Ivan Padilla Cantoya received the Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering degree from the Technological Institute and Superior Studies of Monterrey (ITESM-CEM), Mexico city, Mexico in 1999, and the M.S.E.E. and the Ph.D. degrees from the New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM U.S.A in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He was a visiting researcher at the National Institute for Astrophysics Optics and Electronics (INAOE) from 2008 to 2009. From 2009 to 2018 he was with the Electronics, Systems and Informatics Department (DESI), ITESO, Guadalajara Mexico. He was a visiting researcher at the Texas A&M University, TX U.S.A the summer of 2015, 2017, and for the year 2016. Currently he is with the Electronics Department at the Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico. He has published over 20 articles in international journal and conferences. His research interests include mixed-signal design, filters, oscillators, analog/digital and digital/analog converters and analog amplifiers.