David A. Johns

David A. Johns is a Full Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering within the University of Toronto. His career spans academic and industrial contributions to analog integrated circuits and high-speed communication systems.

• Co-founder of Snowbush Microelectronics (integrated circuit IP company)
• IEEE and Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellow
• Recipient of Darlington Best Paper Award and multiple teaching/design accolades

Research Interests include analog integrated circuits for digital communication, data converters, phase-locked loops, and signal processing. His work bridges theoretical concepts with hardware implementation, focusing on full-duplex coax/twisted-pair systems, optical wireless links, and MEMS sensor interfaces.

Teaching Contributions cover analog/digital electronics courses like ECE331, ECE354, ECE1371, and ECE1392. He emphasizes hands-on design and simulation tools like LTSpice.

Awards & Recognitions:

• IEEE Fellow (2001)
• CAE Fellow (2012)
• Darlington Best Paper Award (1999)
• University of Toronto ECE Teaching Award (1999)
• CMC Design Award (1993)

Advising involves 19 PhD/MASc theses on topics ranging from oversampling filters to low-power ADCs. His group has produced innovations in continuous-time modulators, MEMS accelerometers, and optical interconnects.