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New Mexico State University
Klipsch School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
College of Engineering


Dr. Paul M. Furth Associate Professor

Contact Information
Office: Thomas & Brown Hall, Room 313
Phone: (575) 646-VLSI (8574)
Fax: (575) 646-1435
E-mail:
Personal Webpage: http://www.ece.nmsu.edu/~pfurth
Office Hours : By appointment over summer., Mon/Wed/Fri 11:30-12:00pm



Education

Professional Experience

  • Project Engineer, TRW Technar, Irwindale, CA, 1985-1989
  • Member of Associate Staff, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory, Columbia, MD, 1992-1995
  • Consulting IC Designer, JTA Research, Seal Beach, Summer 2000 CA
  • Consulting IC Designer, Motorola, Chandler, AZ, Summers 2001-2003
  • Associate Department Head, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 2002-2006
  • Visiting Faculty, Micron, Boise, ID, Summer 2007
  • University Summer Faculty, Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM, Summer 2008
  • Interim Department Head, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 2009-2010
  • Assistant/Associate Professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 1995-present

Professional Affiliations

  • Senior Member, IEEE
  • Member, NMSU Teaching Academy

Awards and Honors

  • Bromilow Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence, 2008.
  • ConocoPhillips Faculty Fellow, 2011.
  • Donald C. Roush Excellence in Teaching Award, NMSU, 2012.

Professional and Academic Service

  • Advisor for Student Chapter of HKN, 1998-1999, 2009-2010.
  • Technical Program Chair, 42nd IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems Conference, MWSCAS 1999, held at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, Aug. 8-11, 1999.
  • Advisor for Student Chapter of IEEE, 2009-2010.
  • Chair, ECE Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2010-2011
  • ECE Representative, BS in Engineering Physics Committee, 2006-2010
  • Steering Committee Member, IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems Conference MWSCAS 1996-2000, 2011-present.

Journal Research Publications

  1. P. R. Surkanti and P. M. Furth, "Converting a Three-Stage Pseudo-Class AB Amplifier to a True Class AB Amplifier," IEEE Circuits and Systems II, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 229-233, April 2012.
  2. I. Padilla-Cantoya, P.M. Furth, J.E. Molinar-Solis, and A. Diaz-Sanchez, "Low-voltage differential voltage follower for WTA and fully differential applications," IEICE Electronics Express, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 491-495, March 2012.
  3. C. Mohan and P. M. Furth, "A 16 Ohm Audio Amplifier with 93.8mW Peak Load Power and 1.43mW Quiescent Power Consumption," IEEE Circuits and Systems II, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 133-137, March 2012.
  4. A. Garimella, P. M. Furth, N. R. Thota, and P. R. Surkanti, "Current Buffer Compensation Topologies for LDOs with Improved Transient Performance," Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing (19 November 2011), pp. 1-12.
  5. P. M. Furth, V. Ponnapureddy, S. R. Dundigal, D. G. Voelz, R. Korupolu, A. Garimella, and M. W. Rashid, "Integrated CMOS Sensor Array for Optical Heterodyne Phase Sensing," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 1516-1521, June 2011.
  6. M.W. Rashid, A. Garimella, and P.M. Furth, "An Adaptive Biasing Technique to Convert Pseudo-class AB Amplifier to Class AB," Electronics Letters, vol. 46, No. 12, pp. 820-822, June 2010.
  7. A. Garimella, M.W. Rashid, and P.M. Furth, "Reverse Nested Miller Compensation using Current Buffers in a Three-stage LDO," IEEE Circuits and Systems II, vol. 57, No. 4, April 2010.
  8. P.M. Furth, "A subthreshold CMOS continuous-time bandpass filter with large-signal stability," Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 197-205, May 1999.
  9. P.M. Furth and A.G. Andreou, "On Fault Probabilities and Yield Models for VLSI Neural Networks," Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 32, No. 8, pp.1284-1287, August 1997.
  10. P.M. Furth and A.G. Andreou, "A Design Framework for Low Power Analog Filter Banks," IEEE Circuits and Systems I, vol. 42, No. 11, pp. 967-971, November 1995.
  11. P.M. Furth and A.G. Andreou, "Linearised differential transconductors in subthreshold CMOS," Electronics Letters, vol. 31, No. 7, pp.545-547, March 1995.

