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  • 2017 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to design of integrated Voltage Controlled Oscillators and Phase-Locked Loops

Overview

Carlo Samori is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy and has an extensive research record in the field of Engineering, with a primary focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their work also spans Biomedical Engineering and Artificial Intelligence subfields.

The main topics of Carlo Samori's research include:

  • Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies
  • Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression

Samori has contributed to multiple publications focusing on phase-locked loops (PLLs), frequency synthesis, and integrated circuit design. Key recent papers include:

  • "A 66-fs-rms Jitter 12.8-to-15.2-GHz Fractional-N Bang-Bang PLL With Digital Frequency-Error Recovery for Fast Locking" (2020), published in the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • "A 12.5-GHz Fractional-N Type-I Sampling PLL Achieving 58-fs Integrated Jitter" (2021), published in the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • "A Comprehensive Phase Noise Analysis of Bang-Bang Digital PLLs" (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers
  • "A Fractional-N Bang-Bang PLL Based on Type-II Gear Shifting and Adaptive Frequency Switching Achieving 68.6 fs-rms-Total-Integrated-Jitter and 1.56 μs-Locking-Time" (2022), published in the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • "A 12.9-to-15.1-GHz Digital PLL Based on a Bang-Bang Phase Detector With Adaptively Optimized Noise Shaping" (2021), published in the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Throughout their career, Samori has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

  • Salvatore Levantino
  • Luca Bertulessi
  • Andrea L. Lacaita
  • Mario Mercandelli
  • Dmytro Cherniak

The prominent venues where Carlo Samori's work has been published include:

  • IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs
  • IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters
  • 2022 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)

Carlo Samori was named an IEEE Fellow in 2017 for contributions to the design of integrated Voltage Controlled Oscillators and Phase-Locked Loops. This distinction highlights Samori's involvement in research related to frequency control and synchronization technologies within integrated circuits.

Best Publications

  • Avalanche photodiodes and quenching circuits for single-photon detection

    Sergio Cova;Massimo Antonio Ghioni;Andrea Leonardo Lacaita;Carlo Samori

  • Analysis and design of a 1.8-GHz CMOS LC quadrature VCO

    P. Andreani;A. Bonfanti;L. Romano;C. Samori

  • Frequency dependence on bias current in 5 GHz CMOS VCOs: impact on tuning range and flicker noise upconversion

    S. Levantino;C. Samori;A. Bonfanti;S.L.J. Gierkink

  • A low-phase-noise 5-GHz CMOS quadrature VCO using superharmonic coupling

    S.L.J. Gierkink;S. Levantino;R.C. Frye;C. Samori

  • A 13.5-mW 5-GHz frequency synthesizer with dynamic-logic frequency divider

    S. Pellerano;S. Levantino;C. Samori;A.L. Lacaita

  • A 2.9–4.0-GHz Fractional-N Digital PLL With Bang-Bang Phase Detector and 560- ${ m fs}_{ m rms}$ Integrated Jitter at 4.5-mW Power

    Davide Tasca;Marco Zanuso;Giovanni Marzin;Salvatore Levantino

  • Spectrum folding and phase noise in LC tuned oscillators

    C. Samori;A.L. Lacaita;F. Villa;F. Zappa

  • Phase noise in digital frequency dividers

    S. Levantino;L. Romano;S. Pellerano;C. Samori

  • An Adaptive Pre-Distortion Technique to Mitigate the DTC Nonlinearity in Digital PLLs

    Salvatore Levantino;Giovanni Marzin;Carlo Samori

  • Integrated Frequency Synthesizers for Wireless Systems

    Andrea Leonardo Lacaita;Salvatore Levantino;Carlo Samori

  • Noise Analysis and Minimization in Bang-Bang Digital PLLs

    M. Zanuso;D. Tasca;S. Levantino;A. Donadel

  • AM-to-PM conversion in varactor-tuned oscillators

    S. Levantino;C. Samori;A. Zanchi;A.L. Lacaita

  • Compact active quenching circuit for fast photon counting with avalanche photodiodes

    Massimo Antonio Ghioni;Sergio Cova;Franco Zappa;Carlo Samori

  • A 20 Mb/s Phase Modulator Based on a 3.6 GHz Digital PLL With −36 dB EVM at 5 mW Power

    Giovanni Marzin;Salvatore Levantino;Carlo Samori;Andrea Lacaita

  • A Wideband 3.6 GHz Digital ΔΣ Fractional-N PLL With Phase Interpolation Divider and Digital Spur Cancellation

    M Zanuso;S Levantino;C Samori;A L Lacaita

  • Multiphase LC oscillators

    L. Romano;S. Levantino;C. Samori;A.L. Lacaita

  • An integrated active-quenching circuit for single-photon avalanche diodes

    F. Zappa;M. Ghioni;S. Cova;C. Samori

  • A 2-V 2.5-GHz-104-dBc/Hz at 100 kHz fully integrated VCO with wide-band low-noise automatic amplitude control loop

    A. Zanchi;C. Samori;S. Levantino;A.L. Lacaita

  • Phase noise and accuracy in quadrature oscillators

    L. Romano;S. Levantino;A. Bonfanti;C. Samori

  • A -94 dBc/Hz@100 kHz, fully-integrated, 5-GHz, CMOS VCO with 18% tuning range for Bluetooth applications

    C. Samori;S. Levantino;V. Boccuzzi

  • Integrated Frequency Synthesizers for Wireless Systems: Reactive components in oscillators

    Andrea Leonardo Lacaita;Salvatore Levantino;Carlo Samori

Frequent Co-Authors

Salvatore Levantino
Salvatore Levantino Polytechnic University of Milan
Andrea L. Lacaita
Andrea L. Lacaita Polytechnic University of Milan
Sergio Cova
Sergio Cova Polytechnic University of Milan
Franco Zappa
Franco Zappa Polytechnic University of Milan
Massimo Ghioni
Massimo Ghioni Polytechnic University of Milan
Michael Peter Kennedy
Michael Peter Kennedy University College Dublin
Pietro Andreani
Pietro Andreani Lund University
Pavan Kumar Hanumolu
Pavan Kumar Hanumolu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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