About the IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award
The IEEE annually recognizes outstanding contributors worldwide to the art and science of electro- and information technologies with technical awards in 3 dozen technical specialities.
The IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award for Solid-State Circuits for outstanding contributions in the field of solid-state circuits goes to an individual or team of not more than three. The award includes a bronze medal, certificate, and cash honorarium which are presented at the ISSCC.
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It is acceptable to nominate an individual or team for more than one TFA for the same work (if the work falls within the scope of the respective TFAs). However, the nominee(s) cannot receive more than one TFA for the same work. A complete list of IEEE Technical Field Awards is available on the IEEE Web site: See the complete list of awards for links to the forms and the list of past recipients.
Michiel S.J. Steyaert Receives the 2025 IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits
The recipient of the 2025 IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits is Michiel S.J. Steyaert (Full Professor, Faculty of Engineering Science, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium) for “pioneering contributions to RF CMOS circuits and integrated power converters.” The IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits will be presented at the 2025 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC).
Michiel S. J. Steyaert (Fellow, IEEE) received the M.Sc. degree in electrical and mechanical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in electronics from KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, in 1983 and 1987, respectively. From 1983 to 1986, he received the IWNOL Fellowship from the Belgian National Foundation for Industrial Research, which allowed him to work as a Research Assistant with the Laboratory ESAT, KU Leuven. In 1987, he was responsible for several industrial projects in the field of analog micropower circuits with the Laboratory ESAT as an IWONL Project Researcher. In 1988, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor with the University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. He was appointed by the National Fund of Scientific Research, Belgium, as a Research Associate, in 1989, a Senior Research Associate in 1992, and the Research Director of the Laboratory ESAT, KU Leuven, in 1996. From 1989 to 1996, he was also a part-time Associate Professor. He was the Chair of the Electrical Engineering Department from 2005 to 2012. He is currently a Full Professor with KU Leuven. He was also the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering until 2020. He has authored or coauthored over 500 articles in international journals or proceedings and coauthored over 24 books. His current research interests are in high-performance and high-frequency analog integrated circuits for telecommunication systems and analog signal processing. Steyaert received the 1990 and the 2001 European Solid-State Circuits Conference Best Paper Award, the 1991 and the 2000 NFWO Alcatel-Bell-Telephone Award for innovative work in integrated circuits for telecommunications, the 1995 and the 1997 IEEE-ISSCC Evening Session Award, and the 1999 IEEE Circuit and Systems Society Guillemin-Cauer Award. He is the only European Researcher who received both the 50th Anniversary Top ISSCC Contributors Award in 2003 and the 60th Anniversary Top ISSCC Contributors Award in 2013, for his strong and sustained contributions.
Michiel S.J. Steyaert
Professor, Faculty of Engineering ScienceKU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Past Recipients of the Donald O. Pederson Solid-State Circuits Award
| Year | Recipients | Category |
| 2024 | Deong-Kyoon Jeong, Professor, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea | “For leadership in the technology development for Digital Video Interface (DVI) and High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI).” |
| 2023 | Ingrid Verbauwhede, Professor, Research Group COSIC (Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography Group) | “For pioneering contributions to energy-efficient and high-performance secure integrated circuits and systems” |
| 2022 | Akira Matsuzawa, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan and Founder & CEO, Tech Idea Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan | “For pioneering contributions to low-power, analog-to-digital converters in systems on a chip (SoCs) for digital video applications” |
| 2021 | A. Paul Brokaw, Retired, Analog Devices Fellow | “For leadership in the design of voltage references, amplifiers, and power management, and for contributions to the principles of analog circuit design” |
| 2020 | Klaas Bult, Professor, Delft University of Technology – Fac. EEMCS, Delft, Zuid Holland, the Netherlands | “For leadership in embedded analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits.” |
| 2019 | Laurence Nagel, President, Omega Enterprises Consulting, Kensington, California, USA | “For the development and demonstration of SPICE as a tool to design and optimize electronic circuits.” |
| 2018 | William S. Carter, Fellow, Xilinx, San Jose, California, USA Stephen M. Trimberger, Fellow, Xilinx, San Jose, California, USA | “For contributions to field-programmable gate array technology.” |
