David Nairn, PhD, PEng

David Nairn, PhD, PEng
Associate Professor
Location: E5 4007,E2 1778C
Phone: 519-888-4567 x37294,519-888-4567 x43754

Biography

Dr. David Nairn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ.

His research is mainly in the field of electronic circuits, including analog and mixed signal circuit design, with an emphasis on analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), and digital-to-analog converters (DACs).

Research Interests

  • Analog and Mixed Signal Circuit Design, Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs), Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs), Circuit Design & VLSI

Teaching*

  • ECE 240 - Electronic Circuits 1
    • Taught in 2024, 2025
  • ECE 444 - Integrated Analog Electronics
    • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022
  • GENE 123 - Electrical Circuits and Instrumentation
    • Taught in 2023

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

Selected/Recent Publications

  • Nairn, David G, Cascode loads and amplifier settling behavior, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 44, 2012
  • Hai, N and Nairn, DG, A capacitor scaling and capacitor sharing technique for reducing power dissipation in algorithmic ADCs, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, 333, 2012
  • Nairn, David G, Time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters, 2008 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2008 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, , 2008