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Radar and EW Sub-systems Saurabh Sinha Microelectronics & Electronics Group University of Pretoria, South Africa Wednesday, 02 April 2014. Departement Elektriese, Elektroniese & Rekenaar-Ingenieurswese Department of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering
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Radar and EW Sub-systems Saurabh Sinha Microelectronics & Electronics GroupUniversity of Pretoria, South Africa Wednesday, 02 April 2014 Departement Elektriese, Elektroniese & Rekenaar-Ingenieurswese Department of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering Kgoro ya Merero ya Mohlagase, Elektroniki & Bointšinere bja Khomphutha
Carl and Emily Fuchs Institute for Microelectronics CEFIM Founded in 1981 after receiving a grant from Carl and Emily Fuchs (1972 to 1981 Institute for Microstructures) 2
CEFIM Carl and Emily Fuchs Institute for Microelectronics Director: Prof. Monuko du Plessis Senior Lecturer: Dr Saurabh Sinha Lecturers: Johan Schoeman Jannes Venter (+1 / 2010) Researcher: Alfons Bogalecki (+1 / 2010) Project manager: Gerrie Mostert Postgraduate students (PhD and MEng): 15 (+6 / 2010) 3
Postgraduate Courses • EIN 732 Introduction to Research Prof. JAG Malherbe • EME 732 Analogue Electronic Design Prof. M. du Plessis • EDG 780 Digital Electronic Design Dr S Sinha Mr PJ Venter Mr J Schoeman DPSS, CSIR • EMK 732 Communication Electronics Prof. M. du Plessis • EEY 890/1 Dissertation (MSc / MEng) • EIN 990/1 Thesis (PhD / PhD (Eng)) 4
Focus Areas & International Research Partners CMOS / Si device manufacture • Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA RF, RF MEMS and mm-wave IC’s • IMT, Bucharest, Romania • Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany • University of Electronic Sciences and Technology, China • Non-linear RF Lab, Ohio State University, USA • Sogang University, South Korea • ICE Laboratory, Georgia Tech., USA MEMS simulation and manufacture • IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Germany 5
Prototyping○ IC Foundries A [CMP] Wafer Europractice (Belgium) MOSIS (USA) CMP (France) AMS AMI TSMC UMC IHP IBM CSMC OMMIC ST IC FOUNDRIES CEFIM 7
University of Pretoria○ Selected listing of funded projects (contract research) • Grintek Ewation • 1 Project (2 years) • A 5 GHz SiGe CMOS Voltage Controlled Oscillator with Reduced Phase Noise (delivered) • Another project in pipe-line (contract awarded) • Defence, Peace, Safety & Security (DPSS), CSIR • Armscor (Origin: DoD) • 3 Projects (2 years each) • A 5 GHz Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) with 360° Variable Phase Outputs (delivered) • Reducing Jitter in High-Speed Serial Links • A Linear SiGe BiCMOS LNA for Wide Band Receivers 8
VGA In-phase + - Vector Sum Vcontrol_I + 90° Quadrature VGA + - Vcontrol_Q A 5 GHz VCO with 360° Variable Phase Outputs 9
A 5 GHz SiGe CMOS Voltage Controlled Oscillator with Reduced Phase Noise 10
Feedback/questions Saurabh Sinha Carl & Emily Fuchs Institute for Microelectronics Dept.: Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering University of Pretoria Pretoria 0002 SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27-(12)-420-2950 / 082-777-6893 E-mail: ssinha@ieee.org 11