Advances in Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits for Wireless Systems: Modeling and Design Technologies is a central source of knowledge on MMIC development, containing research on theory, design, and practical approaches to integrated circuit devices. This book is of interest to researchers in industry and academia working in the areas of circuit design, integrated circuits, and RF and microwave, as well as anyone with an interest in monolithic wireless device development.
Ahmad Ismat Abdul Rahim (drismat@tmrnd.com.my) was born in Penang, Malaysia in 1971. He received his B.Eng (Hons.) in Electrical Engineering, MSc. in Microelectronics Systems Design and Ph.D in Microelectronics in 1994, 1995 and 1999 respectively, all from the University of Southampton, England, U.K. He was Technology Development Leader with MIMOS Berhad (www.mimos.my) involved in the development of 0.35um CMOS, BiCMOS and SiGe technologies; Wafer Fabrication Specialist & TCAD Sales Engineer for IC Microsystems Sdn. Bhd. (www.icmic.com) and Senior Design Engineer, Penang Design Center, Intel Microelectronics (M) Sdn. Bhd. responsible for design-process interaction analysis and device physics-design investigation and for P1263 (90nm) process model characterization for next generation chipset design. He is currently Associate Principal Researcher in the Advanced Physical Laboratory at Telekom Malaysia R&D Sdn. Bhd. (www.tmrnd.com.my), involved in the development of MMICs and RFICs for applications in Radio-Over-Fiber (ROF) and Fiber Wireless (FiWi) systems for Gbps Next Generation Broadband communication systems. Ahmad Ismat has published over 50 technical papers and filed 4 patents. His research interests are in device and circuit design and modeling for MMICs and RFICs.
Dr. Mourad Loulou was born in Sfax, Tunisia in 1968. He received the Engineering Diploma from the National School of Engineers of Sfax in 1993. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1998 in electronics system design from the University of Bordeaux France. He joints the electronic and information technology laboratory of Sfax "LETI" since 1998 and he has been assistant Professor at the National School of Engineers of Sfax from 1999. Since 2004 he obtained his HDR from the University of Sfax and he has been an associate Professor. Currently he supervises the Analogue, Mixed Mode and RF Design Group EleCom of LETI Laboratory. His current research interests are on Analogue, Mixed and RF CMOS integrated circuits for communications and design automation of analogue CMOS Integrated Circuits. He is senior member IEEE; he is currently the IEEE Tunisia Section and CAS Chapter chair. [Editor]