Dr. Benjamin J. Blalock

Areas of Interest

• Analog/Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design
• Extreme Environment IC Design
• Multi-gate Transistor Circuit Design on SOI
• Sub 100-nm CMOS Analog Design

Education

• Received B.S. (EE), The University of Tennessee, 1991
• Received M.S. (ECE), Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993
• Received Ph.D. (ECE), Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996
• Ph.D. Dissertation: A 1-Volt CMOS Wide Dynamic Range Operational Amplifier

Bio Summary
Benjamin J. Blalock received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1991 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, also in electrical engineering, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, in 1993 and 1996 respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Tennessee where he directs the Integrated Circuits and Systems Laboratory (ICASL). His research focus there includes analog integrated circuit design for extreme environments (both wide temperature and radiation) on CMOS and SiGe BiCMOS, multi-gate transistors and circuits on SOI, analog circuit techniques for sub 100-nm CMOS, mixed-signal/mixed-voltage circuit design for systems-on-a-chip, and biomicroelectronics. Dr. Blalock has co-authored over 80 refereed papers. He has also worked as an analog IC design consultant for Cypress Semiconductor Corp., Concorde Microsystems Inc., and XYZ Microsystems, LLC. Dr. Blalock is a senior member of the IEEE.