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57
Citations
12225
World Ranking
1975
National Ranking
41

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  • 1992 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the instrumentation of nuclear electronics, in particular, the conception and demonstration of silicon single-photon detectors.

Overview

Sergio Cova is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with specific attention to electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence, materials chemistry, and computer vision and pattern recognition. The subfield of electrical and electronic engineering dominates their work with 51 publications.

The main topics covered by Sergio Cova include:

  • Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
  • Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design
  • Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design

Sergio Cova has a significant record of coauthorship with several researchers, including:

  • Marcel Kossel (17 collaborative publications)
  • Thomas Morf (14 collaborative publications)
  • Matthias Bräendli (10 collaborative publications)
  • Matthias Brändli (9 collaborative publications)
  • Gain Kim (7 collaborative publications)

Their frequent publication venues highlight a focus on technical journals related to circuits and systems:

  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs (4 publications)
  • IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (3 publications)
  • IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (2 publications)
  • 2022 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits (2 publications)
  • IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters (2 publications)

Representative recent papers by Sergio Cova include:

  • A 64-core mixed-signal in-memory compute chip based on phase-change memory for deep neural network inference, 2023, Nature Electronics
  • HERMES-Core-A 1.59-TOPS/mm2 PCM on 14-nm CMOS In-Memory Compute Core Using 300-ps/LSB Linearized CCO-Based ADCs, 2022, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • An SRAM-Based Multibit In-Memory Matrix-Vector Multiplier With a Precision That Scales Linearly in Area, Time, and Power, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems
  • A 72-GS/s, 8-Bit DAC-Based Wireline Transmitter in 4-nm FinFET CMOS for 200+ Gb/s Serial Links, 2022, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • An 8-bit 56GS/s 64x Time-Interleaved ADC with Bootstrapped Sampler and Class-AB Buffer in 4nm CMOS, 2022, 2022 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits (VLSI Technology and Circuits)

Sergio Cova was recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 1992 for their contributions to the instrumentation of nuclear electronics, specifically for the conception and demonstration of silicon single-photon detectors.

Best Publications

  • Avalanche photodiodes and quenching circuits for single-photon detection

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

  • Protein Conformational Dynamics Probed by Single-Molecule Electron Transfer

    Haw Yang;Haw Yang;Haw Yang;Guobin Luo;Guobin Luo;Guobin Luo;Pallop Karnchanaphanurach;Pallop Karnchanaphanurach;Pallop Karnchanaphanurach;Tai Man Louie;Tai Man Louie;Tai Man Louie

  • Evolution and prospects for single-photon avalanche diodes and quenching circuits

    Sergio Cova;Massimo Antonio Ghioni;Arturo Lotito;Ivan Rech

  • Principles and features of Single Photon Avalanche Diode Arrays

    F. Zappa;S. Tisa;A. Tosi;S. Cova

  • Progress in Silicon Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes

    M. Ghioni;A. Gulinatti;I. Rech;F. Zappa

  • Trapping phenomena in avalanche photodiodes on nanosecond scale

    S. Cova;A. Lacaita;G. Ripamonti

  • Towards picosecond resolution with single-photon avalanche diodes

    S. Cova;A. Longoni;A. Andreoni

  • Single-photon detection beyond 1 µm: performance of commercially available InGaAs/lnP detectors.

    A. Lacaita;F. Zappa;S. Cova;P. Lovati

  • Laser-based distance measurement using picosecond resolution time-correlated single-photon counting

    Sara Pellegrini;Gerald S Buller;Jason M Smith;Andrew M Wallace

  • Single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) for 1.5 μm photon counting applications

    M. A. Itzler;r. Ben-Michael;C. F. Hsu;K. Slomkowski

  • Advances in InGaAsP-based avalanche diode single photon detectors

    Mark A. Itzler;Xudong Jiang;Mark Entwistle;Krystyna Slomkowski

  • Double epitaxy improves single-photon avalanche diode performance

    Andrea Leonardo Lacaita;Massimo Antonio Ghioni;Sergio Cova

  • 20-ps timing resolution with single-photon avalanche diodes

    S. Cova;A. Lacaita;M. Ghioni;G. Ripamonti

  • Low jitter up-conversion detectors for telecom wavelength GHz QKD

    R T Thew;S Tanzilli;L Krainer;S C Zeller

  • Design and performance of an InGaAs-InP single-photon avalanche diode detector

    S. Pellegrini;R.E. Warburton;L.J.J. Tan;Jo Shien Ng

  • Time-of-flight optical ranging system based on time-correlated single-photon counting

    John S. Massa;Gerald S. Buller;Andrew C. Walker;Sergio Cova

  • Monolithic active-quenching and active-reset circuit for single-photon avalanche detectors

    F. Zappa;A. Lotito;A.C. Giudice;S. Cova

  • A semiconductor detector for measuring ultraweak fluorescence decays with 70 ps FWHM resolution

    S. Cova;A. Longoni;A. Andreoni;R. Cubeddu

  • Optical crosstalk in single photon avalanche diode arrays: a new complete model

    Ivan Rech;Antonino Ingargiola;Roberto Spinelli;Ivan Giuseppe Labanca

  • Single-photon detection beyond 1 µm: performance of commercially available germanium photodiodes.

    A. Lacaita;P. A. Francese;F. Zappa;S. Cova

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Ghioni
Massimo Ghioni Polytechnic University of Milan
Franco Zappa
Franco Zappa Polytechnic University of Milan
Ivan Rech
Ivan Rech Polytechnic University of Milan
Alberto Tosi
Alberto Tosi Polytechnic University of Milan
Andrea L. Lacaita
Andrea L. Lacaita Polytechnic University of Milan
Shimon Weiss
Shimon Weiss University of California, Los Angeles
Carlo Samori
Carlo Samori Polytechnic University of Milan
John P. R. David
John P. R. David University of Sheffield
Emanuele Rimini
Emanuele Rimini National Research Council (CNR)
Paul D. Townsend
Paul D. Townsend Tyndall National Institute

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