Circuits and Systems (CAS OULU)

List of Publications 2006

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Refereed international journal articles

Jansson, Jussi-Pekka; Mäntyniemi, Antti & Kostamovaara, Juha. A CMOS time-to-digital converter with better than 10 ps single-shot precision. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, June 2006, Vol. 41, No 6, pp. 1286 – 1296

Karvonen, Sami; Riley, T. & Kostamovaara, Juha. Charge-domain FIR sampler with programmable filtering coefficients. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, March 2006, Vol. 53, No 3, pp. 192 – 196

Karvonen, Sami; Riley, T.; Kurtti, Sami & Kostamovaara, Juha. A Quadrature charge-domain sampler with embedded FIR and IIR filtering functions. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, February 2006, Vol. 41, No 2, pp. 507 – 515,

Loikkanen, Mikko & Kostamovaara, Juha. Low voltage CMOS power amplifier with rail-to-rail input and output. Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Vol. 46, no 3, March 2006, pp. 183 – 192

Loikkanen, Mikko, Bognar, G. & Kostamovaara, Juha. PSRR improvement technique for single supply class AB power amplifiers. Elactronics Letters, 7th December 2006, Vol. 42, No. 25. pp. 1435 – 1436

Pehkonen, Jani; Palojärvi, P. & Kostamovaara, Juha. Receiver channel with resonance-based timing detection for a laser range finder. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, March 2006, Vol. 53, No 3, pp. 569 – 577

Rahkonen, Timo & Repo, Heikki. Efficient behavioral modelling of small timing errors in A/D and D/A converters. Kluwer Academic Journal on Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 46, no. 1, January 2006, pp. 29-36

Rapakko, Harri & Kostamovaara, Juha. V-I converter with high linearity and bandwidth. Electronics Letters, Volume 42, Issue 15, 20 July 2006 pp:833 – 834, Digital Object Identifier 10.1049/el:20061580

Lanz, B.; Vainshtein, Sergey & Kostamovaara, Juha. High power gain-switched laser diode using a superfast GaAs avalanche transistor for pumping. Applied Physics Letters 89, 081122 (2006)

Refereed international conference papers

Aikio, Janne, Vuolevi, J. & Rahkonen, Timo. Detailed analysis of IMD of HBT PA based on VBIC model. 1st European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC 2006), Manchester, UK, 10 – 13 September 2006, pp. 445 – 448

Borkowski, Maciej & Kostamovaara, Juha. On randomization of digital delta-sigma modulators with DC inputs. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2006), May 21 – 21, 2006, Island of Kos, Greece, pp. 3770 – 3773

Hietakangas, Simo; Rautio, Timo & Rahkonen, Timo. 1 GHz Class E RF power amplifier for a polar transmitter. 24th Norchip Conference, Linköping, Sweden, 20 - 21 November 2006, pp. 5 - 9

Karttunen, Juha & Rahkonen, Timo. A PLL-based real-time adaptation circuit for digital error correction of a pipeline A/D converter. 24th Norchip Conference, Linköping, Sweden, 20 - 21 November 2006, pp. 163 -166

Nieminen, Ville; Kostamovaara, Juha & Mäkynen, Anssi. Photon counting imager using CMOS compatible photodetectors. Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques, 29 April 2006, Minori, Italy, pp. 110-113

Nieminen Ville; Kostamovaara Juha & Mäkynen Anssi. Performance verification of CMOS compatible avalanche photodetector structures. Proceedings of the XX Eurosensors Conference, Vol. II, Göteborg, Sweden, 17-20 September 2006

Loikkanen, Mikko & Kostamovaara, Juha. High PSRR class AB power amplifier. 24th Norchip Conference, Linköping, Sweden, 20 - 21 November 2006, pp. 71 -74

Loikkanen, Mikko & Kostamovaara, Juha. PSRR improvement technique for amplifiers with miller capacitor. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2006), May 21 – 24, 2006, Island of Kos, Greece, pp. 1394 – 1397

Lyöri, Veijo; Kilpelä, Ari; Duan, Guoyong & Kostamovaara, Juha. Monitoring of a bridge-deck using long-gage optical fiber sensors with a pulsed TOF measurement technique. 3rd International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, Porto, Portugal, 16 – 19 July, 2006

Neitola, Marko; Loikkanen, Mikko & Rahkonen, Timo. An Amplifier transfer function clean-up tool for matlab. 9th International Workshop on Symbolic Methods and Applications on Circuit Design (SMACD), Firenze, Italy, October 12 – 13

Nissinen, Ilkka & Kostamovaara, Juha. Time-to-digital converter based on an on-chip voltage reference locked ring oscillator. IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (IMTC/06), Sorrento, Italy, 24 – 27 April 2006, pp. 250 – 254

Nissinen, Jan & Kostamovaara, Juha. Fully differential, regulated cascade amplifier. 13th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2006), Malaga, Spain, 16 – 19 May, 2006, pp. 51 – 54,

Rautio, Timo; Hietakangas, Simo & Rahkonen, Timo. Development environment for EER and envelope tracking RF transmitters. 24th Norchip Conference, Linköping, Sweden, 20 - 21 November 2006, pp. 151 - 154

Rahkonen, Timo & Jokitalo, O. Design of a linearly assisted switcher for a supply modulated RF transmitter. 24th Norchip Conference, Linköping, Sweden, 20 - 21 November 2006, pp. 1 - 4

Rahkonen, Timo; Kursu, Olli; Riikola, M.; Aikio, Janne & Tuikkanen, T. Performance of an integrated 2.1 GHz analog predistorter. 2006 International workshop on integrated nonlinear microwave and millimeter-wave circuits (INMMIC 2006), Aveiro, Portugal,Jan 30-31, 2006, p. 34-37

Vainshtein, Sergey & Kostamovaara, Juha. High power gain switched laser diodes using a novel compact picosecond switch based on a GaAs bipolar junction transistor structure for pumping. Proceedings of SPIE, Semiconductor Lasers and Laser Dynamics II, 3 – 6 April, 2006, Strasbourg, France, vol. 6184, SPIE paper 6184-3

Other scientific papers (no abstracts)

Häkkinen, Juha; Hannu, Jari; Manninen, Jani; Syri, P. & Moilanen, Markku. Enbedded high-frequency analoque boundary scan test solution for a 900 MHz direct conversion I/Q transmitter. 12th IEEE International Mixed Signal Testing Workshop (IMSTW’06), 21 – 23 June, 2006, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Informal Digest

Vainshtein,Sergey; Yuferev, V. & Kostamovaara, Juha. Superfast (ps range) switching in GaAs bipolar junction transitor (BJT) caused by a train of powerfully avalanching Gunn domains. Presentation notes of the 2006 Workshop on Compact Modeling for RF/Microwave Applications (CMRF´06), TU Delft, Maastricht, the Netherlands, October 11, 2006