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Biography

Tim Piessens is a professor at the MICAS laboratories of KU Leuven. Before returning to KULeuven, Tim was one of the co-founders of ICsense, a mixed-signal ASIC design house. For 20 years, he was CTO, responsible for the technical content of all projects. Before starting ICsense, he was research assistant at ESAT-MICAS, receiving a PhD from KU Leuven in 2003. His research focuses on ultra low power, high accuracy sensor interfaces and high voltage design for electrical vehicles.

He is a member of the ESSERC Steering Committee, the IEEE-SSCS Adcom and active in the TPC of ESSERC. From 2014 till 2021, Tim served as a member of the ISSCC and ISSCC EU-TPC chair in 2021. Tim is an IEEE SSCS Distinguished Lecturer.

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Employment (2)

KU Leuven Association: Leuven, BE

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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Leuven, BE

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Education and qualifications (1)

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Leuven, BE

1998-09-01 to 2003-08-28 | PhD (ESAT-MICAS)
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Works (28)

Design of High Performance Readout Chains for MEMS Barometric Pressure Sensors

IEEE Sensor Interfaces Meeting 2023
2023 | Conference paper
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Introduction to the Special Issue on the 2017 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits
2017-12 | Journal article
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Contributors: Tim Piessens; Seung-Tak Ryu; Chih-Ming Hung; Alyosha Molnar; Mounir Meghelli
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KU Leuven

A Flexible Thin-Film Pixel Array with a Charge- to-Current Gain of 59μA/pC and 0.33% Nonlinearity and a Cost Effective Readout Circuit for Large-Area X-ray Imaging

Digest of technical papers / IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference. IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference
2016-01-31 | Conference paper
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Contributors: Florian De Roose; Kris Myny; Soeren Steudel; Myriam Willegems; Steve Smout; Tim Piessens; Jan Genoe; Wim Dehaene
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High throughput single cell positioning and impedance spectroscopy by a multi-electrode transistor device for rare cell detection and analysis

18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2014
2014-01-01 | Conference paper
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Contributors: C Liu; J Hoet; W Van Roy; Tim Piessens; Liesbet Lagae
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KU Leuven

A 1.5W 10V-output Class-D amplifier using a boosted supply from a single 3.3V input in standard 1.8V/3.3V 0.18μm CMOS

Digest of technical papers / IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference. IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference
2012-02-19 | Conference paper
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Part of ISSN: 0193-6530
Contributors: Bert Serneels; Eldert Geukens; Bram De Muer; Tim Piessens
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Low Power RF Power Harvesting Enabling More Active Tag Functionality

Analog Circuit Design Low Voltage Low Power; Short Range Wireless Front-Ends; Power Management and DC-DC
2012-01 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-94-007-1925-5
Contributors: Piessens, Tim; Geerts, Yves; Vanacken, Wim; Geukens, Eldert; Muer, Bram; Butler, Tim; Hamlin, Bob; Steyaert, Michiel; van Roermond, Arthur H.M.; Baschirotto, Andrea
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Nanosecond Delay Floating High Voltage Level Shifters in a 0.35 μm HV-CMOS Technology

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits
2011-02 | Journal article
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Contributors: Yashodhan Moghe; Torsten Lehmann; Tim Piessens
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KU Leuven
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Behavioral analysis of self-oscillating class D line drivers

Ieee Transactions On Circuits And Systems I-Regular Papers
2005-04 | Journal article
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Contributors: Tim Piessens; Michel Steyaert
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A high-voltage output driver in a 2.5-v 0.25-mu m CMOS technology

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits
2005-03 | Journal article
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Contributors: Bert Serneels; Tim Piessens; Michel Steyaert; Wim Dehaene
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A high-voltage output driver in a standard 2.5V 0.25um CMOS technology

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits
2004 | Conference paper
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1106675

