Dr. Charles L. Britton
Telephone(423) 574-1878
Chuck Britton is a member of the Monolithic Systems Development Group at ORNL and is an
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He worked for
Hewlett-Packard Co., E.G. & G., and North American Philips prior to coming to ORNL. He
is presently involved as the project manager for the ORNL
electronics effort in the design of fast, low-power mixed-signal electronics for
particle physics experiments (PHENIX ). He is also presently involved in wireless
electronics development, electronics for harsh environments, and micro-electro-mechanical
systems (MEMS) at ORNL. He has over 60 publications and eight patents in the field of electronics and integrated
circuit design. He was awarded a 1994 Martin Marietta Technical Achievement Award for his work in
radiation-hardened analog memories, a 1998 Lockheed Martin Technical Achievement Award for research on a
microcantilever-based mercury detector, a 1998 Lockheed Martin Technical Achievement Award for research on
deadtime-less chipset for collider physics experiments, and a 1999 Lockheed Martin Technical Achievement Award for
research on the Wireless Electronic Nose.
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He was Conference Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science from 1998-2000.
He is actively involved with the IEEE as as an elected member of the
Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) AdCom, as assistant
program chairman of the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) and as organizer and teacher of
short courses at the NSS. He has been a member of the Technical Program Committee of the
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS).
Degrees
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1975
M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1978
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1995
Patents: (8 patents
issued, 5 patents pending)
U. S. Patent No. 6,167,748 (January, 2001)
Charles L. Britton, Jr.,
Robert J. Warmack, William L. Bryan, Robert L. Jones, Patrick Ian Oden, Thomas Thundat -
Capacitively Readout Multi-element Sensor Array with Common-Mode Cancellation.
U. S. Patent No. 5,986,272 (November, 1999)
Charles L. Britton, Jr., David L.Beshears,
Marc L. Simpson, Michael R. Cates, Steve W. Allison - Real-Time Method and Apparatus for
Measuring the Decay-Time Constant of a Fluorescing Phosphor.
U. S. Patent No. 5,949,539 (September, 1999)
Charles L. Britton, Jr., David L.Beshears,
Marc L. Simpson, Michael R. Cates, Steve W. Allison - Real-Time Method and Apparatus for
Measuring the Decay-Time Constant of a Fluorescing Phosphor.
U. S. Patent No. 5,862,170 (January 1999)
C. L. Britton, Jr., M. N. Ericson
– Temperature Measurement Method Using Temperature Coefficient Timing for Resistive
or Capacitive Sensors.
U. S. Patent No. 5,671,172 (September
1997)
C. L. Britton, Jr., - A Method for
Pedestal and Common-Mode Noise Correction for Switched-Capacitor Storage Arrays.
U. S. Patent No. 5,590,104 (December
1996)
C. L. Britton, Jr., - A Method for Pedestal and Common-Mode Noise Correction for
Switched-Capacitor Storage Arrays.
U. S. Patent No. 5,225,682 (July 1993)
C. L. Britton, Jr., A. L. Wintenberg. - Method and Apparatus for Providing Pulse
Pile-Up Correction in Charge Quantizing Radiation Detection Systems.
U. S. Patent No. 4,866,400 (September 1989)
C.L. Britton, Jr., T. H. Becker, and M. O. Bedwell - Automatic Pole-Zero Adjustment
Circuit for an Ionizing Radiation Spectroscopy System.
Awards
2001 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award of Excellence in Technology Transfer for Microcantilevers: Versatile Microscopic Sensors.
1999 Lockheed Martin Technical Achievement Award for research on the Wireless
Electronic Nose.
1998 Lockheed Martin Technical Achievement Award for research on
microcantilever-based mercury detector.
1998 Lockheed Martin Technical Achievement Award for research on deadtime-less
chipset for collider physics experiments.
1994 Martin Marietta Technical Achievement Award for research on
radiation-hardened analog memories.
