Ramesh Harjani
E. F. Johnson
Professor,
Department of Electrical
& Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota
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I am proud to be the Edgar F. Johnson Professor of Electronic
Communications of a Minnesota company founded by an alumnus (class of 1921). A
photograph of my E.F. Johnson Messenger
223 (kindly donated by my friend Roger Kaul)
Faculty, Digital Technology Center, University of
Minnesota
Research Interests
- RF/Analog circuits for wireless communications
- Low power analog circuit design
- CAD techniques for analog circuit design
Videos on Research Interests
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CICCx:
IC Insights Analog Circuit Design
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Done for the
IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society
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Introduction to RF
research in the lab
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Done for the
University of Minnesota, Dept of ECE
Education
- Ph.D., EE, 1989, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
- MTech., EE, 1984, Indian Institute of Technology, New
Delhi, India
- BTech, EEE, 1982, Birla Institure
of Technology & Science, Pilani, India
- O-levels, 1976, St. Xaviers, Kathmandu, Nepal
Awards/Recognition
- L.K. Maheshwari Distinguished Alumnus
Award, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan 2019
- Best paper award, IEEE European Solid-Circuits Circuits
Conference 2018
- E. F. Johnson Professor of Electronic Communications
- Fellow IEEE
- First prize winner SRC/IBM SiGe
Design Challenge, 2003
- The Best of ICCAD – 20 Years of Excellence in Computer Aided
Design", 2002.
- Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (2001-2002)
- First prize winner SRC Copper Design Challenge, 2000
- Outstanding paper award, GOMAC 1998
- National Science Foundation, Research Initiation Award, 1991
- Paper selected among most significant papers in 24 years at
the IEEE/ACM DAC
- Best Paper Award at the 24th IEEE/ACM Design Automation
Conference, 1987
Professional Activities
- Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Bermai Inc
2001-2004
- Co-founder iSurgical, Inc.
- Technical Advisory Board, Zeevo,
Prominent Communications Inc., Bermai Inc.
- Visiting MTS, Lucent Technologies, Allentown, PA (1997, 1998)
- Chair: IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, Analog Signal
Processing Technical Committee (1999-2000)
- Associate Editor: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
II (1995-1997)
- Guest Editor: International Journal of High-Speed Electronics
and Systems, Special issue on High-Speed Mixed-Signal Integrated
Circuits, 2004
- Guest Editor: Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal
Processing, Special issue for the International Symposium on Circuits and
Systems, 2004
- Guest Editor: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2009-2011
- Technical Program Committees (IEEE ISSCC, CICC, RFIC, ISCAS,
DATE, DAC, ICCAD,..)
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