Research Interests
VLSI Design, System on Chip (SoC), D/A & A/D Converters, Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and CPU processors, Digital Assist Analogue Calibration and DEM Error Correction Techniques, ADC Built-in-Self-Test (BIST).
Professional Activities
Patent
- 2017 US 9762258 B2 - Mismatch and inter symbol interference (ISI) shaping using dynamic element matching
- 2013 US8386209 B2 - Testing system
- 2004 US6785655 B1 - Method for independent dynamic range control
- 2004 US 6782366 B1 - Method for independent dynamic range control
Committee
- 2013 ISSC Program Committee , The Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC) has become the premier conference in Ireland addressing all aspects of signals and systems. The conference focuses on Digital Signal Processing, Control, Communications, and related fields of ICT, and encompasses algorithm and system modelling, design, and implementation, for a broad range of applications.
- 2011 MIDAS - Microlectrionics Industry Association Ireland,
Education
- 2011 University of Limerick - PhD
- 2006 University of Limerick - Masters by research
- 1992 University of Limerick - B.Eng.
Association
- 2006 member, IEEE - Advancing Technology for Humanity
Employment
- 1996 LSI Logic, Japan - Snr. IC Design Engineer
- 1995 Silicon Systems Design Ltd. - Snr. Design Enginner
- 1992 ALPS Electric Co, Japan - Design Engineer
Language
- Japanese
Outreach
- Microelectronics Industry Association - Training Comittee member 2011~2013
- Select Topics in Data Converters Workshop organizer (2015~)
Publications
Book Chapter
A 100dB SFDR 0.5V pk-pk band-pass DAC implemented on a Low Voltage CMOS Process
Brendan Mullane,Vincent O'Brien
VLSI-SoC: Advanced Research for Systems on Chip
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32770-4
Conference Publication
2020 27th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS)
S. Mehta and B. Mullane and V. O'Brien and R. Pelliconi and C. Erdmann
DOI: 10.1109/ICECS49266.2020.9294912
2019 17th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS)
Shantanu Mehta ; Anthony G. Scanlan ; Brendan Mullane ; Daniel O'Hare
DOI: 10.1109/NEWCAS44328.2019.8961257
Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Mullane B.;O'Brien V.
DOI: 10.1109/MWSCAS.2018.8623967
IEEE 61st International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS)
Brendan Mullane, Vincent O'Brien
IET Conference Publications
Nahlik J.;Mullane B.;Hospodka J.;Sovka P.;O'Hare D.
DOI: 10.1049/cp.2014.0724
25th IET Irish Signals & Systems Conference 2014 and 2014 China-Ireland International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies (ISSC 2014/CIICT 2014).
Nahlik, J.; Mullane, B.; Hospodka, J.; Sovka, P.; O'Hare, D
DOI: doi: 10.1049/cp.2014.0724
IET Conference Publications
O'Brien V.;MacNamee C.;Mullane B.
DOI: 10.1049/cp.2014.0725
IEEE European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, (ECCTD)
Hongjia Mo, Michael Peter Kennedy, Vincent O'Brien, Brendan Mullane
DOI: 10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662198
2013 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2013 - Proceedings
Mo H.;Kennedy M.;O'Brien V.;Mullane B.
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Mullane B.;O'Brien V.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32770-4_9
IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, (ICECS)
O'Brien, V.; Mullane, B
DOI: 10.1109/ICECS.2011.6122254
IEEE/IFIP 19th International Conference on VLSI and System-on-Chip (VLSI-SoC)
Mullane, Brendan,O'Brien, Vincent
DOI: 10.1109/VLSISoC.2011.6081601
ECSI-2010 Silicon for Debug (S4D)
Mullane, Brendan,O'Brien, Vincent,MacNamee, Ciaran,Laumer, Michael
Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems, DDECS 2009
Mullane B., O'Brien V., MacNamee C., Fleischmann T.
DOI: 10.1109/DDECS.2009.5012087
IEEE Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems, (DDECS)
Mullane, B; OBrien, V; MacNamee, C; Fleischmann, T
IEEE International SOC Conference, (SOCC)
Mullane B., O'Brien V., MacNamee C., Fleischmann T.