 

Conference Research Publications

  1. S.H. Pakala, A. Garimella, P.M. Furth and C. Mohan, "A 22dB at 3MHz Improved PSRR Two-Stage CMOS Opamp Using Tail Compensation," IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, San Jose, California, September 2012.
  2. H. Valapala and P.M. Furth, "Analysis and Design of Fully Integrated Very Low Quiescent Current LDOs," 55th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Boise, Idaho, August 2012.
  3. P.M. Furth, K. R. Kothapalli and P.R. Surkanti, "A High-Speed Image Centroid Computation Sensor ," 55th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Boise, Idaho, August 2012.
  4. P.M. Furth, N.R. Thota, V.H. Nammi and A Garimella, "Low Dropout (LDO) Voltage Regulator Design Using Split-Length Compensation ," 55th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Boise, Idaho, August 2012 (invited).
  5. A. Garimella, P.R. Surkanti, and P.M. Furth, "Pole-Zero Analysis of Low-Dropout (LDO) Regulators: A Tutorial Overview," 25th International Conference on VLSI Design, Hyderabad, India, pp. 131-136, January 2012.
  6. A. Garimella, M.W. Rashid, and P.M. Furth, "Nested Miller Compensation Using Current Buffers for Multi-stage Amplifiers," 54th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Seoul, Korea, August 2011.
  7. P.R. Surkanti and P.M. Furth, "Bias-Line Compensation in Multi-Stage Amplifiers," 54th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Seoul, Korea, August 2011.
  8. A. Ajane, P.M. Furth, E.E. Johnson, and R. Lakkur Subramanyam, "Comparison of Binary and LFSR Counters and Efficient LFSR Decoding Algorithm," 54th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Seoul, Korea, August 2011 (invited).
  9. A. Garimella and P.M. Furth, "Frequency Compensation Techniques for Op-Amps and LDOs: A Tutorial Overview," 54th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Seoul, Korea, August 2011 (invited).
  10. P.R. Surkanti, A. Garimella, and P.M. Furth, "Pole-Zero Analysis of Multi-Stage Amplifiers: A Tutorial Overview," 54th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Seoul, Korea, August 2011 (invited).
  11. A. Garimella, M.W. Rashid, and P.M. Furth, "Frequency Compensation Techniques Using Current Buffers," 53rd IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Seattle, WA, August 2010 (invited).
  12. P. M. Furth, Y.-C. Tsen, V. B. Kulkarni, and T. K. Poriyani House Raju , "On the Design of Low-Power CMOS Comparators with Programmable Hysteresis," 53rd IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 1077-1080, Seattle, WA, August 2010.
  13. A. Garimella, M.W. Rashid, and P.M. Furth, "Single-Miller Compensation Using Inverting Current Buffer for Multi-stage Amplifiers," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Paris, France, pp. 1579-1582, May, 2010.
  14. A. Garimella and P.M. Furth, "A 1.21V, 100mA, 0.1µF-10µF Output Capacitor Low Drop-Out Voltage Regulator for SoC Applications," Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, Medina, Tunisia, pp. 375-378, Dec. 2009.
  15. C. Ting, A. Rayankula, M. K. Giles, and P. M. Furth, "Closed-loop Adaptive Optics using a CMOS Image Quality Metric Sensor," Proc. of SPIE, vol. 6306, 63060C, August 2006.
  16. A. Bashyam, P.M. Furth, and M.K. Giles, "High-Speed Centroid Circuits Implemented in Analog VLSI," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, vol. 4, pp. 948-951, Vancouver, WA, May, 2004.
  17. A. Bashyam, M.K. Giles, and P.M. Furth, "Test Setup for Static and Dynamic Measurements of an Image Centroid in an Adaptive Optics Integrated Circuit with Pixel Array," SPIE Optoelectronics 2004, San Jose, CA, Jan. 2004.
  18. A.J. Ambundo and P.M. Furth, "Fully Integrated Current-Mode Subaperature Centroid Circuits and Phase Reconstructor," 10th NASA Symp. VLSI Design, Albuquerque, NM, March 2002.
  19. N. Clark, P. Furth, and S. Horan, "Intelligent Star Tracker," 14th Annual/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, Utah, August 2000.
  20. N. Clark and P. Furth, "Design and Performance Evaluation of a Silicon Eye using Micro-mirrors," 43rd IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, vol. 3, 1078-1081, Lansing, MI, August 2000.
  21. N. Clark, P. Furth, and S. Horan, "Intelligent Star Tracker," 43rd IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, vol. 3, pp. 1430-1433, Lansing, MI, August 2000.
