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Saravana Kumar

Saravana Kumar M

Assistant Professor

saravana.kumar[at]ece.iitr.ac.in
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Analog and Mixed Signal Integrated Circuit Design, Data converter design for Instrumentation applications and Wireless Transceivers, RF CMOS IC design

From To Designation Organisation
Jan-2022 Present Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
July-2021 Dec-2021 Senior Project Officer Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research, IIT Madras
May-2019 June-2021 Project Officer Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research, IIT Madras
Jan-2014 June-2014 Project Associate Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research, IIT Madras
July-2011 Dec-2013 Analog Design Engineer Analog Devices India Private Ltd., Bangalore
Degree Subject University Year Studied
Doctor of Philosophy Analog and Mixed Signal Integrated Circuit Design Indian Institute of Technology Madras 2021
Master of Technology VLSI Design Tools and Technology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 2011
Bachelor of Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering Anna University, Chennai 2009
Membership Details
IEEE Member
Title Course Code Course Semester
VLSI Mixed Signal Circuits ECN-584 M. Tech Jan-May 2022

Journal Publications

  • S. Pavan and S. Manivannan, "Analysis of RC Time-Constant Variations in Continuous-Time Pipelined ADCs," in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2021.3121418.
  • S. Manivannan and S. Pavan, "A 65-nm CMOS Continuous-Time Pipeline ADC Achieving 70-dB SNDR in 100-MHz Bandwidth," in IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters, vol. 4, pp. 92-95, 2021, doi: 10.1109/LSSC.2021.3071965.
  • S. Manivannan and S. Pavan, "Improved Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Modulators With Embedded Active Filtering," in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 3778-3789, Nov. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2020.3013006.
  • S. Manivannan and S. Pavan, "Degradation of Alias Rejection in Continuous-Time Delta–Sigma Modulators by Weak Loop-Filter Nonlinearities," in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 65, no. 10, pp. 3207-3215, Oct. 2018, doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2018.2826443.


Conference Publications

  • S. Manivannan and S. Pavan, "A 1 MHz bandwidth, filtering continuous-time delta-sigma ADC with 36 dBFS out-of-band IIP3 and 76 dB SNDR," 2018 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2018, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/CICC.2018.8357089.
  • S. Manivannan and S. Pavan, "Degradation of Alias Rejection in Continuous-Time Bandpass Delta-Sigma Converters due to Weak Loop Filter Nonlinearities," 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2019, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ISCAS.2019.8702763.S. Kumar and S. Chatterjee, "A 110-dB Dynamic Range, 76-dB Peak SNR Companding Continuous-Time Delta Sigma Modulator for Audio Applications," 2012 25th International Conference on VLSI Design, 2012, pp. 51-56, doi: 10.1109/VLSID.2012.45.