DOI: 10.1109/SOCCON.2009.5398065
International Test Conference, (ITC)
Mullane B., O'Brien V., MacNamee C., Fleischmann T.
DOI: 10.1109/TEST.2009.5355722
IEEE European Test Symposium, (ETS)
Mullane B., MacNamee C., O'Brien V., and Fleischmann T.
Proceedings of the 19th ACM Great Lakes symposium on VLSI (GLVLSI)
Brendan Mullane, Ciaran MacNamee, Vincent O'Brien, Thomas Flesichmann
DOI: 10.1145/1531542.1531564
DDECS2008 - Workshop on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Systems
Michael Higgins,Ciaran MacNamee,Brendan Mullane
DDECS2008 - Workshop on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Systems
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 12TH WSEAS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIRCUITS
Fleischmann, T; Mullane, B
Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI: Trends in VLSI Technology and Design, ISVLSI 2008
Higgins M., MacNamee C., Mullane B.
DOI: 10.1109/ISVLSI.2008.36
2008 IEEE WORKSHOP ON DESIGN AND DIAGNOSTICS OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS, PROCEEDINGS
Higgins, M; MacNamee, C; Mullane, B
IET Conference Publications
Mullane B., Higgins M., MacNamee C.
DOI: 10.1049/cp:20080663
IET Conference Publications
Higgins M., MacNamee C., Mullane B.
DOI: 10.1049/cp:20080662
Proceedings - International Test Conference
Mullane B.;Higgins M.;MacNamee C.
DOI: 10.1109/TEST.2008.4700629
2008 IEEE INTERNATIONAL TEST CONFERENCE, VOLS 1 AND 2, PROCEEDINGS
Mullane, B; Higgins, M; MacNamee, C
ReSCos2007
Brendan Mullane,Michael Higgins,Ciaran MacNamee,Chen-Huan Chiang,Tapan J Chakraborty,Thomas B Cook
ReSCos2007
IT&T2007
Michael Higgins,Ciaran Macnamee,Brendan Mullane
IT&T2007
NATW2007
Michael Higgins,Ciaran Macnamee,Brendan Mullane
NATW2007
IPSOC2006
Mullane, Brendan,MacNamee, Ciaran
IPSOC2006
Other Journal
Analysis and Design of a Tri-Level Current-Steering DAC With 12-Bit Linearity and Improved Impedance Matching Suitable for CT-ADCs
S. Mehta, D. O'Hare, V. O'Brien, E. Thompson, B. Mullane
IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems
DOI: 10.1109/OJCAS.2020.2994838
Investigation of a Superscalar Operand Stack Using FO4 and ASIC Wire-Delay Metrics
Christopher Bailey, Brendan Mullane
VLSI Design
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/493189
Other Publication
A Reduced Hardware ISI and Mismatch Shaping DEM Decoder (vol 37, pg 2229, 2018)
O'Brien, V;Scanlan, AG;Mullane, B
Circuits Systems And Signal Processing
DOI: 10.1007/s00034-017-0718-z
An FPGA Algorithm Development for an Improved Servo-Loop Method. To be published in Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems, 2012. DDECS '12. IEEE
Židek, Jan,Mullane, Brendan,Subrt, Ondrej ,Martinek, Pravoslav
To be published in Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems, 2012. DDECS '12. IEEE
High Order Mismatch Noise Shaping for Bandpass DACs. Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), 2011 18th IEEE International Conference on
O'Brien, Vincent,Mullane, Brendan
Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), 2011 18th IEEE International Conference on
A Low Cost On-Chip Design Platform for Static ADC Measurments. European Test Symposium, 2009. ETS '09. 14th IEEE
Mullane, Brendan,MacNamee, Ciaran,O'Brien, Vincent,Fleischmann, Thomas
European Test Symposium, 2009. ETS '09. 14th IEEE
An On-Chip Test System for Dynamic ADC Parameters
Thomas Fleischmann
