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- 2024
[c75]Stanley H. Chan, Hashan K. Weerasooriya, Weijian Zhang, Pamela Abshire, István Gyöngy, Robert K. Henderson:
Resolution Limit of Single-Photon LiDAR. CVPR 2024: 25307-25316- [c74]Prithwish Dasgupta, Kyle Nielsen, Pamela Abshire, Sheung Lu:
Real-Time Cell Viability Measurements Using Lab-on-CMOS-Capacitance Sensor Array. MWSCAS 2024: 1305-1308 - [i1]Stanley H. Chan, Hashan K. Weerasooriya, Weijian Zhang, Pamela Abshire, István Gyöngy, Robert K. Henderson:
Resolution Limit of Single-Photon LiDAR. CoRR abs/2403.17719 (2024) - 2023
- [c73]Alexander Castro, Pamela Abshire:
A Two-Step SAR Capacitance-to-Digital Converter. MWSCAS 2023: 74-78 - [c72]Andalib Nizam, Shaghayegh Aslanzadeh, Jaime Campos, Bathiya Senevirathna, Pamela Abshire, Brian Thompson, Abhishek Motayed, Nicole McFarlane:
A Custom ASIC for Impedance Sensing Systems. MWSCAS 2023: 585-589 - [c71]Utku Noyan, Glenn Ray, Avery Snow Cobb, Pamela Abshire, Sahil Shah:
COMSOL Modeling of ISFET for pH Sensing and Antigen-Antibody Detection. MWSCAS 2023: 773-777 - [c70]Utku Noyan, Sheung Lu, Abdullah Al-Shabili, Marc Dandin
, Stanley H. Chan, Pamela Abshire:
Pulsed ToF LiDAR-Based Depth Imaging: SPAD Circuit Considerations and Simulation Study. MWSCAS 2023: 875-879 - [c69]Abdullah H. Al-Shabili, Hashan K. Weerasooriya, Harshana Weligampola, Prateek Chennuri, Pamela Abshire, Stanley Chan:
Single Photon LiDAR Compression: An Overview. MWSCAS 2023: 952-956 - 2022
- [c68]Nathan Renegar, Utku Noyan, Pamela Abshire:
Deep Neural Network Based Cell Segmentation for Lab-on-CMOS Systems using Realtime Microscopy. ISCAS 2022: 1077-1081 - [c67]Kang Choi, Kasun Pathirage, Salman Azam, Pamela Abshire, Roy Anderson, Elisabeth Smela:
Handheld fluorometer for detection of blue/green fluorescence. ISCAS 2022: 2092-2096 - 2020
- [c66]Alexander Castro, Leo Peckerar, Timothy K. Horiuchi, Pamela Abshire:
Rotor-induced Airflow for Odor Source Detection on Nano-Quadcopters. IEEE SENSORS 2020: 1-4 - [c65]Tobi Delbrück, Ibrahim Abe M. Elfadel, Shahzad Muzaffar, Germain Haessig, Bo Wang, Amine Bermak, Rui Graca, Luis A. Camuñas-Mesa, Bathiya Senevirathna, Pamela Abshire, Bernabé Linares-Barranco, Saeed Afshar, Shih-Chii Liu, Runchun Mark Wang, Piotr Dudek, Stephen J. Carey, José M. de la Rosa, Marc Dandin, Sheung Lu, Vincent Frick, Teresa Serrano-Gotarredona, Paula López, Melika Payvand, Advait Madhavan, Eric R. Fossum, Juan Camilo Vasquez Tieck, Ian Williams, Yan Liu, Timothy G. Constandinou, Alexander Serb, Ricardo Carmona-Galán, Robert Nawrocki, Walter D. Leon-Salas:
Lessons Learned the Hard Way. ISCAS 2020: 1-18
2010 – 2019
- 2019
- [j18]Bathiya Senevirathna, Sheung Lu, Marc Dandin, Elisabeth Smela, Pamela Abshire:
Correlation of Capacitance and Microscopy Measurements Using Image Processing for a Lab-on-CMOS Microsystem. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst. 13(6): 1214-1225 (2019) - [c64]Bathiya Senevirathna, Sheung Lu, Elisabeth Smela, Pamela Abshire:
An Imaging Platform for Real-Time In Vitro Microscopic Imaging for Lab-on-CMOS Systems. BioCAS 2019: 1-4 - [c63]Bathiya Senevirathna, Sheung Lu, Nathan Renegar, Marc Dandin, Elisabeth Smela, Pamela Abshire:
System on a Chip for Automated Cell Assays using a Lab-on-CMOS Platform. ISCAS 2019: 1-5 - [d1]Bathiya Senevirathna, Sheung Lu, Marc Dandin, John Basile, Elisabeth Smela, Pamela Abshire:
Measurements of cancer cell proliferation using a Lab-on-CMOS capacitance sensor with time-lapse imaging. IEEE DataPort, 2019
