Selected talks
- Li, K.,
Saxena, V., and Baker, R.J. (2008) The Baker ADC: An Overview, an online seminar in Windows Media
format found here.
- Baker,
R.J., (2006-2008) Circuit
Design for MLC Flash: Towards a Semiconductor
Replacement for the Hard Disk Drive, presented at various universities
and companies.
- Saxena,
V. and Baker, R.J., (2007-2008) High-Speed
Op-Amp Design: Compensation and Topologies for Two and Three Stage Designs,
presented at various universities and companies.
- Baker,
R.J., (2007) Terman Award Acceptance Speech,
given at the Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2007), Milwaukee,
WI, October 11, 2007.
- Baker,
R.J., (2007) The
One-Transistor, One-Capacitor (1T1C) Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM),
and its Impact on Society, presented at the Franklin Institute, in the symposium
honoring Dr. Robert
H. Dennard and his receipt of the 2007 Benjamin
Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering, April 25, 2007.
- Baker,
R.J. and Saxena, V., (2007) Design of Bandpass
Delta Sigma Modulators: Avoiding Common Mistakes, presented at various
universities and companies.
- Baker,
R.J., (2001-2006) Sensing
Circuits for Resistive Memory, presented at various universities and
companies.
- Hadrick, M. and Baker, R.J., (2005) Sensing
in CMOS Imagers using Delta-Sigma Modulation, a general presentation
of our work in this area.
- Baker,
R.J. (2005) Design of
High-Speed CMOS Op-Amps for Signal Processing, IEEE/EDS Workshop on
Microelectronics and Electron Devices (WMED), April, 2005
- Baker,
R.J. (2004) Delta-Sigma
Modulation for Sensing," IEEE/EDS Workshop on Microelectronics
and Electron Devices (WMED), April, 2004
- Rivera,
B. and Baker, R.J. (2001) Design and Layout of
Schottky Diodes in a Standard CMOS Process, MURI Review,
November, 2001.
Selected journal papers
- Leslie,
M.B., and Baker, R.J., (2006) "Noise-Shaping
Sense Amplifier for MRAM Cross-Point Arrays," IEEE Journal of Solid
State Circuits, Vol. 41, No.
3, pp. 699-704.
- Hess,
H.L., and Baker, R.J., (2000) "Transformerless Capacitive Coupling of Gate Signals
for Series Operation of Power MOS Devices," IEEE Transactions
on Power Electronics, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 923-930.
- Lin,
F., Miller J., Schoenfeld A., Ma, M. and Baker,
R.J., (1999) "A
Register-Controlled Symmetrical DLL for Double-Data-Rate DRAM," IEEE
Journal of Solid State
Circuits, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 565-568.
- Bruce,
J.D., Li H.W., Dallabetta, M.J. and Baker, R.J.,
(1996) "Analog
layout using ALAS!" IEEE Journal of Solid
State Circuits, Vol. 31, No.
2, pp. 271-274.
- Li
H.W., Dallabetta M.J., and Baker R.J. (1995) "An interactive
impulse response extraction system," Review of Scientific
Instruments 66(10), 5092-5095.
- Ward,
S.T., Baker, R.J. and Li. H.W., (1995) "A microchannel plate image intensifier gating circuit
capable of pulse widths from 30 ns to 10 us," Measurement
Science and Technology, Vol. 6, No. 11, pp. 1631-1633.
- Keeth,
B., R. J. Baker, and H. W. Li., (1995) "CMOS transconductor VCO with adjustable operating and
center freqencies," Electronics
Letters 31(17), 1397-98.
- Baker,
R. J., (1994) "Time
domain operation of the TRAPATT diode for picosecond-kilovolt
pulse generation," Review of Scientific Instruments
65(10), 3286-88.
- Baker,
R. J. and S. T. Ward, (1994) "Designing
nanosecond high voltage pulse generators using power MOSFETs," Electronics
Letters 30(20), 1634-35.
- Baker,
R. J. and B. P. Johnson, (1994) "Sweep circuit
design for a picosecond streak camera,"
Measurement Science and Technology 5(4).
- Baker
R. J., D. J. Hodder, B. P. Johnson, P. C. Subedi, and D. C. Williams, (1993) "Generation of
kilovolt-subnanosecond pulses using a nonlinear
transmission line" Measurement Science and Technology
4(8), 893-95.
- Baker
R. J. and Johnson B. P., (1993) "Series
operation of power MOSFETs for high speed, high voltage switching
applications," Review of Scientific Instruments 65(6).
- Baker
R. J. and Johnson B. P., (1993) "Applying the
Marx bank circuit configuration to power MOSFETs," Electronics
Letters 29(1), 56-57.
- Baker
R. J. and Johnson B. P., (1992) "Stacking power
MOSFETs for use in high speed instrumentation," Review of
Scientific Instruments 63(12), 5799-5801.
- Baker
R. J. and Johnson B. P., (1992) "A 500 Volt
nanosecond pulse generator using cascode connected power MOSFETs,"
Measurement Science and Technology 3 (8), 775-77.
