Laura Fick

Laura Fick is an analog circuit designer specialized in data converters for neural networks, and is the creator of Mythic's mixed-signal computational unit. Her background is in analog, mixed-signal, custom digital, and flash circuit design, as well as neural network computing. She received her PhD in Electrical Engineering as an NSF Graduate Resea... rch Fellow at the University of Michigan. MERIT / BIEN Research Program Best Overall Project, 2008 [article] S. Skrzyniarz, L. Fick, J. Shah, Y. Kim, D. Sylvester, D. Blaauw, D. Fick, M.B. Henry. A 36.8 2b-TOPS/W Self-Calibrating GPS Accelerator Implemented Using Analog Calculation in 65nm LP CMOS. IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, Februrary 2016. Q. Dong, K. Yang, L. Fick, D. Fick, D. Blaauw, and D. Sylvester. Racetrack Converter: A Low Power and Compact Data Converter Using Racetrack Spintronic Devices. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2015 L. Freyman, D. Fick, M. Alioto, D. Blaauw, and D. Sylvester. A 346um2 VCO-based, Reference-Free, Self-Timed Sensor Interface for Cubic-Millimeter Sensor Nodes in 28nm CMOS. JSSC, 2014. L. Fick, D. Fick, M. Alioto, D. Blaauw, and D. Sylvester, A 346um2 VCO-Based, Reference-Free, Self-Timed Sensor Interface for Cubic-Millimeter Sensor Nodes in 28nm CMOS. JSSC, 2014. [PDF] L. Freyman, D. Fick, D. Blaauw, D. Sylvester, and M. Alioto, A 346um2 Reference-Free Sensor Interface for Highly Constrained Microsystems in 28nm CMOS. A-SSCC, 2013. [PDF] [slides]Read More