- 2018
- [j17]Joni Kilpijärvi, Niina Halonen, Maciej Sobocinski, Antti Hassinen, Bathiya Senevirathna, Kajsa Uvdal, Pamela Abshire, Elisabeth Smela, Sakari Kellokumpu, Jari Juuti, Anita Lloyd Spetz:
LTCC Packaged Ring Oscillator Based Sensor for Evaluation of Cell Proliferation. Sensors 18(10): 3346 (2018) - [j16]Bathiya Senevirathna, Sheung Lu, Marc Dandin, John Basile, Elisabeth Smela, Pamela Abshire:
Real-Time Measurements of Cell Proliferation Using a Lab-on-CMOS Capacitance Sensor Array. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst. 12(3): 510-520 (2018) - [c62]Alexander Castro, Nevo Magnezi, Biruk Sintayehu, Alexander Quinto, Pamela Abshire:
Odor Source Localization on a Nano Quadcopter. BioCAS 2018: 1-4 - [c61]Sheung Lu, Bathiya Senevirathna, Marc Dandin, Elisabeth Smela, Pamela Abshire:
System Integration of IC chips for Lab-on-CMOS Applications. ISCAS 2018: 1-5 - [c60]Bathiya Senevirathna, Pamela Abshire:
Spatio-temporal compressed sensing for real-time wireless EEG monitoring. ISCAS 2018: 1-5 - 2017
- [c59]Bathiya Senevirathna, Pamela Abshire:
Power analysis of a mobile EEG system with compressed sensing. BioCAS 2017: 1-4 - [c58]Andrew Berkovich, Alexander Castro, Mohammad Islam, Fow-Sen Choa, Geoffrey L. Barrows, Pamela Abshire:
Dark current reduction by an adaptive CTIA photocircuit for room temperature SWIR sensing. ISCAS 2017: 1-4 - [c57]Bathiya Senevirathna, Sheung Lu, Pamela Abshire:
Characterization of a high dynamic range lab-on-CMOS capacitance sensor array. ISCAS 2017: 1-4 - [c56]Bathiya Senevirathna, Alexander Castro, Timir Datta-Chaudhuri, Elisabeth Smela, Pamela Abshire:
Characterization of an active micro-electrode array with spike detection and asynchronous readout. MWSCAS 2017: 627-630 - [c55]Marc Dandin, Pamela Abshire:
Near breakdown spectral responsivity of perimeter-gated single-photon avalanche diodes. MWSCAS 2017: 867-870 - 2016
- [j15]Timir Datta-Chaudhuri, Elisabeth Smela, Pamela Abshire:
System-on-Chip Considerations for Heterogeneous Integration of CMOS and Fluidic Bio-Interfaces. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst. 10(6): 1129-1142 (2016) - [j14]Tsung-Hsueh Lee, Pamela Abshire:
Frequency-Boost Jitter Reduction for Voltage-Controlled Ring Oscillators. IEEE Trans. Very Large Scale Integr. Syst. 24(10): 3156-3168 (2016) - [c54]Alexander Castro, Hyungdae Bae, Miao Yu, Pamela Abshire:
Bat-inspired hair sensor. BioCAS 2016: 556-559 - [c53]Nicola Bertoni, Bathiya Senevirathna, Fabio Pareschi, Mauro Mangia, Riccardo Rovatti, Pamela Abshire, Jonathan Z. Simon, Gianluca Setti:
Low-power EEG monitor based on compressed sensing with compressed domain noise rejection. ISCAS 2016: 522-525 - [c52]Bathiya Senevirathna, Lauren Berman, Nicola Bertoni, Fabio Pareschi, Mauro Mangia, Riccardo Rovatti, Gianluca Setti, Jonathan Z. Simon, Pamela Abshire:
Low cost mobile EEG for characterization of cortical auditory responses. ISCAS 2016: 1102-1105 - [c51]Andrew Berkovich, Geoffrey L. Barrows, Pamela Abshire:
Benchmarking photon-limited performance of optic flow processing algorithms. ISCAS 2016: 1766-1769 - [c50]Bathiya Senevirathna, Alexander Castro, Marc Dandin, Elisabeth Smela, Pamela Abshire:
Lab-on-CMOS capacitance sensor array for real-time cell viability measurements with I2C readout. ISCAS 2016: 2863-2866 - 2015
- [j13]Andrew Berkovich, Michela Lecca, Leonardo Gasparini, Pamela Abshire, Massimo Gottardi:
