{"64568":{"#nid":"64568","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Madan, Cressler Receive IEEE\/BTCM Best Student Paper Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor John Cressler and his Ph.D. student Anuj Madan\u2013both of the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u2013and their collaborator at IBM received the Best Student Paper Award at the 2010 IEEE Bipolar\/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM). \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper, \u201cA High Linearity Inverse Mode SiGe BiCMOS RF Switch,\u201d was presented at the conference, held in early October in Austin, Tex., and published in the conference proceedings. The BCTM is the premier international conference dealing with bipolar and BiCMOS technology, devices, and circuits.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPower handling and distortion in RF and microwave switches is a key bottleneck in many monolithic RF system applications implemented in silicon-based technology. The research presented centered on the use of a SiGe HBT operating inverse mode (effectively, upside down) to boost power handling significantly, while at the same time decreasing signal distortion.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis approach is something that had not been previously attempted in RF switch design. The performance of the improved RF switch was demonstrated, and the understanding of why it works so well was presented. Further work on integration of such switches in RF system design are currently in progress.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"ECE Professor John Cressler, his Ph.D. student Anuj Madan, and their collaborator at IBM received the Best Student  Paper Award at the 2010 IEEE Bipolar\/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM). The paper, \u201cA High Linearity Inverse Mode SiGe BiCMOS RF Switch,\u201d was presented at the conference, held in early October in Austin, Tex., and published in the conference proceedings.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Anuj Madan \u0026 John Cressler Receive IEEE\/BTCM Best Student Paper"}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2010-10-15 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:15","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64569":{"id":"64569","type":"image","title":"awards presentation photo of Anuj Madan, John Cres","body":null,"created":"1449176753","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:53","changed":"1475894567","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:47","alt":"awards presentation photo of Anuj Madan, John Cres","file":{"fid":"192025","name":"tzm75112.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tzm75112_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tzm75112_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":34705,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tzm75112_0.jpg?itok=njmFA3cI"}}},"media_ids":["64569"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/users.ece.gatech.edu\/~cressler","title":"SiGe Research Group"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=123","title":"John Cressler"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ieee-bctm.org\/","title":"2010 IEEE Bipolar\/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"12082","name":"IEEE Bipolar\/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM)"},{"id":"7763","name":"John Cressler"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Jackie Nemeth\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}