Christian ENZ

Biography: Christian Enz, PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), 1989. He joined the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in April 1999. He is currently VP and is heading the Microelectronics Division. Since 1999, he is also Professor at EPFL, where he is lecturing and supervising undergraduate and graduate students in the field of analog and RF IC design. Prior to joining the CSEM, he was Principal Senior Engineer at Conexant (formerly Rockwell Semiconductor Systems), Newport Beach, CA, where he was responsible for the modeling and characterization of MOS transistors for RF applications. From 1992 to 1997, he was an Assistant Professor at EPFL, working in the field of low-power analog CMOS IC design and device modeling. In 1989 he was one of the founders of Smart Silicon Systems S.A. (S3), where he developed several low-noise and low-power ICs, mainly for high energy physics application. His technical interests and expertise are in the field of wireless sensor networks, very low-power analog and RF IC design and semiconductor device modeling. Together with E. Vittoz and F. Krummenacher he is the developer of the EKV MOS transistor model and the author of the book "Charge-Based MOS Transistor Modeling - The EKV Model for Low-Power and RF IC Design" (Wiley, 2006). He is the author and co-author of more than 130 scientific papers and has contributed to numerous conference presentations and advanced engineering courses. He has served as a vice-chair for the 2000 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), exhibit chair for the 2000 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) and chair of the technical program committee for the 2006 European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC).