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... Pedro Nuno Mendonça dos Santos

Senior Researcher

Pedro Santos

Academic position: Assistant Professor
Joining date: 01-01-1999
Roles in IT: Senior Researcher
Thematic Line: Wireless Technologies
Group: Wireless Circuits – Lx

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Address: IT – Lisboa
Instituto Superior Técnico - Torre Norte - Piso 10
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
1049 - 001 Lisboa
Tel: +351 21 841 84 54
Fax: +351 21 841 84 72

ORCID iD
https://www.orcid.org/0000-0001-5310-6907

Scientific Achievements

  • PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, 04-07-2002
  • MSc, Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-11-1994
  • Licenciatura, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 01-01-1989
  • Academia Militar, 01-01-2011, Coordenador
  • Ordem dos Engenheiros, 30-03-1993,
  • High_Voltage CMOS
  • Semiconductor Devices and Circuits
  • ultra-low voltage CMOS design
  • Microelectronics
  • CMOS Technology
  • Power Electronics
4Lecture courses
  • Fundamentos de Electrónica, Academia Militar, Engenharia Eletrotécnica Militar
  • Electrónica I, Academia Militar, Engenharia Eletrotécnica Militar
  • Electrónica II, Academia Militar, Engenharia Eletrotécnica Militar
  • Análise de Circuitos, Academia Militar, Engenharia Eletrotécnica Militar
15Supervision of MSc theses
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
2Books Chapters
  • B. Borges, H. R. Marques, V. Costa, P. M. Santos, Resonant Converters, Chapter in, Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronic Power Engineering, Jorge Garcia, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 2022
  • P. M. Santos, L. Mendes, J. Vaz, HJQ Quaresma, Chapter 8: Layout strategies for substrate crosstalk reduction in low cost CMOS processes, Chapter in, Noise Coupling in System-on-Chip, Thomas Noulis, CRC-Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, 2017
20Papers in Journals
  • P. M. Santos, R. Lameirinhas, C. P. C. V. B. P. Correia V. Bernardo, J. Torres, A. Serralheiro, R. Vieira, N. Lourenço, Fully CMOS Boost Converter Operating at 2.65 GHz for Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting, IEEE Access, Vol. 13, No., pp. 19365 - 19378, January, 2025,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • J. Almeida, P. M. Santos, J. Vaz, R. Lameirinhas, C. P. C. V. B. P. Correia V. Bernardo, J. Torres, Step-Up DC-DC Converter Supplied by a Thermoelectric Generator for IoT Applications, Energies, Vol. 17, No. 21, pp. 5288 - 5288, October, 2024,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
  • R. Lameirinhas, C. P. C. V. B. P. Correia V. Bernardo, J. Torres, H. veiga, P. M. Santos, Modelling the effect of defects and cracks in solar cells’ performance using the d1MxP discrete model, Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 12490 - 12490, August, 2023 | BibTex
  • J. Torres, R. Lameirinhas, C. P. C. V. B. P. Correia V. Bernardo, P. M. Santos, H. veiga, M. M. Martins, P. Figueiredo, Analysis of Different Third-Generation Solar Cells Using the Discrete Electrical Model d1MxP, Energies, Vol. 16, No. 7, pp. 3289 - 3289, April, 2023 | BibTex
  • J. Torres, R. Lameirinhas, C. P. C. V. B. P. Correia V. Bernardo, H. veiga, P. M. Santos, A Discrete Electrical Model for Photovoltaic Solar Cells—d1MxP, Energies, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 2018 - 2018, February, 2023 | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, A. Serralheiro, B. Borges, J. Torres, A. Charas, An Experimental Study on Step-Up DC–DC Converters for Organic Photovoltaic Cells, Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 2 - 16, April, 2022,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 19 MBs) | BibTex
  • D. Batista, L. Oliveira, N. Paulino, C. Carvalho, J. P. Oliveira, J. Farinhas, A. Charas, P. M. Santos, Combined Organic Photovoltaic Cells and Ultra Low Power CMOS Circuit for Indoor Light Energy Harvesting, Sensors, Vol. 19, No. 1803, pp. 1 - 20, April, 2019,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 13 MBs) | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, P. M. Santos, J. Vaz, Substrate noise isolation improvement in a single-well standard CMOS process, Integration, the VLSI Journal, Vol. 52, No. -, pp. 122 - 128, January, 2016,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • M. Assunção, P. M. Santos, J. Costa Freire, A Technique to Reduce On-Wafer Measurement Uncertainty for CMOS Transmission Line Characterization, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Vol. PP, No. 99, pp. 1 - 3, November, 2015 | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, Design Methologies for Integrated Inductor-Based Soft-Switching DC-DC Converters, i-ETC : ISEL Academic Journal of Electronics, Telecomunications and Computers, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. id-17-1 - id-17-9, July, 2013,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • HJQ Quaresma, P. M. Santos, A. Serra, An equivalent doping profile for CMOS substrate characterization, Solid-State Electronics, Vol. 79, No. -, pp. 185 - 191, January, 2013,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, A design methodology for integrated inductor-based DC–DC converters, Microelectronics Journal, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 401 - 409, June, 2012,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • HJQ Quaresma, P. M. Santos, A. Serra, Impact of temperature on substrate coupling in low-doped substrate, Electronics Letters, Vol. 47, No. 23, pp. 1273 - 1275, November, 2011,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • D. D. Duflot, P. Limão-Vieira, A. Giuliani, E. Vasekova, J.M.C. Lourenço, P. M. Santos, S.V. Hoffmann, , , Electronic State Spectroscopy of c-C5F8 Explored by Photoabsortion, Electron Impact, Photoelectron Spectroscopies and Ab Initio Calculations, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 112, No. 13, pp. 2782 - 2793, April, 2008 | BibTex
  • P. Limão-Vieira, E. Vasekova, A. Giuliani, J.M.C. Lourenço, P. M. Santos, D. D. Duflot, S.V. Hoffmann, Perfluorocyclobutane electronic state spectroscopy by high-resolution vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption, electron impact, He I photoelectron spectroscopy, and ab initio calculations, Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 032509 -1 - 032509 -11, September, 2007 | BibTex
