Publications
2009
Journal Papers
Felic, G, Skafidas, E, Flip-Chip Interconnection Effects on 60 GHz Microstrip Antenna Performance, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, May 2009, Vol 8, pp: 283 - 286
Conference Papers
Felic, G, Skafidas, E, Wideband CPW-Fed Stacked Microstrip Antenna for 60 GHz Wireless Transceiver, 11th Australian Symposium on Antennas, Marsfield, Australia, February 2009
2008
Journal Papers
Mo Y. - 50 GHz static frequency divider in 130 nm CMOS, Electronics Letters, Feb. 2008, Volume: 44, pp: 285-286.
Yang, B., Skafidas, E., Evans, R.J.- 60 GHz compact integrated cross-coupled SIR-MH bandpass filter on bulk CMOS, Electronics Letters, Vol. 44, (12), June, 2008. pp.738 – 740.
Zhang, F., Skafidas, E., and Shieh, W.,- 60 GHz double-balanced up-conversion mixer on 130 nm CMOS technology; Electronics Letters, vol. 44, pp. 633-634, 2008.
Conference Papers
Felic G, Skafidas E, A 60 GHz CPW-Fed Stacked Microchip Antennna, July 2008, pp. 5, San Diego, CA, USA IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE, Symposium Digest.
Felic, G Skafidas E, A Microstrip Antenna with Flip-Chip Interconnect for Millimetre Wave Transceiver on CMOS, July 2008, pp 1-4, San Diego, CA, USA ,IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE, ISBN: 978-1-4244-2041-4
Felic G. and Skafidas E., - A Microstrip Antenna for 60 GHz CMOS Transceiver System in a Package, 2008 Asia Pacific Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, pp 327-330, 19-22 May, 2008, Singapore
Liu Z., Skafidas E. and Evans R. A 70 GHz VCO with 8 GHz Tuning Range in 0.13um CMOS Technology, European Microwave Integrated Circuits (EuMIC) Conference, pp.302-305, 17-31 October, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Liu, Z, Skafidas, E, Evans, RJ, A 60 GHz VCO with 6 GHz Tuning range in 130 nm Bulk CMOS, 2008 International Conference on Miicrowave and Millimetre Wave technology (ICMMT), Nanjing, P R China, April 21 - 24, pp 209-211 (Best Student Paper Finalist)
Mo Y., Skafidas E. and Evans R. - Analysis and Design of a 50-GHz 2:1 CMOS CML Static Frequency Divider Based on LC-tank, The European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference 2008 (EuMIC 2008), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 27-28 October 2008.
Mo Y., Skafidas E., Evans R.J. and Mareels I., - A 40 GHz Power Efficient Static CML Frequency Divider in 0.13-um CMOS Technology for High Speed Millimeter-Wave Wireless Systems, ICCSC 2008. 4th IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems for Communications, 2008. May 2008, pp. 812 - 815.
Skafidas E., Zhang F., Yang B., Wicks B. and Liu Z. and Evans R.J. - A CMOS 60 GHz Direct Conversion Transmitter with Digital Calibration Control, pp. B7-05, APMC 2008, Hongkong , Macao, China, December 2008.
Ta C.M., Skafidas E., Evans R.J., Hoang C.D. - A Millimeter-Wave Phase Shifter on CMOS for Beamforming Applications, 6-10 July 2008, The International Conference on Electrical Engineering 2008 (ICEE 2008), Okinawa, Japan, July 2008.
Wicks B. N., Skafidas E., Evans R. J., and Mareels I.- A 75 – 95 GHz Wideband CMOS Power Amplifier. The European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference 2008 (EuMIC 2008), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 27-28 October 2008.
Wicks, B, Skafidas, E., and Evans R.J. - A 60 GHz Fully-Integrated Doherty Power Amplifier Based on 0.13-ìm CMOS Process, Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC 2008), Atlanta, USA, 15-17 June, 2008.
Wicks, B, Ta, C.M., Skafidas E., Evans R.J., and Mareels I., A 60 GHz Power Amplifier and Transmit/Receive Switch for Integrated CMOS Wireless Transceivers, The 2008 International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology (ICMMT 2008), Nanjing, P. R. China, April 21-24, 2008.