Journal Publications:
(J1) Charles L. Britton, T. H. Becker, T. J. Paulus, and R. C.
Trammel, "Characteristics of High-Rate Energy Spectroscopy Systems Using HPGe Coaxial
Detectors and Time-Variant Filters", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., NS-31, No. 1, Feb 1984
(36-40).
(J2) Charles L. Britton and Thomas H. Becker, "Design and Characterization of a Low
Power Consumption, HPGe Spectrometer", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., NS-32, No. 1, Feb.
1985 (36-40).
(J3) D. F. Newport, C. L. Britton, Jr., G. T. Alley, W. L. Bryan, M. S. Emery, M. N.
Ericson, H. R. Brashear, and D. W. Bouldin, "Integrating and Enhancing Tools for ASIC
Design Using MOSIS Fabrication", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., NS-37, No. 2, April 1990
(370-373).
(J4) W. L. Bryan, S. R. Maddox, M. N. Ericson, C. L. Britton, M. S. Emery, and G. T. Alley,
"Advantages of a Modular Design Approach for Radiological Instrumentation", IEEE
Trans. Nucl. Sci., NS-37, No. 2, April 1990 (873-877).
(J5) C. L. Britton, Jr., E. J. Kennedy, and W. M. Bugg, "A Bipolar Monolithic
Preamplifier for High- Capacitance Silicon Calorimetry", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.,
NS-38, No. 2, April 1991 (58-62).
(J6) E. J. Kennedy, G. T. Alley, C. L. Britton, Jr., P. L. Skubic, B. Gray, and A. Wu,
"Radiation Effects on JFETs, MOSFETs, and Bipolar Transistors, As Related To SSC
Circuit Design", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A307 (1991)
452-457.
(J7) C. L. Britton, Jr., E. J. Kennedy, R. A. Todd, A. L. Wintenberg, and G. R. Young,
" A Four-Channel Bipolar Preamplifier for RHIC Dimuon Pad Readout", IEEE Trans.
Nucl. Sci., Vol. 39, No. 5, Oct. 1992 (1302-1306).
(J8) A. L. Wintenberg, C. L. Britton, Jr., M. N. Ericson, R. A. Maples, G. R. Young, and T.
C. Awes, "WA80 BGO Calorimetry Electronics", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 39,
No. 5, Oct. 1992 (1286-1291).
(J9) C. L. Britton, Jr., et al. , "Design and Characterization of the BVX: An 8-Channel
CMOS Preamplifier-Shaper for Silicon Strips", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 41 No. 1,
Feb. 1994 (352-355).
(J10) R. A. Todd, E. J. Kennedy, C. L. Britton,, Jr., S. C. Berridge, W. M. Bugg, Y. C. Du,
G. T. Alley, H. R. Brashear, M. L. Bauer, M. S. Emery, A. L. Wintenberg, "Monolithic
Systems Design for the Silicon Electromagnetic Calorimetry Collaboration", IEEE
Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 41, No. 4, Aug. 1994 (1212-1216).
(J11) R. A. Kroeger, W. N. Johnson, R. L. Kinzer, J. D. Kurfess, S. Inderhees, M. D. Allen,
G. T. Alley, C. L. Britton, L. C. Clonts, M. N. Ericson, and M. L. Simpson, "Charge
Sensitive Preamplifier and Pulse Shaper Using CMOS Process for Germanium
Spectroscopy", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 42, No. 4, Aug. 1995 (921-924).
(J12) M. N. Ericson, M. L. Simpson, C. L. Britton, M. D. Allen, R. A. Kroeger, and S. E.
Inderhees, "A Low-Power, CMOS Peak Detect and Hold Circuit for Nuclear Pulse
Spectroscopy", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 42, No. 4, Aug. 1995 (724-728).
(J13) M. L. Simpson, C. L. Britton, A. L. Wintenberg, and G. R. Young, "An Integrated,
CMOS, Constant-Fraction Timing Discriminator for Multichannel Detector Systems", IEEE
Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 42, No. 4, Aug. 1995 (762-766).