  • S. Finco, B. Borges, P. M. Santos, Smart Power Integrated Circuit Educational Tool, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 1290 - 1303, July, 2007 | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, V. Costa, B. Borges, M. Lança, High-Voltage LDMOS Transistors Fully Compatible with a Deep Submicron 0.35 um CMOS Process, Microelectronics Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 35 - 40, January, 2007 | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, HJQ Quaresma, A. Silva, M. Lança, High-Voltage NMOS design in fully implanted twin-well CMOS, Microelectronics Journal, Vol. 35, No., pp. 723 - 730, September, 2004 | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, M. I. Simas, M. Lança, High Voltage Solutions in CMOS Technology, Microelectronics Journal, Vol. 33, No. 8, pp. 609 - 617, August, 2002 | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, M. I. Simas, M. Lança, CMOS Compatible HV Gate-Shifted LDD-NMOS, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 1013 - 1015, May, 2001 | BibTex
20Papers in Conferences
  • D. Batista, L.oliveira Oliveira, P. M. Santos, Characterization and Optimization of an Inductive DC-DC Converter for Ultra-Low Power Energy Harvesting, IEEE International Young Engineers Forum on Electrical and Computer Engineering YEF-ECE, Costa da Caparica, Portugal, May, 2019 | BibTex
  • M. Assunção, J. Costa Freire, P. M. Santos, Lumped Model for CMOS Interconnections lines, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 21 - 24, May, 2013,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 959 KBs) | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, Designing Soft-Switching DC-DC Converters in CMOS Technology, CETC- Conf. on Electronics, Telecommunications and Computers, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. ID59 - ID59, November, 2011,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, An Improved Design Method for Monolithic CMOS Quasi-Square-Wave DC-DC Converters, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Sta Maria Feira, Portugal, Vol. CD-ROM, pp. -, May, 2009,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 126 KBs) | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, Design Method for Monolithic DC-DC Converters Based on Losses Optimization of the Power Stage, IEEE Asia Pacific Conf. on Circuits and Systems - APCCAS, Macau, Macau, Vol. 1, pp. 1872 - 1875, December, 2008 | Full text (PDF 306 KBs) | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, Método de Dimensionamento para Conversores CC-CC Monolíticos Baseado na Optimização das Perdas do Andar de Potência, Jornadas de Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Computadores, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. CD-ROM, pp. -, November, 2008 | Full text (PDF 260 KBs) | BibTex
  • HJQ Quaresma, P. M. Santos, A. Serra, E. Sicard, A METHODOLOGY FOR EXTRACTING UNKNOWN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PROCESS PARAMETERS, IEEE International Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Gammarth, Tunisia, Vol. 1, pp. 84 - 88, December, 2005 | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, Design Method for Integrated CMOS Quasi-Square-Wave DC-DC Converters, Conf. on Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. CD-ROM, pp. -, November, 2005 | Full text (PDF 210 KBs) | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, Integração Monolítica de Conversores Comutados CC-CC de Comutação Suave : Soluções de Projecto e Simulações, Jornadas de Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Computadores, Lisboa, Portugal, November, 2005 | Full text (PDF 161 KBs) | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, Soft-Switching DC-DC Converters for CMOS Integration, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Tomar, Portugal, Vol. CD-ROM, pp. -, April, 2005 | Full text (PDF 106 KBs) | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, HJQ Quaresma, A. Silva, M. Lança, Design of High-Voltage devices in a fully implanted twin-well CMOS process, European Solid-State Device Research Conf., Estoril, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 343 - 346, September, 2003 | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, HJQ Quaresma, A. Silva, M. Lança, Breakdown improvement and reliable driving of high-voltage NMOS fabricated in fully implanted CMOS, European Power Electronics Conf. - EPE, Toulouse, France, Vol. CDROM, pp. p1 - p10, September, 2003 | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, HJQ Quaresma, A. Silva, M. Lança, High-Voltage NMOS in 0,5um CMOS Technology for fast switching applications, IEEE International Symp. on Industrial Electronics - ISIE, Rio de janeiro, Brazil, Vol. CDROM, pp. -, June, 2003 | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, M. Lança, M. I. Simas, High Voltage Solutions in Standard CMOS, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conf. - PESC, Vancouver, Canada, Vol. 1, pp. 371 - 377, June, 2001 | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, M. I. Simas, M. Lança, The Gate-Shifted LDD-NMOS, European Power Electronics Conf. - EPE, Lausanne, Switzerland, Vol. CDROM, pp. - - -, September, 1999 | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, M. I. Simas, M. Lança, Fully CMOS Compatible Gate-Shifted LDD NMOS, IEEE Industry Application Society Annual Meeting, St Louis, United States, Vol. 3, pp. 1119 - 1123, October, 1998 | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, M. I. Simas, M. Lança, New Challenges Toward Smart Power, European Power Electronics Conf. - EPE, Trondheim, Norway, Vol. 3, pp. 1 - 8, September, 1997 | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, M. I. Simas, M. Lança, Smart Power in MOS Technologies – An Overview, IEEE International Symp. on Industrial Electronics - ISIE, Guimarães, Portugal, Vol. 2, pp. 371 - 376, July, 1997 | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, S. Finco, M. I. Simas, M. Lança, Breakdown Voltage Improvement of Standard MOS Technologies Targeted at Smart Power, IEEE Industry Application Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, United States, Vol. 2, pp. 937 - 945, October, 1995 | BibTex
  • P. M. Santos, S. Finco, M. I. Simas, M. Lança, 2D Characterization and Optimization of a Basic Switching Cell Aimed at Smart Power, IEEE Industry Application Society Annual Meeting, Denver, United States, Vol. 2, pp. 1161 - 1167, October, 1994 | BibTex