A 30 µW 30 fps 110 × 110 Pixels Vision Sensor Embedding Local Binary Patterns. IEEE J. Solid State Circuits 50(9): 2138-2148 (2015) - [c49]Andrew Berkovich, Timir Datta-Chaudhuri, Pamela Abshire:
A scalable 20 ×20 fully asynchronous SPAD-based imaging sensor with AER readout. ISCAS 2015: 1110-1113 - 2014
- [c48]Timir Datta-Chaudhuri, Bathiya Senevirathna, Alexander Castro, Elisabeth Smela, Pamela Abshire:
An active micro-electrode array with spike detection and asynchronous readout. BioCAS 2014: 588-591 - [c47]Emily Naviasky, Timir Datta-Chaudhuri, Pamela Abshire:
High resolution capacitance sensor array for real-time monitoring of cell viability. ISCAS 2014: 634-637 - [c46]Andrew Berkovich, Pamela Abshire:
A low-light SPAD vision array. ISCAS 2014: 1861-1864 - [c45]Timir Datta-Chaudhuri, Pamela Abshire, Elisabeth Smela:
System-on-chip considerations for CMOS fluidic and biointerface applications. ISCAS 2014: 2009-2012 - [c44]Tsung-Hsueh Lee, Pamela Abshire:
Accurate, wide range analog sine shaping circuits. NEWCAS 2014: 285-288 - 2013
- [c43]Davide Brunelli, Alberto Tovazzi, Massimo Gottardi, Michele Benetti, Roberto Passerone, Pamela Abshire:
Energy Autonomous Low Power Vision System. ApplePies 2013: 39-50 - [c42]Timir Datta, Emily Naviasky, Pamela Abshire:
Floating-gate capacitance sensor array for cell viability monitoring. BioCAS 2013: 65-68 - [c41]Phillip A. M. Sandborn, Pamela Abshire:
2D motion sensor with programmable feature extraction. ISCAS 2013: 2408-2411 - 2012
- [c40]George Sineriz, Michael Kuhlman, Pamela Abshire:
High resolution distance sensing for mini-robots using Time Difference of Arrival. ISCAS 2012: 717-720 - [c39]Tsung-Hsueh Lee, Pamela Abshire:
An ultra-low frequency ring oscillator with programmable tracking using a phase-locked loop. MWSCAS 2012: 17-20 - [c38]Michael J. Kuhlman, Eduardo Arvelo, Shuoxin Lin, Pamela Abshire, Nuno C. Martins:
Mixed-signal architecture of randomized receding horizon control for miniature robotics. MWSCAS 2012: 570-573 - [c37]Tsung-Hsueh Lee, Pamela Abshire:
Design methodology for a low-frequency current-starved voltage-controlled oscillator with a frequency divider. MWSCAS 2012: 646-649 - 2011
- [j12]Peng Xu, James Sean Humbert, Pamela Abshire:
Analog VLSI Implementation of Wide-field Integration Methods. J. Intell. Robotic Syst. 64(3-4): 465-487 (2011) - [c36]Nicole McFarlane, Pamela Abshire:
Comparative analysis of information rates of simple amplifier topologies. ISCAS 2011: 785-788 - [c35]Pamela Abshire, Amine Bermak, Raphael Berner, Gert Cauwenberghs, Shoushun Chen, Jennifer Blain Christen, Timothy G. Constandinou, Eugenio Culurciello, Marc Dandin, Timir Datta, Tobi Delbrück, Piotr Dudek, Amir Eftekhar, Ralph Etienne-Cummings, Giacomo Indiveri, Matthew K. Law, Bernabé Linares-Barranco, Jonathan Tapson, Wei Tang, Yiming Zhai:
Confession session: Learning from others mistakes. ISCAS 2011: 1149-1162 - [c34]Chris Perkins, Lydia Lei, Michael Kuhlman, Tsung-Hsueh Lee, George Gateau, Sarah Bergbreiter, Pamela Abshire:
Distance sensing for mini-robots: RSSI vs. TDOA. ISCAS 2011: 1984-1987 - [c33]Peng Xu, Pamela Abshire, James Sean Humbert:
Motion image sensor with on-chip adaptation and Programmable Filtering. ISCAS 2011: 2425-2428 - [c32]Timir Datta, Pamela Abshire, John A. Turner:
Towards a legged chip. ISCAS 2011: 2501-2504 - 2010
- [c31]David Sander, Timir Datta, Pamela Abshire:
Mismatch compensation of a subthreshold CMOS current normalizer. ISCAS 2010: 3409-3412
