Research

Our research covers a wide range of topics in integrated circuits and systems. Our research group focuses on developing novel circuit (analog and digital) and system-level solutions for a variety of applications such as computing, communication, and sensors. The design of high-performance, reliable, and low-power mixed-mode circuits in highly-scaled technologies that leads to the advancement of the theory and the creation of new tools and models features among the goals of our research group.

Prof Emami is a member of the Lee Center for Advanced Networking. She also participates in the Center for Circuits and Systems Solutions (FCRP/C2S2) and the Interconnect Focus Center (IFC) funded by SRC and DARPA.

Projects:

High-Speed Electrical Chip-to-Chip Interconnects

• Low-power transceivers
• Clock recovery and synchronization
• Equalization techniques

On-Chip Communication Networks and Clocking

• Low-power techniques in advanced CMOS technologies

Optical Chip-to-Chip and On-Chip Communication in CMOS

• Low-power front-end and synchronization loops
• Laser and modulator drivers

Synchronization techniques for UWB pulse radio

Novel System-Level Integration Techniques