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António Manuel
Couto Pinto
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon – Portugal)
PhD Student
Professor of Electronic in Polytechnic School – ISEL
(since 1982)
Analog-to-Digital Converters ( Flash ADCs)
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Alameda Campus
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO
Taguspark Campus
A SCHOOL OF THE 21st CENTURY
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Internal Organisation
Academic Units
Departments
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Civil Engineering and Architecture
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Mining Engineering and Earth Resources
Materials Engineering
Physics
Mathematics
Information Systems Engineering
Engineering and Management
Autonomous Section
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Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
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Facts and Figures
Students & Staff
Undergraduate Students
8 680
Master’s Students
1 089
596
Doctorate Students
DEEC
10 365
1 900
Professors
774
145
Non-teaching staff
565
Total Students
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Education
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Other
Postgraduate
Courses
21
Undergraduate
/ Graduate
Programmes
31
Master’s
Programmes
22
Doctoral (PhD)
Programmes
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Education
IST Position on the Bologna Process
Cycle
Duration
Degree
1st
3 years
Bachelor in
Engineering Sciences
2nd
2 years
Master
(Engineering Diploma)
3rd
3 years
Ph. D.
Obs.
Scientific-based
teaching oriented
towards conceptual
engineering
Specialisation
Specialisation courses of specific scope to
complement 1st and 2nd cycle training
Mobility
"Bridging Programmes" for vocational 1st and 2nd cycle
students to carry on scientifically oriented programmes
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technology
from seed
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CAM – Analog and Mixed Circuits Group
Human Resources
Group Coordinators:
Prof. Medeiros Silva
Prof. Jorge Fernandes
3 Ph.D.
+ 3 Ph.D. students
+ 3 M.Sc. Student
+ final year undergraduates
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CAM – Analog and Mixed Circuits Group
Current Research Activity
Radio-frequency integrated circuits, namely low
noise amplifiers, oscillators/mixers, and PLL.
Electronics for Medical applications front-end
electronics for PET scanner and Vision implantable
neuro prosthesis
Low-noise digital cells for use in mixed-signal
integrated circuits
Analog integrated filters with on-chip tuning
Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) for high
sampling rates, with emphasis on folding and
interpolation techniques
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António Manuel
Couto Pinto
Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs)
Flash ADC with a Statistics Approach
Design and test a circuit with:
 Technology UMC .18mm (CMOS)
 Small size transistors (high speed, low power, low cost)
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Interest on this course
Learn the methods
and test proceedings
applied to ADC
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Thank You
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