Yang B., Skafidas E. and Evans R.J.- Design of 60GHz Millimetre-Wave Integrated SIR-MH Microstrip Bandpass Filters on Bulk CMOS, The European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference 2008 (EuMIC 2008), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 27-28 October 2008.
Zhang F., Skafidas E., Shieh W., Yang B., Wicks B.N. and Liu Z. - A 60 GHz Double-Balanced Mixer for Direct Up-Conversion Transmitter on 130-nm CMOS, IEEE Compound Semiconductor IC Symposium (CSICS), Monterey/USA, October 12-15, 2008, pp. 135-138.
Zhang F., Yang B., Wicks B., Liu Z., Ta C.M., Mo Y., Wang K., Felic G., Nadagouda P., Walsh T., Shieh W., Mareels I., Evans R.J. and Skafidas E. - A 60 GHz Direct-Conversion Transmitter on 130-mm CMOS, Nov 3-5, 2008, IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), Fukuoka/Japan, Pp.137-140.
Patent Filings
PCT/AU2008/001410 – Millimetre Wave Bandpass Filter on CMOS – September 2008
12/130869 – High-Isolation Transmit/Receive Switch on CMOS for Millimetre-wave Applications (USA)
2008901258 – Integration of Microstrip Antenna with CMOS Transceiver – March 2008
2007
Journal Papers
Liu, C., Skafidas, E., Evans, R.J., Characterization of the 60 GHz Wireless Desktop Channel, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol 55 no. 7, pp 2129-2133, July, 2007
Conference Papers
B. Wicks, E. Skafidas, I. Mareels and R.J. Evans, A 46.7-46.9 GHz CMOS MMIC Power Amplifier for Automotive Radar Applications, Proceedings of Antennas, Radar and Wave Propagation, 2007 Montreal Canada
Felic, G, Dolente, A, Modelling of Transient Waveforms for PCB Circuits in Power Electronics, 18th Zurich International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, September 2007, Munich, Germany
Felic, G.; Skafidas, E. An Integrated Transformer Balun for 60 GHz Silicon RF IC Design, July 30 2007-Aug. 2 2007 Page(s):541 – 542, International Symposium on Signals, Systems and Electronics, 2007. ISSSE '07.
G. Felic and E. Skafidas, Numerical Modelling of Transformer Balun For 60-GHz Silicon RF ICs Design, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Symposium, September 2007, Melbourne, Australia.
Liu, Z, Skafidas, E, Evans, R, A 60 GHz 130nm CMOS VCO with Ultra Wide Tuning Range, 7th WSEAS International Conference on Instrumentation, Measurement, Circuits and Systems (IMCAS '07), Hangzhou China, April 2007, pp.149-152.
Mo Y., A 60-GHz Broad-Band Frequency Divider in 0.13-um CMOS, Proceedings of the 6th WSEAS International Conference on Instrumentation, Measurement, Circuits & Systems (IMCAS'07) April, 2007, pp. 153-157.
Ta-Minh, C, Yang, B.; Mo, Y., Wang, K., Wicks, B., Zhang, F.; Liu, Z., Liu, C., Felic, G., Nadagouda, P., Walsh, T., Skafidas, E., Issues in the Implementation of a 60GHz Transceiver on CMOS, The 2nd International Conference on Wireless Broadband and Ultra Wideband Communications, AusWireless 2007, Sydney, August 27-30, Invited Paper
Yang, B.; Mo, Y.; Wang, K.; Feng, Y.; Wicks, B.; Ta-Minh, C.; Zhang, F.; Liu, Z.; Liu, C.; Felic, G.; Nadagouda, P.; Walsh, T.; Skafidas, E. Implementation of a Gigabit Per Second Millimeter Wave Transceiver on CMOS, 2nd International Conference on Wireless Broadband and Ultra Wideband Communications (Auswireless 2007), August 2007, Sydney Australia, pp 71-75.
