Adil Koukab
Chargé de cours
EPFL STI GR-SCI-IEL
ELB 235 (Bâtiment ELB)
Station 11
CH-1015 Lausanne
Web site: Site web: https://sv.epfl.ch/education
EPFL STI GR-SCI-IEL
ELB 235 (Bâtiment ELB)
Station 11
CH-1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 34 40
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EPFL STI GR-SCI-IEL
ELB 235 (Bâtiment ELB)
Station 11
CH-1015 Lausanne
Web site: Site web: https://cce.epfl.ch/
Domaines de compétences
Design RF and analogue ICs (RX,TX) for wireless communications standards (GSM, UMTS, WLAN, Bluetooth, UWB
)
-Noise in Mixed-Signal and RF System on chip
-Numerical and Computational methods: Spectral Method, Boundary Element Method...
-devices Physics and modeling
-Noise in Mixed-Signal and RF System on chip
-Numerical and Computational methods: Spectral Method, Boundary Element Method...
-devices Physics and modeling
Biographie
June 1993: Master of Science (DEA Optique-Electronique) from Nancy I University
June 1998: Post-Graduate diploma (DESS)in Business Administration From IAE-Metz
1993-97: Three years (PhD) in electronics research laboratory of Sup-Elec (LICM), working on the physics, modeling and characterization of microelectronic III-V based devices and deep-submicron MOSFETs.
1997 - 98: Postdoctoral position, working on Deep-Submicron MOSFETs and VDMOSFETs (CLOES Institut, Supélec France),
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Since 1999: Project leader in Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-Lausanne (EPFL/LEG). he was Involved in the following European projects:
PASCALE (Parasitic substrate coupling analysis by layout extraction) Partners : ATMEL, ERICSSON, STMicroelectronics, etc.
SUPREGE (A low power superregenerative transceiver for wireless data transmission at short distances) qui sest effectué avec les sociétés suisses Logitech SA et Mead SA ainsi quavec la société française Transval SA.
SODERA (Reconfigurable low power radio architecture for software defined radio for third generation mobile terminals). Partners : STMicroelectronics (Geneva), Alcatel (France) et le LETI (France).
MuMoR (Multi-Mode Radio Architecture Platform for Enhanced 3G) Partners : STMicroelectronics (France), Nokia (Allemagne) et le LETI (France).
MegaWatch Ultra Low-Cost Low-Power Radio for Distributed Ad-Hoc Network.
June 1998: Post-Graduate diploma (DESS)in Business Administration From IAE-Metz
1993-97: Three years (PhD) in electronics research laboratory of Sup-Elec (LICM), working on the physics, modeling and characterization of microelectronic III-V based devices and deep-submicron MOSFETs.
1997 - 98: Postdoctoral position, working on Deep-Submicron MOSFETs and VDMOSFETs (CLOES Institut, Supélec France),
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Since 1999: Project leader in Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-Lausanne (EPFL/LEG). he was Involved in the following European projects:
PASCALE (Parasitic substrate coupling analysis by layout extraction) Partners : ATMEL, ERICSSON, STMicroelectronics, etc.
SUPREGE (A low power superregenerative transceiver for wireless data transmission at short distances) qui sest effectué avec les sociétés suisses Logitech SA et Mead SA ainsi quavec la société française Transval SA.
SODERA (Reconfigurable low power radio architecture for software defined radio for third generation mobile terminals). Partners : STMicroelectronics (Geneva), Alcatel (France) et le LETI (France).
MuMoR (Multi-Mode Radio Architecture Platform for Enhanced 3G) Partners : STMicroelectronics (France), Nokia (Allemagne) et le LETI (France).
MegaWatch Ultra Low-Cost Low-Power Radio for Distributed Ad-Hoc Network.