(J14) C. L. Britton, Jr., L. C. Clonts, A. L. Wintenberg, K. F. Read, E. J. Kennedy, R. S.
Smith, B. K. Swann, and J. A. Musser, "An Analog Random-Access Memory In the AVLSI-RA
Process for an Interpolating Pad Chamber," IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 42, No. 6,
Dec. 1995, ( 2255-2259).
(J15) M. N. Ericson, M. S. Musrock, C. L. Britton, Jr., J. W. Walker, A. L. Wintenberg, and
G. R. Young, "A Flexible Analog Memory Address List Manager for PHENIX" IEEE
Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 43, No. 3, June 1996 (1629-1633).
(J16) C. L. Britton, Jr., A. L. Wintenberg, G. R. Young, T. C. Awes, M. Womac, E. J. Kennedy,
R. S. Smith, "Post-Radiation Memory Correction Using Differential Subtraction for
PHENIX" IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 43, No. 3, June 1996 (1564-1569).
(J17) M. L. Simpson, C. L. Britton, Jr., A. L. Wintenberg, and G. R. Young, "An
Integrated CMOS Time Interval Measurement System with Sub-nanosecond Resolution for the
WA-98 Calorimeter" IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, Vol. 32, No. 2, February
1997, (198-205).
(J18) C. L. Britton, Jr., W. L. Bryan, M. S. Emery, M. N. Ericson, M. S. Musrock, M. L.
Simpson, M. C. Smith, J. W. Walker, A. L. Wintenberg, G. R. Young, M. D. Allen, L. G.
Clonts, R. L. Jones, E. J. Kennedy, R. S. Smith, J. Boissevain, B. V. Jacak, D. Jaffe, J.
S. Kapustinsky, J. Simon-Gillo, J. P. Sullivan, H. Van Hecke, N. Xu, "Design and
Performance of Beam Test Electronics for the PHENIX Multiplicity Vertex Detector",
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. Vol. 44, No. 3, June 1997 (283-288).
(J19) M. N. Ericson, M. D. Allen, M. S. Musrock, J. W. Walker, C. L. Britton, Jr., A. L.
Wintenberg, and G. R. Young, "Development of a Front End Controller/Heap Manager for
PHENIX", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. Vol. 44, No. 3, June 1997 (312-317).
(J20) M. S. Emery, S. S. Frank, C. L. Britton, Jr., A. L. Wintenberg, M. L. Simpson, M. N.
Ericson, and G. R. Young, "A Multi-Channel ADC for Use in the PHENIX Detector",
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. Vol. 44, No. 3, June 1997 (374-378).
(J21) R. S. Smith, E. J. Kennedy, R. G. Jackson, M. L. Simpson, C. L. Britton, W. L. Bryan,
U. Jagadish, G. R. Young, B. V. Jacak, J, Kapustinski, and A. Oscarson, "A
Discriminator with a Current-Sum Multiplicity output for the PHENIX Multiplicity Vertex
Detector", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. Vol. 44, No. 3, June 1997 (389-392).
(J22) J. Kapustinsky, J. Boissevain, E. Bosze, C.
Britton, J. Chang, D. Clark, M Emery, N. Ericson, S. Y. Fung, B. Jacak, L. Marek, R. Seto,
J. Simon-Gillo, M. Simpson, R. Smith, J. Sullivan, Y. Takahashi, H. van Hecke, J. Walker,
N. Xu "A Multiplicity Vertex Detector for the PHENIX Experiment at RHIC", Nuclear Instruments
and Methods in Physics Research A 392 (1997) 192-196.
(J23) M. N. Ericson, M. D. Allen, J. Boissevain, C. L. Britton, Jr., M.S. Emery, S.F. Hahn,
J.S. Kapustinsky, R.E. Lind, M.S. Musrock, J. Simon-Gillo, D.E. Smith, J.P. Sullivan,H.
