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Frank Ellinger

Frank Ellinger

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
42
Citations
9406
World Ranking
4035
National Ranking
116

Frank Ellinger publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frank Ellinger sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 679 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Frank Ellinger D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frank Ellinger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1969 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Frank Ellinger is affiliated with TU Dresden in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics, including radio frequency integrated circuit design, advancements in PLL and VCO technologies, photonic and optical devices, microwave engineering and waveguides, advancements in semiconductor devices and circuit design, semiconductor lasers and optical devices, as well as thin-film transistor technologies.

Among recent notable publications are:

  • Reverse dark current in organic photodetectors and the major role of traps as source of noise, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Review of recent trends in flexible metal oxide thin-film transistors for analog applications, 2020, Flexible and Printed Electronics
  • On Wireless Sensor Network Models: A Cross-Layer Systematic Review, 2023, Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks
  • Doped Highly Crystalline Organic Films: Toward High-Performance Organic Electronics, 2021, Advanced Science
  • Nonlinear Behavior of Dendritic Polymer Networks for Reservoir Computing, 2021, Advanced Electronic Materials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frank Ellinger include:

  • Corrado Carta
  • Jens Wagner
  • Florian Protze
  • Christian Hoyer
  • Niko Joram

Frank Ellinger's research has been published multiple times in several prominent venues, particularly:

  • IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
  • IEEE Access
  • Electronics Letters
  • IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs

Their work primarily contributes to subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, computer networks and communications, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and aerospace engineering.

Ellinger's research output includes over 260 publications related to engineering disciplines. The body of work reflects interdisciplinary activity, combining aspects of circuit design, semiconductor devices, sensor networks, and thin-film technologies.

In recognition of professional contributions, Frank Ellinger was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1969.

Best Publications

  • Reverse dark current in organic photodetectors and the major role of traps as source of noise.

    Jonas Kublitski;Andreas Hofacker;Bahman K. Boroujeni;Johannes Benduhn

  • Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits and Technologies

    Frank Ellinger

  • Varactor-loaded transmission-line phase shifter at C-band using lumped elements

    F. Ellinger;H. Jackel;W. Bachtold

  • A low-power 20-GHz 52-dB/spl Omega/ transimpedance amplifier in 80-nm CMOS

    C. Kromer;G. Sialm;T. Morf;M.L. Schmatz

  • A 100-mW 4/spl times/10 Gb/s transceiver in 80-nm CMOS for high-density optical interconnects

    C. Kromer;G. Sialm;C. Berger;T. Morf

  • 26-42 GHz SOI CMOS low noise amplifier

    F. Ellinger

  • Survey of Photonic and Plasmonic Interconnect Technologies for Intra-Datacenter and High-Performance Computing Communications

    Christos A. Thraskias;Eythimios N. Lallas;Niels Neumann;Laurent Schares

  • Ultracompact reflective-type phase shifter MMIC at C-band with 360/spl deg/ phase-control range for smart antenna combining

    F. Ellinger;R. Vogt;W. Bachtold

  • Compact reflective-type phase-shifter MMIC for C-band using a lumped-element coupler

    F. Ellinger;R. Vogt;W. Bachtold

  • A 5.2 GHz variable gain LNA MMIC for adaptive antenna combining

    F. Ellinger;U. Lott;W. Bachtold

  • A Low-Power SiGe BiCMOS 190-GHz Transceiver Chipset With Demonstrated Data Rates up to 50 Gbit/s Using On-Chip Antennas

    David Fritsche;Paul Starke;Corrado Carta;Frank Ellinger

  • Millimeter-Wave Low-Noise Amplifier Design in 28-nm Low-Power Digital CMOS

    David Fritsche;Gregor Tretter;Corrado Carta;Frank Ellinger

  • Low-power ultra-wideband wavelets generator with fast start-up circuit

    D. Barras;F. Ellinger;H. Jackel;W. Hirt

  • A low supply voltage SiGe LNA for ultra-wideband frontends

    D. Barras;F. Ellinger;H. Jackel;W. Hirt

  • 60 GHz VCO with wideband tuning range fabricated on VLSI SOI CMOS technology

    F. Ellinger;T. Morf;G. Buren;C. Kromer

  • A 25-Gb/s CDR in 90-nm CMOS for High-Density Interconnects

    C. Kromer;G. Sialm;C. Menolfi;M. Schmatz

  • 60-GHz SOI CMOS traveling-wave amplifier with NF below 3.8 dB from 0.1 to 40 GHz

    F. Ellinger

  • Calibratable adaptive antenna combiner at 5.2 GHz with high yield for laptop interface card

    F. Ellinger;R. Vogt;W. Bachtold

  • 170 GHz SiGe-BiCMOS Loss-Compensated Distributed Amplifier

    Paolo Valerio Testa;Guido Belfiore;Robert Paulo;Corrado Carta

  • 30-40-GHz drain-pumped passive-mixer MMIC fabricated on VLSI SOI CMOS technology

    F. Ellinger;L.C. Rodoni;G. Sialm;C. Kromer

Frequent Co-Authors

Niko Münzenrieder
Niko Münzenrieder Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Giovanni A. Salvatore
Giovanni A. Salvatore Ca Foscari University of Venice
Luisa Petti
Luisa Petti Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Thomas Morf
Thomas Morf IBM (United States)
Martin Vossiek
Martin Vossiek University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Karl Leo
Karl Leo TU Dresden
Daniel Erni
Daniel Erni University of Duisburg-Essen
Björn Lüssem
Björn Lüssem Kent State University

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