Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics

Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics is an international peer-reviewed journal. It publishes full research papers, short notes and review articles. The journal is dedicated to advanced engineering methods for micro- and nanofabrication of electronic devices, circuits and systems for electronics, electromechanics, and bioelectronics.

Kamal El-Sankary

Editor-in-Chief of Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics

Associate Professor, Dalhousie University, Canada

Research Areas

VLSI Design, Analog, Mixed-Signal, RF, and Digital Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing in Nano-Scale CMOS Technologies

Education

2006Ph.DElectrical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, University of Montreal
2002M.A.ScElectrical Engineering, University of Quebec, Trois Rivieres
1997B.Eng (Honors)Electrical Engineering, Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering

Experience

2011-presentAssociate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
2006-2011Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
2005Lecturer, Ecole Polytechnique, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Montreal
2001-2006Research Assistant, Polystim neurotechnologies, Ecole Polytechnique, University of Montreal
2004-2005Lead Analog Designer in Prompt-ADC Project sponsored by Prompt-Quebec
1999-2001Research Assistant, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Quebec at Trois Rivieres

Membership

Registered Professional Engineer in the Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia
IEEE Member
Member of IEEE Circuits and Systems and Solid States Circuits Societies
Member of IEEE Atlantic Canada

Publications: Journals

[1]  Q. Chen, K. El-Sankary, and E. El-Masry, "A UHF Current-Mode Continuous-Time Band-Pass Delta Sigma Modulator Using Fully Balanced Active Inductor, " Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing Journal, Springer, vol. 67, pp. 261-272, June 2011.
[2]  I. Hammad, K. El-Sankary, and E. El-Masry, "High Speed AES Encryptor with Efficient Merging Techniques, " IEEE Embedded Systems letters, vol. 2, pp. 67-71, Sept. 2010.
[3]  T. Sandhu, K. El-Sankary, and E. El-Masry, "A Distortion Compensated Charge Transfer Amplifier for a 1.66-MHz Cyclic Pipeline ADC, " IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 57, pp. 507-511, July 2010.
[4]  A.-H Adl, K. El-Sankary, and E. El-Masry, "High-Order Curvature Compensation Technique for Subthreshold Bandgap Voltage Reference, " International Journal of Electronics, vol. 97, issue 7, pp. 783-796, July 2010.
[5]  S. Krishnamurthy, K. El-Sankary, and E. El-Masry, "Noise-Cancelling CMOS Active Inductor and its Application in RF Bandpass Filter Design, " International Journal of Microwave Science and Technology, Vol. 2010, 8 pages, Feb. 2010.
[6]  R. Chebli, M. Sawan, K. El-Sankary, and Y. Savaria, "High-Voltage DMOS Integrated Circuits Using Floating-Gate Protection Technique, " Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing Journal, Springer, vol. 62, pp. 223-235, Feb. 2010.
[7]  K. El-Sankary, H. Alamdari and E. El-Masry, "An Adaptive ELD Compensation Technique Using a Predictive Comparator, " IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 56, pp. 619-623, Aug. 2009.
[8]  H. Alamdari, K. El-Sankary, and E. El-Masry, "Excess Loop Delay Compensation for Continuous-Time DS Modulators Using Interpolation, " Electronics Letters, IET, vol. 45, no. 12, July 2009.
[9]  K. El-Sankary, and M. Sawan, "High Resolution Background Calibrated ADCs for Software Defined Radios, " Microelectronics Journal, Elsevier, vol. 37, pp. 1231-1240, Nov. 2006.
[10]  L. Qin, K. El-Sankary, and M. Sawan, "A 1.8V CMOS Fourth-Order Gm-C Bandpass Sigma-Delta Modulator Dedicated to Front-end Ultrasonic Receivers, " Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing Journal, Springer, vol. 48, pp. 122-132, Aug. 2006.
[11]  K. El-Sankary, and M. Sawan, "Digital Background Calibration Techniques for Multibit/Stage Pipelined and Time-Interleaved ADCs, " IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 53, pp. 448-452, June 2006.
[12]  K. El-Sankary, A. Assi and M. Sawan, "New Sampling Method to Improve the SFDR of Wide Bandwidth ADC Dedicated to Next Generation Wireless Transceiver, " Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 1183-1201, Dec 2004.
[13]  K. El-Sankary and M. Sawan, "A Digital Blind Background Capacitor Mismatch Calibration Technique for Pipelined ADC, " IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 51, pp. 507-510, Oct. 2004. (Ranked 4th in the Top 20 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II Paper Downloads for 2004).

