Student project: Harmonic cancellation

Contribute to novel innovations on state-of-the-art transmitter architectures.

What you will do

Many modern transmitter architectures are very good at transmitting at a specific frequency. Unfortunately, they are also very good at creating (undesired) higher order harmonics that occur in the output spectrum.  This project aims at designing a high-efficiency transmitter that can successfully suppress these higher order harmonics.

You will do:

• Literature studies on state-of-the-art harmonic cancellation architectures
• Background study harmonic cancellation
• Architecture study and proposal
• Circuit implementation
• Layout and post-layout simulation
• Thesis writing and documentation
• In case of high-quality design: the design can be implemented into a test-chip which will be produced (tape-out) 

What we do for you

As a world-best research institute, we are the center of excellence in RF research. You will receive supervision from researchers in the field of transmitters. You will collaborate with experts in the field of transmitter system design, application and software development. You will get the opportunity to experience all steps of a research project, from architecture design to possibly even chip fabrication and measurements of your own design. 

Who you are

• You are a MSc student
• You are available for a period of 9-12 months
• Good analytical skills (e. g. Mathematical skills)
• Good CAD skills (e. g. python/MATLAB/Cadence)
• Knowledge of designing CMOS circuits
• Knowledge of RF systems and transmitters
• Structured way of reporting, both orally and written
• Motivated student eager to work independently and expand knowledge in the field
• Good written and verbal English skills

Interested

Does this position sound like an interesting next step in your career at imec? Don’t hesitate to submit your application by clicking on ‘APPLY NOW’.
Should you have more questions about the job, you can contact jobs@imec.nl.