Michael S. McCorquodale, Ph.D.

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Journal articles, letters and proceedings from conferences, symposiums and workshops and other academic publications including award-winning business plans.

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Journal Articles and Letters

Michael S. McCorquodale, Gordon A. Carichner, Justin D. O'Day, Scott M. Pernia, Sundus Kubba, Eric D. Marsman, Jonathan J. Kuhn and Richard B. Brown, "A 25MHz Self-Referenced Solid-State Frequency Source Suitable for XO-Replacement," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I: Regular Papers (Special Issue on ISCAS 2008), vol. 56, no. 5, May 2009, pp. 943-956, (invited).

Michael S. McCorquodale, Justin D. O'Day, Scott M. Pernia, Gordon A. Carichner, Sundus Kubba, and Richard B. Brown, "A Monolithic and Self-Referenced RF LC Clock Generator Compliant with USB 2.0," IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, vol. 42, no. 2, Feb. 2007, pp. 385-399.

Arthur Nieuwoudt, Michael S. McCorquodale, Ruba T. Borno, and Yehia Massoud, "Integrated Spiral Inductor Modeling Techniques for Efficient Design Space Exploration," IEEE Electron Devices Letters, vol. 27, no. 12, Dec. 2006, pp. 998-1001.

Michael S. McCorquodale and Richard B. Brown, "Academic and Professional Resources for Student-Led Technology Ventures," IEEE Antennas & Propagation, vol. 46, issue 4, Aug. 2004, pp. 125-131.

Conference, Symposium and Workshop Proceedings

Michael S. McCorquodale, "On Modern and Historical Short-Term Frequency Stability Metrics for Frequency Sources" European Time and Frequency Forum and International Frequency Control Symposium (EFTF-IFCS), Besançon, France 2009.

Michael S. McCorquodale, "Performance of Wireline Links Synchronized to Self-Referenced Solid-State Frequency Sources," European Time and Frequency Forum and International Frequency Control Symposium (EFTF-IFCS), Besançon, France 2009.

Michael S. McCorquodale, "Self-Referenced, Trimmed and Compensated RF CMOS Harmonic Oscillators as Monolithic Frequency Generators," IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS), Honolulu, HI 2008.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Scott M. Pernia, Sundus Kubba, Gordon Carichner, Justin D. O'Day, Eric Marsman, Jon Kuhn and Richard B. Brown, "A 25MHz All-CMOS Reference Clock Generator for XO-Replacement in Serial Wire Interfaces," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Seattle, WA 2008.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Scott M. Pernia, Justin D. O'Day, Gordy Carichner, Eric Marsman, Nam Nguyen, Sundus Kubba, Si Nguyen, Jon Kuhn and Richard B. Brown, "A 0.5–480MHz Self-Referenced CMOS Clock Generator with 90ppm Total Frequency Error and Spread Spectrum Capability," IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Dig. of Tech. Papers, San Francisco, CA 2008.

Michael S. McCorquodale and Richard B. Brown, "Mobius Microsystems: A Case Study in the Commercialization of Graduate Research in Electrical Engineering," American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii 2007.

Robert M. Senger, Eric D. Marsman, Gordon A. Carichner, Sundus Kubba, Michael S. McCorquodale, and Richard B. Brown, "Low-Latency, HDL-Synthesizable Dynamic Clock Frequency Controller with Self-Referenced Hybrid Clocking," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Kos, Greece 2006.

Eric D. Marsman, Robert M. Senger, Gordon A. Carichner, Sundus Kubba, Michael S. McCorquodale, and Richard B. Brown, "A DSP Architecture for Cochlear Implants," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Kos, Greece 2006.

Michael S. McCorquodale, James L. McCann, and Richard B. Brown, "NEWTON: A Library-Based Analytical Synthesis Tool for RF-MEMS Resonators," Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Yokohama, Japan 2006.

Robert M. Senger, Eric D. Marsman, Michael S. McCorquodale, and Richard B. Brown, "A 16-Bit, Low-Power Microsystem with Monolithic MEMS-LC Clocking," Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), LSI Design Contest, Yokohama, Japan 2006.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Scott M. Pernia, Justin D. O'Day, Gordon A. Carichner, and Sundus Kubba, "A 9.2mW 528/66/50MHz Monolithic Clock Synthesizer for Mobile µP Platforms," IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), San Jose, CA 2005.

Arthur Nieuwoudt, Michael S. McCorquodale, Ruba T. Borno, and Yehia Massoud, "Efficient Analytical Modeling Techniques for Rapid Integrated Spiral Inductor Prototyping," IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), San Jose, CA 2005.

Eric D. Marsman, Robert M. Senger, Michael S. McCorquodale, Matthew R. Guthaus, Rajiv A. Ravindran, Ganesh S. Dasika, Scott A. Mahlke, and Richard B. Brown, "A 16-Bit Low-Power Microcontroller with Monolithic MEMS-LC Clocking," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Kobe, Japan 2005.

Michael S. McCorquodale and Richard B. Brown, "UMIPS: A Semiconductor IP Repository for IC Design Research and Education," American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT 2004.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Mei Kim Ding, and Richard B. Brown, "Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Stable Clock Synthesis," International Conference on Electronic Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 2003.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Eric D. Marsman, Robert M. Senger, Fadi H. Gebara, Matthew R. Guthaus, Daniel J. Burke, and Richard B. Brown, "Microsystem and SoC Design with UMIPS," IFIP VLSI-SoC International Conference, Darmstadt, Germany 2003.