  22. N. Clark and P. Furth, "Design and Performance Analysis of a Silicon Eye using Micro-mirrors," SPIE MEMs and Micro-Electronics, vol. 3, pp. 1078-1081, Queensland, Australia, October 1999.
  23. N. Clark and P. Furth, "Silicon Eye using MEMs Micromirrors," Optical Society of America, Santa Clara, CA, September 1999.
  24. N. Clark and P. Furth, "Intelligent Phase Unwrapper," Optical Society of America, Santa Clara, CA, September, 1999.
  25. N. Clark and P.M. Furth, "Intelligent Vision Systems," 42nd IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, vol. 1, pp. 258-261, Las Cruces, NM, August 1999.
  26. P.M. Furth and N. Clark, "A 16 x 16 Programmable Poisson-equation Solver Implemented in Analog VLSI," 33rd Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Baltimore, MD, March 1999.
  27. N. Clark and P. Furth, "Intelligent Vision Systems using Dynamic Neural Networks," 9th Workshop on Virtual Intelligence/Dynamic Neural Networks, SPIE Vol. 3728, pp. 130-139, Sweden, October, 1998.
  28. P.M. Furth and N. Clark, "Analog VLSI subaperture centriod circuits," 7th NASA Symp. VLSI Design, Albuquerque, NM, October 1998.
  29. P.M. Furth and N. Clark, "A Two-Dimensional Poisson-equation Solver Implemented in Analog VLSI," 7th NASA Symp. VLSI Design, Albuquerque, NM, October 1998.
  30. H.A. Ommani and P.M. Furth, "A Subthreshold CMOS Implementation of a Two-Dimensional Mechanical Cochlear Model," 41st IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 560-563, South Bend, IN, August 1998.
  31. P.M. Furth and H.A. Ommani, "A 500-nW Floating-Gate Amplifier with Programmable Gain," 41st IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 134-137, South Bend, IN, August 1998.
  32. N. Clark, P. Furth, G. Whitfield, J. Comtois, S. McKecknie, and A. Michalicek, "Silicon Adaptive Optics Systems using Micro-mirrors," Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3353, pp. 1146-1154, Kona, HI, March 1998.
  33. P.M. Furth, "A Continuous-Time Bandpass Filter Implemented in Subthreshold CMOS with Large-Signal Stability," 40th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, vol. 1, pp. 264-267, Sacramento, CA, August 1997.
  34. P.M. Furth and H.A. Ommani, "Low-Voltage Highly-Linear Transconductor Design in Subthreshold CMOS," 40th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, vol. 1, pp. 156-159, Sacramento, CA, August 1997.
  35. P.M. Furth and A.G. Andreou, "Bit-energy comparison of discrete and continuous signal representations at the circuit level," 4th Workshop on Physics and Computation, Boston, MA, November 1996.
  36. P.M. Furth and A.G. Andreou, "Translinear Transconductor Design for Cochlear Filter Banks," 39th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, vol. 2, pp. 917-920, Ames, IA, August 1996.
  37. P.M. Furth and A.G. Andreou, "Cochlear Models Implemented with Linearized Transconductors," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 1996, Atlanta, GA, vol. 3, pp. 491-494, May 1996.
  38. F. Pineda, K. Ryals, D. Steigerwald, and P.M. Furth, "Acoustic Transient Processing using the Hopkins Electronic EAR," WCNN 95, Wash., D.C., vol. 1, pp. 136-141, July 1995.
  39. P.M. Furth and A.G. Andreou, "Transconductors in Subthreshold CMOS," 29th Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Baltimore, MD, March 1995.
  40. P.M. Furth and A.G. Andreou, "Integrators for Continous-Time Analog Auditory Models," 29th Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Baltimore, MD, March 1995.
  41. P.M. Furth, N.K. Goel, A.G. Andreou, and M.H. Goldstein, Jr., "Experiments with the Hopkins Electronic EAR," 14th Speech Research Symposium, Baltimore, MD, pp. 183-189, June 1994.
  42. P.M. Furth and A.G. Andreou, "A High-Drive Low-Power BiCMOS Buffer using Compound PMOS/NPN Transistors," 36th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Detroit, MI, pp. 1369-1372, August 1993.
  43. P.M. Furth, A.G. Andreou, and M.H. Goldstein, Jr., "An Auditory Processor for Multi-Channel Cochlear Implants," 1993 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Smithfield RI, abstract/poster only, July, 1993.
  44. P.M. Furth and A.G. Andreou, "On Fault Probabilities and Yield Models for Analog VLSI Neural Networks," IEEE International Workshop on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, Dallas, TX, pp. 167-176, October, 1992.

