Research

Analog, mixed signal, radio-frequency integrated circuits, CMOS, BiCMOS, SiGe, wireless, inductors, transmission lines, electro-optical interface, equalizers.

Application

Analog and radio-frequency integrated circuits for wireless and wireline communications and for wireless medical applications.

Activities

• Senior Member of IEEE
• Member of Audio Engineering Society
• Strategic Research with the University of Calgary, McGill, “Design of Integrated Wireless Platform for Vital Sign Monitoring”
• Collaborative Research with Gennum, Ciena, and CRC

Journal Articles

P.H.R. Popplewell, V. Karam, A. Shamim, J.W.M. Rogers, L. Roy, and C. Plett (2008), “A 5.2 GHz Transceiver using Injection-Locking and On-Chip Antenna,” IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits 43(4): 981-990.

Conference Publications

S. Amini, and C. Plett, “Design and Analysis of Very Low Voltage Charge Pumps for RFID Tags,” proc. Microsystems and Nanoelectronics Research Conference, Ottawa, Canada, Oct 15, 2008, pp. 9-12.

A. Shamim, V. Karam, P. H. R. Popplewell, L. Roy, J. W. M. Rogers, and C. Plett, “A CMOS Active Antenna/Inductor for System on a Chip (SoC) Applications,” proc. 2008 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and 2008 USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, California, USA, July 5-11, 2008, pp. 1-4.