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Publications in Refereed Journals

13. Y. Zhai and P. Abshire, "Adaptive log domain filters for system identification using floating gate transistors," (Invited), Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, in press.
    
    
12. M. Dandin, P. Abshire, and E. Smela, "Optical Filtering Technologies for Integrated Fluorescence Sensors," Lab on a Chip, in press.
    
    
11. Y. L. Wong and P. A. Abshire, "A 144x144 Current-Mode Image Sensor with Self-Adapting Mismatch Reduction," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 54 (8), 11 pages, August 2007.
    
    
10. H. Ji, D. Sander, A. Haas, and P. Abshire, "Contact Imaging: Simulation and Experiment," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 54 (8), 13 pages, August 2007.
    
    
9. S. B. Prakash and P. Abshire, "On-Chip Capacitance Sensing for Cell Monitoring Applications," Sensors Journal, IEEE, vol. 7 (3), pp. 440-447, March 2007. [PDF]
   
   
8. P. Xu, Y. L. Wong, T. K. Horiuchi, and P. A. Abshire, "Compact floating-gate true random number generator," Electronics Letters, vol. 18 (23), pp. 1346-1347, November 2006. [PDF]
   
   
7. Y. L. Wong, M. H. Cohen, and P. A. Abshire, "A floating gate comparator with automatic offset adaptation for 10-bit data conversion," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 52 (7), pp. 1316-1326, July 2005. [PDF]
   
   
6. Y. L. Wong, M. H. Cohen, and P. A. Abshire, "Differential Hot Electron Injection in an Adaptive Floating Gate Comparator," (Invited), Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 43 (3), pp. 281-296, June 2005. [PDF]
   
   
5. P. Xu and P. Abshire, "Quantifying information and performance for flash detection in the blowfly photoreceptor," Neural Networks, vol. 18 (5-6), IJCNN 2005, pp. 479-487, July-August 2005. [PDF]
   
   
4. P. Xu and P. Abshire, "Threshold Detection of Intensity Flashes in the Blowfly Photoreceptor by an Ideal Observer," Neurocomputing, vol. 65 (1), pp. 229-236, June 2005. [PDF]
   
   
3. P. Abshire and A. G. Andreou, "A communication channel model for information transmission in the blowfly photoreceptor," Biosystems, vol. 62 (1-3), pp. 113-133, September-October 2001. [PDF]
   
   
2. P. Abshire and A. G. Andreou, "Capacity and energy cost of information in biological and silicon photoreceptors," Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 89 (7), pp. 1052-1064, July 2001. [PDF]
   
   
1. P. Abshire and A. G. Andreou, "Relating information capacity to a biophysical model for blowfly photoreceptors," Neurocomputing, vol. 32-33, pp. 9-16, June 2000. [PDF]
   
   

Publications in Refereed Conferences

44. P. Xu and P. Abshire, "Stochastic Behavior of a CMOS Inverter," To be presented at the 14th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, Marrakech, Morocco, 4 pages, December 11-14, 2007.
    
    
43. P. Xu, T. K. Horiuchi, A. Sarje, and P. Abshire, "Stochastic Synapse with Short Term Depression for Silicon Neurons," To be presented at the Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference 2007, Montreal, Canada, 4 pages, November 27-30, 2007.
    
    
42. M. P. Dandin, N. M. Nelson, H. Ji and P. Abshire, "Single Photon Avalanche Detectors in Standard CMOS," To be presented at the 6th Annual IEEE Conference on Sensors, Atlanta, GA, 4 pages, October 28-31, 2007.
    
    
41. S. B. Prakash and Pamela Abshire, "A Fully Differential Rail-to-Rail Capacitance Measurement Circuit for Integrated Cell Sensing," To be presented at the 6th Annual IEEE Conference on Sensors, Atlanta, GA, 4 pages, October 28-31, 2007.
    
    
40. E. Smela, M. Christophersen, S. Prakash, M. Urdaneta, M. Dandin, and P. Abshire, "Integrated cell-based sensors and cell clinics utilizing conjugated polymer actuators," Proceedings of SPIE Smart Structures and Materials 2007: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, San Diego, CA, 10 pages, March 18-22, 2007.
    
    
39. T. Horiuchi, D. Tucker, K. Boyle, and P. Abshire, "Spike Discrimination Using Amplitude Measurements with a Low-Power CMOS Neural Amplifier," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2007 (ISCAS07), New Orleans, LA, pp. 3123 - 3126, May 27-30, 2007. [PDF]
    
    
38. N. Nelson and P. A. Abshire, "Chopper Modulation Improves OTA Information Transmission," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2007 (ISCAS07), New Orleans, LA, pp. 2275-2278, May 27-30, 2007. [PDF]
    
    
37. D. Sander, M. Dandin, H. Ji, N. Nelson, and P. A. Abshire, "Low-noise CMOS Fluorescence Sensor," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2007 (ISCAS07), New Orleans, LA, pp. 2007-2010, May 27-30, 2007. [PDF]
    
    
36. Y. L. Wong, M. H. Cohen, and P. A. Abshire, "On-line Histogram Equalization for Flash ADC," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2007 (ISCAS07), New Orleans, LA, pp. 3598-3601, May 27-30, 2007. [PDF]
    
    
35. K. H. Wong, P. Cheng, S. Adler, P. Abshire, V. Saveliev, S. K. Mun, and I. Weinberg, "PETgloveTM: a new technology for portable molecular imaging," Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Medical Imaging 2007, vol. 6509, 9 pages, February 19, 2007.
    