 

Teaching Publications

  1. P.M. Furth, "The Mock Exam: Preparing Students for Your Exam," NMSU Best Teaching Practices Conference, Las Cruces, NM, June 2002.
  2. P.M. Furth, "Career development activities in a required engineering course," 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001.
  3. P.M. Furth, "A Simple But Scary Mid-Semester Evaluation Instrument," 2000 ASEE/Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference, Las Cruces, NM, April 2000.
  4. L.A. Riley, P.M. Furth, and J.T. Zellmer, "Assessing Our Engineering Alumni: Determinants of Success in the Workplace," 2000 ASEE/Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference, Las Cruces, NM, April 2000.
  5. E.E. Johnson, P.M. Furth, and A.K. Petersen, "On Revising the Electrical and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum at New Mexico State University," 1999 ASEE/Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, March 1999.
  6. P.M. Furth and E.E. Johnson, "Developing an Introductory Electrical and Computer Engineering Course," 1997 ASEE/Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference, Houston, TX, March 1997.

 

Book Chapters

  1. "An information theoretic framework for comparing the bit-energy of signal representations at the circuit level," A.G. Andreou and P.M. Furth, in Low Voltage Low Power Integrated Circuits and Systems, ed. E. Sanchez-Sinencio and A.G. Andreou, IEEE Press, 1999.
  2. "Integrating circuits," P.M. Furth and A.G. Andreou, in Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical Engineering, ed. J.G. Webster, Wiley.

 

Major Grant Awards

  1. Programmable Low-Voltage Battery Disconnect Device, Spring 2012, Engineering New Mexico Resource Network, $10K Design, build, and test a working prototype of a programmable low-voltage battery disconnect device in collaboration with Navitus Group, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  2. Integrated Optical Phase Detector, 2003-2004, Lockheed Martin, $45K Design, simulation, layout verification and electro-optic testing of heterodyne wavefront phase sensor array in a 0.5-micron CMOS process.
  3. Intelligent Satellite Systems, 2000-2001, Air Force Research Lab via ARL, $39KDesign, simulation, layout, verification and static/DC testing of a large array (40 x 40) wavefront reconstructor chip in a 0.5-micron CMOS process. Jointly develop a star centroiding circuit.
  4. Smart Vision Chips, 1999, Air Force Research Lab via WSMR, $48KIntegrate a 16x16 CMOS pseudo-resistive array for solving Poisson's equation at a bandwidth of 100 Hz or higher. Integrate CMOS photodiode arrays for use in subaperture centroid circuits.
  5. VLSI Circuits for a Miniature Adaptive Optics System, 1998, S. Systems, $40KDevelop a micro-power proto-type 2-D Poisson equation solver for real-time reconstruction of image data. Integrate a CMOS photodiode array with subaperture centroiding circuits for use with a Hartmann wavefront sensor.
  6. Freshman/Sophomore Circuits Lab Equipment, 1998, Hewlett-Packard, $48KInstall test and measurement equipment for a new freshman/sophomore electronics circuits laboratory: 8 digitizing oscilloscopes, multi-meters, function generators, and power supplies.
  7. Introduction to VLSI, Analog VLSI Design, 1997, Intel, $18KUpgrade computers in VLSI laboratory with seven 300 MHz Pentium II workstations.

