Master students (listed in reversed chronological order of joining the group)
Glenn Gilmartin was a Master’s student in 2023-2024 in the ME Electronic and Computer Engineering program at University College Dublin (UCD). Glenn received a BSc in Electronic Engineering from UCD in 2023.
His Thesis project was:
1. Modelling of an All-Digital Fractional-N PLL for FMCW Radar Applications.
Fergal Kilgannon was a Master's student in UCD's Electronic and Computer Engineering programme of 2024. He received a BSc in Electronic Engineering from UCD in 2023.
His Thesis project was:
1. Framework For Evaluating Non-Ideal Analogy MAC Components in CNNs.
Junyi He was a Master student at UCD in 2022. He received his Bachelor degree in 2018 from Henan University of Science and Technology major in Electronic Science and Technology.
His research interests are:
1. Design of Fast-Transient Output Capacitorless LDO based on Flipped Voltage Follower.
Yevhenii Mormul was a Master student in 2023-2024 working on the Noise-shaping pipeline SAR TDC. He had been at UCD since September 2019. He received his ME Computer and Electronic Engineering in University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland in 2024.
His research interests are:
1. Analog and Mixed-Signal IC-Design,
2. Data Converters,
3. Reference Circuits,
4. Frequency Synthesisers,
5. Cryogenic Circuitry .
Vivek Govindaraj was a PhD student at UCD between October 2015 and Sept. 2020. His project title was “Wave Locked Loop(WLL) based Frequency Synthesizers for mmWave-5G and IoT Applications”. He received his MSc degree in Signal Processing from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2014. He received his BSc degree in Electronics and Communication from Anna University, India, in 2012.
List of publications:
ORCID
His research interests are:
1. mmwave ADPLLs and Frequency synthesizers,
2. Direct-RF receivers for ULE and mmwave applications,
3. Polar Tx design for 5G and IoT applications.
Hesam Khanmohammad was a Master student in 2019. He had been at UCD since May 2016. He received his MSc degree in Electrical Engineering (Micro-Electronics) from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in 2014. He received his BSc degree in Electrical Engineering (Electronics) from Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in 2012.
His research interests are:
• Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Design,
• Low-power Data Converter Design,
• Biomedical-specific IC Design,
• IC Design for Optical and high-speed Communications.
Milad Piri is currently a Master student. He has been at UCD since Nov 2016. He received his MScs degree in Microelectronics from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in 2015. He received his BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from Shahid Rajee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran in 2013.
His research interests are:
• RF Circuits and Systems,
• Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Design.
Changkai LU was a Master student at UCD in 2018. He received his Bachelor degree in 2016 from Beijing University of Technology and University College Dublin, Ireland, major in Internet of Things. He did a 22nm LVDS receiver in the summer time.
His current project and research interests are:
• Modelling of ADPLL in Polar Transmitter using Event-Driven Based Approach.
Guangze XU was a Master student at UCD in 2018. He received his BSc communication engineering from Lanzhou University of Technology, China, in June 2013.
His current project and research interests are:
• The design of lower phase noise DCO.
Hao ZHENG was a Master student at UCD in 2018. He received his BSc communication engineering from Lanzhou University of Technology, China, in June 2013.
His current project and research interests are:
• The design of lower phase noise DCO.
Wei ZHU was a Master student at UCD in 2018. He received his BSc from Wuhan University of Technology, China, in June 2015. I worked as an intern software designer in Wuhan City Yi Ban in China for one-year period in 2014.
His current project and research interests are:
• Sub Threshold Voltage Logic Cell Standard Library Design.
Cian Rafferty was a Master's student Electronics and Computers at UCD in 2017. He received his BSc degree in Electronics and Computers from UCD, Ireland, in August 2015. He worked as an intern design engineer in the Intel Quark Group in Ireland for 8 months period in 2015.
His current project and research interests are:
• A Low-Noise Amplifier for Multiband IoT.
• Low power RF transceiver and digital design for IoT SoC applications.
James Rooney was a Master's student at UCD in 2017. He received his BSc degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from UCD, Ireland.
His current project is:
• An Injection-Locked Time-Mode ADC.
Conor Browne was a Master's student at UCD in 2017. He received his BSc degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from UCD, Ireland.
His current project is:
• An Injection-Locked Time-Mode ADC.
Brian Attride was a Master's student in the electronic and computer engineering in 2017. He received his BSc degree in science in engineering in 2014 from UCD, Ireland.
His current project is:
• The Design, Modelling, Characterisation and Measurements of an RF Switchable Attenuator.