The talk will focus on receivers key building blocks: Transimpedance Amplifiers (TIAs) and Analog to Digital Converters (ADC). TIAs enables the conversion of photodiode currents into voltage signals with high bandwidth and low noise. This lecture will introduce the core principles of TIA operation, key design considerations, and their critical role within optical modules. The seminar will then focus on the high-speed ADC which converts TIA voltage output to digital. The discussion will span from architecture to circuit level highlighting the challenges and trade off when designing high speed  ADC in 5nm FinFET processes and beyond.

From 2007 to 2010, he was with NXP Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, where he was working on high-speed ADC for cable tuners applications.

In 2010, he joined Marvell, Pavia, Italy. In 2017, he joined eSilicon, Pavia, where he was working on high-performance analog-to-digital converter (ADC) design and analog front end for wireline interfaces. Since 2020 he is with Marvell (former Inphi), Pavia where he is technical director of the RX analog design group leading the development of high-speed data converters for optical DSP applications. His current research interests include high speed power-efficient ADCs, data converter digital calibration systems, and high-performance wireline interfaces. Since 2022 he is member of Technical Program Committee of the European Solid State Electronics Research Conference (ESSERC former ESSCIRC)