IEEE Awards Booklet - 2019 - 25

2019 Ieee technIcAl fIeld AwArds

IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and
Communications Award

IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award
Sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics Society

Sponsored by NEC Corporation

R. Srikant

Patrizio Vinciarelli

For contributions to congestion control
and scheduling in computer communication networks

For visionary leadership in the development of high-efficiency, high-power-density power conversion components for
distributed power system applications

Sound and practical congestion control is fundamental to the operation of the Internet, and R. Srikant's pioneering resource allocation tools for communication networks have helped realize
this. Srikant's work on the Adaptive Virtual Queue for congestion
indication at routers and on a high-speed version of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), called TCP-Illinois, have led to
next-generation Internet congestion control algorithms. In wireless communications, he was the first to recognize the importance
of opportunistic scheduling in wireless networks with fairness
guarantees, using the idea of weighted fair queueing for resource
allocation. He was also among the first to apply dual decomposition techniques for resource allocation in wireless networks.
An IEEE Fellow, Srikant is the Fredric G. and Elizabeth H.
Nearing Endowed Professor with the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering and Coordinated Science Lab at the
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.

Smaller and more eﬃcient power modules have accelerated the
evolution of distributed power architectures, enabling power systems with higher eﬃciency, power density, and other key performance attributes. Patrizio Vinciarelli's patented contributions led
to new power distribution architectures, Zero-Current Switching
(ZCS) and Zero-Voltage Switching (ZVS) power conversion topologies, and advanced power packaging. His Factorized Power
Architecture (FPA) leveraged current multiplication modules that
can eﬃciently deliver hundreds of amperes at voltages less than
1 V. His Converter Housed in Package (CHiP) scalable packaging
technology has enabled higher levels of power system eﬃciency
and density.Vinciarelli holds 151 U.S. patents.
Vinciarelli is the founder and chief executive oﬃcer of Vicor
Corporation, Andover, MA, USA.

IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies

IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits

Sponsored by the IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award Fund

Sponsored by the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society

Thomas Kenny

Laurence Nagel

For the development and widespread
commercialization of MEMS resonators
for timing applications

For the development and demonstration of SPICE as a tool to design and
optimize electronic circuits

Thomas Kenny participated in development of a leading-edge waferscale fabrication process, known as epi-seal, for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) silicon devices, which has allowed the mass commercialization of MEMS resonators for timing applications in today's
portable smart devices. Epi-seal helped MEMS resonators realize their
advantages of exceptional stability, lower power consumption, cost,
and smaller thickness of packaged devices over traditional quartz crystals. It allows the fabrication of MEMS resonators at the wafer-level,
integrated with the package, and provides the material quality and
long-term stability needed for low-cost, reliable operation, all in an ultra-small die size. Kenny cofounded SiTime, which became a leading
supplier of MEMS resonators integral to the devices we use every day.
An IEEE Senior Member, Kenny is the Richard Weiland Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Senior Associate Dean of Engineering for Student Aﬀairs at Stanford
University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Perhaps no single development has had as much impact on the
microelectronics industry as the SPICE (Simulation Program with
Integrated Circuit Emphasis) program, which originally was developed by Laurence Nagel during his graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley. SPICE and its subsequent enhancements
moved mainstream circuit design from empirical, bread-board-based
design into the era of scientifically based simulation and modeling. Nagel incorporated both direct current and alternating current
analysis; transient analysis; and eﬃcient sensitivity, noise, and distortion analysis. SPICE was made freely available from the start and
was widely adopted by universities, allowing students to learn how
circuits work without having to build them and to easily evaluate
design alternatives.Today's multibillion-transistor ICs would be impossible without the detailed circuit simulation that SPICE provides.
An IEEE Life Fellow, Nagel is president of Omega Enterprises
Consulting, Kensington, CA, USA.

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