2000 – 2009
- 2009
- [j11]Nicole M. Nelson, David Sander, Marc Dandin, Somashekar Bangalore Prakash, Anshu Sarje, Pamela Abshire:
Handheld Fluorometers for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst. 3(2): 97-107 (2009) - [j10]Somashekar Bangalore Prakash, Pamela Abshire:
A Fully Differential Rail-to-Rail CMOS Capacitance Sensor With Floating-Gate Trimming for Mismatch Compensation. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I Regul. Pap. 56-I(5): 975-986 (2009) - [j9]Yanyi Liu Wong, Marc H. Cohen, Pamela Abshire:
A 750-MHz 6-b Adaptive Floating-Gate Quantizer in 0.35-μm CMOS. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I Regul. Pap. 56-I(7): 1301-1312 (2009) - [c30]Nicole M. Nelson, Pamela Abshire:
Information transmission using a generalized chopper amplifier: Comparison of modulation schemes. CISS 2009: 468-472 - [c29]Timir Datta, Pamela Abshire:
Mismatch Compensation of CMOS Current Mirrors using Floating-gate Transistors. ISCAS 2009: 1823-1826 - 2008
- [j8]Yanyi Liu Wong, Marc H. Cohen, Pamela Abshire:
A 1.2-GHz Comparator With Adaptable Offset in 0.35- mum CMOS. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I Regul. Pap. 55-I(9): 2584-2594 (2008) - [c28]Somashekar Bangalore Prakash, Pamela Abshire:
A fully differential CMOS capacitance sensor design, testing and array architecture. ISCAS 2008: 165-168 - [c27]Nicole M. Nelson, David Sander, Marc Dandin, Anshu Sarje, Somashekar Prakash, Honghao Ji, Pamela Abshire:
A handheld fluorometer for measuring cellular metabolism. ISCAS 2008: 1080-1083 - [c26]David Sander, Nicole M. Nelson, Pamela Abshire:
Noise model, analysis and characterization of a differential active pixel sensor. ISCAS 2008: 1780-1783 - [c25]David Sander, Nicole M. Nelson, Pamela Abshire:
Integration time optimization for integrating photosensors. ISCAS 2008: 2354-2357 - [c24]Peng Xu, Timothy K. Horiuchi, Pamela Abshire:
Stochastic model and simulation of a random number generator circuit. ISCAS 2008: 2977-2980 - [c23]Peng Xu, Timothy K. Horiuchi, Pamela Abshire:
Short-Term Depression in VLSI Stochastic Synapse. NIPS 2008: 1817-1824 - 2007
- [j7]Yanyi Liu Wong, Pamela Abshire:
A 144 × 144 Current-Mode Image Sensor With Self-Adapting Mismatch Reduction. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I Regul. Pap. 54-I(8): 1687-1697 (2007) - [j6]Honghao Ji, David Sander, Alfred Haas, Pamela Abshire:
Contact Imaging: Simulation and Experiment. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I Regul. Pap. 54-I(8): 1698-1710 (2007) - [c22]Peng Xu, Pamela Abshire:
Stochastic Behavior of a CMOS Inverter. ICECS 2007: 94-97 - [c21]David Sander, Marc Dandin, Honghao Ji, Nicole M. Nelson, Pamela Abshire:
Low-noise CMOS Fluorescence Sensor. ISCAS 2007: 2007-2010 - [c20]Nicole M. Nelson, Pamela Abshire:
Chopper Modulation Improves OTA Information Transmission. ISCAS 2007: 2275-2278 - [c19]Timothy K. Horiuchi, Dorielle Tucker, Kevin Boyle, Pamela Abshire:
Spike discrimination using amplitude measurements with a low-power CMOS neural amplifier. ISCAS 2007: 3123-3126 - [c18]Yanyi Liu Wong, Marc H. Cohen, Pamela Abshire:
On-Line Histogram Equalization for Flash ADC. ISCAS 2007: 3598-3601 - [c17]Kenneth H. Wong, Lucian G. Gruionu, Patrick Cheng, Pamela Abshire, Valeri Saveliev, Seong Ki Mun, Kevin Cleary, Irving N. Weinberg:
PETglove: a new technology for portable molecular imaging. Image-Guided Procedures 2007: 65092P - 2006
- [c16]Honghao Ji, Pamela Abshire:
