ORF-RE Workshop

Intelligent Multiple Antenna Structures for Adaptive Wireless Systems

Low-Voltage, Low-Power Integrated RF Transceiver Circuits

11:00 – 12:00, Room DC 1302

Dr. M. Jamal Deen
McMaster University

This presentation is divided into two parts. In the first part, several examples of research efforts in designing different low-voltage, low-power radio-frequency (RF) transceiver circuit blocks are presented. In particular, five types of circuits are described. A fully integrated, 2.4 GHz low-power, power amplifier (PA) to demonstrate the feasibility of using CMOS PAs for low-transmit power applications is discussed. Next, two types of mixers, one targeting low-voltage (0.8V) applications and another for low phase noise direct conversion receivers are described. This is then followed by two designs of ultra-wideband low noise amplifiers (LNAs) using the cascade topology and special matching and filtering circuits. The performance of an integrated low-power receiver front-end is then discussed.

The talk will also include the design of a transimpedance amplifier suitable for optical communication receivers. Detailed results of bit-error-rate versus input power will be compared to existing published results. The presentation will conclude with an overview of current research conducted on micro- and nano-systems, done in collaboration with several partners. The research includes a biophotonic imaging system, a charge-based sensing system, and an ultra-wideband imaging system – all targeting medical and/or environmental applications.


M. Jamal Deen was born in Georgetown, Guyana, South America. He completed his Ph.D. degree (1985) in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. Dr. Deen’s Ph.D. dissertation was on the design and modeling of a new CARS spectrometer for dynamic temperature measurements and combustion optimization in rocket and jet engines. The project was sponsored and used by NASA, Cleveland, USA. Dr. Deen is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McMaster University and the holder of the Senior Canada Research Chair in Information Technology. His research interests are microelectronics/nanoelectronics and optoelectronics, and their emerging applications. Currently, he is leading or participating in several collaborative research projects on biomedical and environmental applications of nanotechnology and nanoscience.

Dr. Deen was a Fulbright Scholar from 1980 to 1982, an American Vacuum Society Scholar from 1983 to 1984, and an NSERC Senior Industrial Fellow in 1993. He was awarded the 2002 Thomas D. Callinan Award from the Electrochemical Society; a Humboldt Research Award in 2006; and has won seven best paper awards. Dr. Deen is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Electron Device Society. His research record includes more than 390 peer-reviewed articles (about 80 are invited), 14 invited book chapters and 7 awarded patents. Dr. Deen is currently an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Executive Editor of Fluctuations and Noise Letters, and Member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics, the Open Journal of Applied Physics, the Microelectronics Journal and the International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems.

Dr. Deen’s honors include being elected a Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE), a Fellow (Foreign) of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (FINAE), a Fellow of The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (FIEEE), and an Honorary Member of the World Innovation Foundation – the foundation’s highest honor.