Van Hecke, G. R. Young, "Front-End Module Readout and Control Electronics for
the PHENIX Multiplicity Vertex Detector", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. Vol.
45, No. 3, June 1998 (833-837).
(J24) W. L. Bryan, U. Jagadish, C. L. Britton, S. S.
Frank, M. N. Ericson, M. L. Simpson, G. R. Young, L. G. Clonts, R. S. Smith, Anders
Oskarsson, Tommy Mark and Ed O’Brien, "TGLD: A 16-Channel Charge Readout
Chip for the PHENIX Pad Chamber Detector Subsystem at RHIC", IEEE
Trans. Nucl. Sci. Vol. 45, No. 3, June 1998 (754-757).
(J25) C. L. Britton, Jr., M. N. Ericson, S. S. Frank, J. A. Moore, M. L. Simpson, G. R. Young,
R. S. Smith, L. G. Clonts, J. Boissevain, S. Hahn, J. S. Kapustinsky, J. Simon-Gillo, J. P. Sullivan,
H. van Hecke "A 32-Channel Preamplifier Chip for the Multiplicity Vertex Detector at PHENIX ",
Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 1684-1687, March 1999.
(J26) M. J. Bennett, J. Bernardin, J. Boissevain, C. Britton, J. Chang, D. Clark, R. Conway,
R. Cunningham, M. Emery, N. Ericson, S.-Y. Fung, S. Hahn, H. van Hecke, D. Jaffe, J.-H.
Kang, S.-Y. Kim, Y.-G. Kim, R. Lind, L. Marek, K. McCabe, T. Moore, J.-H. Park, G. Richardson,
S.-S. Ryu, B. Scheli, R. Seto, T. Shiina, J. Simon-Gillo, M. Simpson, G. Smith, J. P. Sullivan,
Y Takahashi, A. Wintenberg, G. Xu, “Simulations of the Performance of the MVD in PHENIX”,
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. Vol. 46, No. 6, December 1999 (2022-2026).
(J27) C. L. Britton, Jr., R. L. Jones, P. I. Oden, Z. Hu, R. J. Warmack,S. F. Smith,W. L. Bryan, J. M. Rochelle,
“Multiple-Input Microcantilever Sensors” Ultramicroscopy 82 (2000) 17-21.
(J28) S. F. Hahn, J. P Sullivan, H. W. Van Hecke, J. E. Simon-Gillo,G. D. Smith, A. Sun, C. L. Britton,
M. N. Ericson, M. S. Emery, G. R. Young, M. Bobrek, "High Density Interconnect Multi-Chip Module for
the Front-End Electronics of the PHENIX MVD", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. Vol. 47, No. 3, June 2000 (802-805).
(J29) U. Jagadish, C. L. Britton, Jr., M. N. Ericson, W. L. Bryan, W. Schwarz, R. A. Kroeger,
“A Preamplifier-Shaper-Stretcher Integrated Circuit System for Use with Germanium Strip Detectors”,
To be published IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Dec. 2000.
Symposium Publications:
(S1) C. L. Britton, and E. Madden, "A PC Based Receiver for Remote Sensor
Monitoring", Proceedings, IEEE SoutheastCon '88, April 1988 (332-335).
(S2) M. N. Ericson, C. L. Britton, Jr., and D. W. Bouldin, "A Virtual Zero-Time,
Monolithic Systolic Sorting Array", Proceedings, IEEE SoutheastCon '90, April 1990
(549-551).
(S3) C. L. Britton, Jr., G. T. Alley, W. L. Bryan, M.S. Emery, M. N. Ericson, D. W. Bouldin,
and D. F. Newport, "Tool Integration and Enhancement for Standard Cell Designs",
Proceedings, 1989 VLSI Education Conference and Exposition, July 1989 (97-104).
(S4) J. C. Culioli, V. Protopopescu, C. L. Britton, Jr., and M. N. Ericson, "A Neural
Network for Explicitly Bounded Linear Programming", Proceedings of the International
Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Washington, D. C., Jan. 1990, Vol. 1, pp. 381-384.
