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Brian Otis
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Brian Otis |
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Phone: 206.616.5998 E-mail: botis at uw.edu |
University of California Berkeley, 2005 Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley, 2002 M.S.
University of Washington, Seattle, 1999 B.S.
Brian Otis joined the University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering in 2005. His M.S. and Ph.D. were completed at U.C. Berkeley at the Berkeley Wireless Research Center with Prof. Jan Rabaey. He has worked previously at the University of Washington Kelly Tremblay Brain and Behavior Laboratory, the U.C. Berkeley Ralph Freeman Neuroscience Lab, Intel Corporation, Agilent Laboratories, and Google Inc.
Research Interests
One of my passions is exploring the theoretical limitations of power (and the practical limitations of size) of integrated circuits and systems. I run a chip design research lab with an emphasis on tiny, low power chips for a variety of applications (ranging from tiny clocks to neural recording to active contact lenses to wireless electrophysiological interfaces).
Click here for a video on the contact lens project.
In general, the interface between the IC and the outside world is of interest: we have published on RF transceivers, biosignal interfaces, MEMS sensor interfaces, intertial sensors, etc. Finally, I have a strong interest in time/frequency references. Through a longstanding collaboration with Avago Technologies, we are working on extremely small, low power, and pure frequency references and clocks.
Please visit the Wireless Sensing Group website to learn more.
Five Recent Publications
(Click here for complete list)- Jagdish Pandey, Brian Otis, "A Sub-100uW MICS/ISM Band Transmitter Based on Injection-Locking and Frequency Multiplication," to appear in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSCC), Vol. 46, No. 5, May 2011.
- Jagdish Pandey, Jianlei Shi, Brian Otis, "A 120uW MICS/ISM-Band FSK Receiver with a 44uW Low-Power Mode Based on Injection-Locking and 9x Frequency Multiplication," IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), February 2011.
- Yu-Te Liao, Huanfen Yao, Babak Parviz, Brian Otis, "3uW Wirelessly Powered CMOS Glucose Sensor for an Active Contact Lens," IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), February 2011.
- Eric J. Carlson, Kai Strunz, and Brian P. Otis "A 20 mV Input Boost ConverterWith Efficient Digital Control for Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 45, No. 4, April 2010.
- D. Yeager, F. Zhang, A. Zarrasvand, N. T. George, T. Daniel, B. P. Otis, "A 9uA, Addressable Gen2 Sensor Tag for Biosignal Acquisition," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), Vol. 45, No. 10, 2010.
Teaching
Fall 2011: Undergraduate Radio Lab (ee400)
Spring 2011: Devices and Circuits II (ee332)
Winter 2011: Analog IC Design (ee473)
Fall 2010: Undergraduate Radio Lab. An Introduction to Wireless Circuits and Systems (ee400e)
Winter 2010: Devices and Circuits II (ee332)
Fall 2009: Linear Analog Integrated Circuit Design (ee473)
Spring 2009: Undergraduate Radio Lab. An Introduction to Wireless Circuits and Systems (ee400e)
Winter 2009: Devices and Circuits II (ee332)
Fall 2008: Linear Analog Integrated Circuit Design (ee473)
Spring 2008: Devices and Circuits II (ee332)
Fall 2007: Linear Analog Integrated Circuit Design (ee473)
Spring 2007: Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design & Analysis (ee538)Winter 2007: Topics in Low Power Microsystems (ee500)
Fall 2006: Linear Analog Integrated Circuit Design (ee473)
Spring 2006: Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design & Analysis (ee538)
Fall 2005: Linear Analog Integrated Circuit Design (ee473)
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Honors
2011: U.W. College of Engineering Junior Faculty Innovator Award
2009: National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2008: University of Washington Electrical Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award
2007: University of Washington Electrical Engineering Outstanding Research Advisor Award
2004: Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center Industrial Advisory Board Best Paper Award
2004: Analog Devices Outstanding Designer Fellowship
2003: U.C. Berkeley EECS Dept. Seven Rosen Funds Departmental Award for Innovation
2003: ISLPED Student Design Contest Competition Award
2002: ISSCC Jack Raper Outstanding Paper Award
