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Senior Researcher

João Vaz

Academic position: Associate Professor
Joining date: 04-10-2002
Roles in IT: Senior Researcher
Thematic Line: Wireless Technologies
Group: Wireless Circuits – Lx

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Address: IT – Lisboa
Instituto Superior Técnico - Torre Norte - Piso 10
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
1049 - 001 Lisboa
Tel: +351 21 841 84 54
Fax: +351 21 841 84 72

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Scientific Achievements

  • PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, 23-07-1998
  • MSc, Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-03-1991
  • Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 30-09-1987
  • Instituto Superior Técnico, 28-07-1998, Associate Professor
  • IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 01-12-1996, Senior Member
  • Ordem dos Engenheiros, 01-12-1987, Sócio
  • CMOS high-efficiency power amplifiers
  • CMOS frequency analog and digital synthesizers
  • CMOS and SiGe transceivers design
  • Ultra Low Power Design
  • CMOS Wireless Sensors for IoT
  • Monolhitic passive components design and characterization
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
  • P. M. Santos, L. Mendes, J. Vaz, HJQ Quaresma, Chapter 8: Layout strategies for substrate crosstalk reduction in low cost CMOS processes, Chapter in, Noise Coupling in System-on-Chip, Thomas Noulis, CRC-Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, 2017
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Currently running projects2

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
ACTON Accelerating the Future 5G/6G Deployments with Millimeter Wave Integrated Circuit Interfaces Generated by Deep Computer Vision FCT 01-02-2024 31-07-2026
POEMS PORTUGUESE COMPETENCE CENTRE IN SEMICONDUCTORS CHIPS JU 01-03-2025 28-02-2029

Closed Projects15

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
ACTFIL Active filters IT/LA 01-01-2004 31-12-2005
AME Advanced Microelectronics Engineering ICEP 01-10-2002 22-10-2003
COMMET A COmplete analog front-end for 3G MultiMEdia Terminals ADI 01-11-2002 31-10-2005
Digital_PAs Digital_PAs - Digital RF Power Amplifiers for Wireless Applications FCT/PTDC 01-01-2009 01-06-2012
GALACTIC Innovative GaAs MMICs and Avanced LTCC packaging technologies for multicomponents Ka Band subsystems EU 01-01-2002 31-12-2004
HAICAS Hierarchical Analog IC Automatic Synthesis IT 01-05-2020 30-04-2022
IRFDCMOS Integration of high-frequency dc-dc converters in RF CMOS SoC IT/LA 01-09-2005 01-06-2008
LAY(RF)^2 Ready-to-Fabricate RF and mmWave Integrated Circuit Layouts IT 01-02-2020 31-01-2022
LDMOSCA Low Distortion RF MOS Circuits Advances FCT/POCTI 01-01-2001 31-12-2002
NLRFCMOS Desenvolvimento de modelos não lineares de dispositivos para microondas e integração monolítica de circuitos não lineares em silício para telecomunicações CRUP 01-01-2003 31-12-2004
SiGeM Silicon Germanium MMICs for RF Front End Transceivers IT/LA 01-10-2005 01-07-2008
SWIPA Switching Mode Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications IT/LA 01-11-2008 01-11-2010
uFlexBat Batteryless energy supply system based on flexible organic photovoltaic cells IT/LA 01-12-2016 30-06-2019
WiFiRx Double-Band Multi_standard Frequency Front-End for WLAN aplications FCT/PTDC 01-09-2007 01-04-2010
WSN_EM Wireless Sensor Network for Environmental Monitoring FCT 01-09-2018 31-08-2022
  • J. Vaz, Excellent teacher on MT course, Considered excellent teacher on "Microelectrónica das Telecomunicações" MSc course, 1st term, 2017-2018., 01-05-2018
  • J. Vaz, Excellent teacher SIA course, Considered excellent teacher on "Sistemas Integrados Analógicos" MSc course, 2nd term, 2017-2018., 01-05-2018
  • J. Vaz, Docente Excelente, Considerado docente excelente relativamente à disciplina de Electrónica 1 leccionada no 2º semestre do ano lectivo 2010/11 no Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Electrotécnica e Computadores., 01-01-2012
  • J. Costa Freire, G.M. Marques, W. Tam, J. Vaz, MMIC Lumped and Transversal Filter with LC Tuned Amplifiers, Best Poster at GAAS'99 (, 05-10-1999
  • J. Vaz, EMERGENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUTURE WIRELESS SYSTEMS, Portugal, Aveiro, 09-2012
  • J. Vaz, Introdução às Telecomunicações” (Ciência Viva no Laboratório – Ocupação Científica de Jovens nas Férias), Portugal, Lisboa, 07-2012
  • J. Vaz, High-Efficiency Radiofrequency Power Amplifiers, Macau, Macau, 07-2011
  • Invited to chair Session 7b of XX Conference on Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems, Lisboa, Portugal, Outubro 2005., Sessions Chairman, 2005
  • ETRI Journal
    2013, 1 review(s); 2005, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Microwave Magazine
    2016, 1 review(s); 2012, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s);
  • Integration, the VLSI Journal
    2016, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs
    2020, 1 review(s); 2017, 1 review(s); 2016, 3 review(s);
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers
    2020, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
    2014, 1 review(s); 2013, 1 review(s); 2010, 2 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s); 2008, 2 review(s); 2006, 1 review(s);
  • Wireless Personal Communications
    2011, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE International Symp. on Circuits and Systems - ISCAS
    2015, 1 review(s); 2014, 1 review(s); 2013, 1 review(s); 2012, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s);
  • Conf. on Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems
    2012, 1 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s); 2006, 1 review(s); 2005, 1 review(s); 2004, 1 review(s); 2003, 1 review(s); 2002, 1 review(s); 2000, 1 review(s); 1999, 1 review(s);
  • Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele
    2009, 1 review(s); 2005, 1 review(s); 2003, 1 review(s); 2001, 1 review(s);
  • International Conf. on Telecommunications - ICT
    2006, 1 review(s);

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