The Laboratory for the Processing of Analog and Digital Signals (PADS) is installed at rooms H-206 and H-320 of the Center of Technology of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), at Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, and is part of the Eletrical Engineering Program of COPPE/UFRJ. Research has been developed in several areas of analog and digital signal processing, including integrated circuits, image processing and IF communications circuits. Throughout the years, more than 140 people graduated at several levels (post-doc, doctorate, masters and bachelors), and the results of the respective research have been published in renowned international journals and conferences. PADS has had several research projects funded by industry and research support agencies.