Dr. Kapil Jainwal

Assistant Professor | Electrical Engineering

CMOS Image Sensor Research & Development Lab, IIT Hyderabad

About

Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering with expertise in CMOS Image Sensors, LiDAR, Event-Based Vision, and mixed-signal VLSI systems. Research focuses on low-noise, high-dynamic-range sensors and in-sensor computing for autonomous and space applications.

Education

Research/Industry Experince

Research Areas

Mixed-Signal IC Design

Analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit design for imaging systems.

CMOS Image Sensors

Low-noise, HDR, high-speed and low-power imaging architectures.

ToF LiDAR SoC

Direct Time-of-Flight based integrated LiDAR sensors and systems.

Event-Based Vision

Bio-inspired DAVIS and neuromorphic vision sensors.

In-Sensor Computing

Analog computation in CMOS sensors for machine learning.

Vision System Architecture Sensor CMOS • DVS • LiDAR Readout AFE • TDC/TAC • Noise Reduction Processing Mixed-Signal • Digital Machine Learning In-Sensor AI • Edge ML

Selected Publications

Courses Taught

Course Title
Analog IC Design
CMOS Digital Design
CMOS Image Sensors
Introduction to VLSI Design
Digital IC Design
Advanced Digital Logic Design
Mixed signal IC Design
Semiconductor Devices
Digital IC Design

Sponsored & Ongoing Projects

Students

Ph.D. Scholars

Minal Bisen, Prateek Muthiah, Amit Mahagen, Savithri G.M., Devashish Joshi

M.Tech / MS

Md. Asadudin, Sri Ganesh, Aryan Kumar, Aatharvaa S., Tharun D. Gowda, Onkar Bobade, Dabanabu, Kartik M., Nitin Mukesh , Munna Kumar