(S5) J. C. Culioli, V. Protopopescu, C. L. Britton, Jr., and M. N. Ericson, "Neural
Network Models for Linear Programming", Proceedings of the International Joint
Conference on Neural Networks, Washington, D. C., Jan. 1990, Vol. 1, pp. 293-296.
(S6) C. L. Britton, Jr., J. M. Rochelle, G. T. Alley, D. F. Newport, W. L. Bryan, and M. N.
Ericson, "Characteristics of CMOS Analog Integrated Structures Using MOSIS",
Presented at the 1989 Nuclear Science Symposium, Jan. 1990.
(S7) A. L. Wintenberg, M. L. Bauer, C. L. Britton, Jr., E. J. Kennedy, R. A. Todd, S. C.
Berridge, and W. M. Bugg, "Considerations on the Design of Front-End Electronics for
Silicon Calorimetry for the SSC", Proceedings of the Symposium On Detector Research
and Development for the Superconducting Super Collider, Fort Worth, TX, Oct., 1990, pp.
508-510.
(S8) C. L. Britton, Jr., R. A. Todd, M. L. Bauer, E. J. Kennedy, and W. M. Bugg,
"Bipolar Monolithic Preamplifiers for SSC Silicon Calorimetry", Proceedings of
the Symposium On Detector Research and Development for the Superconducting Super Collider,
Fort Worth, TX, Oct., 1990, pp. 523-525.
(S9) E. J. Kennedy, B. Gray, A. Wu, G. T. Alley, C. L. Britton, Jr., and P. L. Skubic,
"Radiation Effects On JFETS, MOSFETS, and Bipolar Transistors, As Related To SSC
Circuit Design", Proceedings of the Symposium On Detector Research and Development
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Fort Worth, TX, Oct., 1990, pp. 693-696.
(S10) R. A. Todd, M. L. Bauer, C. L. Britton, Jr., E. J. Kennedy, and A. L. Wintenberg,
"Bipolar and CMOS ASIC Design for Large Physics Experiments," Proceedings of
the First Annual Conference on Electronics for Future Colliders, pp. 195-203, May,
1991.
(S11) G. T. Alley, M. L. Bauer, C. L. Britton, Jr., R. A. Todd, A. L. Wintenberg and E. J.
Kennedy, "Monolithic Front-End Electronics for Silicon Calorimeters," Proceedings
of the International Symposium on Electronic Instrumentation in Physics, pp. 28-40,
May, 1991.
(S12) G. T. Alley, C. L. Britton, Jr., E. J. Kennedy, D. F. Newport, A. L. Wintenberg, and G.
R. Young, "Monolithic Circuit Development for RHIC at Oak Ridge National
Laboratory", Presented at the 1991 Symposium on Detectors for RHIC, Oct. 1991.
(S13) A. L. Wintenberg, M. N. Ericson, C. L. Britton, Jr., S. M. Babcock, G. A. Armstrong, P.
L. Butler, Jr., W. R. Hamel, and D. F. Newport, "Sensor-Based Whole-Arm Obstacle
Avoidance Utilizing ASIC Technology," Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society
Fifth Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems, pp. 767-774, April, 1993.
(S14) A. L. Wintenberg, P. L. Butler, S. M. Babcock, M. N. Ericson, G. A. Armstrong, C. L.
Britton, Jr., and W. R. Hamel, "Sensor-Based Whole-Arm Obstacle Avoidance for
Unstructured Environments," to be published in the 40th RSTD Proceedings of the
American Nuclear Society.
(S15) A. L. Wintenberg, T. C. Awes, C. L. Britton, Jr., M. S. Emery, M. N. Ericson, F.
Plasil, M. L. Simpson, J. W. Walker, and G. R. Young, "Monolithic Circuits for the
WA98 Lead Glass Calorimeter" Presented at the 1994 Nuclear Science Symposium,
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 1994.
