Tim Piessens

Tim Piessens is a professor at the MICAS laboratories of KU Leuven. Before returning to KULeuven, Tim was one of the co-founders of ICsense, a mixed-signal ASIC design house. For 20 years, he was CTO, responsible for the technical content of all projects. Before starting ICsense, he was research assistant at ESAT-MICAS, receiving a PhD from KU Leuven in 2003. His research focuses on ultra low power, high accuracy sensor interfaces and high voltage design for electrical vehicles.

He is a member of the ESSERC Steering Committee, the IEEE-SSCS Adcom and active in the TPC of ESSERC. From 2014 till 2021, Tim served as a member of the ISSCC and ISSCC EU-TPC chair in 2021. Tim is an IEEE SSCS Distinguished Lecturer.

Tim Piessens
Tim Piessens
Academic staff
Analog and power management circuits
Mixed-signal circuits and data converters
Biomedical circuits and sensor interfaces
+32 16 37 38 74

Career overview

  • 2024 – present : professor at the Laboratory ESAT-MICAS, Faculty of Engineering Science, KU Leuven
  • 2004 – 2024 : CTO of ICsense NV
  • 1998 – 2003 : PhD, KULeuven - “ Design and Analysis of High Efficiency Line Drivers for xDSL“

Awards & honors

  • 2020 : Best Evening Session Award, ISSCC, San-Francisco
  • 2020 : ISSCC Service Award, ISSCC, San-Francisco
  • 2016 : Fastest Growing Company, Trends Gazelle, Trends, Brussels
  • 2015 : Fast-50 Fastest Growers, Deloitte, Brussels
  • 2014 : Finalist “Most Promising Company of the Year 2014”, Ernst & Young, Brussels
  • 2014 : Fast-50 Fastest Growers, Deloitte, Brussels
  • 2014 : Fastest Growing Company, Trends Gazelle, Trends, Brussels
  • 2013 : Fastest Growing Company, Trends Gazelle, Trends, Brussels

Teaching

H03F2a Meten van fysische grootheden
H03F3a Meten van fysische grootheden: opdracht
H05F8a Measurement Systems: Exercises and Laboratory Sessions
H05F7a Measurement Systems: Lecture
H05E4a Design of Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits: Exercises and Laboratory Sessions
H05E3a Design of Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits: Lecture
H09K3a Advanced Topics on Analog and RF IC Design: Lecture
H09K4a Advanced Topics on Analog and RF IC Design: Exercises and Laboratory Sessions