    
34. H. Ji, M. Dandin, E. Smela, and P. Abshire, "Integrated Fluorescence Sensing for Lab-on-a-chip Devices," IEEE/NLM Life Science Systems & Applications Workshop, Bethesda, MD, 2 pages, July 13-14, 2006. [PDF]
    
    
33. S. B. Prakash, N. M. Nelson, M. Urdaneta, A. M. Haas, V. Jeng, E. Smela, and P. Abshire, "BioLabs-On-A-Chip: Monitoring Cells Using CMOS Biosensors," IEEE/NLM Life Science Systems & Applications Workshop, Bethesda, MD, 2 pages, July 13-14, 2006. [PDF]
    
    
32. M. Urdaneta, M. Christophersen, E. Smela, S.B. Prakash, N. Nelson, P. Abshire, "Cell Clinics Technology Platform for Cell-Based Sensing," IEEE/NLM Life Science Systems & Applications Workshop, Bethesda, MD, 2 pages, July 13-14, 2006. [PDF]
    
    
31. H. Ji and P. Abshire, "A CMOS image sensor for low light applications," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2006 (ISCAS06), Kos, Greece, May 21-24, 2006. [PDF]
    
    
30. H. Ji, D. Sander, A. Haas, and P. Abshire, "A CMOS contact imager for locating individual cells," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2006 (ISCAS06), Kos, Greece, May 21-24, 2006. [PDF]
    
    
29. S. B. Prakash, M. Urdaneta, M. Christopherson, E. Smela, and P. Abshire, "A CMOS potentiostat for control of integrated MEMS actuators," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2006 (ISCAS06), Kos, Greece, May 21-24, 2006. [PDF]
    
    
28. Y. Zhai, S. B. Prakash, M. H. Cohen, and P. Abshire, "Detection of on-chip temperature gradient using a 1.5V low power CMOS temperature sensor," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2006 (ISCAS06), Kos, Greece, May 21-24, 2006. [PDF]
    
    
27. S. B. Prakash and P. A. Abshire, "A CMOS Capacitance Sensor That Monitors Cell Viability," Proceedings, IEEE Sensors 2005, Irvine, CA, October 31 - November 3, 2005. [PDF]
    
    
26. A. M. Haas, S. L. Williams, M. H. Cohen, and P. A. Abshire, "Dark Address Event Representation Imager," Proceedings, Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2005), Cincinnati, Ohio, vol. 1, pp 388-391, August 7-10, 2005. [PDF]
    
    
25. N. M. Nelson and P. A. Abshire, "An Information Theoretic Approach to Optimal Amplifier Operation," Proceedings, Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2005), Cincinnati, Ohio, vol. 1, pp. 13-16, August 7-10, 2005. [PDF]
    
    
24. N. Nelson, S. Krishnamoorthy and P. Abshire, "Current Mode Imager with Nonuniformity Correction and Edge Detection," Proceedings, Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2005), Cincinnati, Ohio, vol. 1, pp. 392-395, August 7-10, 2005. [PDF]
    
    
23. Y. Zhai and P. Abshire, "Adaptation of Log Domain Second Order Filters Implemented by Floating Gate MOSFETs," (Invited), Proceedings, Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2005), Cincinnati, Ohio, vol. 1, pp. 79-82, August 7-10, 2005. [PDF]
    
    
22. P. Xu and P. Abshire, "Fisher Information Quantifies Task-Specific Performance in the Blowfly Photoreceptor," Proceedings, International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN05), Montréal, Québec, Canada, vol. 1, pp. 274-279, July 31 - August 4, 2005. [PDF]
    
    
21. T. Jiang, P. Xu, P. A. Abshire, and J. S. Baras, "Solving Optimal Neural Layout by Gibbs Sampling," Proceedings, 8th Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS2005), Salt Lake City, Utah, July 21-26, 2005. [PDF]
    
    
20. P. Xu, Y. Zhai, and P. Abshire, "Biologically Inspired Adaptive Address-Event Representation Imager for Particle Localization," Proceedings, 8th Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS2005), Salt Lake City, Utah, July 21-26, 2005. [PDF]
    
    
19. H. Ji, P. Abshire, et al., "CMOS contact imager for monitoring cultured cells," (Invited), Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2005 (ISCAS05), Kobe, Japan, vol. 4, pp. 3491-3494, May 23-26, 2005. [PDF]
    
    
18. S. B. Prakash and P. A. Abshire, et al., "A CMOS capacitance sensor for cell adhesion characterization," (Invited), Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2005 (ISCAS05), Kobe, Japan, vol. 4, pp.3495-3498, May 23-26, 2005. [PDF]
    
    
17. Y. L. Wong, M. H. Cohen, and P. A. Abshire, "A 128x128 Floating Gate Imager with Self-Adapting Fixed Pattern Noise Reduction," Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2005 (ISCAS05), Kobe, Japan, vol. 5, pp. 5314-5317, May 23-26, 2005. [PDF]
    
    
16. Y. L. Wong, M. H. Cohen, and P. Abshire, "A 1.2 GHz Adaptive Floating Gate Comparator with 13-bit Resolution," Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2005 (ISCAS05), Kobe, Japan, vol. 6, pp. 6146-6149, May 23-26, 2005. [PDF]
    
    
15. M. Urdaneta, Y. Liu, M. Christophersen, S. Prakash, P. Abshire, and E. Smela, "Integrating conjugated polymer microactuators with CMOS sensing circuitry for studying living cells," Proceedings of SPIE, Smart Structures and Materials 2005: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD), ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, San Diego, CA, vol. 5759, pp. 232-240, March 6-10, 2005. [PDF]
    
    
14. Y. Liu, N. M. Nelson, P. Abshire, and E. Smela, "Biolab-on-a-chip for capturing, culturing, and in-situ investigation of living cells," Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Micro Total Analysis Systems, Malmo, Sweden, vol. 2, pp. 584-586, September 26-30, 2004.
    
    
13. Y. Liu, E. Smela, N. M. Nelson, and P. Abshire, "Cell-lab on a chip: A CMOS-based microsystem for culturing and monitoring cells," Proceedings of 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, San Francisco, CA, vol. 4, pp. 2534-2537, September 1-5, 2004. [PDF]
    
    
12. T. Horiuchi, T. Swindell, D. Sander, and P. Abshire, "A low-power CMOS neural amplifier with amplitude measurements for spike sorting," Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS04), Vancouver, BC, Canada, vol. 4, pp. 29-32, May 23-26, 2004. [PDF]
    
    
11. M. Loganathan, S. Malhotra, P. A. Abshire, "Information capacity and power efficiency in operational transconductance amplifiers," Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS04), Vancouver, BC, Canada, vol. 1, pp. 193-196, May 23-26, 2004. [PDF]
    
    
10. N. Reeves, Y. Liu, N. M. Nelson, S. Malhotra, M. Loganathan, J.-M. Lauenstein, J. Chaiyupatumpa, E. Smela, and P. Abshire, "Integrated MEMS structures and CMOS circuitry for bioelectronic interface with single cells," Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS04), Vancouver, BC, Canada, vol. 3, pp. 673-676, May 23-26, 2004. [PDF]
    
    
9. P. Abshire, E. L. Wong, Y. Zhai, and M. H. Cohen, "Adaptive log domain filters using floating gate transistors," Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS04), Vancouver, BC, Canada, vol. 1, pp. 29-32, May 23-26, 2004. [PDF]
   
   
8. E. L. Wong, P. A. Abshire, and M. H. Cohen, "Floating gate comparators with automatic offset manipulation capability," Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS04), Vancouver, BC, Canada, vol. 1, pp. 529-532, May 23-26, 2004. [PDF]
   
   
7. P. Abshire, J.-M. Lauenstein, Y. Liu, E. Smela, "Cell clinics for bioelectronic interface with single cells," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS03), Bangkok, Thailand, vol. 3, pp. 618-621, May 2003. [PDF]
   
   
6. P. A. Abshire, "Implicit energy cost of feedback in noisy channels," Proceedings of the 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC02), Las Vegas, Nevada, vol. 3, pp. 3217-3222, Decemenber 2002. [PDF]
   
   
5. P. Abshire and A. G. Andreou, "A comparative study of information capacity for biophysical and silicon photoreceptors," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2000), Geneva, Switzerland, vol. 5, pp. 145-148, May 2000. [PDF]
   
   
4. P. Abshire and A. G. Andreou, "Relating information capacity to a biophysical model for blowfly retina," Proceedings of the 1999 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Washington, DC, vol. 1, pp. 182-187, July 1999. [PDF]
   
   
3. P. Abshire and A. G. Andreou, "Information capacity of the blowfly retina," Proceedings of the 33rd Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Baltimore, MD, vol. 2, March 1999.
   
   
2. M. Cohen, P. Abshire, and G. Cauwenberghs, "Mixed-mode VLSI implementation of fuzzy ART," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS98), Monterey, CA, vol. 3, pp. 251-254, May 1998. [PDF]
   
   
1. M. Cohen, P. Abshire, and G. Cauwenberghs, "Mixed-mode VLSI architecture implementing fuzzy ART," Proceedings of the 31st Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Baltimore, MD, pp. 337-400, March 1997.
   
   

Chapters in Books

2. H. Ji and P. Abshire, "Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Silicon-Based Phototransduction," in CMOS Imagers: From Phototransduction to Image Processing, pp. 1-51, O. Yadid-Pecht and R. Etienne-Cummings, eds., Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.
   
   
1. M. Cohen, P. Abshire, J. Lubkin, and G. Cauwenberghs, "Analog learning fuzzy ART microchips," in Adaptive Resonance Theory Microchips, pp. 145-166, T. Serrano, B. Linares, and A. G. Andreou, eds., Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.