UM and Chipidea (Macau) Jointly Organize the First Technological Course

The first technological course jointly organized by the University of Macau (UM) and Chipidea Microelectronics (Macau) Ltd. took place in UM from 17 to 23 November 2007 with the support from IEEE Macau (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers of Macau). The course titled “Advanced CMOS Analog IC Design” successfully invited Prof. Russel Jacob Baker, a renowned scholar in electronics, and the Head of the Electronic Engineering Department in Boise State University, to be the course director.

Every year, UM invites eminent scholars to present lectures in order to update teachers, students, local experts and practitioners on the latest development in microelectronics studies. Prof. Russel Jacob Baker is a member of the electrical engineering honour society Eta Kappa Nu, a licensed Professional Engineer who has worked as a nuclear diagnostic instrumentation designer for underground nuclear weapons tests at the Nevada test site in the United States and senior consultant for various international companies and laboratories. Recognized for his outstanding research achievements, Prof. Baker holds over 200 granted or pending patents in integrated circuit design. One of his books CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation has won the “Best-Seller Award” at the International Solid State Circuits Conference. His research interests lie in analog/mixed-signal integrated circuit design (combining analog circuit design with digital signal processing) and the design of memory/displays (arrays) in new and emerging fabrication technologies.

The course lasted for seven days, at a total of 30 hours, and attracted over 60 participants, including undergraduate, Master’s, PhD and Post-Doctoral students, and practitioners from Chipidea. Focusing on microelectronics research and analyses, the course covered reviews of small signal MOSFET Models, various amplifiers, MOS Noise, frequency compensation, design for high-speed operation, oversampling data converters, digital filtering for mixed-signal design, etc.

In addition, Prof. Baker gave a public lecture titled as “High Speed Op-amp Design: Compensation and Topologies for Two and Three Stage Designs”, introducing the up-to-date designing techniques in High Speed Op-amp Design, and leading a lively and insightful discussion with the audience.

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1. Professor Russel Jacob Baker

2. The course titled “Advanced CMOS Analog IC Design” was welcomed by students of UM’s Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering