Steven Turner -- University of Maine


An example of metallization on a semiconductor, this image shows the logo from the band The Aquabats created using the metal 3 layer of an AMI semiconductor process.
The Aquabats logo in metal 3
(from ECE 547 VLSI Design Project)

Education

Research Interests


Publications

  1. S.E. Turner, R.T. Chan, and J.T. Feng, "ROM-Based Direct Digital Synthesizer at 24 GHz Clock Frequency in InP DHBT Technology," IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 18, No. 8, Aug. 2008, pp. 566-568. [PDF]
  2. S.E. Turner and D.E. Kotecki, "Direct Digital Synthesizer With Sine-Weighted DAC at 32-GHz Clock Frequency in InP DHBT Technology," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 41, No. 10, Oct. 2006, pp. 2284-2290. [PDF]
  3. Steven Eugene Turner, "High-Speed Digital and Mixed-Signal Components for X- and Ku-Band Direct Digital Synthesizers in Indium Phosphide DHBT Technology," Ph.D. Thesis, University of Maine, May 2006. [PDF]
  4. S.E. Turner and D.E. Kotecki, "Direct Digital Synthesizer With ROM-Less Architecture at 13-GHz Clock Frequency in InP DHBT Technology," IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 16, No. 5, May 2006, pp. 296-298. [PDF] (Correction to Table III [PDF])
  5. S.E. Turner, R.B. Elder, Jr., D.S. Jansen, and D.E. Kotecki, "4-bit Adder-Accumulator at 41-GHz Clock Frequency in InP DHBT Technology," IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 15, No. 3, Mar. 2005, pp. 144-146. [PDF]
  6. S.E. Turner and D.E. Kotecki, "Benchmark Results for High-Speed 4-bit Accumulators Implemented in Indium Phosphide DHBT Technology," International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Devices, Vol. 14, No. 3, Sept. 2004, pp. 646-651. [PDF]
  7. S.E. Turner and D.E. Kotecki, "Benchmark Results for High-Speed 4-bit Accumulators Implemented in Indium Phosphide DHBT Technology," Presented at: IEEE Lester Eastman Conference on High Performance Devices, Aug. 2004. [PDF]
  8. S. Manandhar, S.E. Turner, and D.E. Kotecki, "36-GHz, 16x6-Bit ROM in InP DHBT Technology Suitable for DDS Application," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 42, No. 2, Feb. 2007, pp. 451-456. [PDF]
  9. S. Manandhar, S.E. Turner, and D.E. Kotecki, "A 20-GHz and 46-GHz, 32x6-bit ROM for DDS Applications in InP DHBT Technology," Proc. of 13th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, Dec. 2006, pp. 1003-1006. [PDF]
  10. D. Kotecki, T. Monk, V. Tkachuk, Z. Zhu, A. Delic-Ibukic and S. E. Turner, "Custom analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit design at the undergraduate level - a university/industry collaboration", Proceedings of the 6th European Workshop on Microelectronics Education (EWME-2006), Stockholm, Sweden, June 2006, pp. 47-50. [PDF]

Other Work

  1. Wayne Homer Slade, Jr. and Steven Eugene Turner, "Class-D Audio Amplifier Front-End Circuit," ECE 547 VLSI Design Project Report, May 2002. [PDF]
  2. Wayne H. Slade, Jr. and Steven E. Turner, "Class-D Audio Amplifier Front-End Circuit (POSTER)," University of Maine Graduate Research Expo, May 2002. [PDF]
  3. Brandon Atkinson and Steven Turner, "A Ballistic Chronograph," Senior Project Report, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, May 2001. [PDF]

Course Notes

An archive containing course notes and old tests from various electrical and computer engineer courses can be found here. All of the files are scanned notes in PDF format, with an approximate size of 3MB. The archive includes:

Contact

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University of Maine Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Webpage
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Last Update: 08/06/2008

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