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Proiectul s-a focalizat pe proiectarea si realizarea unui circuit LowNoiseAmplifier la 60 GHz.

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Lucrari semnificative elaborate fie de echipa romana fie impreuna cu echipa sud-africana si prezentate sau publicate la conferinte importante din domeniul proiectului:

- Workshop comun al specialistilor din CEFIM, RSA si specialistilor romani din IMT, Sinaia, 11.10.2008

- Seminar (tutorial) sustinut la Universitatea Pretoria, oct 2009, de Andrei Muller cu tema "Antennas for mm-wave range", realizat in colaborare cu dr D Neculoiu si dr S. Sinha

- Seminar la IMT, 19.11.2009 sustinut de Christo jansen van Rensburg cu tema "A SiGe BiCMOS LNA for mm wave applications", in colaborare cu dr S. Sinha

- Seminar la Universitatea Pretoria, nov 2010, sustinut de dr Alexandra Stefanescu, cu tema "Proiectarea unei structuri Slow–Wave Coplanar Waveguide bazata pe tehnologia IBM 130nm", in colaborare cu dr S. Sinha

- Seminar (tutorial) despre Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs) sustinut la Universitatea Pretoria, nov 2010, de dr Alina Cismaru avand titlul Millimetre Wave Radio System Front end.

Lucrari publicate in proceedinguri conferinte internationale si in reviste:

1. C. Coetzee, S. Sinha, M. Du Plessis, A. Muller «A 0.35 μm CMOS GPS receiver», Proceeding of CAS, Sinaia 2008, pp 411

2. Mladen Božanic, Saurabh Sinha, Monuko du Plessis and Alexandru Müller "Design flow for a SiGe BiCMOS based power amplifier" Proceeding of CAS, Sinaia 2009, pp 311

3. Marnus Weststrate, Saurabh Sinha and Dan Neculoiu "Limitations of a LC_Ladder and capacitive feedback LNA and scaling to mm wave frequencies", Proceeding of CAS, Sinaia 2009, pp315

4. A Müller, G Konstantinidis, D Neculoiu, A. Dinescu, A. Stavrinidis, D. Vasilache, M. Dragoman, M. Kayambaki, M Andrulidaki, G. Deligiorgis, A. Cismaru, K. Tsagaraki, C Buiculescu, I. Petrini, M Danila A. A. Müller "Acoustic Devices and UV Photodetectors based on Micromachining and Nanoprocessing of GaN/Silicon", Proc of Sensors, MEMS and Electro-Optic Systems – SMEOS, 5-7 sept 2009

5. Andrei A. Muller "Antenna on package for 60 GHz frequency band applications", Proc of Sensors, MEMS and Electro-Optic Systems – SMEOS, 5-7 sept 2009

6. M. Božanic, S. Sinha, "Design methodology for SiGe-based class-E power amplifier," Proceedings of South African Conference on Semi and Superconductor Technology, Stellenbosch, 8-9 April, 2009 p. 31.

7. J.W. Lambrechts, S. Sinha "Phase noise analysis of a tail-current shaping technique employed on a BiCMOS voltage controlled oscillator" Proceeding of CAS, Sinaia 2010, pp 509

8. A.A. Müller, S. Sinha, D. Neculoiu and D. Dascalu, "Modeling of antenna on package for the 60 GHz frequency band applications," Proceedings: IEEE CAS 2010 (International Semiconductor Conference), vol. 1, 11-13 Oct. 2010, Sinaia, Romania, pp. 295-298.

9. M. Weststrate, S. Sinha, D Neculoiu "Design Trade-offs and Limitations of a LC-Ladder and Capacitive Feedback LNA and its Application at mm Wave Frequencies," Romanian Journal of Information Science and Technology (ROMJIST), Volume 13, Number 1, 2010, pp. 98-107. [ISI accredited journal]

10. M. Božanić and S. Sinha "Streamlined Design of SiGe Based Power Amplifiers" Romanian Journal of Information Science and Technology (ROMJIST), Volume 13, Number 1, 2010 [ISI accredited journal]

11. V.B. Bhana, J.W. Lambrechts, S. Sinha, "The design of a 5GHz VCO with phase noise performance analysis using MOSFET based current sources" lucrare acceptata la conferinta IEEE CAS 2011, 17-19 Oct, Sinaia

12. M.E.Goosen, S. Sinha, A.Muller "A Low Switching Time BiCMOS CML Transmitter for High Speed Adaptive Pre-Emphasis Serial Links" lucrare acceptata la conferinta IEEE CAS 2011, 17-19 Oct, Sinaia

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Postgraduate students Univ. Pretoria to RO, 2008 Prof Monuko du Plessis, Director CEFIM, Dr. Saurabh Sinha, CEFIM_ Calvin Coetzee, student, Marnus Weststrate, student, Postgraduate students - 2009  (South African Side to RO.)  Marnus Weststrate  Marius Eugene Goosen   Mladen Božanić Christo Janse van Rensburg Hosted researchers - 2009  (hosted in South Africa) Drd. Andrei Müller Prof. Dan Neculoiu Dr Alexandru Müller   Hosted researchers - 2010  (hosted in South Africa) Dr Alexandra Raluca Stefanescu Dr Alina Maria Cismaru Postgraduate students - 2010 (South African Side to RO.) Johannes Wynand Lambrechts Lindani N. Tshibe To host researchers - 2011  (to be hosted in South Africa) Dr Alexandra Raluca Stefanescu* Ms Alina Bunea* Postgraduate students - 2011 (South African Side to RO.) Christo Janse van Rensburg Deepa George	Bucuresti (vizita IMT) & Sinaia (participare la conferinta CAS), Romania   Sinaia, Romania Sinaia, Romania Sinaia, Romania Sinaia and Bucharest, Romania Pretoria, South Africa Skukuza and Pretoria, South Africa Skukuza and Pretoria, South Africa   Pretoria, South Africa Pretoria, South Africa   Sinaia and Bucharest, Romania Sinaia, Romania Pretoria, South Africa Pretoria, South Africa Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania	9-16 octombrie 2008   10-15 Oct. 2009 10-15 Oct. 2009 10 Oct.-15 Oct. 2009 10-16 Dec. 2009 5 Sept. - 15 Nov. 2009 5 - 11 Sept. 2009 5 - 15 Sept. 2009   24 Oct. - 4 Dec. 2010 17 Nov. - 4 Dec. 2010   9 Oct.– 30 Nov. 2010 9 Oct. – 14 Oct. 2010   04.09 – 23.09. 2011 16.08. – 23.09. 2011 22.08.-08.09.2011 05 -17.09.2011