Publications
Publications Infoscience
High-Speed ADC Design and Optimization for Wireline Links
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8453.New architecture for the analog front-end of Medipix4
Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors And Associated Equipment. 2020-10-21. DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2020.164412.Enhanced-performance integrated Resonant Switched-Capacitor and Buck DC-DC converters for application in extreme radiation and magnetic field environments
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7552.Analysis of photosensor frontends for biomedical applications: a focus on noise
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9545.A Dual-Edge Pulsewidth Modulator for Fast Dynamic Response DC-DC Converters
Ieee Transactions On Power Electronics. 2019-01-01. DOI : 10.1109/TPEL.2018.2836385.A Reliability and Efficiency Optimization System for Hard-Switching DC/DC Converters
2018-01-01. 16th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS), Montreal, CANADA, Jun 24-27, 2018. p. 157-161. DOI : 10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585694.Computing the Impact of White and Flicker Noise in Continuous-Time Integrator-Based ADCs
2016. 23rd International Conference on Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (MIXDES), Lodz, POLAND, JUN 23-25, 2016. p. 316-320. DOI : 10.1109/MIXDES.2016.7529755.Silicon-on-Insulator Technology for Bioluminescence Imaging and Application to a Switching Photodetector
2015. 22nd International Conference on Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits & Systems (MIXDES), Torun, POLAND, JUN 25-27, 2015. p. 511-514. DOI : 10.1109/MIXDES.2015.7208574.A dynamic operation of a PIN photodiode
Applied Physics Letters. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4906488.Toward direct light-to-digital conversion using a pulse-driven hybrid MOS-PN photodetector
Optics Letters. 2015. DOI : 10.1364/Ol.40.000669.A 10-W modified LINC Power amplifier with a reduced-size Chireix Power Combiner
2014. IEEE Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications, California, CA, JAN 19-22, 2014. p. 25-27. DOI : 10.1109/PAWR.2014.6825733.MOS-PN Hybrid Device With Minimum Dark Current for Sensitive Digital Photodetection
Ieee Photonics Technology Letters. 2014. DOI : 10.1109/Lpt.2014.2346812.Hybrid MOS-PN photodiode with positive feedback for pulse-modulation imaging
Optics Express. 2014. DOI : 10.1364/Oe.22.014441.A Zero Capacitive LINC Architecture for Efficient Broadband Transmitters
2013. 43rd European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Nuremberg, GERMANY, OCT 07-10, 2013. p. 680-683. DOI : 10.23919/EuMC.2013.6686747.Analytical model for ultra-thin body junctionless symmetric double gate MOSFETs in subthreshold regime
Solid-State Electronics. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.sse.2013.02.001.On performance scaling and speed of junctionless transistors
Solid-State Electronics. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.sse.2012.08.001.On Gm-boosting and cyclostationary noise mechanisms in low-voltage CMOS differential Colpitts VCOs
2012. IEEE Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), Jan 16-18 2012. DOI : 10.1109/SiRF.2012.6160136.Reactive Power Imbalances in LC VCOs and their Influence on Phase Noise Mechanisms
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 2011. DOI : 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2169496.Analysis and Modeling of On-Chip Power Combiners and Their Losses in LINC Transmitters
2011. 33rd IEEE Annual Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) - The Showcase for Circuit Design in the Heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA, Sep 19-21, 2011. DOI : 10.1109/CICC.2011.6055388.LC-VCO Design With Dual-Gm, Boosted for RF Oscillation and Attenuated for LF Noise
Ieee Microwave And Wireless Components Letters. 2010. DOI : 10.1109/LMWC.2010.2087011.Multistandard carrier generation system for quad-band GSM/WCDMA (FDD-TDD)/WLAN (802.11 a-b-g) radio
2006. IEEE Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005. ESSCIRC 2005., 2005. DOI : 10.1109/ESSCIR.2005.1541588.A GSM-GPRS/UMTS FDD-TDD/WLAN 802.11a-b-g multi-standard carrier generation system
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 2006. DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2006.873928.Phase noise in bipolar and CMOS VCO's - an analytical comparison
2006. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2006. ISCAS 2006. Proceedings. 2006, 2006. DOI : 10.1109/ISCAS.2006.1693926.Analogue self-calibration method and apparatus for low noise, fast and wide-locking range phase locked loop
US7902929 ; US2009128241 ; US7479834 ; US2007040617 ; WO2005081406 ; EP1564890 . 2005.Design and optimization of CMOS prescaler
2005. 2005 PhD Research in Microelectronics and Electronics, Lausanne, Switzerland, 28-28 July 2005. p. 129-132. DOI : 10.1109/RME.2005.1543021.Design and optimization of a linear wide-band VCO for multimode applications
2005. p. 527-530. DOI : 10.1109/RFIC.2005.1489865.Modeling techniques and verification methodologies for substrate coupling effects in mixed-signal system-on-chip designs
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 2004. DOI : 10.1109/TCAD.2004.828117.Infoscience
High-Speed ADC Design and Optimization for Wireline Links
