Dr. Matthews is very active in research, curriculum development, and publication in the area of Analog Integrated Circuit Design. In spring 2000, Dr. Matthews began a research project on new designs for regenerative comparators. He has served as a consultant with INTEL corporation since June 1999. Intel Corporation, in a separate arrangement, provided him with the resources to have some of his new regenerative comparator circuit designs fabricated by state-of-the-art processes. After completing an integrated circuit (IC) design containing several comparator circuits, Dr. Matthews completed work on a test fixture for the IC in 2001 and fabrication of the chip itself. In 2002, he completed successful testing of the chip at low speed and formulated plans for the final high-speed tests. He currently plans for publication of this work in a quality journal in 2003 after final documentation of the design, its computer simulation, and high-speed tests.

Dr. Matthews' consulting work for Intel Corporation positions him as part of a design team (the ASG Analog Design Group) working on analog circuitry for new Intel parts. He is directly involved in the design of the circuitry and its fabrication using an advanced 0.13 CMOS process. His consulting experience has been directly applicable to the development of the curriculum for the new EEE 235 graduate class in IC design. It has also laid the foundation for a donation of new Intel equipment to the College valued at $24,000 in 2002.