Louis P. Alarcón

Louis P. Alarcón was born in Quezon City, the Philippines. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, in 1995 and 2002 respectively and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2010. He has been a faculty member of the University of the Philippines Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute since 1995, and is a faculty affiliate and laboratory head of the Microelectronics and Microprocessors Laboratory. His research interests are centered on the design of very low energy integrated circuits and systems for resilient large-scale sensor networks. He is also the holder of the Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) Professorial Chair for Microelectronics. (CV)

Contact Information

  • Email: louis.alarcon@eee.upd.edu.phremovethis
  • Phone: +63 2 981 8500 local 3383
  • Consultation Hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 2:30pm – 5:30pm, via Zoom

Education

Research Interests

  • Low-energy and low-voltage integrated circuits
  • Analog and mixed signal circuits and systems
  • Low-energy computation techniques
  • Integrated energy harvesting in sensor nodes

Research

Recent Publications

  • A. D. Lopez and L. P. Alarcón, “Passive 5.8GHz RF Energy Harvester in 65nm CMOS”, TENCON 2023 – 2023 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON), 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2023. Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • M. D. Alea and L. P. Alarcón, “Gate Current Cancellation Using a Replica PMOS and Digital Feedback for Temperature-coefficient Reduction on an Ultra-low Power Voltage Reference,” 2021 4th International Conference on Circuits, Systems and Simulation (ICCSS), 2021, pp. 83-88, 26-28 May 2021, Virtual conference
  • P. A. D. Legaspi and L. P. Alarcón, “Input Power Range Extension Using Duty-Cycling and Granularity Reduction in a 5.8GHz RF Energy Harvester Dynamic Matching Circuit,” 2021 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP), 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/TENSYMP52854.2021.9550954.

Select Publications

  • Chua, A., Alarcón, L., “A 450kHz PVT-Resilient All-Digital BPSK Demodulator for Energy Harvesting Sensor Nodes”, 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits & Systems (ISCAS), 28-31 May 2017. Baltimore, MD
  • A. Chua, R. Maestro, J. Jardin, K. Monisit, R. Nuestro, K. Fabay, B. Pelayo, W. Lofamia, J. Ortiz, J. Madamba, L. Alarcon, “Smart-Wire: A 0.5V 44uW 0°C to 100°C power-line energy harvesting sensor node”, 2017 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Austin, TX, 2017, pp. 1-4.
  • Bacquiran, Alvionne; Hizon, John Richard; Alarcon, Louis; “PVT-Aware Digital Techniques for a Power Line Energy-Harvesting Sensor Node”, in ISCAS 2016, May 22-26, 2016, Montreal, Canada
  • Chua, A.N.; Maestro, R.J.M.; Alba, M.E.V.; Lofamia, W.V.V.; Fabay, K.B.; Jardin, J.C.; Jocson, K.J.; Pelayo, B.R.; Madamba, J.A.R.; Hizon, J.R.E.; Alarcón, L.P., “Delay Variation Compensation through Error Correction using Razor,” 6th International Workshop on CMOS Variability (VARI 2015). 1-4 September 2015, Bahia, Brazil.
  • Anne Lorraine S. Luna, John Richard E. Hizon, and Louis P. Alarcon, “Timing Analysis and Optimization of Voltage Scaled CMOS Digital Circuits with Dual-Vth Devices“, APCCAS 2014 – IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, Nov 17-20, 2014, Ishigaki Island, Japan
  • Richmond, Jesse; John, Mervin; Alarcón, Louis; Zhou, Wenting; Li, Wen; Liu, Tsung-Te; Alioto, Massimo; Sanders, Seth R.; Rabaey, Jan M.; , “Active RFID: Perpetual Wireless Communications Platform for Sensors,” European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), 2012 Proceedings of the, pp.434-437, 17-21 Sept. 2012
  • Alarcón, Louis P.; Liu, Tsung-Te; Rabaey, Jan M.; , “A Low-Leakage Parallel CRC Generator for Ultra-Low Power Applications“, Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on , vol., no., pp.2063-2066, 15-18 May 2011
  • Markovic, D., Wang, C. C., Alarcón, L. P., Liu, T.-T., Rabaey, J. M., “Ultralow-Power Design in Near-Threshold Region“, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol.98, no.2, pp.237–252, Feb. 2010
  • Liu, T.-T., Alarcón, L. P., Pierson, M. D., Rabaey, J. M., “Asynchronous Computing in Sense Amplifier-Based Pass Transistor Logic“, Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, IEEE Transactions on, vol.17, no.7, pp.883–892, July 2009
  • T.-T. Liu, L. Alarcón, M. Pierson, and J. Rabaey, “Asynchronous Computing in Sense Amplifier-based Pass Transistor Logic“, Proceedings of International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems (ASYNC), 2008
  • L. Alarcón, T.-T. Liu, M. Pierson, and J. Rabaey, “Exploring Very Low-energy Logic: A Case Study“, Journal of Low Power Electronics, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 223–233, Dec. 2007

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