Research

RF and Mixed signal IC design; analog IC design techniques, tools, circuit and systems, volume manufacturing and low power circuits.

Application

Low power wireless ICs.

Activities

• Collaborative research with Canadian Research Center, “Millimeter Wave Circuits”
• Collaborative research with Standard Microsystems Corporation, “Circuits for High Frequency Wireless Transceivers”
• Collaborative research with Kaben Wireless, “Millimeter Wave Oscillators with Programmable Output Phase”

Journal Articles

C.A. DeVries, and R.D. Mason (2008), “Subsampling Architecture for Low Power Receivers,” IEEE Transaction on Circuit and Systems II 55(4): 304-308.

Conference Publications

Forzley T., Mason R., “A Scalable Class D Audio Amplifier for Low Power Applications,” to appear in AES37 2009.

Forzley T., Mason R., “A Low Power Class D Amplifier with Discrete Time Loop Filter Compensation,” to appear in IEEE NEWCAS2009.

Yousefi R., Mason R., “An Energy-Efficient Transceiver Architecture for Short Range Wireless Sensor Applications,”  IEEE RWS, Jan. 2009.

R. Yousefi, and R. Mason, “A 14-mW 2.4-GHz CMOS Transceiver for Short Range Wireless Sensor Applications,” ESSCIRC, Sept. 2008.