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Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design

Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 39k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the design and implementation of analog circuits, particularly in CMOS technology, for biomedical applications. The topics covered include low-power neural recording systems, SAR ADCs, voltage references, low-noise amplifiers, and temperature sensors.

  • CMOS
  • Low-Power
  • Neural Recording
  • ADC
  • Voltage Reference
  • Low-Noise Amplifier
  • Biomedical Sensor
  • Delta-Sigma Modulator
  • Temperature Sensor
  • Current-Mode Circuits
Research works
39k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design

Which countries lead Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.5k and 1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.5k works
  2. 2 India 1k works
  3. 3 United States 447 works
  4. 4 South Korea 268 works
  5. 5 Italy 168 works
  6. 6 Taiwan 150 works
  7. 7 Germany 148 works
  8. 8 Japan 127 works
  9. 9 Iran 120 works
  10. 10 Canada 77 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 37.9%India: 24.9%United States: 11.1%South Korea: 6.6%6 others listed: 19.5%38%largest
China1,534 · 37.9%India1,006 · 24.9%United States447 · 11.1%South Korea268 · 6.6%6 others listed790 · 19.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design research?

By volume in 2022-now, Xidian University publishes the most Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Xidian UniversityChina 94 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 90 works
  3. 3 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 71 works
  4. 4 Fudan UniversityChina 63 works
  5. 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 59 works
  6. 6 Zhejiang UniversityChina 52 works
  7. 7 Southeast UniversityChina 41 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 40 works
  9. 9 Peking UniversityChina 35 works
  10. 10 Samsung (South Korea)South Korea 32 works

Who are the leading researchers in Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design include Takashi Taniguchi, Frede Blaabjerg and Hua Zhang.

  1. 1 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  2. 2 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  3. 3 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  4. 4 Ralph Weissleder United States 175k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design?

The most cited paper in Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design is "An Introduction To Compressive Sampling" (Emmanuel J. Candès, Michael B. Wakin, 2008), with 10,167 citations. Next come "Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits" (6,601) and "Matching properties of MOS transistors" (3,320).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An Introduction To Compressive Sampling Emmanuel J. Candès, Michael B. Wakin · IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Mar 2008 10,167
2 Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits Behzad Razavi 1999 6,601
3 Matching properties of MOS transistors Marcel J. M. Pelgrom, Aad C.J. Duinmaijer, A.P.G. Welbers · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits Oct 1989 3,320
4 Simple 'neural' optimization networks: An A/D converter, signal decision circuit, and a linear programming circuit David W. Tank, J. J. Hopfield · IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems May 1986 2,202
5 Analog-to-digital converter survey and analysis R.H. Walden · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications Apr 1999 2,196
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design research done?

The largest centres of Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Eindhoven.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 322 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 169 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 166 works
  4. 4 SeoulSouth Korea 146 works
  5. 5 ChengduChina 106 works
  6. 6 New DelhiIndia 104 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 89 works
  8. 8 HangzhouChina 87 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 80 works
  10. 10 ChennaiIndia 65 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. EindhovenNL · 23.1 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design than the world average.

See Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design on the map

Where is the best place to study Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Macau, Xidian University and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 20.32%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of MacauXidian UniversityKorea Advanced Insti…University of Electr…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of MacauChina 81.029.6%21.9×32 +15.3%
2Xidian UniversityChina 74.820.9%28.9×94 +82.4%
3Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea 62.520.5%14.2×30 +11.8%
4University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 59.910.4%14.2×71 +16.6%
5Peking UniversityChina 59.822.4%3.9×36 +98.8%
6Fudan UniversityChina 59.713.4%8.8×63 +44.1%
7Tsinghua UniversityChina 59.514.6%5.7×60 +55.0%
8Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina 57.230.4%4.8×9 -22.5%
9Zhejiang UniversityChina 56.613.6%4.3×52 +228.1%
10Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 54.927.4%6.5×20 -31.3%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, country by country

Is Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2002.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design0.022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design9.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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