(S16) C. L. Britton, Jr., W. L. Bryan, M. S. Emery, M. N. Ericson, M. S. Musrock, M. L.
Simpson, J. W. Walker, A. L. Wintenberg, F. Plasil, G. R. Young, M. D. Allen, L. G.
Clonts, E. J. Kennedy, R. S. Smith, J. Boissevain, B. V. Jacak, J. Kapustinsky, J.
Simon-Gillo, J. P. Sullivan, H. van Hecke, and N. Xu, "Multiplicity-Vertex Detector
Electronics for Heavy-Ion Detectors" Proceedings of the First Workshop on Electronics
for LHC, Lisbon, Portugal, September 1995, pp. 84-87.
(S17) C. L. Britton, Jr., A. L. Wintenberg, K. F. Read, M. L. Simpson, G. R. Young, L. G.
Clonts, E. J. Kennedy, R. S. Smith, B. K. Swann, and J. A. Musser, "A Radiation-Hard
Analog Memory in the AVLSI-RA Process" Proceedings of the First Workshop on
Electronics for LHC, Lisbon, Portugal, September 1995, pp. 52-56
(S18) M. L. Simpson, G. T. Alley, T. Awes, C. L. Britton, W. Bryan, M. S. Emery, M. N.
Ericson, F. Plasil, P. Stankus, A. L. Wintenberg, G. R. Young, R. G. Jackson, M. Xu, V.
Manko, Yu. Sibiryak, A. Tsvetkov, and A. Vinogradov, "Integrated Readout Electronics
for the PbWO4 Photon Spectrometer" Proceedings of the First Workshop on
Electronics for LHC, Lisbon, Portugal, September 1995, pp. 288-292.
(S19) C. L. Britton, Jr., W. L. Bryan, M. S. Emery, M. N. Ericson, M. S. Musrock, M. L.
Simpson, M. C. Smith, J. W. Walker, A. L. Wintenberg, G. R. Young, M. D. Allen, L. G.
Clonts, R. L. Jones, E. J. Kennedy, R. S. Smith, J. Boissevain, B. V. Jacak, J. S.
Kapustinsky, J. Simon-Gillo, J. P. Sullivan, H. Van Hecke, N. Xu., "Low Noise, Low
Power Dissipation Analog LSI Electronics for Heavy Ion Detectors", Presented at the
1996 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS ’96), Atlanta, GA, May,
1996.
(S20) Simpson, M. L., J. M. Rochelle, G. T. Alley, T. V. Blalock, C. L. Britton, D. W.
Bouldin, W. L. Bryan, R. C. Gonzalez, M. N. Ericson, M. J. Paulus, E. J. Kennedy, S. F.
Smith, M. J. Roberts, and A. L. Wintenberg. "The University of Tennessee/Oak Ridge
National Laboratory Joint Program in Mixed-Signal VLSI and Monolithic Sensors".
Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems
Education, July 21-23, 1997, Arlington, VA. pp. 34-35.
(S21) C. L. Britton, Jr., M. N. Ericson, S. S. Frank, J. A. Moore, M. L. Simpson, G. R. Young
R. S. Smith, L. G. Clonts, T. Parakkat, J. Boissevain, S. Hahn, J. S. Kapustinsky, J.
Simon-Gillo, J. P. Sullivan, H. van Hecke " TGV32: A 32-Channel Preamplifier Chip for
the Multiplicity Vertex Detector at PHENIX ". Presented at the 1997 IEEE Nuclear
Science Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 1997.
(S22) M.S. Emery, M. N. Ericson, C. L. Britton, Jr.,
M.C. Smith, S.S. Frank, G.R. Young, M. D. Allen, L.G. Clonts, "Timing and
Control Requirements for a 32-Channel AMU-ADC ASIC for the PHENIX Detector", Presented
at the 1997 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 1997.
