Annual Report 2005 - Instytut Systemów Elektronicznych

INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS - Annual Report 2005
1.4. Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation Division
Head:
Janusz A. Dobrowolski, Full Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Room: 250
Phone: 0-22 660 7669
e-mail: JAD@ise.pw.edu.pl
Staff:
Adam Abramowicz, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
Miroslaw Adamski, (on leave),
Assistant Professor Ph.D.,
Krzysztof Antoszkiewicz, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
Marek T. Faber, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
Zbigniew Nosal, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
Wojciech Wiatr, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
Elzbieta G. Fistek, Senior R&D Engineer, M.Sc.
Group profile:
• Monolithic microwave integrated circuits -
analysis, design and testing,
• Microwave measurement techniques and
systems,
• High frequency and microwave communication
systems,
• Computer aided analysis and design of
microwave circuits (active and passive).
Historical note:
The Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation
Division was established in 1975 and, since then, has
promoted 110 M.Sc.’s and 15 Ph.D.’s. Members of the
Group have written more than 600 scientific papers and
have taken active part in about 100 conferences. 65
research projects have been performed and many of
them resulted in the unique microwave equipment
fabricated by the Microwave Circuits and
Instrumentation Division staff.
Purpose:
The Microwave Circuits and Instrumentation
Division activities concern two main areas: education
and scientific research. A comprehensive education
program in the field of microwaves providing a
coherent series of courses, discussions, seminars,
independent studies or investigations leads to academic
and professional degrees. The Microwave Circuits and
Instrumentation Division als o offer courses in
millimeter wave techniques, monolithic microwave
integrated circuits and advanced measurement
techniques for qualified professionals. The Microwave
Circuits and Instrumentation Division conducts an
extensive scientific and applied research within the
microwave area and provides services in the design and
development of a microwave communication
equipment - such as receivers and low power
transmitters in the frequency range up to 40 GHz.
Main research topics:
• Modeling, design and testing of monolithic
microwave integrated circuits (GaAs MMIC's)
and Si CMOS RF IC for communication systems,
• Advanced computer aided measurements of
microwave semiconductor devices (scattering and
noise parameter extraction, methodology of
measurements, computer-controlled test systems),
• Novel microwave filter structures (filters
employing dielectric resonators and high
temperature superconductors), measurements of
DR parameters, theory of coupled transmission
lines,
• Synthesis of low noise microwave amplifiers.
Recent achievements:
• Development of a new design method for high
quality tunable filters,
• Development RF receiver blocks in Si CMOS
technology.
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