A CMOS image sensor for low light applications. ISCAS 2006 - [c15]Honghao Ji, David Sander, Alfred Haas, Pamela Abshire:
A CMOS contact imager for locating individual cells. ISCAS 2006 - [c14]S. B. Prakash, Pamela Abshire, M. Urdaneta, M. Christophersen, Elisabeth Smela:
A CMOS potentiostat for control of integrated MEMS actuators. ISCAS 2006 - [c13]Yiming Zhai, S. B. Prakash, Marc H. Cohen, Pamela Abshire:
Detection of on-chip temperature gradient using a 1.5V low power CMOS temperature sensor. ISCAS 2006 - 2005
- [j5]Peng Xu, Pamela Abshire:
Threshold detection of intensity flashes in the blowfly photoreceptor by an ideal observer. Neurocomputing 65-66: 229-236 (2005) - [j4]Peng Xu, Pamela Abshire:
Quantifying information and performance for flash detection in the blowfly photoreceptor. Neural Networks 18(5-6): 479-487 (2005) - [j3]Yanyi Liu Wong, Marc H. Cohen, Pamela Abshire:
A floating-gate comparator with automatic offset adaptation for 10-bit data conversion. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I Regul. Pap. 52-I(7): 1316-1326 (2005) - [c12]Honghao Ji, Pamela Abshire, M. Urdaneta, Elisabeth Smela:
CMOS contact imager for monitoring cultured cells. ISCAS (4) 2005: 3491-3494 - [c11]S. B. Prakash, Pamela Abshire, M. Urdaneta, Elisabeth Smela:
A CMOS capacitance sensor for cell adhesion characterization. ISCAS (4) 2005: 3495-3498 - [c10]Yanyi Liu Wong, Pamela Abshire, Marc H. Cohen:
A 128×128 floating gate imager with self-adapting fixed pattern noise reduction. ISCAS (5) 2005: 5314-5317 - [c9]Yanyi Liu Wong, Marc H. Cohen, Pamela Abshire:
A 1.2 GHz adaptive floating gate comparator with 13-bit resolution. ISCAS (6) 2005: 6146-6149 - 2004
- [c8]Pamela Abshire, Eric Liu Wong, Yiming Zhai, Marc H. Cohen:
Adaptive log domain filters using floating gate transistors. ISCAS (1) 2004: 29-32 - [c7]Timothy K. Horiuchi, Thomas Swindell, David Sander, Pamela Abshire:
A low-power CMOS neural amplifier with amplitude measurements for spike sorting. ISCAS (4) 2004: 29-32 - [c6]Makeswaran Loganathan, Suvarcha Malhotra, Pamela Abshire:
Information capacity and power efficiency in operational transconductance amplifiers. ISCAS (1) 2004: 193-196 - [c5]Eric Liu Wong, Pamela Abshire, Marc H. Cohen:
Floating gate comparator with automatic offset manipulation functionality. ISCAS (1) 2004: 529-532 - [c4]Natasha Reeves, Yingkai Liu, Nicole M. Nelson, Suvarcha Malhotra, Makeswaran Loganathan, Jean-Marie Lauestein, Jack Chaiyupatumpa, Elisabeth Smela, Pamela Abshire:
Integrated MEMS structures and CMOS circuits for bioelectronic interface with single cells. ISCAS (3) 2004: 673-676 - 2003
- [c3]Pamela Abshire, Jean-Marie Lauestein, Yingkai Liu, Elisabeth Smela:
Cell clinics for bioelectronic interface with single cells. ISCAS (3) 2003: 618-621 - 2001
- [j2]Pamela Abshire, Andreas G. Andreou:
Capacity and energy cost of information in biological and silicon photoreceptors. Proc. IEEE 89(7): 1052-1064 (2001) - 2000
- [j1]Pamela Abshire, Andreas G. Andreou:
Relating information capacity to a biophysical model for blowfly photoreceptors. Neurocomputing 32-33: 9-16 (2000) - [c2]Pamela Abshire, Andreas G. Andrew:
A comparative study of information capacity for biophysical and silicon photoreceptors. ISCAS 2000: 145-148
1990 – 1999
- 1999
- [c1]Pamela Abshire, Andreas G. Andreou:
Relating information capacity to a biophysical model for blowfly retina. IJCNN 1999: 182-187
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