(S23) S. S. Frank, C. L. Britton, Jr., A. L. Wintenberg, and G. R. Young, "Trigger
Circuits for the PHENIX Electromagnetic Calorimeter," Presented at the 1997 IEEE
Nuclear Science Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 1997.
(S24) M. N. Ericson, S. S. Frank, C. L. Britton, Jr., M. S. Emery, J. L. Sma, and A. L.
Wintenberg, "A Configurable CMOS Voltage DAC for Multichannel Detector Systems,"
Presented at the 1997 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 1997.
(S25) R. A Kroeger, W. N. Johnson, J. D. Kurfess, W. G. Schwarz, M. E. Read, M. D. Allen, G.
T. Alley, C. L. Britton, L. C. Clonts, M. N. Ericson, amd M. L. Simpson "CMOS Readout
Sysytem for a Double-Sided Germanium Strip Detector," Presented at the 1997 IEEE
Nuclear Science Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 1997.
(S26) T.L. Ferrell, P.B. Crilly, S.F. Smith, A.L. Wintenberg, C.L. Britton, G.W. Morrison,
N.M. Ericson, D. Hedden, D. Bouldin, A. Passian, T.R. Downey, A. Wig and F. Meriaudeau,
"Medical Telesensors", oral presentation at SPIE Photonics West, BiOS'98, January, 1998;
Proc. SPIE Vol. 3253.
(S27) C. L. Britton, Jr, R. J. Warmack, S. F. Smith, P. I. Oden, G. M. Brown, W. L. Bryan, L.
G. Clonts, M. G. Duncan, M. S. Emery, M. N. Ericson, Z. Hu, R. L. Jones, M. R. Moore, J.
A. Moore, J. M. Rochelle, T. D. Threatt, T. Thundat, G. W. Turner, A. L. Wintenberg,
"MEMS Sensors and Wireless Telemetry for Distributed Systems", Proceedings of
the SPIE, Vol. 3328, pp. 112-123.
(S28) D. P. Hutchinson, C. L. Britton, Jr, W. L. Bryan, E. B. Grann, M.
L. Simpson, C. R. Brittain, C. M. Smith, S. F. Smith, D. E. Holcomb, W. R. Hamel, G.
Kwiecki, R. Dubey, "Projectile Control Utilizing Micro-Electro-Mechanical
Systems", Presented at the Workshop on Precision Guidance of Small Diameter Weapons,
Huntsville, AL March 3, 1998
(S29) R. J. Warmack, C. L. Britton, Jr., S. F. Smith, P. I. Oden, R. L. Jones, T. Thundat, G.
M. Brown, W. L. Bryan, J. C. DePriest, M. S. Emery, M. R. Moore, G. W. Turner, A. L.
Wintenberg, T. D. Threatt, Z. Hu, J. M. Rochelle, "Multiple-Input Microcantilever
Sensor with Capacitive Readout" Poster presented at the 1998 Hilton Head Sensors and
Actuators Conference, Hilton head, SC, June, 1998.
(S30) C. L. Britton, Jr., W. L. Bryan, M. S. Emery, S. S. Frank, M. N. Ericson, U. Jagadish,
J. A. Moore, M. L. Simpson, M. C. Smith, A. L. Wintenberg, G. R. Young, R. A. Kroeger,
W.N. Johnson, J.D. Kurfess W.G. Schwarz, M.E. Read, "Mixed Signal Custom Integrated
Circuit Development for Physics Instrumentation", Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 3445,
pp. 306-317.
(S31) C. L. Britton, Jr., W. L. Bryan, M. S. Emery, S. S. Frank, M. N. Ericson,
U. Jagadish, J. A. Moore, M. L. Simpson, M. C. Smith, A. L. Wintenberg, G. R. Young, R. A. Kroeger,
W.N. Johnson, J.D. Kurfess W.G. Schwarz, M.E. Read, “Mixed Signal Custom Integrated Circuit
Development for Physics Instrumentation”, Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 3445, pp. 306-317.
