May 05, 2017
The RF System role may not be as well defined as the role of a circuit designer. In this talk we will give a very brief overview of what an RF System engineer can work on and what tools we like to use. Even though we also work on algorithms the focus will be on system level physical descriptions. As such we will show case NFC and show how that system is modelled.
Tools plays an important role in what we can do so a few pointers will be devoted on efficient work with transfer functions.
Finally, spured by the current IoT wave we round off with some wishful thoughts and guesses about what the future may bring.
Magnus is a CMOS and RF System specialist with strong background in automatic control systems and more than 17 years of industry experience in deep sub-micron CMOS wireless systems. As he is getting older he now brings over 20 years of experience in designing RF, analog and mixed signal integrated circuits. Of special interests are innovative communication transceivers, circuit design automation and modeling for robust design. At Ericsson and Fujitsu he was involved in all phases of RFIC development from architecture definition through technology selection, circuit design and verification testing. Magnus is currently managing a RF Systems group at Qualcomm Atheros.
Magnus have been honored to contribute to the IEEE society, both as treasurer, secretary and as a co-founder of the Swedish branch of IEEE Solid State Circuits. For a few years he was part of IEEE standardization efforts: Earned voting status in the IEEE 802.15.3c mm-Wave PAN and the IEEE 802.15.4 low-data rate PAN standard. Lately he has contributed to the IEEE community by organizing workshops at IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Symposium (RFIC). Since 2013 he has served as a Technical Program Committee Member for IEEE RFIC Wireless Cellular and & Connectivity ICs.