MIT CENTER FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS (CICS) FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2006, GRIER B, 34-401B AGENDA 8:45 Continental Breakfast 9:00 Harry Lee, Welcoming Remarks 9:15 Mike Perrott, Research Overview 9:25 Min Park, “A VCO-Based Analog-to-Digital Converter with Second-Order Sigma Delta Noise Shaping” 10:05 Charles Sodini, Research Overview 10:15 Albert Jerng, “Delta-Sigma Digital-RF Modulation for High Data Rate Wireless Transmitters” 10:55 Break 11:10 Joel Dawson, Research Overview 11:20 Tania Khanna/Ranko Sredojevic, “Convex Optimization of Integrated Systems Using Geometric Programming” 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Anantha Chandrakasan, Research Overview 1:10 Denis Daly, “A Low Power Chipset for Wireless Micro-Sensor Applications” 1:50 Harry Lee, Research Overview 2:00 John Fiorenza/Todd Sepke, “Noise in Comparator Based Switched Capacitor Circuits” 2:40 Break 3:00 David Perreault, Research Overview 3:10 Anthony Sagneri, “Design of Very High Frequency DC/DC Boost Converters” 3:50 Vladimir Stojanovic, Research Overview 4:00 Byungsub Kim, “Efficiency of High Speed On-Chip Interconnect: Trade-Off and Optimization 4:40 Discussion and Adjourn