(S32) C. L. Britton, Jr., R. J. Warmack, S. F. Smith, P. I. Oden, R. L. Jones, T. Thundat, G.
M. Brown, W. L. Bryan, J. C. DePriest, M. N. Ericson, M. S. Emery, M. R. Moore, G. W.
Turner, A. L. Wintenberg, T. D. Threatt, Z. Hu, L. G. Clonts, J. M Rochelle,
"Multiple-Input Microcantilever Sensor with Capacitive Readout" Presented at the
1999 Government Microcircuit Applications Conference, Monterey, CA, March 8-11, 1999.
(S33) C. L. Britton, Jr., R. J. Warmack, S. F. Smith, P. I. Oden, R. L. Jones, T. Thundat, G.
M. Brown, W. L. Bryan, J. C. DePriest, M. N. Ericson, M. S. Emery, M. R. Moore, G. W.
Turner, A. L. Wintenberg, T. D. Threatt, Z. Hu, L. G. Clonts, J. M Rochelle,
"Battery-powered, wireless MEMS sensors for high-sensitivity chemical and biological
sensing" Presented at the 1999 Conference on Advanced Research in VLSI, Atlanta, GA
March, 1999.
(S34) (Invited) P. I. Oden, R. J. Warmack, C. L.
Britton, Jr., M. J. Doktycz, S. F. Smith, R. L. Jones, A. Subramanian, Physical, Chemical
and Biological Sensing – Another Direction for probe Microscopy Instrumentation,
Presented at the Winter Workshop of Advances in Force Microscopy Meeting, Linz, Austria,
January 3 – February 30, 1999.
(S35) Simpson, M. L., J. M. Rochelle, D. W. Bouldin, M. J. Paulus, T. V. Blalock, W. L. Bryan,
E. J. Kennedy, C. L. Britton, M. J. Roberts, A. L. Wintenberg , M. Karim, G. T. Alley,
M. N. Ericson, M. Bobrek. "Collaborative Graduate Education: The University of Tennessee/Oak Ridge
National Laboratory Joint Program in Mixed-Signal VLSI and Monolithic Sensors". Proceedings
of the 1999 Southwest Symposium on Mixed-Signal Design, April 11-13, 1999, Tucson, AZ, pp. 74-75.
(S36) (Invited) Thomas L. Ferrell, Charles L. Britton, William L. Bryan, Lloyd G. Clonts,
Michael S. Emery, M. Nance Ericson, Fabrice Meriaudeau, G. Wayne Morrison, Ali Passian,
Stephen F. Smith, Tim D.Threatt, Gary W. Turner, and Alan L.Wintenberg, "Telesensor Integrated Circuits",
Proceedings of the National Institutes of Health Conference on Microdevices for BioMedical Applications,
San Jose CA (19-21 April, 1999).
(S37) M.M. Cafferty, C.L. Britton, D.M. Lee, T. Carey, M.S. Emery, J. Halliwell, M.S. Musrock, S.H. Robinson, G.R. Young,
"A Prototype Low-Noise Sixty-Four Channel Readout Card", Presented at the 1999 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium,
Seattle, Washington, October 26-30, 1999.
(S38) A. P. Moor, J. M. Rochelle, C. L. Britton, J. A. Moore, M. S. Emery, R. L. Schultz, "A Voltage-Controlled
Oscillator for a 300 MHz High-Temperature Transceiver Realized In 0.5 um SOS Technology", Presented at the
2001 IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Fairborn, Ohio, August 2001.
Technical Report:
A. L. Wintenberg, P. L. Butler, S. M.
Babcock, M. N. Ericson and C. L. Britton, Jr., "Whole-Arm Obstacle Avoidance System
Conceptual Design," ORNL/TM-12337, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 1993.
Areas of Interest
Analog Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design
Applications of Analog Memories
CMOS Device Modeling
MEMs
Wireless Communications
Instrumentation and Controls Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O. Box 2008 MS 6006
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6006
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