Prof. Bruno Neri  -     

He received the Master of Science degree “cum laude” from the University of Pisa in 1980. In 1983, he joined as Assistant Professor the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications (today “Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione: Elettronica, Informatica, Telecomunicazioni” or DIIEIT) of the same University. In 1992, he became Associate Professor and, since 2000, is Full Professor in Electronics. Today, he is professor of Electronics for Radiofrequencies and Instrumentation. He is at the head of the DIIEIT and in charge for the courses of Microwave Integrated Circuits and Electronics for Mobile Communication Systems. Since 1984, he has investigated the main failure mechanisms of microelectronic devices by means of non-destructive techniques based on low-frequency noise measurements, focusing his research activity on the design of extremely low-noise instrumentation. He has been the leading researcher at the University of Pisa for the EU programme "ADEQUAT 0.25 um" and for two other research projects in the framework of the finalized project MADESS II: the former concerning electromigration and the latter focused on the dielectric breakdown in thin-oxide MOS structures. Since 1992, his research activity has been addressed to the design of radio-frequency integrated circuits for mobile communication systems. In 1996, he was applied on the design of selective low-noise integrated amplifiers within the framework of the research project “MADESS II” aimed at the integration of transceivers for wireless applications. Therein he developed an innovative approach (named, Boot-Strapped Inductor) to realize high-quality factor active equivalent inductors on standard silicon technologies. From 2003 to 2004 he has been in-chief for the national research programme "5-6 GHz multi-standard transceiver for domotic WLAN" in which the integration of the overall transceiver on a standard silicon technology has been successfully reached (for the first time at these frequencies) by using an innovative solution for the antenna switch. He is co-author of more than 90 papers published in peer-reviewed journals and proceedings of international conferences. He is also co-author of two patents concerning innovative RF switches for single antenna wireless terminals. He is presently involved in the European Network of Excellence in Wireless Communications (NEWCom – WPR3). In December 2005, he received the First Price at NEWCom European Wireless Business Idea Competition "M. Boella" organized by I3P (Incubatore Imprese Innovative del Politecnico di Torino).

Dr. Alessandro Fonte  -  

He received the Ph.D, the M.S. and the Bachelor degrees in electronic engineering at the University of Pisa, Italy, in 2008, 2005 and 2002, respectively. His work of PhD thesis was focused on Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs) design. In particular, as far the 'RF-CMOS design of System-on-Chip Microwave Radiometer' is concerned. The M.Sc. thesis was focused on the 'Design of a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) at 13-GHz for radiometric applications', and the Bachelor thesis was focused on the 'Characterization and design of digital circuits in CMOS technology'. He is currently with Radio-Frequency Laboratory (RFLab) at the University of Pisa. His research interests concern very high frequency and low-power radio design. He is a member of the IEEE society. His work received the "Silver Leaf" and the "Bronze Leaf" at the IEEE International Conference on "Ph.D. Research In Microelectronics and Electronics" (PRIME) in 2007 and 2009, respectively.

Ms. Martina Mincica  -  martina.mincica@iet.unipi.it

She received the Bachelor and the M.Sc. degrees in electronic engineering at the University of Pisa, Italy. She is currently a Ph.D. student of the doctorate course in Information Engineering at the University of Pisa. Her research interests concern the very high frequency and low-power radio design.

Ms. Elisa Valentini  -  elisa.valentini@iet.unipi.it

She received the Bachelor and the M.Sc. degrees in electronic engineering at the University of Pisa, Italy. She is currently a Ph.D. student of the doctorate course in Information Engineering at the University of Pisa. Her research interests concern the very high frequency hybrid MIC's microelectronic systemdesign. She is a member of the IEEE society. She is currently at Navico Auckland Limited, New Zealand.

Mr. Riki Massini  -  

He received the Bachelor and the M.Sc. degrees in electronic engineering at the University of Pisa, Italy. He is applied to hybrid MIC's microelectronics for GHz and Gb/sec communication systems: physics, modeling, technology and design.
 
 

RFLab Group

RFLab, some Ph.D., M.Sc. students and members