Ramesh Harjani

E. F. Johnson Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota

• I am proud to be the Edgar F. Johnson Professor of Electronic Communications of a Minnesota company founded by an alumnus (class of 1921). A photograph of my E.F. Johnson Messenger 223 (kindly donated by my friend Roger Kaul)

Faculty, Digital Technology Center, University of Minnesota

Research Interests

• RF/Analog circuits for wireless communications
• Low power analog circuit design
• CAD techniques for analog circuit design

Videos on Research Interests

• CICCx: IC Insights Analog Circuit Design, Done for the IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society
• Introduction to RF research in the lab, Done for the University of Minnesota, Dept of ECE

Education

• Ph.D., EE, 1989, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
• MTech., EE, 1984, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
• BTech, EEE, 1982, Birla Institure of Technology & Science, Pilani, India
• O-levels, 1976, St. Xaviers, Kathmandu, Nepal

Awards/Recognition

• L.K. Maheshwari Distinguished Alumnus Award, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan 2019
• Best paper award, IEEE European Solid-Circuits Circuits Conference 2018
• E. F. Johnson Professor of Electronic Communications
• Fellow IEEE
• First prize winner SRC/IBM SiGe Design Challenge, 2003
• The Best of ICCAD – 20 Years of Excellence in Computer Aided Design", 2002. 
• Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (2001-2002)
• First prize winner SRC Copper Design Challenge, 2000
• Outstanding paper award, GOMAC 1998
• National Science Foundation, Research Initiation Award, 1991
• Paper selected among most significant papers in 24 years at the IEEE/ACM DAC
• Best Paper Award at the 24th IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference, 1987

Professional Activities

• Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer,  Bermai Inc 2001-2004
• Co-founder iSurgical, Inc.
• Technical Advisory Board, Zeevo, Prominent Communications Inc., Bermai Inc. 
• Visiting MTS, Lucent Technologies, Allentown, PA (1997, 1998)
• Chair: IEEE Circuits and Systems Society,  Analog Signal Processing Technical Committee (1999-2000)
• Associate Editor: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (1995-1997)
• Guest Editor: International Journal of High-Speed Electronics and Systems, Special issue on  High-Speed Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits, 2004
• Guest Editor: Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Special issue for the International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2004
• Guest Editor: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2009-2011
• Technical Program Committees (IEEE ISSCC, CICC, RFIC, ISCAS, DATE, DAC, ICCAD,..)