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Jan Craninckx

Jan Craninckx

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
58
Citations
11484
World Ranking
1890
National Ranking
44

Jan Craninckx 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 Jan Craninckx sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 339 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan Craninckx 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 Jan Craninckx sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% 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

  • 2014 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the design of CMOS RF transceivers

Overview

Jan Craninckx is affiliated with Imec in Belgium and specializes in engineering with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, artificial intelligence, and aerospace engineering.

The primary research topics include:

  • Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
  • Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design
  • Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design
  • Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies
  • CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
  • Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena
  • Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies

Frequent coauthors of Jan Craninckx are:

  • Piet Wambacq
  • Nereo Markulić
  • Ewout Martens
  • Pratap Tumkur Renukaswamy
  • Jorge Lagos

Publications have appeared mostly in the following venues:

  • IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs
  • IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters
  • IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine

Some recent papers include:

  • A Wideband 62-mW 60-GHz FMCW Radar in 28-nm CMOS, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
  • A 10.1-ENOB, 6.2-fJ/conv.-step, 500-MS/s, Ringamp-Based Pipelined-SAR ADC With Background Calibration and Dynamic Reference Regulation in 16-nm CMOS, 2022, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • Analysis of a 28-nm CMOS Fast-Lock Bang-Bang Digital PLL With 220-fs RMS Jitter for Millimeter-Wave Communication, 2020, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • A D-Band Low-Power and High-Efficiency Frequency Multiply-by-9 FMCW Radar Transmitter in 28-nm CMOS, 2022, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • A 4-GS/s 10-ENOB 75-mW Ringamp ADC in 16-nm CMOS With Background Monitoring of Distortion, 2021, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Jan Craninckx has also authored books published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers and River Publishers eBooks:

  • PLL Modulation and Mixed-Signal Calibration Techniques for FMCW Radar, 2024
  • Technologies Enabling Future Mobile Connectivity & Sensing, 2023

An award received includes the IEEE Fellow distinction in 2014 for contributions to the design of CMOS RF transceivers.

Best Publications

  • A 1.8-GHz low-phase-noise CMOS VCO using optimized hollow spiral inductors

    J. Craninckx;M.S.J. Steyaert

  • A fully integrated CMOS DCS-1800 frequency synthesizer

    J. Craninckx;M.S.J. Steyaert

  • A 65fJ/Conversion-Step 0-to-50MS/s 0-to-0.7mW 9b Charge-Sharing SAR ADC in 90nm Digital CMOS

    J. Craninckx;G. Van der Plas

  • A 1.75-GHz/3-V dual-modulus divide-by-128/129 prescaler in 0.7-/spl mu/m CMOS

    J. Craninckx;M.S.J. Steyaert

  • A 1.8-GHz CMOS low-phase-noise voltage-controlled oscillator with prescaler

    J. Craninckx;M.S.J. Steyaert

  • Analog/RF Solutions Enabling Compact Full-Duplex Radios

    B. Debaillie;J.D.A. van den Broek;C. Lavín;B. van Liempd

  • Low-noise voltage-controlled oscillators using enhanced LC-tanks

    J. Craninckx;M. Steyaert

  • Wireless CMOS Frequency Synthesizer Design

    J. Craninckx;M. Steyaert

  • An 820μW 9b 40MS/s Noise-Tolerant Dynamic-SAR ADC in 90nm Digital CMOS

    V. Giannini;P. Nuzzo;V. Chironi;A. Baschirotto

  • A 40 nm CMOS 0.4–6 GHz Receiver Resilient to Out-of-Band Blockers

    J. Borremans;G. Mandal;V. Giannini;B. Debaillie

  • Flexible Baseband Analog Circuits for Software-Defined Radio Front-Ends

    V. Giannini;J. Craninckx;S. D'Amico;A. Baschirotto

  • A 9.2–12.7 GHz Wideband Fractional-N Subsampling PLL in 28 nm CMOS With 280 fs RMS Jitter

    Kuba Raczkowski;Nereo Markulic;Benjamin Hershberg;Jan Craninckx

  • A 0.65-to-1.4 nJ/Burst 3-to-10 GHz UWB All-Digital TX in 90 nm CMOS for IEEE 802.15.4a

    J. Ryckaert;G. Van der Plas;V. De Heyn;C. Desset

  • A 2-mm $^{2}$ 0.1–5 GHz Software-Defined Radio Receiver in 45-nm Digital CMOS

    V. Giannini;P. Nuzzo;C. Soens;K. Vengattaramane

  • A fully integrated spiral-LC CMOS VCO set with prescaler for GSM and DCS-1800 systems

    J. Craninckx;M. Steyaert;H. Miyakawa

  • A fully-integrated single-chip SOC for Bluetooth

    F.O. Eynde;J.-J. Schmit;V. Charlier;R. Alexandre

  • Wideband VCO With Simultaneous Switching of Frequency Band, Active Core, and Varactor Size

    D. Hauspie;Eun-Chul Park;J. Craninckx

  • A Fully Reconfigurable Software-Defined Radio Transceiver in 0.13μm CMOS

    J. Craninckx;M. Liu;D. Hauspie;V. Giannini

  • A 1.7 mW 11b 250 MS/s 2-Times Interleaved Fully Dynamic Pipelined SAR ADC in 40 nm Digital CMOS

    Bob Verbruggen;Masao Iriguchi;Jan Craninckx

  • A 79-GHz 2 $ imes $ 2 MIMO PMCW Radar SoC in 28-nm CMOS

    Davide Guermandi;Qixian Shi;Andy Dewilde;Veerle Derudder

  • An analytical model of planar inductors on lowly doped silicon substrates for high frequency analog design up to 3 GHz

    J. Crols;P. Kinget;J. Craninckx;M. Steyaert

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