SSCS UK and Ireland DL : Prof Harijot Singh Bindra : Ultra low-power and wide bandwidth data converters: from circuit techniques to identifying the elephant in the room
“Ultra low-power and wide bandwidth data converters: from circuit techniques to identifying the elephant in the room”
Abstract – The talk will focus on the various paradigms of AD-converter research, from wide bandwidth to below microwatt power. The academic Figure of Merit (FoM)-race in ADCs do not capture the design challenges of the ADC’s peripheral circuitry especially input signal. The talk will present some silicon-proven ideas for energy-efficient wide-bandwidth ADCs. Additionally, the talk will cover the evolution of various building blocks of (SAR) ADCs landscape leading to its current FoM below 1fJ/conv-step, with special focus on low-noise GS/s comparators. The silicon-proven techniques presented can significantly reduce the overall power consumption of the input driver + ADC.
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- Tyndall National Institute
- Lee Maltings, Dyke Parade,
- Cork, Cork
- Ireland T12 R5CP
- Room Number: B.0.17
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- Starts 20 January 2026 06:00 AM UTC
- Ends 26 January 2026 03:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
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Harijot Singh Bindra
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Bio: Harijot Singh Bindra is an Assistant Professor at the Integrated Circuit Design Group, University of Twente, The Netherlands. He received his PhD degree (cum laude) from the University of Twente in 2019. He obtained his Master’s in Technology degree in VLSI design from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi in 2010. He worked as a Scientist in the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) from 2008-2010 and as Senior Design Engineer at Cadence Design Systems, India from 2012-2014. He served as an Associate Editor in the Transactions of Circuits and Systems – 1 (2021-23) and is currently a Technical Program Committee member for European Solid-State Electronics Research Conference (ESSERC) and in the analog subcommittee for International Solid-State Conference (ISSCC). He was awarded the VENI-2023 grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). His research interest is in low energy circuit design techniques, high speed serial links, data converters, sensor readout circuitry, low-power radio front-ends. He was also part of 4TU Interdisciplinary Plantenna consortium investigating RF sensing principles for plant health monitoring.