Avec le concours du programme des « Distinguished Lecturerer » de la société IEEE SSCS
Antonio Liscidini
The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
Ontario, Canada
Date : 8 mai 2026
Heure : 9h30
Lieu : Université Concordia, Pavillon EV, salle EV2.184, 1515 rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montréal
Résumé: In this talk, we’ll delve into some fundamental aspects of signal processing to understand how they will shape the future of IC mixed-signal design. In the first part of the lecture, we’ll compare power efficiency and technology evolution, discussing the dualism of analog/digital and voltage/time in terms of signal processing and dynamic range achievable. In the second part of the presentation, we’ll explore two examples of how analog mixed-signal can achieve the flexibility of digital signal processing while maintaining higher speed and power efficiency of analog. We’ll present a novel topology of a MAC analog accelerator for digital computation in AI and a quantized analog TX for 5G wireless communication that exploits a power-scalable band-pass RF DAC. These solutions outperform the state of the art and suggest new directions for future development in mixedsignal computation and software-defined analog front-ends.
Note biographique: Antonio Liscidini received a Laurea (summa cum laude) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. He was a summer Intern with National Semiconductors, Santa Clara, CA, USA, in 2003, studying polyphase filters and CMOS low-noise amplifiers. From 2008 to 2012, he was an Assistant Professor with the University of Pavia and a consultant with Marvell Semiconductors, Pavia, in the area of integrated circuit design. In 2012, he moved to the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, where he is currently Full Professor and Associate Chair Graduate. From 2019 to 2022 he was consultant for Huawei Technology Group in the area of RFIC for optical communication and SerDes. Since 2022 has been consultant for Marvell Technology group. His research interests are focused on analog mixed signal interfaces with particular emphasis on the implementations of transceivers and frequency synthesizers for wirelesswireline communication and ultra-low power applications. Dr. Liscidini was a recipient of the Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE 2005 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, co-recipient of the Best Invited Paper Award at the 2011 IEEE CICC and Best Student Paper Award at the 2018 IEEE ESSCIRC. He is currently Associate Editor in Chief for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs and Associate and IEEE Solid State Circuit Letters. He has served as an Associate Editor for Editor for IEEE Open Journal of Solid-State Circuit Society, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs (2008-2011) (2017- 2018) and as a Guest Editor for the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (2013) (2016) and IEEE RFIC Virtual Journal (2018). He has been member for many conferences including ISSCC, ESSCIRC, and CICC. Between 2016 and 2018, he has been a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society. Since 2026, he is a IEEE Fellow..