- Baker
R. J., Perryman G. T., and Watts P. W., (1991) "A
fiber-optically triggered avalanche transistor," IEEE
Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 40(3), 649-52.
- Baker
R.J. (1991) "High
voltage pulse generation using current mode second breakdown in a bipolar
junction transistor," Review of Scientific Instruments
62(4), 1031-1036.
- Baker
R.J. and Pocha, M.D. (1990) "Nanosecond
switching using power MOSFETs," Review of Scientific
Instruments 61(8), 2211-2213.
Selected conference papers and posters
- Ande, H.K., Busa, P., Balasubramanian, M., Campbell, K.A., and Baker, R.J.,
(2008) A
New Approach to the Design, Fabrication, and Testing of Chalcogenide-Based
Multi-State Phase-Change Nonvolatile Memory, proceedings of the 51st Midwest Symposium on Circuits
and Systems, pp. 570-573, August
10-13, 2008.
- Saxena,
V., and Baker, R.J., (2008) Compensation
of CMOS Op-Amps using Split-Length Transistors, proceedings of the 51st Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp.
109-112, August 10-13, 2008.
- Saxena, V., and Baker, R.J., (2008) Indirect
Compensation Technique for Low-Voltage Op-Amps, proceedings of the 3rd Annual Austin Conference on
Integrated Systems and Circuits (ACISC), May 7-9, 2008.
- Cahoon, C., and Baker, R.J., (2008) Low-Voltage
CMOS Temperature Sensor Design using Schottky Diode-Based References, proceedings of the IEEE/EDS Workshop on Microelectronics
and Electron Devices (WMED), pp. 16-19, April, 2008.
- Saxena,
V., and Baker, R. J., (2006) Indirect
Feedback Compensation of CMOS Op-Amps, proceedings of the IEEE/EDS Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices (WMED),
pp. 3-4, April, 2006.
- Duvvada, K., Saxena, V., and Baker, R. J., (2006) High
Speed Digital Input Buffer Circuits, proceedings of the IEEE/EDS Workshop on Microelectronics
and Electron Devices (WMED), pp. 11-12, April, 2006.
- Saxena,
V., Plum, T.J., Jessing, J.R., and Baker,
R. J., (2006) Design
and Fabrication of a MEMS Capacitive Chemical Sensor System, proceedings
of the IEEE/EDS Workshop
on Microelectronics and Electron Devices (WMED), pp. 17-18, April,
2006.
- Gribb, M., Plumlee,
D., Moll, A., Hill, H., Hong, F., Baker. J., Loo, S.M., Walters, R. and Imonigie, J., (2006) An In-Situ Ion Mobility Spectrometer Sensor System for Detecting
Gaseous VOCs in the Vadose
Zone, Fourth
International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT ‘06) Conference, April 2-6, 2006, Carefree,
AZ.
- Gribb, M., H. Hill. J. Baker, S.M. Loo, A.
Moll, (2005), Ion Mobility Spectrometer (IMS) Sensor Project, presented at
the Environmental & Subsurface Science Symposium, Inland Research
Alliance, Sept. 19-21, 2005, Big Sky, Montana.
- Ogas,
M.L., Price, P.M., Kiepert J., Baker R.J., Bersuker G., and Knowlton W.B., (2005) Degradation of Rise
Time in NAND Gates Using 2.0 nm Gate Dielectrics, oral
presentation and publication at the 2005 IEEE Integrated Reliability
Workshop, October 2005.
- Butler, D.L, and R.J. Baker, (2005) Low-Voltage Bandgap
Reference Design Utilizing Schottky Diodes, proceedings of the 2005 Midwest
Symposium on Circuits and Systems.
- Ogas
M. L., Southwick III R.G., Cheek B.J., Baker R.J., Bersuker
G., and Knowlton W.B., (2004) Survey of Oxide Degradation in Inverter
Circuits Using 2.0nm MOS Devices, in proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Integrated Reliability
Workshop, Oct. 2004, pp. 32-36.
- Cheek, B.J., R. G. Southwick III, M. L. Ogas, P. E. Nagler, D. Whelchel, S. Kumar, R. J. Baker, W. B. Knowlton,
(2004) Preliminary Soft Breakdown
(SBD) Effects In CMOS Building Block Circuits, poster presentation
at 2004 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, Oct. 18-21.
- Ogas, M., R. Southwick, B.
Cheek, C. Lawrence, S. Kumar, A. Haggag, R. J.
Baker, and W. B. Knowlton, (2004) Multiple
Waveform Pulse Voltage Stress Technique for Modeling Noise in Ultra Thin
Oxides, poster presentation at Workshop on Microelectronics and
Electron Devices, Boise, Idaho, April 16, 2004.
- Cheek,
Betsy J., Stutzke, Nate, Santosh
Kumar, R. Jacob Baker, Amy J. Moll and William B. Knowlton, (2004) Investigation of
Circuit-Level Oxide Degradation and its Effect on CMOS Inverter Operation
Performance and MOSFET Characteristics, 2004 IEEE International
Reliability Physics Symposium, April, 25-29.