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8453.New architecture for the analog front-end of Medipix4
Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors And Associated Equipment. 2020-10-21. DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2020.164412.Enhanced-performance integrated Resonant Switched-Capacitor and Buck DC-DC converters for application in extreme radiation and magnetic field environments
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7552.Analysis of photosensor frontends for biomedical applications: a focus on noise
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9545.A Dual-Edge Pulsewidth Modulator for Fast Dynamic Response DC-DC Converters
Ieee Transactions On Power Electronics. 2019-01-01. DOI : 10.1109/TPEL.2018.2836385.A Reliability and Efficiency Optimization System for Hard-Switching DC/DC Converters
2018-01-01. 16th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS), Montreal, CANADA, Jun 24-27, 2018. p. 157-161. DOI : 10.1109/NEWCAS.2018.8585694.Computing the Impact of White and Flicker Noise in Continuous-Time Integrator-Based ADCs
2016. 23rd International Conference on Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (MIXDES), Lodz, POLAND, JUN 23-25, 2016. p. 316-320. DOI : 10.1109/MIXDES.2016.7529755.Silicon-on-Insulator Technology for Bioluminescence Imaging and Application to a Switching Photodetector
2015. 22nd International Conference on Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits & Systems (MIXDES), Torun, POLAND, JUN 25-27, 2015. p. 511-514. DOI : 10.1109/MIXDES.2015.7208574.A dynamic operation of a PIN photodiode
Applied Physics Letters. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4906488.Toward direct light-to-digital conversion using a pulse-driven hybrid MOS-PN photodetector
Optics Letters. 2015. DOI : 10.1364/Ol.40.000669.A 10-W modified LINC Power amplifier with a reduced-size Chireix Power Combiner
2014. IEEE Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications, California, CA, JAN 19-22, 2014. p. 25-27. DOI : 10.1109/PAWR.2014.6825733.MOS-PN Hybrid Device With Minimum Dark Current for Sensitive Digital Photodetection
Ieee Photonics Technology Letters. 2014. DOI : 10.1109/Lpt.2014.2346812.Hybrid MOS-PN photodiode with positive feedback for pulse-modulation imaging
Optics Express. 2014. DOI : 10.1364/Oe.22.014441.A Zero Capacitive LINC Architecture for Efficient Broadband Transmitters
2013. 43rd European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Nuremberg, GERMANY, OCT 07-10, 2013. p. 680-683. DOI : 10.23919/EuMC.2013.6686747.Analytical model for ultra-thin body junctionless symmetric double gate MOSFETs in subthreshold regime
Solid-State Electronics. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.sse.2013.02.001.On performance scaling and speed of junctionless transistors
Solid-State Electronics. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.sse.2012.08.001.On Gm-boosting and cyclostationary noise mechanisms in low-voltage CMOS differential Colpitts VCOs
2012. IEEE Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), Jan 16-18 2012. DOI : 10.1109/SiRF.2012.6160136.Reactive Power Imbalances in LC VCOs and their Influence on Phase Noise Mechanisms
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 2011. DOI : 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2169496.Analysis and Modeling of On-Chip Power Combiners and Their Losses in LINC Transmitters
2011. 33rd IEEE Annual Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) - The Showcase for Circuit Design in the Heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA, Sep 19-21, 2011. DOI : 10.1109/CICC.2011.6055388.LC-VCO Design With Dual-Gm, Boosted for RF Oscillation and Attenuated for LF Noise
Ieee Microwave And Wireless Components Letters. 2010. DOI : 10.1109/LMWC.2010.2087011.Multistandard carrier generation system for quad-band GSM/WCDMA (FDD-TDD)/WLAN (802.11 a-b-g) radio
2006. IEEE Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005. ESSCIRC 2005., 2005. DOI : 10.1109/ESSCIR.2005.1541588.A GSM-GPRS/UMTS FDD-TDD/WLAN 802.11a-b-g multi-standard carrier generation system
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 2006. DOI : 10.1109/JSSC.2006.873928.Phase noise in bipolar and CMOS VCO's - an analytical comparison
2006. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2006. ISCAS 2006. Proceedings. 2006, 2006. DOI : 10.1109/ISCAS.2006.1693926.Analogue self-calibration method and apparatus for low noise, fast and wide-locking range phase locked loop
US7902929 ; US2009128241 ; US7479834 ; US2007040617 ; WO2005081406 ; EP1564890 . 2005.Design and optimization of CMOS prescaler
2005. 2005 PhD Research in Microelectronics and Electronics, Lausanne, Switzerland, 28-28 July 2005. p. 129-132. DOI : 10.1109/RME.2005.1543021.Design and optimization of a linear wide-band VCO for multimode applications
2005. p. 527-530. DOI : 10.1109/RFIC.2005.1489865.Modeling techniques and verification methodologies for substrate coupling effects in mixed-signal system-on-chip designs
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 2004. DOI : 10.1109/TCAD.2004.828117.Enseignement & Phd
Enseignement
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Microengineering
Programmes doctoraux
Doctoral Program in Microsystems and Microelectronics
Doctoral Program in Electrical Engineering