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Contributors: Bert Serneels; Tim Piessens; Michel Steyaert; Wim Dehaene
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Design and Analysis of High Efficiency Line Drivers for xDSL

2004 | Book
Contributors: Piessens, Tim; Steyaert, Michiel
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Class D Self-Oscillating Line Drivers

Analog Circuit Design Fractional-N Synthesizers, Design for Robustness, Line and Bus Drivers
2004-01 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-1-4020-7559-9
Contributors: Piessens, Tim; Steyaert, Michel; Arthur H.M. van Roermund, Michiel Steyaert, Johan Huijsing
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A High Voltage Driver in a standard 2.5V 0.25um CMOS Technology

Digest of technical papers / IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference. IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference
2003 | Conference paper
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1561368

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Contributors: Tim Piessens; Michel Steyaert
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KU Leuven

Class D self-oscillating line drivers

Workshop on Advances in Analog Circuit Design
2003 | Conference paper
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Contributors: Tim Piessens; Michel Steyaert
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Class D Self-Oscillating Line Drivers

2003 | Book chapter
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Contributors: Tim Piessens; Michel Steyaert
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CMOS Telecom Data Converters

2003 | Book chapter
Contributors: Piessens, Tim; Steyaert, Michiel; Rodríguez-Vàzquez, Angel; Medeiro, Fernando; Janssens, Edmond
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Line Drivers : Efficiency, Linearity, Bandwidth - The Last Barrier in Wire-Line Communications

2003 | Book chapter
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Contributors: Tim Piessens; Michel Steyaert
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KU Leuven

Oscillator pulling and synchronisation issues in self-oscillating class D power amplifiers

European Solid-State Circuits Conference
2003 | Conference paper
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1134863

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Contributors: Tim Piessens; Michel Steyaert
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High efficiency line drivers for xDSL

2003-08 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Contributors: Tim Piessens; Michel Steyaert
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LineDrivers for xDSL

2003 ISSCC : SSCTC Workshop on Analog Telecom Access Circuits and Concepts
2003-02 | Conference paper
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Highly efficient xDSL line drivers in 0.35-mu m CMOS using a self-oscillating power amplifier

Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits
2003-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Tim Piessens; Michel Steyaert
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A central office combined ADSL-VDSL line driver in .35um CMOS

Proceedings of the ... Custom Integrated Circuits Conference. Custom Integrated Circuits Conference
2002 | Conference paper
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Contributors: Tim Piessens; Michel Steyaert
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Design considerations and experimental verification of a self oscillating line driver in .35 µm CMOS

Proceedings of the 28th European Solid-State Circuits Conference
2002 | Conference paper
Contributors: Piessens, T.; Steyaert, M.
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Design considerations and Experimental Verification of a Self Oscillating Line Driver in .35um CMOS

European Solid-State Circuits Conference
2002 | Conference paper
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1576224

Part of ISSN: 1930-8833
Contributors: Tim Piessens; Michel Steyaert
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KU Leuven

Line drivers for xDSL

SSCTC Workshop on Analog Telecom Access Circuits and Concepts
2002 | Conference paper
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1732261

Contributors: Tim Piessens
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KU Leuven

A difference reference voltage buffer for Delta Sigma-converters

Analog Integrated Circuits And Signal Processing
2002-04 | Journal article
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1134968

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Contributors: Tim Piessens; Michel Steyaert; E Bach
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SOPA: A High-Efficiency Line Driver in 0,35 (m CMOS using a Self-Oscillating Power Aplifier

Digest of technical papers / IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference. IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference
2001 | Conference paper
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1576296

Part of ISSN: 0193-6530
Contributors: Tim Piessens; Michel Steyaert
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KU Leuven

SOPA: A high-efficiency line driver in 0.35 \textmum CMOS using a self-oscillating power amplifier

2001 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC (Cat. No.01CH37177)
2001 | Conference paper
Contributors: Piessens, T.; Steyaert, M.
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