Michael S. McCorquodale and Richard B. Brown, "Academic and Professional Resources for Student-Led Technology Ventures," American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville, TN 2003.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Mei Kim Ding, and Richard B. Brown, "A CMOS Voltage-to-Frequency Linearizing Preprocessor for Parallel Plate RF MEMS Varactors," Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), Philadelphia, PA 2003.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Mei Kim Ding, and Richard B. Brown, "Study and Simulation of CMOS LC Oscillator Phase Noise and Jitter," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Bangkok, Thailand 2003.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Fadi H. Gebara, Keith L. Kraver, Eric D. Marsman, Robert M. Senger, and Richard B. Brown, "A Top-Down Microsystems Design Methodology and Associated Challenges," Design Automation and Test Europe (DATE), Designer's Forum, Munich, Germany 2003.

Richard B. Brown and Michael S. McCorquodale, "Analog Mixed-Signal Low-Power Microcontrollers," Computer Aided Network Design (CANDE) Workshop, Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico 2003.

Robert M. Senger, Eric D. Marsman, Michael S. McCorquodale, Fadi H. Gebara, Keith L. Kraver, Matthew R. Guthaus, and Richard B. Brown, "A 16-Bit Mixed-Signal Microsystem with Integrated CMOS-MEMS Clock Reference," Design Automation Conference (DAC) Invited Paper, Anaheim, CA 2003.

Steven M. Martin, Robert M. Senger, Eric D. Marsman, Fadi H. Gebara, Michael S. McCorquodale, Keith L. Kraver, Matthew R. Guthaus, and Richard B. Brown, "A Low-Power Microinstument for Chemical Analysis of Remote Environments," NASA Symposium on VLSI Design, Coeur d'Alene, ID 2003.

Integrated Circuit Design Competitions

Robert M. Senger, Eric D. Marsman, Michael S. McCorquodale, and Richard B. Brown, "A 16-Bit, Low-Power Microsystem with Monolithic MEMS-LC Clocking," Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC) LSI Design Competition, Yokohama, Japan 2006.

Robert M. Senger, Eric D. Marsman, Michael S. McCorquodale, Fadi H. Gebara, Keith L. Kraver, Matthew R. Guthaus, and Richard B. Brown, "A 16-Bit Mixed-Signal Microsystem with Integrated CMOS-MEMS Clock Reference," Design Automation Conference and International Solid State Circuits Conference (DAC/ISSCC) Student Design Competition, First Place, Conceptual Category, Anaheim, CA 2003.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Ark-Chew Wong, Karthik Nagarajan, Haluk Kulah, and Clark T.-C. Nguyen, "An Integrated MEMS-BiCMOS SINCGARS Transceiver," Design Automation Conference (DAC) International Student Design Contest, First Place, Concepetual Category and Judge's Best Paper, Los Angeles, CA 2000.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Hector Torres, Chung Leong Ma, and Youngjoon Kim, "Programmable Commercial Band Stereo FM Transmitter," National VLSI Design Contest, 1st Place, Novice Class, Ann Arbor, MI 1999.

Dissertation

Michael S. McCorquodale, "Monolithic and Top-Down Clock Synthesis with Micromachined Radio Frequency Reference," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan, April 2004. [The link is to ProQuest, the publisher of the dissertation. The ProQuest manuscript number is 3137892. The price is $41.]

Award Winning Business Plans and Presentations

Michael S. McCorquodale, Jeffrey G. Wilkins, Christopher A. Cooke, and James E. Vincke, "Mobius Microsystems," Ohio State University Fisher College of Business Deloitte & Touche Business Plan Competition, First Place, Columbus, OH 2003.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Jeffrey G. Wilkins, Christopher A. Cooke, and James E. Vincke, "Mobius Microsystems," Moot Corp Business Plan Competition,, Winner: NASDAQ Challenge, Austin, TX 2003.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Jeffrey G. Wilkins, and James E. Vincke, "Mobius Microsystems," University of San Francisco International Business Competition, Grand Champion and Best Pitch, San Francisco, CA 2003.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Jeffrey G. Wilkins, and James E. Vincke, "Mobius Microsystems," University of Michigan Pryor-Hale Business Plan Competition, Best New Venture and Best Written Plan, Ann Arbor, MI 2003.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Jeffrey G. Wilkins, and James E. Vincke, "Mobius Microsystems," Great Lakes Entrepreneurial Quest, Statewide Finalist and Runner-Up, MI 2003.

Richard J. Goldstein, Michael S. McCorquodale, James E. Vincke, Wade Rushing, and Jeffrey G. Wilkins, "Mobius Microsystems," MBA Jungle Business Plan Competition, Grand Champion, New York, NY 2003.

Richard J. Goldstein, Michael S. McCorquodale, and James E. Vincke, "Mobius Microsystems," Indiana University Spirit of Enterprise Business Competition, First Place, Indianapolis, IN 2002.

Richard J. Goldstein, Michael S. McCorquodale, James E. Vincke, Wade Rushing, and Jeffrey G. Wilkins, "Mobius Microsystems," Great Lakes Venture Quest, East Region Runner-Up (Phase I), Lansing, MI 2001.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Matthew R. Guthaus, and Keith L. Kraver, "Mobius Integrated Systems," University of Michigan Pryor-Hale Business Plan Competition, Finalist, Ann Arbor, MI 2001.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Keith L. Kraver, and Matthew R. Guthaus, "Mobius Integrated Systems," Babcock/Eno River Capital Elevator Pitch Competition, Finalist and Runner-Up, Winston-Salem, NC 2001.

Michael S. McCorquodale, Keith L. Kraver, and Matthew R. Guthaus, "Mobius Integrated Systems," Michigan Innovators Business Pitch Competition, (FutureTech Conference), 1st Place, Ann Arbor, MI 2001.

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