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Franco Maloberti

Franco Maloberti

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
55
Citations
12581
World Ranking
2162
National Ranking
47

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to design methodologies for analog integrated circuits and outstanding leadership in microelectronics education and research.

Overview

Franco Maloberti is affiliated with the University of Pavia in Italy and specializes in the field of engineering, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Their work extends into biomedical engineering, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research covers a range of advanced topics related to circuit design and wireless systems. Notable topics include:

  • Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design
  • Wireless Power Transfer Systems
  • Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
  • Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies
  • Advanced DC-DC Converters
  • CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks

Maloberti has published recent papers in several prominent venues. Selected papers include:

  • "A Hybrid Single-Inductor Bipolar-Output DC-DC Converter With Floating Negative Output for AMOLED Displays" (2021), IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • "A Sub-0.25-pJ/bit 47.6-to-58.8-Gb/s Reference-Less FD-Less Single-Loop PAM-4 Bang-Bang CDR With a Deliberate-Current-Mismatch Frequency Acquisition Technique in 28-nm CMOS" (2022), IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • "A Time-Interleaved 2nd-Order ΔΣ Modulator Achieving 5-MHz Bandwidth and 86.1-dB SNDR Using Digital Feed-Forward Extrapolation" (2021), IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • "Overcoming the Transimpedance Limit: A Tutorial on Design of Low-Noise TIA" (2022), IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs
  • "Order Statistics and Optimal Selection of Unit Elements in DACs to Enhance the Static Linearity" (2020), IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers

Frequent coauthors of Maloberti include Steven Heffner, Karen Hawkins, Thomas Siegert, Mary Ward-Callan, and Konstantinos Karachalios.

Their work appears in well-known publication venues such as:

  • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • IEEE Spectrum
  • IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers
  • IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Maloberti has authored books published by River Publishers eBooks and Springer Nature (Netherlands). Titles under River Publishers eBooks include "A Short History of Circuits and Systems" (2024 and 2022 editions) and "Advanced Tutorial on Analog Circuit Design" (2023). A book published by Springer Nature is "Wireless Power Transfer and Data Communication for Intracranial Neural Recording Applications" (2020).

In 1996, Maloberti was awarded the IEEE Fellow recognition for contributions to design methodologies for analog integrated circuits and for leadership in microelectronics education and research.

Best Publications

  • A 10-bit 100-MS/s Reference-Free SAR ADC in 90 nm CMOS

    Yan Zhu;Chi-Hang Chan;U-Fat Chio;Sai-Weng Sin

  • Data converters

    Franco Maloberti

  • Behavioral modeling of switched-capacitor sigma-delta modulators

    P. Malcovati;S. Brigati;F. Francesconi;F. Maloberti

  • Curvature-compensated BiCMOS bandgap with 1-V supply voltage

    P. Malcovati;F. Maloberti;C. Fiocchi;M. Pruzzi

  • Analog Design for CMOS VLSI Systems

    F. Maloberti

  • A 60-dB dynamic-range CMOS sixth-order 2.4-Hz low-pass filter for medical applications

    S. Solis-Bustos;J. Silva-Martinez;F. Maloberti;E. Sanchez-Sinencio

  • Modeling sigma-delta modulator non-idealities in SIMULINK(R)

    S. Brigati;F. Francesconi;P. Malcovati;D. Tonietto

  • A 9.4-ENOB 1V 3.8μW 100kS/s SAR ADC with Time-Domain Comparator

    A. Agnes;E. Bonizzoni;P. Malcovati;F. Maloberti

  • A single-chip optical sensor with analog memory for motion detection

    A. Simoni;G. Torelli;F. Maloberti;A. Sartori

  • Two-dimensional magnetic microsensor with on-chip signal processing for contactless angle measurement

    A. Haberli;M. Schneider;P. Malcovati;R. Castagnetti

  • A low noise, high power supply rejection low dropout regulator for wireless system-on-chip applications

    S.K. Hoon;S. Chen;F. Maloberti;J. Chen

  • A direct-digital synthesizer with improved spectral performance

    P. O'Leary;F. Maloberti

  • An 8-b 400-MS/s 2-b-Per-Cycle SAR ADC With Resistive DAC

    Hegong Wei;Chi-Hang Chan;U-Fat Chio;Sai-Weng Sin

  • A 4-Output Single-Inductor DC-DC Buck Converter with Self-Boosted Switch Drivers and 1.2A Total Output Current

    M. Belloni;E. Bonizzoni;E. Kiseliovas;P. Malcovati

  • A 200-mA, 93% peak power efficiency, single-inductor, dual-output DC---DC buck converter

    Edoardo Bonizzoni;Fausto Borghetti;Piero Malcovati;Franco Maloberti

  • A CMOS Current-Mode Magnetic Hall Sensor With Integrated Front-End

    Hadi Heidari;Edoardo Bonizzoni;Umberto Gatti;Franco Maloberti

  • Digital to analog converter with dual resistor string

    Roberto Rivoir;Franco Maloberti;Guido P. Torelli

  • Switched-capacitor integrators with low finite-gain sensitivity

    K. Haug;F. Maloberti;G.C. Temes

  • A 200mA 93% Peak Efficiency Single-Inductor Dual-Output DC-DC Buck Converter

    E. Bonizzoni;F. Borghetti;P. Malcovati;F. Maloberti

  • Switched-capacitor circuits with reduced finite-gain effect

    Franco Maloberti;Martin K. Kinyua

Frequent Co-Authors

Piero Malcovati
Piero Malcovati University of Pavia
Rui P. Martins
Rui P. Martins University of Macau
Catherine Dehollain
Catherine Dehollain École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Giuseppe Palmisano
Giuseppe Palmisano University of Catania
Henry Baltes
Henry Baltes ETH Zurich
Pui-In Mak
Pui-In Mak University of Macau
Edgar Sanchez-Sinencio
Edgar Sanchez-Sinencio Texas A&M University
Michael Peter Kennedy
Michael Peter Kennedy University College Dublin
Gabor C. Temes
Gabor C. Temes Oregon State University
Man-Chung Wong
Man-Chung Wong University of Macau

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