- Stutzke, Nate, Betsy J. Cheek, Miles Wiscombe, Terry Lowman, Santosh
Kumar, R. Jacob Baker, Amy J. Moll and William B. Knowlton, (2003) Effects of
Circuit-Level Stress on Inverter Performance and MOSFET Characteristics,
2003 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop, Oct, 20-23.
- Ogas M. L., R. G. Southwick, B. J. Cheek, C. E.
Lawrence, S. Kumar, A. Haggag, R. J. Baker, W.
B. Knowlton, (2003) Investigation
of Multiple Waveform Pulse Voltage Stress (MWPVS) Technique in Ultra-Thin
Oxides, poster presentation at the 2003 IEEE International Integrated
Reliability Workshop Oct, 20-23.
- Baker, R.J., (2003) Mixed-Signal
Design in the Microelectronics Curriculum,” IEEE University/Government/Industry
Microelectronics (UGIM) Symposium, June 30 - July 2, 2003.
- J.A.
Hartman, R.J. Baker, M. Gribb, H.H. Hill, J.
Jessing, A. Moll, W. Prouty, D. Russell, A
Miniaturized Ion Mobility Spectrometer (IMS) Sensor for Wireless Operation,
(2003) FAME (Frontiers in
Assessment Methods for the Environment) Symposium, Sponsored by
NSF, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 10-13, 2003.
- Lawrence, C.E., B.J. Cheek, T.E.
Lawrence, Santosh Kumar, A. Haggag,
R.J. Baker, and W.B. Knowlton, (2003) Gate Dielectric Degradation Effects on nMOS Devices Using a Noise Model Approach,
IEEE University/Government/Industry Microelectronics (UGIM) Symposium,
June 30 - July 2.
- Betsy
Cheek, Carrie Lawrence, Tim Lawrence, Jose Gomez, Theodora Caldwell,
Dorian Kiri, Santosh
Kumar, Jake Baker, Amy J. Moll, and William B. Knowlton, (2002) "Gate
Dielectric Degradation Effects on nMOS Devices
and Simple IC Building Blocks (SICBBs),"
IEEE Electron Devices Society Boise Meeting, Boise, ID Oct. 25.
- Lawrence,
C., B. Cheek, T. Caldwell, T. Lawrence, D. Kiri,
S. Kumar, J. Baker, A. J. Moll and W. B. Knowlton, (2002) Pulse voltage
stressing of ultrathin gate oxides in NMOS devices, poster session at IEEE International Integrated Reliability
Workshop, October 21-24.
- Cheek,
B., C. Lawrence, T. Lawrence, T. Caldwell, D. Kiri,
S. Kumar, J. Baker, A. J. Moll and W. B. Knowlton, (2002) Circuit level
reliability of ultrathin gate oxides for SICBBs:
Preliminary study concentrated on the effect of stress on the NMOSFET of
an inverter, poster session at IEEE International Integrated Reliability
Workshop, October 21-24.
- Baker,
R.J., (2002) "Sensing
Circuits for Resistive Memory," IEEE Electron Devices Society Boise Meeting, Boise, ID
Oct. 25.
- Rivera
B., Baker R. J., Melngailis J., (2001) "Design
and Layout of Schottky Diodes in a Standard CMOS Process," 2001
International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium, Washington
DC, Dec. 2001.
- Hess,
H. and R. Baker, (2000) “Easier Method to Simultaneously Trigger
Series-Connected MOS Devices,” Power Systems World Conference 2000, Boston, Massachusetts,
September 2000.
- Baker,
R.J., and H. Hess, (1999) “Transformerless
Capacitive Coupling of Gate Signals for Series Operation of Power MOSFET
Devices.” International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, Seattle, Washington,
May 1999, pp. 673-676.
- Baker, R.J., (1999) "A windows based
integrated circuit design tool for distance education,"
International Conference on Simulation and Multimedia in Engineering
Education."
- Chen
H. and Baker R.J., (1998) "A CMOS
Standard-Cell Library for the PC-based LASI Layout System," 1998 Midwest
Symposium on Circuits and Systems.
- Liu, S., and Baker, R.J., (1998) "Process and
temperature performance of a CMOS beta-multiplier voltage reference,”
Proceedings of the 41st Midwest
Symposium on Circuits and Systems," August 9-12, 1998.
- Boyce
D.E. and Baker R.J., (1997) "A Complete Layout
System for the PC," Proceedings
of the 1998 Midwest Symposium on Circuits
and Systems.
- Baker, R.J., and Blair, J.J., (1991) "Step response
considerations and the design of a suitable step generator for high speed
digitizer testing," LLNL's Third Annual
Workshop on High Speed Digitizers, April 3-4, Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Baker, R.J., (1990) "Step-recovery
diodes sharpen pulses," Engineering
Design News (EDN) Magazine, pp. 154-156, May 10.
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