| 2017 | Takao Nishitani, Representative Partner, Laisip, Kanagawa, Japan
John S. Thompson, Consultant and President (Retired), Technology Pathways, Tucson, Arizona, USA |
“For pioneering real-time programmable digital signal processor architectures.” |
| 2016 | Miles A. Copeland, Distinguished Research Professor (Retired), Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | “For contributions to the design and application of switched-capacitor and RF signal processing circuits.” |
| 2015 | Robert W. Adams, Fellow, Analog Devices, Inc., Acton, Massachusetts, USA | “For contributions to noise-shaping data converter circuits, digital signal processing, and log-domain analog filters.” |
| 2014 | Robert G. Meyer, Professor Emeritus and Professor in the Graduate School, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA USA | “For pioneering contributions to the design and modeling of analog and radio- frequency circuits.” |
| 2013 | Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA | “For pioneering techniques in low-power digital and analog CMOS design.” |
| 2012 | Behzad Razavi, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA | “For pioneering contributions to the design of high-speed CMOS communication circuits.” |
| 2011 | Willy Sansen, Emeritus Professor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium | “For leadership in analog integrated circuit design.” |
| 2010 | Takayasu Sakurai, Professor, Inst of Industrial Science Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | “For pioneering contributions to the design and modeling of high-speed and low-power CMOS logic circuits.” |
| 2009 | Teresa Meng, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA | “For pioneering contributions to the development of integrated wireless communications systems.” |
| 2008 | Asad Abidi, Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA | “For pioneering and sustained contributions in the development of RF-CMOS” |
| 2007 | Hugo De Man, Dept of EE, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,Leuven, Belgium | “For leadership in integrated circuit design and design methodology.” |
| 2006 | Mark A. Horowitz, Professor of EE and CS, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA | “For pioneering contributions to the design of high-performance digital integrated circuits and systems.” |
Past Recipients Solid-State Circuits Award
| Year | Recipients | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Bruce A. Wooley, Professor, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA | “For pioneering contributions to integrated electronics for analog-to-digital data conversion in communications systems.” |
| 2005 | Eric Vittoz, Professor and Chief Scientist CSEMS.A.,Neuchatel, Switzerland | “For pioneering contributions to low-power device modeling and CMOS circuit design” |
| 2003 | Daniel Dobberpuhl, Vice President and General Manager Broadcom Corporation, San Jose, CA, USA | “For pioneering design of high-speed and low-power microprocessors.” |
| 2002 | Chenming Hu, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Ping Ko, Authosis, Inc., Quarry Bay, Hong Kong |
“For contributions to MOSFET physics and development of the BSIM model for CMOS circuit simulation.” |
| 2001 | No Award | |
| 2000 | Robert H. Krambreck, Tandem Computers, Cupertino, CA, USA
Stephen Law, Alaris, Inc., Fremont, CA, USA |
“For pioneering the introduction and implementation of domino CMOS logic.” |
| 1999 | Kensall D. Wise, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, USA | “For pioneering contributions to the development of solid-state sensors, circuits and integrated sensing systems.” |
| 1998 | Nicky Lu, Etron Technology Inc. Hsinchu, Taiwan | “For pioneering contributions to high speed dynamic memory design and cell technology.” |
| 1997 | Robert W. Brodersen, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA | “For contributions to the design of integrated circuits for signal processing systems.” |
| 1996 | Rudy J. van de Plassche, Philips Research Labs Eindhoven, The Netherlands | “For pioneering contributions to the design of integrated circuits for data conversion.” |
| 1995 | Lewis M. Terman, IBM/T. J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, NY, USA | “For leadership in the field of MOS devices and circuits for semiconductor memories.” |
| 1994 | Paul R. Gray, University of California Berkeley, CA, USA | “For contributions to analog integrated circuit design, especially for MOS switched capacitor circuits.” |
| 1993 | Kiyoo Itoh, Hitachi, Ltd. Tokyo Japan | “For technical contributions to folded data-line circuits and the development of high-density dynamic RAMs.” |
| 1992 | Barrie Gilbert, Analog Devices Beaverton, OR, USA | “For contributions to non-linear analog signal processing circuits.” |
| 1991 | Frank Wanlass, Standard Micro Sys. San Jose, CA, USA | “For the invention of Complementary MOS (CMOS) Logic Circuitry.” |
| 1990 | Toshi Masuhara, Hitachi, Ltd. Tokyo Japan | “For pioneering contributions to NMOS depletion-load circuits and the development of high speed CMOS memories.” |
| 1989 | James D. Meindl, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA | “For contributions to solid-state circuits and solid-state circuit technology.” |
Past Recipients of the Solid-State Circuits Development Award
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1988 | Karl Stein |
| 1987 | Robert Widlar |
| 1986 | Barrie Gilbert |
| 1985 | Donald O. Pederson |