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54
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10775
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2298
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48

Overview

Piet Wambacq is affiliated with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and has contributed extensively to engineering research, particularly in the domain of electrical and electronic engineering. Their scientific output predominantly focuses on Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design, but also extends into several related subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their research covers multiple topics including:

  • Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
  • Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design
  • Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
  • Advanced Power Amplifier Design
  • Full-Duplex Wireless Communications
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies

Piet Wambacq has published in several academic journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers
  • IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
  • ECS Transactions

Some recent papers authored by or involving Piet Wambacq include:

  • "A 28-nm-CMOS Based 145-GHz FMCW Radar: System, Circuits, and Characterization," 2021, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • "A 28-GHz SOI-CMOS Doherty Power Amplifier With a Compact Transformer-Based Output Combiner," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
  • "A Wideband 62-mW 60-GHz FMCW Radar in 28-nm CMOS," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
  • "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

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authors such as Jan Craninckx, Giovanni Mangraviti, Bertrand Parvais, Nadine Collaert, and Uthayasankaran Peralagu.

Best Publications

  • Distortion analysis of analog integrated circuits

    Piet Wambacq;Willy M. Sansen

  • Ultra-wideband channel model for communication around the human body

    A. Fort;J. Ryckaert;C. Desset;P. De Doncker

  • An ultra-wideband body area propagation channel Model-from statistics to implementation

    A. Fort;C. Desset;P. De Doncker;P. Wambacq

  • Ultra-wide-band transmitter for low-power wireless body area networks: design and evaluation

    J. Ryckaert;C. Desset;A. Fort;M. Badaroglu

  • Symbolic analysis methods and applications for analog circuits: a tutorial overview

    G. Gielen;P. Wambacq;W.M. Sansen

  • Low-Area Active-Feedback Low-Noise Amplifier Design in Scaled Digital CMOS

    J. Borremans;P. Wambacq;C. Soens;Y. Rolain

  • A 5 GHz fully integrated ESD-protected low-noise amplifier in 90 nm RF CMOS

    D. Linten;S. Thijs;M.I. Natarajan;P. Wambacq

  • Planar Bulk MOSFET s Versus FinFETs: An Analog/RF Perspective

    V. Subramanian;B. Parvais;J. Borremans;A. Mercha

  • Analysis and experimental verification of digital substrate noise generation for epi-type substrates

    M. van Heijningen;J. Compiet;P. Wambacq;S. Donnay

  • Characterization of the ultra wideband body area propagation channel

    A. Fort;C. Desset;J. Ryckaert;P. De Doncker

  • High-frequency distortion analysis of analog integrated circuits

    P. Wambacq;G.G.E. Gielen;P.R. Kinget;W. Sansen

  • A 52 GHz Phased-Array Receiver Front-End in 90 nm Digital CMOS

    K. Scheir;S. Bronckers;J. Borremans;P. Wambacq

  • A 57-to-66GHz quadrature PLL in 45nm digital CMOS

    K. Scheir;G. Vandersteen;Y. Rolain;P. Wambacq

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

    Davide Guermandi;Qixian Shi;Andy Dewilde;Veerle Derudder

  • A mixed-signal design roadmap

    R. Brederlow;W. Weber;J. Sauerer;S. Donnay

  • Impact of front-end non-idealities on bit error rate performance of WLAN-OFDM transceivers

    B. Come;R. Ness;S. Donnay;L. Van der Perre

  • Low-power 5 GHz LNA and VCO in 90 nm RF CMOS

    D. Linten;L. Aspemyr;W. Jeamsaksiri;J. Ramos

  • A 79 GHz Phase-Modulated 4 GHz-BW CW Radar Transmitter in 28 nm CMOS

    Vito Giannini;Davide Guermandi;Qixian Shi;Alaa Medra

  • A +70-dBm IIP3 Electrical-Balance Duplexer for Highly Integrated Tunable Front-Ends

    Barend van Liempd;Benjamin Hershberg;Saneaki Ariumi;Kuba Raczkowski

  • Efficient symbolic computation of approximated small-signal characteristics of analog integrated circuits

    P. Wambacq;F. V. Fernandez;G. Gielen;W. Sansen

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