Closed Projects10

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
AISMAD AISMAD – Advanced Integrated Switched-Mode Audio Drivers IT/LA 01-07-2011 01-12-2013
AME Advanced Microelectronics Engineering ICEP 01-10-2002 22-10-2003
Digital_PAs Digital_PAs - Digital RF Power Amplifiers for Wireless Applications FCT/PTDC 01-01-2009 01-06-2012
DISRUPTIVE DISRUPTIVE - A Paradigm Shift in the Design of Analog and Mixed-Signal Nanoelectronic Circuits and Systems FCT 01-04-2013 01-12-2016
HAICAS Hierarchical Analog IC Automatic Synthesis IT 01-05-2020 30-04-2022
IRFDCMOS Integration of high-frequency dc-dc converters in RF CMOS SoC IT/LA 01-09-2005 01-06-2008
OPERA OPERA - Layout-Aware Analog IC Design Automation IT/LA 01-03-2014 01-02-2016
SiGeM Silicon Germanium MMICs for RF Front End Transceivers IT/LA 01-10-2005 01-07-2008
SWIPA Switching Mode Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications IT/LA 01-11-2008 01-11-2010
uFlexBat Batteryless energy supply system based on flexible organic photovoltaic cells IT/LA 01-12-2016 30-06-2019
3Prototypes
  • P. M. Santos, B. Borges, 0,4-1.2V hybrid DC-DC converter for energy harvesting of OPV cells
  • P. M. Santos, B. Borges, 0,4-1.2V multilevel DC-DC converter for energy harvesting of OPV cells
  • P. M. Santos, 0,4-1.2V boost DC-DC converter for energy harvesting of OPV cells
4Conference Committees
  • IEEE International Symp. on Circuits and Systems - ISCAS, Organizing Committee, 2015
  • IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2011 International Conf. on Computer as a Tool joint with the Conf. on Telecommunications, Organizing Committee, 2011
  • IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2011 International Conf. on Computer as a Tool joint with the Conf. on Telecommunications, Sessions Chairman, 2011
  • Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Organizing Committee, 2005
6Refereeing Journals
  • Measurement
    2007, 1 review(s);
  • Solid-State Electronics
    2007, 1 review(s);
  • Intrnl. Journal of Power Management Electronics
    2008, 1 review(s);
  • Intrnl. Journal of Power Electronics (IJPElec)
    2008, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
    2008, 1 review(s);
  • Microelectronics Journal
    2012, 2 review(s); 2011, 2 review(s);
7Refereeing Conferences
  • IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conf. - PESC
    2008, 1 review(s); 2007, 1 review(s);
  • Conf. on Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems
    2011, 1 review(s); 2008, 1 review(s); 2006, 1 review(s); 2005, 1 review(s); 2004, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition - ECCE
    2015, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s); 2010, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Symp. on Industrial Electronics - ISIE
    2010, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2011 International Conf. on Computer as a Tool joint with the Conf. on Telecommunications
    2011, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Symp. on Circuits and Systems - ISCAS
    2012, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s);

  • 2007, 1 review(s); 2005, 1 review(s); 2003, 1 review(s);
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