A High Precision Analog Signal Generator Design for ADC BIST. European Test Symposium, 2009. ETS '09. 14th IEEE
O'Brien, Vincent,Mullane, Brendan,Fleischmann, Thomas,MacNamee, Ciaran
European Test Symposium, 2009. ETS '09. 14th IEEE
IEEE 1500 Core Wrapper Techniques and Implementation. 13th IEEE International Test Conference
Brendan Mullane,Michael Higgins,Ciaran MacNamee
13th IEEE International Test Conference
An Optimal IEEE 1500 Core Wrapper Design for Improved Test Access and Reduced Test Time. 16th IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference
Brendan Mullane,Michael Higgins,Ciaran MacNamee
16th IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference
IEEE 1500 Wrapper Control using an IEEE 1149.1. Test Access Port. 16th IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference
Michael Higgins,Brendan Mullane,Ciaran MacNamee
16th IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference
Developing a Reusable IP Platform for a System-on-Chip Design Framework. KIPEX Monthly Magazine
Mullane, Brendan,MacNamee, Ciaran
KIPEX Monthly Magazine
Optimisation and Control of IEEE 1500 Wrappers and User Defined TAMs
Higgins, M; MacNamee, C; Mullane, B
FPGA PROTOTYPING OF A SCAN BASED SYSTEM-ON-CHIP DESIGN
Mullane, B; Higgins, M; MacNamee, C; Chen-Huan Chiang; Chakraborty, TJ; Cook, TB
Optimisation of IEEE 1500 Wrappers and User Defined TAMs
Higgins, M; Macnamee, C; Mullane, B
An ASIC Primer
Dunne, A; kelly, JB; Mullane, B; Kennedy, G
Digital Issues in Mixed Signal ASIC Design
Brendan Mullane
Technology Transfer Initiative
Mullane, B; Scanlan, T; Kelly, JB; Kennedy, G
American Journal Of Pharmaceutical Education
AMBA SoC and ARM IP Infrastructure
Mullane, B
Peer Reviewed Journal
High Order Mismatch Shaping for Low Oversampling Rates
O'Brien V.;Mullane B.
Ieee Transactions On Circuits And Systems Ii-Express Briefs
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2019.2904180
Bandwidth Enhancement to Continuous-Time Input Pipeline ADCs
Danie O'Hare, Anthony G. Scanlan, Eric Thompson, Brendan Mullane
Ieee Transactions On Very Large Scale Integration (Vlsi) Systems
DOI: 10.1109/TVLSI.2017.2763129
Performance optimization methods for switched-capacitor biquadratic filters
Nahlik, J;Hospodka, J;Sovka, P;Mullane, B;Subrt, O
Journal Of Electrical Engineering-Elektrotechnicky Casopis
DOI: 10.2478/jee-2018-0050
A Reduced Hardware ISI and Mismatch Shaping DEM Decoder
Vincent O'Brien, Anthony Scanlan, Brendan Mullane
Circuits Systems And Signal Processing
DOI: 10.1007/s00034-017-0681-8
Analysis of feedback predictive encoder based ADCs
Scanlan, Anthony and O'Hare, Daniel and Halton, Mark Keith and O'Brien, Vincent and Mullane, Brendan and Thompson, Eric
Compel-The International Journal For Computation And Mathematics In Electrical And Electronic Engineering
DOI: 10.1108/COMPEL-12-2015-0464
Investigation of a Superscalar Operand Stack Using FO4 and ASIC Wire-Delay Metrics
Bailey C.;Mullane B.
Vlsi Design
DOI: 10.1155/2014/493189
Design and implementation challenges for adoption of the IEEE 1500 standard
Higgins, M; MacNamee, C; Mullane, B
Iet Computers And Digital Techniques
DOI: 10.1049/iet-cdt.2008.0141
Published Report
An ASIC primer - "Everything you ever wanted to know about ASICs but were afraid to ask"
Alan Dunne,Brendan Mullane ,John Kelly,Gerard Kennedy
High Performance Processor IP and AMBA Core Infrastructure
Brendan Mullane
High Performance Processor IP and AMBA Core Infrastructure
Brendan Mullane