Adil Koukab
Scientist
EPFL STI GR-SCI-IEL
ELB 235 (Bâtiment ELB)
Station 11
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 34 40
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Adil Koukab received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Supélec and Metz University. He has been with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) department of electrical engineering since 2000 as a lecturer and research associate. His current research interests include design, modeling and EDA development for Analog, RF, and mixed-signal ICs. He supervised about 30 M.S. diploma projects in these fields and co-supervised several PhDs. He also published more than 60 research papers. Furthermore, he teaches four magistral courses and six labs to more than 400 students/semester from three different institutes of EPFL. He is also a scientific staff representative in the STI council and a teachers' representative in the EPFL teaching council.
Publications
Infoscience publications
Infoscience
Integrated Wireless Power, Data Communication, and Thermal Sensing System for Autonomous Multisite Brain Implants
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10749.High-rate, high-resolution single photon X-ray imaging: Medipix4, a large 4-side buttable pixel readout chip with high granularity and spectroscopic capabilities
Journal Of Instrumentation. 2024-02-01. DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/19/02/P02024.Time-resolved multi-gate ion sensitive field effect transducer and system and method of operating the same
US2023133476 . 2023.Fab-to-fab and run-to-run variability in 130 nm and 65 nm CMOS technologies exposed to ultra-high TID
Journal Of Instrumentation. 2023-01-01. DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/18/01/C01061.Medipix4, a high granularity four sides buttable pixel readout chip for high resolution spectroscopic X-ray imaging at rates compatible with medical CT scans
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8617.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.Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Microengineering
Past EPFL PhD Students
Gosselin Paul Stanislas , Ripamonti Giacomo , Sallin Denis , Sriskaran Viros , Talebi Amiri Omid , Termo Gennaro ,Courses
Electrical engineering science & technology
This course is an introduction to electrical engineering, with emphasis on circuits and their components. It includes a theoretical module with exercises and practical experiments in the laboratory.
Electronics I
The basic concepts enabling to understand and analysis Operational Amplifier based circuits dedicated to analog signal processing are addressed. This includes the amplification, filtering, A/D conversion and signal generation.
Electronics II (for EL)
This course covers the bipolar and MOSFET transistors, their operations, modeling and implementation in elementary circuits (current mirror and various amplifiers: single-ended, differential, multi-stage, power amplifiers, etc.) and ends with the design of MOS and Bipolar OpAmps.
Electronics II (for MT)
This course covers the bipolar and MOSFET transistors, their operations, modeling and implementation in elementary circuits (current mirror and various amplifiers: single-ended, differential, multi-stage, power amplifiers, etc.) and ends with the design of MOS and Bipolar OpAmps.
Electrical systems and electronics I
The course has the aim to provide the fundamental knowledge and experiences to understand basic electrical systems.
Electrical systems and electronics II
The basic concepts enabling to understand and analysis the electronic systems dedicated to signals acquisition and processing (e.g. biosensors, physiological signals, ECG) are addressed. This includes the acquisition, amplification and filtering.
Analog circuit design II (for MNIS)
The course provides a comprehensive treatment of analog IC design, emphasizing new solutions and paradigms used in today's low-power electronic systems. The analysis and design are first introduced from an intuitive perspective before the rigorous treatment and practical application in EDA-Lab.