. 523-526. [ paper ]
• R. Blazquez, F. S. Lee, D. D. Wentzloff, B. Ginsburg, J. Powell, A. P. Chandrakasan, "Direct Conversion Pulsed UWB Transceiver Architecture," Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Mar. 2005, pp. 94-95. [ paper | slides ]
• F. S. Lee, D. D. Wentzloff, A. P. Chandrakasan, "An Ultra-Wideband Baseband Front-End", IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), June 2004, pp. 493-496. [ paper ]
• D. D. Wentzloff, B. H. Calhoun, R. Min, A. Wang, N. Ickes, A. P. Chandrakasan, "Design Considerations for Next Generation Wireless Power-Aware Microsensor Nodes," Proc. 17th International Conference on VLSI Design, Jan. 2004, pp. 361-367. [ paper | slides ]
• R. Blazquez, F. S. Lee, D. D. Wentzloff, P. P. Newaskar, J. D. Powell, A. P. Chandrakasan, "Digital architecture for an ultra-wideband radio receiver", Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Oct. 2003, pp. 1303-1307. [ paper | slides ]
• E. C. Lovelace, T. M. Jahns, J. Wai, T. Keim, J. H. Lang, D. D. Wentzloff, F. Leonardi, J. M. Miller, P. J. McCleer, "Design and Experimental Verification of a Direct-Drive Interior PM Synchronous Machine Using a Saturable Lumped-Parameter Model," 37th IAS Annual Meeting, vol. 4, Oct. 2002, pp. 2486-2492. [ paper ]

Book Chapters

• F.S. Lee, R. Blazquez, B.P. Ginsburg, J.D. Powell, D.D. Wentzloff, A.P. Chandrakasan, "Pulse-Based, 100Mbps UWB Transceiver," in Ultra Wideband: Circuits, Transceivers and Systems, editors Ranjit Gharpurey, Peter Kinget, 2008 Springer.