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  J. Ren, K. El-Sankary, and E. El-Masry , "Design of Low-Voltage Wide Tuning Range CMOS Multipass Voltage-Controlled Ring Oscillator, " IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS, Aug. 2010.
[2]  M. Ebrahimian, K. El-Sankary, and E. El-Masry, "Enhanced RF to DC CMOS Rectifier with Capacitor-Bootstrapped Transistors, " IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS, May 2010.
[3]  U. Shah, K. El-Sankary, and E. El-Masry, "A Charge Sampling Baseband Filter Using a New High Linearity Gm For Multimode Receiver, " IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, ICECS, Dec 2009.
[4]  A.-H Adl, K. El-Sankary, and E. El-Masry, "Bandgap Reference with Curvature Corrected Compensation Using Subthreshold MOSFETs, " IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS, May 2009.
[5]  Q. Chen, K. El-Sankary, and E. El-Masry , "A UHF Continuous-Time Current-Mode Band-Pass Delta Sigma Modulator Based on Active Inductor, " IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS , Knoxville, Aug. 2008. (2nd Prize Best Student Paper Contest)
[6]  R. Chebli, M. Sawan, Y. Savaria, and K. El-Sankary, "High-Voltage DMOS Integrated Circuits with Floating Gate Protection Technique, " Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS, pp.3343-3346, May 2007.
[7]  K. El-Sankary, and M. Sawan, "10-b 100MS/s Two-Channel Time-Interleaved Pipelined ADC, " IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC, pp.217-220, Sept 2006.
[8]  M. Sawan, A. Djemaoui, K. El-Sankary, H. Dang, A. Naderi, Y. Savaria, and F. Gagnon, "High Speed ADCs Dedicated for Wideband Wireless Receivers, " IEEE Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems Conference, NEWCAS, pp.283-286, 2005.
[9]  K. El-Sankary, and M. Sawan, "A New Digital Background Calibration Technique for Pipelined ADC, " in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS, vol.1, pp.5-8, 2004.
[10]  L. Qin, K. El-Sankary, and M. Sawan, "A 1.8V CMOS Fourth-Order Gm-C Bandpass Sigma-Delta Modulator Dedicated to Front-end Ultrasonic Receivers, " IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit, vol.2, 1425-1428, pp. 2004.
[11]  Y. Chouia, K. El-Sankary, A. Saleh, M. Sawan and F. Ghannouchi, "A New Technique for Designing High Performance Front-end Sample and Hold Circuits, " IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics, ICM, pp. 16-19, 2004.
[12]  Y. Chouia, K. El-Sankary, A. Saleh, M. Sawan, and F. Ghannouchi, "14 b, 50MS/s CMOS Front-End Sample and Hold Module Dedicated to a Pipelined ADC, " IEEE Int. Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS, vol.1, pp. 353-356, 2004.
[13]  K. El-Sankary, and M. Sawan, "Digitally-Oriented Channel Random Sampling Method for Parallel Time Interleaved ADCs, " Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems Conference, NEWCAS, pp. 447-450, 2003.
[14]  K. El-Sankary, and M. Sawan, "Background Capacitor Mismatch Calibration for Pipelined ADC, " IEEE Int. Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS, pp. 164-167, 2003.
[15]  K. El-Sankary, A. Assi and M. Sawan, "New Sampling Method to Improve the SFDR of Time-Interleaved ADCs, " in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS, vol.1, pp.833-836, 2003.
[16]  K. El-Sankary, A. Kassem, R. Chebli and M. Sawan, "Low Power, Low Voltage, 10bit-50MSPS Pipeline ADC Dedicated for Front-end Ultrasonic Receivers, " IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics, ICM, pp. 219-222, 2002.
[17]  K. El-Sankary, A. Assi, and M. Sawan, "A New Time-Interleaved Architecture for High-Speed A/D Converters, " IEEE Digital and Comp. Video, pp.93-99, 2002.
[18]  K. El-Sankary, and M. Sawan, "High Resolution Self-Calibrated ADCs for Software Defined Radios, " IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics, ICM, pp. 120-123, 2004.