overview
My research focuses on the design and fabrication of integrated circuits for wireless communications, biomedical applications, data converters, power amplifiers, radar systems, energy harvesting and power management.
education and training
- Ph.D. in , KU Leuven - (Leuven, Belgium) 1992
- M.S. in Circuits and Systems, National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics - (Puebla City, Mexico) 1981
- B.S. in , Universidad de Puebla - (Puebla City, Mexico) 1979
selected publications
Academic Articles127
- Zhou, D., Briseno-Vidrios, C., Jiang, J., Park, C., Liu, Q., Soenen, E. G., Kinyua, M., & Silva-Martinez, J. (2019). A 13-Bit 260MS/s Power-Efficient Pipeline ADC Using a Current-Reuse Technique and Interstage Gain and Nonlinearity Errors Calibration. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers. 66(9), 3373-3383.
- Naderi, M. H., Park, C., Prakash, S., Kinyua, M., Soenen, E. G., & Silva-Martinez, J. (2019). A 27.7 fJ/conv-step 500 MS/s 12-Bit Pipelined ADC Employing a Sub-ADC Forecasting Technique and Low-Power Class AB Slew Boosted Amplifiers. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers. 66(9), 3352-3364.
- Jiang, J., Kim, J., Karsilayan, A. I., & Silva-Martinez, J. (2019). A 3–6-GHz Highly Linear I-Channel Receiver With Over +3.0-dBm In-Band P1dB and 200-MHz Baseband Bandwidth Suitable for 5G Wireless and Cognitive Radio Applications. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers. 66(8), 3134-3147.
- Rodenbeck, C. T., Martinez, M., Beun, J. B., Silva-Martinez, J., Karsilayan, A. L., & Liechty, R. (2019). When Less Is More$ldots$ Few Bit ADCs in RF Systems. IEEE Access. 7, 12035-12046.
- Briseno-Vidrios, C., Zhou, D., Prakash, S., Liu, Q., Edward, A., Soenen, E. G., Kinyua, M., & Silva-Martinez, J. (2018). A 44-fJ/Conversion Step 200-MS/s Pipeline ADC Employing Current-Mode MDACs. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 53(11), 3280-3292.
Books4
- Liu, Q., Edward, A., Briseno-Vidrios, C., & Silva-Martinez, J. (2018). Design Techniques for Mash Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Modulators. Springer International Publishing.
- Silva-Martinez, J., & Onabajo, M. (2015). Introduction to Electronic Circuits A Design-Oriented Approach. World Scientific Publishing Company.
- Silva-Martnez, J., Steyaert, M., & Sansen, W. (2013). High-Performance CMOS Continuous-Time Filters. Springer Science & Business Media.
- Onabajo, M., & Silva-Martinez, J. (2012). Analog Circuit Design for Process Variation-Resilient Systems-on-a-Chip. Springer US.
Chapters11
- Altet, J., Mateo, D., & Silva-Martinez, J. (2017). Versatile Recognition Using Haar-Like Features for Human Sensing. Nishimura, J., & Kuroda, T. (Eds.), Technologies for Smart Sensors and Sensor Fusion. 389-421. CRC Press.
- Altet, J., Mateo, D., & Silva-Martinez, J. (2017). Technologies for Smart Sensors and Sensor Fusion. Technologies for Smart Sensors and Sensor Fusion. 297-316. CRC Press.
- Silva-Martinez, J., Silva-Rivas, F., Lu, C., Mincey, J., & Hoyos, S. (2014). Digitally-Based Calibration Techniques for RF $$ Upsigma Updelta $$ Modulators. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS. Carbone, P., Kiaei, S., & Xu, F. (Eds.), Design, Modeling and Testing of Data Converters. 119-141. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
- Silva-Martinez, J., & Kulkarni, R. (2013). Analog Baseband Filter Design Considerations for Wireless Receivers. Integrated Circuits for Analog Signal Processing. 121-144. Springer New York.
- Silva-Martinez, J., Lu, C., Onabajo, M., Silva-Rivas, F., Dhanasekaran, V., & Gambhir, M. (2011). Wideband Continuous-Time Multi-Bit Delta-Sigma ADCs. Casier, H., Steyaert, M., & van Roermund, A. (Eds.), Analog Circuit Design. 203-226. Springer Netherlands.
Conference Papers109
- Jiang, J., Shao, J., Yan, T., Karsilayan, A., Silva-Martinez, J., & Rodenbeck, C. T. (2018). Practical Considerations for Broadband Cognitive Radio Systems: On-chip Spectrum Sensing. NAECON 2018 - IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference, NAECON 2018 - IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference. 00, 607-610.
- Shao, J., Jiang, J., Karsilayan, A., Silva-Martinez, J., & Rodenbeck, C. (2018). Practical Design Considerations for Broadband Cognitive Radio Systems: Co-existence. NAECON 2018 - IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference, NAECON 2018 - IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference. 00, 583-586.
- Natarajan, V., Naderi, M. H., & Silva-Martinez, J. (2018). Low noise RF quadrature VCO using tail-switch network-based coupling in 40 nm CMOS. 2018 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2018 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC). 1-4.
- Bommireddipalli, A., Zhou, D., Talarico, C., Silva-Martinez, J., & Karsilayan, A. I. (2017). A 200MSPS time-interleaved 12-bit ADC system with digital calibration. 2017 IEEE 60th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2017 IEEE 60th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS). 2017-August, 1184-1187.
- Naderi, M. H., & Silva-Martinez, J. (2017). Algorithmic-pipelined ADC with a modified residue curve for better linearity. 2017 IEEE 60th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2017 IEEE 60th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS). 2017-August, 1446-1449.
patents
Patents1
- Ahmed, R., Hoyos, S., & Silva-martinez, J. (2012). Jitter cancellation method for continuous-time sigma-delta modulators.
researcher on
Principal Investigator2
Co-Principal Investigator2
- Blocker-Tolerant Ultra-wideband Cognitive Spectrum Sensor awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2019
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- ECEN325 Electronics Instructor
- ECEN471 Power Mgmt Circuits & Systems Instructor
- ECEN485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ECEN489 Sptp: Power Mngmt Circ & Sys Instructor
- ECEN491 Hnr-research Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Edward, Alexander (2016-08). Multi-Stage Noise-Shaping Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta Modulator. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Poduval, Nithin Sathisan (2016-08). Class-AB Amplifier with Third Order Nonlinearity Cancellation. (Master's Thesis)
- Ghatty, Anand Krishna (2016-08). Design of a Class-AB Amplifier for a 1.5 Bit MDAC of a 12 Bit 100MSPS Pipeline ADC. (Master's Thesis)
- He, Yanying (2016-05). 2.4 GHz Phase Locked Loop with DLL Based Spur Suppression Technique in 40nm CMOS. (Master's Thesis)
- Briseno Vidrios, Carlos Jesus (2016-05). Design of Highly Efficient Analog-To-Digital Converters. (Doctoral Dissertation)
Email
jose-silva-martinez@tamu.edu
First Name
Jose
Last Name
Silva-Martinez
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Electrical Engineering; 3128 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3128
USA