Opportunities for Analog / Mixed Signal / RF MQPs: The NECAMSID Center for Analog and Mixed Signal Design at WPI

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Opportunities for Analog / Mixed Signal / RF
MQPs The NECAMSID Center for Analog and Mixed
Signal Design at WPI

• John McNeill
• http//ece.wpi.edu/analog

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Center Overview

• Project Topics Proposed by Industry Sponsors
• Analog Devices, Allegro Microsystems, Skyworks
  Solutions
• Meet with sponsor representatives at start,
  finish of MQP

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Autonomous Bioinstrumentation Card

• Dan Moyer, Tuan Vu
• Noninvasive measurement of biosignal (pulse rate)
• Autonomously powered (60µA 5V solar cell)

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LEDs as Feedback Sensors for Displays

• Cianfrocco , Lee, Renzulli
• Application Use inactiveLEDs as sensors
  forfeedback calibration
• Closed loop PWM control of display intensity
  compensate for aging effects

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Trimmable Bandgap Voltage Reference in CMOS

• Foreman, Solitro, Wolfertz

• Implemented link fuses for bandgap voltage
  adjustment

• Bipolar devices in CMOS for bandgap reference
  function

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Recruiting Process

• http//ece.wpi.edu/analog link to
• Sign up for interview time
• Indicate project preference
• November 2013
• Interview
• January 2014
• Result of interview process
• Decision timetable same as off-campus MQPs