 

Courses Taught

    Num.

    Name

    Description

    E E 109
    The Engineering of How Things Work
    This class provides Integrated Learning Community students with an introduction to various aspects of engineering.
    E E 161
    Computer Aided Problem Solving
    Introduction to scientific programming. Extensive practice in writing programs to solve engineering problems. Items covered will include: loops, input and output, functions, decision statements, and pointers. Pre/Corequisite(s): MATH 190G.
    E E 201
    Networks
    Electric component descriptions and equations. Kirchoff’s voltage and current laws, formulation and solution of RLC network equations using time domain concepts. For nonmajors only. Prerequisite(s): C or better in MATH 192G. Minimum 2.0 GPA. 
    E E 280
    DC and AC Circuits
    Electric component descriptions and equations. Kirchoff’s voltage and current laws, formulation and solution of network equations for dc circuits; ideal op-amp circuit. Complete solutions of RLC circuits; steady-state analysis of ac circuits, ac power; introduction to frequency response techniques. Prerequisite(s): C or better in MATH 192 and PHYS 216. 
    E E 380
    Electronics I
    Analysis and design of single-time-constant circuits, opamp applications, diode circuits, linear power supplies, and single-transistor MOS and BJT amplifiers. Introduction to solid-state devices and digital CMOS circuits. Prerequisite(s): C or better in E E 162, E E 280, and CHEM 111G.
    E E 480
    Introduction to VLSI
    Introduction to analog and digital VLSI circuits implemented in CMOS technology. Design of differential amplifiers, opamps, CMOS logic, flip-flops, and adders. Introduction to VLSI fabrication process and CAD tools. Prerequisite(s): C or better in E E 260 and E E 380.
    E E 485
    E E 523
    Analog VLSI Circuit Design
    Analysis, design, simulation, layout and verification of CMOS analog building blocks, including references, opamps, switches and comparators. Teams implement a complex analog IC.  Prerequisite(s): C or better in E E 312 and E E 480.
    E E486
    E E 524
    Digital VLSI Circuit Design
    An introduction to VLSI layers. Static and dynamic logic design, memory circuits, arithmetic operators, and digital phase-locked loops. Recommended foundation: E E 260 and E E 380.
    E E418/419 Capstone
    Senior Design Projects
    Application of engineering principles to a significant design project. Includes teamwork, written and oral communication, and realistic technical, economic, and public safety requirements. Consent of instructor required.
    E E 518
    Integrated Power Management Circuits
    Design and analysis of power management integrated circuits, including linear voltage regulators, voltage references, DC-DC converters and charge pumps. Extensive use of CAD tools are used to simulate these circuits. Prerequisites: C or better in E E 486 or E E 524. Pre/Corequisite(s): E E 485 or E E 523.
    E E 526
    CMOS Image Sensors
    Design, simulation, layout and testing of CMOS image sensors. Covers passive-pixel, active-pixel, and logarithmic photo-sensors, readout circuitry, and timing circuits for automatic frame generation. Includes teamwork, written and oral communication, and realistic technical requirements. Prerequisite(s): E E 486 or E E 524. Pre/Corequisite(s): E E 485 or E E 523.

 

Advisees, including Dissertations, Theses, and Technical Reports

 

Personal Information

  • My wife, Carol, and I have four children, Aria, Cadey, Canon, and Anthem.
  • I participate and serve in a local house church network, Crossroads Christian Church of Las Cruces.
  • I sing, play guitar, piano, tennis, and soccer.