David Treleaven holds a BASc in engineering physics from the University of British Columbia, an MSc in electronic engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, and a PhD in electronic engineering from the University of Calgary. He has over 29 years experience in analog and digital circuit design, particularly in the telecommunications field.
He has been with Chipworks for more than 10 years, specializing in analog and mixed-signal technology. His involvement includes analysis of integrated circuits, semiconductor component parts, and communications devices and systems. Prior to joining Chipworks, he worked at TRW Semiconductors and Westinghouse.
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May 11, 2006[Ideas For Design] 1.5-Bit Stages In Pipeline ADCs
Use of pipeline analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) continues to expand, both as standalone parts and as embedded functional blocks in system-on-a-chip (SoC) ICs. They boast acceptable resolution at high-speed operation and can be integrated onto relatively small die area. Driven by IC chip cost factors, many commodity CMOS-technology SoCs now include embedded pipeline ADCs. Pipelined converters attain their final resolution through a series cascade of lower-resolution stages. For...
April 13, 2006[Technology Report] Paying For Double Density
The tried-and-true axiom of "you don't get something for nothing" certainly can apply to the latest multilevel NAND flash chips. Though they dramatically increase the memory capacity in a given core die area, it's at the expense of more complicated peripheral circuitry. Illustrated is a block of 2-bit-per-cell NAND flash circuitry that consists of single-transistor memory cells connected to one of 32 control gate lines (CG1-CG32) and one of 32 bit lines...
January 12, 2006[POV: Point Of View] The Reverse Engineer's View
There's hype, and then there's reality. When it comes to leading-edge chips, the chasm between the two is rather wide. Reverse engineers tear these technologies apart for a perspective that often diverges far from commentaries offered by the chipmakers and other industry mavens. Processors Last year was full of hype about the impending release of 65-nm devices, particularly in the microprocessor and consumer arenas. Intel shipped its dual-core Yonah...