Yang, B., Mo, Y., Wang, K., Feng Y., Wicks, B., Ta-Minh, C., Zhang, F., Liu, Z., Liu, C., Felic, G., Nadagouda, P., Walsh, T., Skafidas, E., Issues in the Implementation of a 60GHz Transceiver on CMOS, IEEE International Workshop on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology RFIT2007, December 2007, Singapore, Invited Paper
Yang B., Skafidas E., Evans R.J., Design of Integrated Millimeter Wave Microstrip Intedigital Bandpass Filters on CMOS, EuMC 2007 - Munich Germany
Zhang F., Skafidas E., Shieh W., A 60-GHz Double Balanced Gilbert Cell Down Conversion Mixer on 130nm CMOS, 2007 IEEE RFIC Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2007, pp.141-144.
Zongru Liu, Efstratios Skafidas and Rob Evans, Phase Noise Reduction Techniques for Multigigabit per Second OFDM System Operating at 60 GHz, Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, Dec 02-05, 2007.
2006
Journal Papers
Yang, B, Skafidas, E, Evans, RJ, Empirical Design Consideration of The Q-Factor of On-Chip Square Spiral Inductors On Silicon-On-Sapphire, WSEAS Transactions On Circuits And Systems, Issue 5, Volume 5, May 2006, Page 697-704.
Liu Z., Skafidas E. and Evans R.J., Small Signal Model and Extraction Procedure for RF SoS MOSFETs, WSEAS Tran on Circuits and Systems, Issue 2, vol. 5, Feb 2006. pp.196-202
Conference Papers
Yang, B, Skafidas, S, Evans, RJ, Empirical Study of the Q-Factor of Integrateed Square Spiral Inductors on Silicon-On-Sapphire, 2006 WEAS Conference, Hangzhou, China, April 2006, pp 192-197
Liu Z., Skafidas E., and Evans R.J., RF SoS MOSFET Small Signal Model Extraction, Proceedings of the 5th WSEAS Int. Conference on Electronics, Hardware, Wireless and Optical Communications, Madrid, Spain, February 15-17, 2006, pp.82-87.
Liu C., Skafidas E., Evans R.J. Measurement and Statically Modelling of the 60 Ghz Desktop Multipath Channel. WSEAS Transaction on Communications, Issue 8, Volume 5, August 2006, Vol 5 2006, pp. 1481-1487.
Liu C., Skafidas E., Pollock T., and Evans R.J., Angle of arrival extended s-v model for the 60 ghz wireless desktop channel, PIMRC'06, September 2006, Finland.
Skafidas S., Hewitt D., Performance and Applications of Gigabit OFDM over Optical Fibre Systems in Metro and Access Networks, Proceedings of ECOC 2006, Cannes France, September 2006, Vol 3, pp. 429-430.
Liu C., Skafidas E., and Evans R.J., Characterization of the 60 GHz Wireless Desktop Channel, 10th WSEAS CSCC, July, 2006, Greece, CD Rom.
Wang K., Skafidas E., Evans R.J. A 65mW 1.2G Samples/s 6-bit Flash ADC in 0.13μm CMOS, WSEAS Transaction on Circuits and Systems, Issue 9, Volume 5, September 2006, pp. 1409-1416.
Felic G., A Modelling technique for Power printed Circuit Board in Power Electronics, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Australia Symposium 2006, September 2006, Melbourne, Australia.
Other
Liu C., Skafidas E., Pollock T., Evans R.J., Miniutti D., NICTA Indoor 60 GHz Channel Measurements and Analysis Update, IEEE Standards 802.15-06-0222-00-003c, May 2006.
Pollock T., Krusevac Z., Krusevac S., Gupta K., Miniutti D., Liu C., Skafidas E., NICTA Indoor 60 GHz Channel Measurements and Analysis Update, IEEE Standards 802.15-06-0221-00-003c, May 2006.
Pollock, T, Skafidas, S, Liu, C, Krusevac, Z, Krusevac, S, Gupta, A, Miniutti, D, Indoor 60 GHz Channel Model with AoA, IEEE Standards 802.15-06-0221-00-003c, March 2006.