Scholars

overview

My research focuses on the design and implementation of mixed-signal processing systems, techniques and algorithms that jointly design for analog and digital systems with the objective of reducing power consumption and complexity or enhancing performance of high-speed and high dynamic range wireline and wireless communication systems.

education and training

University of California, Berkeley - (Berkeley, California, United States), Postdoctoral Training 2006
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Delaware - (Newark, Delaware, United States) 2004
M.E. in Electrical Engineering, University of Delaware - (Newark, Delaware, United States) 2002
B.E. in Electronic Engineering, Pontifical Xavierian University - (Bogotá, Colombia) 2000

selected publications

Academic Articles51

Yi, I., Kaile, S. K., Zhu, Y., Diaz, J., Hoyos, S., & Palermo, S. (2024). A 50-Gb/s Multicarrier Transmitter Using DAC-Based Polar Drivers in 22-nm FinFET. PP(99), 1-12.
Bonizzoni, E., & Hoyos, S. (2023). Guest Editorial Special Issue on the 2023 ISICAS: A CAS Journal Track Symposium. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - II - Express Briefs. 70(10), 3726-3726.
Zhu, Y., Liu, T., Kaile, S. K., Kiran, S., Yi, I., Liu, R., ... Palermo, S. (2023). A 38-GS/s 7-bit Pipelined-SAR ADC With Speed-Enhanced Bootstrapped Switch and Output Level Shifting Technique in 22-nm FinFET. 58(8), 2300-2313.
Zhao, H., Diaz, J., & Hoyos, S. (2023). Multi-Channel Nonlinearity Mitigation Using Machine Learning Algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. PP(99), 1-15.
Zhu, Y., Diaz, J., Kaile, S. K., Yi, I., Liu, T., Hoyos, S., & Palermo, S. (2023). A Jitter-Robust 40 Gb/s ADC-Based Multicarrier Receiver Front-End With 4-GS/s Baseband Pipeline-SAR ADCs in 22-nm FinFET. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 58(3), 662-676.

Chapters5

Silva-Martinez, J., Silva-Rivas, F., Lu, C., Mincey, J., & Hoyos, S. (2014). Digitally-Based Calibration Techniques for RF Sigma Delta Modulators. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS. Carbone, P., Kiaei, S., & Xu, F. (Eds.), DESIGN, MODELING AND TESTING OF DATA CONVERTERS. 119-141. Springer Nature.
Silva-Martinez, J., Lu, C. Y., Silva-Rivas, F., Onabajo, M., & Hoyos, S. (2011). Broadband High-Resolution 200 MHz Bandpass SigmaDelta Modulator with a Software-Based Calibration Scheme. Iniewski, K. (Eds.), CMOS Nanoelectronics: Analog and RF VSLI Circuits. McGraw Hill Professional, Access Engineering.
Hoyos, S. (2011). OFDM Transform-Domain Receivers for Multi-Standard Communications. MULTI-MODE/MULTI-BAND RF TRANSCEIVERS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES, ARCHITECTURES, AND TRENDS. 189-217.
Hoyos, S. (2010). OFDM TransformDomain Receivers for MultiStandard Communications. Multi-Mode/Multi-Band RF Transceivers for Wireless Communications. 187-217. Wiley.
Hoyos, S., & Sadler, B. M. (2006). MixedSignal Ultrawideband Communications Receivers. Ultra-Wideband Wireless Communications and Networks. 103-126. Wiley.

Conference Papers41

Zhu, Y., Cai, S., Kiran, S., Fan, Y., Chang, P., Hoyos, S., & Palermo, S. (2020). A 1.5GS/s 8b Pipelined-SAR ADC with Output Level Shifting Settling Technique in 14nm CMOS. 2020 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC). 00, 1-4.
Diaz, J., Zavareh, A. T., Boampong, L., & Hoyos, S. (2019). Blocker-Tolerant RF-to-Digital Linearization With a Very Nonlinear Auxiliary Path. The ... Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems conference proceedings : MWSCAS. Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2019 IEEE 62nd International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS). 00, 548-551.
Diaz, J., Kiran, S., Palermo, S., & Hoyos, S. (2019). Jitter-Robust Multicarrier ADC-Based Serial Link Receiver Architecture. The ... Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems conference proceedings : MWSCAS. Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2019 IEEE 62nd International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS). 00, 1151-1154.
Kiran, S., Cai, S., Luo, Y., Hoyos, S., & Palermo, S. (2019). A 32 Gb/s ADC-Based PAM-4 Receiver with 2-bit/Stage SAR ADC and Partially-Unrolled DFE. Proceedings of the ... Custom Integrated Circuits Conference. Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2019 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC). 00, 1-4.

SDG 7
Zavareh, A. T., & Hoyos, S. (2018). The Spectral Calibration of Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography Systems Using Unscented Kalman Filter. 2018 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS). 00, 93-96.