Michael W. Baker
     
 

mixed success

mbaker ~at~ alum.mit.edu

77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA,
02139

Info

I recently completed my doctoral thesis with the Analog VLSI and Biological Systems Group in the Research Laboratory for Electronics at MIT.

My research interests include low-noise, low-power analog design for bionic implants and hearing instruments, and biologically inspired sensor systems.

Current Projects

o Low-Power Medical Devices

Research Affiliations
2005 - 2006
2000 - 2007

1999 - 2002
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1998 - 2001
1998 - ____
1997 - ____

1996 - 2007
MIT *research in progress Seminar Series
MIT Analog VLSI and Neuromorphic Systems Lab / RLE
MIT Microtechnology Lab
Eta Kappa Nu ECE Honor Society
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Lucent Technologies: Bell Labs

MIT Media Lab: Explanation Architecture Group
University of Toronto: Condensed Matter Physics Group
MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Education
S.B. 2000, Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Computer Science and Electrical Eng.
M.Eng. 2002, Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. & Lucent: Bell Labs, Electrical Engineering.
Ph.D. 2007, Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Electrical Engineering.
Patents

10/892,932: A low-power high-PSRR current-mode microphone preamplifier system and method
US 7,095,256: A low-power wide dynamic range envelope detector system and method

Selected Publications

M. W. Baker, R. Sarpeshkar, "Feedback Analysis and Design of RF Power Links for Low-Power Bionic Systems," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, April 2007. (PDF)

M. W. Baker, R. Sarpeshkar, "Low-Power Single-Loop and Dual-Loop AGCs for Bionic Ears," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, September 2006. (PDF)

M. W. Baker, R. Sarpeshkar, "A Low-Power High-PSRR Current-Mode Microphone Preamplifier," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, October 2003. (PDF)

M. W. Baker, T. K.-T. Lu, C. D. Salthouse, J.-J. Sit, S. Zhak, R. Sarpeshkar, "A 16-Channel Analog VLSI Processor for Bionic Ears and Speech-Recognition Front Ends," Proceedings of the IEEE 2003 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2003.

M. W. Baker, S. Zhak, R. Sarpeshkar, "A Micropower Envelope Detector For Audio Applications." The IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2003. Bangkok, Thailand, 2003.

M. W. Baker, T. K.-T. Lu, R. Sarpeshkar, "A Low-Power AGC With Level-Independent Phase Margin," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Boston, July 2004.

R. Sarpeshkar, W. Wattanapanitch, S. K. Arfin, B. I. Rapoport, S. Mandal, M. W. Baker, M. S. Fee, S. Musallam, R. A. Anderson, "Low-Power Circuits for Brain--Machine Interfaces," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Vol. 2, No. 3, Sept. 2008. (PDF)

R. Sarpeshkar, M. W. Baker, C. Salthouse, J.J. Sit, L. Turicchia, S. Zhak, "An Analog Bionic Ear Processor with Zero-Crossing Detection," Proceedings of the IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference, Paper 4.2, pp. 78—79, San Francisco, CA, February 2005. (PDF)

R. Sarpeshkar, C. Salthouse, J.-J. Sit, M. W. Baker, S. Zhak, T. K.-T. Lu, L. Turicchia, S. Balster, "An Ultra-Low-Power Programmable Analog Bionic Ear Processor," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, April 2005.

S. Zhak, M. W. Baker, R. Sarpeshkar. "A Low-Power Wide Dynamic Range Envelope Detector," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, October 2003.

Master's Thesis: A BiCMOS Mixer for 5-GHz Receivers. May, 2002. MIT, EECS.

K. Choo, M. W. Baker, T. C. A. Molteno, S. W. Morris, "The Dynamics of Granular Segregation Patterns in a Long Drum Mixer," Physical Review E, 58, 6115 (1998).

B. K. Smith, E. Blankinship, A. Ashford III, M. W. Baker, T. Hirzel, "Image Maps: Exploring urban history through digital photographs," In T. Ishida & K. Isbister (eds.), Digital Cities: Technologies, Experiences, and Future Perspectives (pp. 326-337). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2000.

     
 
     
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