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... Luís Miguel Moreira Mendes

Researcher

Luís Mendes

Academic position: Assistant Professor
Joining date: 01-12-2003
Roles in IT: Researcher
Thematic Line: Wireless Technologies
Group: Wireless Circuits – Lx

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Address: IT – Lisboa
Instituto Superior Técnico - Torre Norte - Piso 10
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Tel: +351 21 841 84 54

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Scientific Achievements

  • PhD, Universidade de Lisboa, 12-02-2020
  • MSc, Universidade de Coimbra, 26-07-2002
  • Licenciatura, Universidade de Coimbra, 10-10-1995
  • Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, 01-01-1997,
2Supervision of MSc theses
As Supervisor
3Supervision of BSc theses
As Co-supervisor
1Books Chapters
  • 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
7Papers in Journals
39Papers in Conferences
  • J. Deuermeir, A. Kiazadeh, D. Cunha, D. Papanastasiou, M. Franco, A. Kelly, J. Neilson, J. Coleman, T. Mingates, J. Vaz, S. Matos, M.Ghatas Ghatas, L. Pessoa, E. Carlos, E. F. Fortunato, R. M. Martins, L. Mendes, Memristors from MoS2 by liquid-liquid interface assembly, nanoGe Neuronics Conference Neuronics25, Tsukuba, Japan, June, 2025 | BibTex
  • T. MINGATES, M.Ghatas Ghatas, J. Deuermeir, J. Neilson, J. Neilson, A. Kelly, J. Coleman, L. Mendes, J. Vaz, S.A. Matos, L. Lucci, Antonio Clemente Clemente, Z. Sofer, L. Pessoa, E. F. Fortunato, R. M. Martins, A. Kiazadeh, Scalable, Low-Cost Solution Processing of 2D Materials for High-Performance RRAM Applications, European Materials Research Society (EMRS) Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) EMRS Spring 25, Strasbourg, France, May, 2025 | BibTex
  • J. Deuermeir, T. MINGATES, J. Neilson, A. Kelly, J. Coleman, L. Mendes, J. Vaz, S.A. Matos, L. Lucci, Antonio Clemente Clemente, M.Ghatas Ghatas, A. Hameed, Z. Sofer, L. Pessoa, E. F. Fortunato, R. M. Martins, A. Kiazadeh, Unipolar and non-volatile RF switches for 6G with MoS2 by liquid-liquid interface assembly, European Materials Research Society (EMRS) Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) EMRS Spring 25, Estrasburg, France, May, 2025 | BibTex
  • J. C. Silva Silva, L. Mendes, J. Vaz, Highly Flexible and Scalable Millimeter Wave Software Defined Radio, IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. 538 - 543, June, 2024 | BibTex
  • J. Silva, L. Mendes, J. Vaz, Highly Flexible and Scalable Millimeter Wave Software Defined Radio, 17th Congress of the Portuguese Committee of URSI, Lisbon, Portugal, November, 2023 | BibTex
  • F. Passos, N. Lourenço, L. Mendes, R. M. Martins, J. Vaz, N. Horta, A 23.5-32.5GHz, 17dBm PSAT and 37.5% PAE Power Amplifier Synthesized Using an Automated Design Methodology, IEEE International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design - SMACD, Funchal, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, July, 2023 | BibTex
  • F. Passos, R. M. Martins, N. Lourenço, L. Mendes, J. Vaz, N. Horta, Efficient Hierarchical mm-Wave System Synthesis with Embedded Accurate Transformer and Balun Machine Learning Models, Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference ASP-DAC, Tokyo, Japan, Vol., pp. 64 - 69, January, 2023 | BibTex
  • J. C. Silva Silva, L. Mendes, A Flexible Software Defined Radio Platform for Es’hail 2 Satellite Amateur Communications, REC2022 - XVIII Jornadas sobre Sistemas Reconfiguráveis REC2022, Leiria, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, July, 2022 | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, J. Vaz, F. Passos, N. Lourenço, R. M. Martins, Automatic Design of High-Gain 26.5-to-29.5-GHz Transformer-Less Low-Noise Amplifier 1.86-to-8.87-mW Variants in 65-nm CMOS, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems ISCAS, Austin, United States, May, 2022,
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  • R. F. Ribeiro Ribeiro, L. Mendes, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, J. Costa Freire, A 130 nm CMOS LNA for 30 GHz Applications, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, April, 2011 | BibTex
  • E. S. Pires Pires, L. Mendes, P. B. Oliveira, J. A. Machado, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, Maximin Spreading Algorithm, IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence - WCCI, Barcelona, Spain, Vol., pp. -- - --, July, 2010 | BibTex
  • F. Azevedo, L. Mendes, V. Fialho, J. Vaz, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, A 1.8V/5GHz CMOS WLAN Low Noise Amplifier Integrated with Active BALUN, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, Vol. n, pp. n - n, May, 2009,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • F. Azevedo, L. Mendes, J. Vaz, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, A 5GHz/1.8V Low Power CMOS Low-Noise Amplifier, Asia Pacific Microwave Conf. - APMC, Hong Kong, China, Vol. 000, pp. 000 - 000, December, 2008,
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  • F. Azevedo, L. Mendes, J. Vaz, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, A 5GHz/1.8V CMOS Active Balun Integrated With LNA, Asia Pacific Microwave Conf. - APMC, Hong Kong, China, Vol. na, pp. na - na, December, 2008,
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  • L. Mendes, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, A Low Power Low Phase Noise Wide Switched Tuned Band LC VCO for S Band Applications, Asia Pacific Microwave Conf. - APMC, Hong Kong – Macau, Hong Kong, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, December, 2008 | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, E. S. Pires Pires, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, P. B. Oliveira, Automated Synthesis Procedure of RF Discrete Tuning Differential Capacitance Circuits, Asia Pacific Microwave Conf. - APMC, Hong Kong – Macau, Hong Kong, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, December, 2008 | BibTex
  • F. Azevedo, L. Mendes, J. Vaz, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, A Low Power 1.8V/5GHz Monolithic Low-Noise Amplifier, Jornadas de Engenharia de Electrónica e Telecomunicações e de Computadores do ISEL, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. na, pp. na - na, November, 2008,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • E. S. Pires Pires, L. Mendes, P. B. Oliveira, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, Single-Objective Pareto Front Optimization: Application to RF Circuit Design, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conf. - GECCO, Atlanta, United States, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, July, 2008 | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, E. S. Pires Pires, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, A High-Performance Digitally Controlled LC Oscillator for Ku-Band Applications, IEEE International Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Marrakech, Morocco, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, December, 2007 | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, E. S. Pires Pires, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, An Evolutionary Synthesis Algorithm to Design Optimum Performance CMOS RFSSCAs, IEEE International Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Marrakech, Morocco, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, December, 2007 | BibTex
  • E. S. Pires Pires, L. Mendes, P. B. Oliveira, J. A. Machado, N. M. Ferreira, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, Single-Objective MaxMin Sorting Scheme: Application to Radio Frequency Circuit Design, International Conf. on Electrical Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, November, 2007 | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, E. S. Pires Pires, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, Automated Design of Radio-Frequency Single-Ended Switched Capacitor Arrays using Genetic Algorithms, Midwest Symp. on Circuits and Systems, Montréal, Canada, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, August, 2007 | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, Wide Tuning Band Low Phase Noise LC Voltage Controlled Oscillators Designed in Low Cost CMOS Technologies, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Peniche, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, May, 2007 | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, Performance of Si-Integrated Wide-Band Single-Ended Switched Capacitor Arrays, IEEE International Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Nice, France, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, December, 2006 | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, Modeling of CMOS or BiCMOS Ultra-Wide-Band Single-Ended Switched Capacitor Arrays, Conf. on Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, November, 2006 | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, A Closed-Form Input Admittance Solution for RF and Microwave Switched Capacitor Arrays, IEEE International Symp. on Circuits and Systems - ISCAS, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, August, 2006 | BibTex
  • R. F. S. Caldeirinha, L. Mendes, B.F.C Gabriel, Sintonizador de Impedâncias para Optimização de amplificadores de Potência de Rádio, Jornadas de Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Computadores, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. -, November, 2005 | BibTex
  • R. F. S. Caldeirinha, L. Mendes, B.F.C Gabriel, Oscilador Local para Repetidores de UHF, Jornadas de Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Computadores, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. -, November, 2005 | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, Fully Integrated CMOS LC Voltage Controlled Oscillator for IEEE802.11a and HiperLAN2 WLAN Transceivers, International Conf. on Electrical Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. na, pp. na - na, October, 2005 | BibTex
  • R. F. S. Caldeirinha, L. Mendes, B.F.C Gabriel, Automatic Gain Control for Terrestrial Television Broadcasting Repeaters, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Tomar, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. -, April, 2005 | BibTex
  • R. F. S. Caldeirinha, L. Mendes, B.F.C Gabriel, A 1Hz Tuneable Local Oscillator for 450 to 900MHz Terrestrial Television Broadcasting Equipment, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Tomar, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. -, April, 2005 | BibTex
  • A. S. Serafim, Pedro Pinto Pinto, L. Mendes, L. Alves, Transceiver for an Unmanned Airborne Vehicle, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Tomar, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. - - -, April, 2005 | BibTex
  • S.M.M. Faria, P.A. Assunção, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, L. Mendes, C. Lopes, C. Ribeiro, C. S. Silva, J. Pereira, L. Alves, P. C. Ventura, Sistema de Controlo e Comunicações de uma Aeronave Não Tripulada - SkyGu@rdian, Conf. da Engenharia - UBIEngenharias, Covilhã, Portugal, Vol., pp. - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236210154_SISTEMA_DE_CONTROLO_E_COMUNICACOES_DE_UMA_AERONAVE_NAO_TRIPULADA_-_SKYGURDIAN, November, 2003 | BibTex
  • A. S. Serafim, Pedro Pinto Pinto, L. Mendes, L. Alves, Sistema de Transmissão e Recepção de Dados via RF para o SKYGU@RDIAN, Conf. da Engenharia - UBIEngenharias, Covilhã, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 2003 | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, H. A. Silva, SCM Optical Communication System Implementation without Optical Isolators, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 463 - 467, April, 2001 | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, H. A. Silva, Automatic Optical Power Control for Semiconductor Lasers, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 463 - 467, April, 2001 | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, T. Fernandes, Projecto e Construção de um Amplificador de Baixo Custo para Distribuição de Sinal SATV, Encontro do Colégio de Electrotecnia da Ordem dos Engenheiros, Matosinhos, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 159 - 164, April, 2001 | BibTex
  • L. Alves, L. Mendes, C. Lopes, T. Fernandes, P.A. Assunção, S.M.M. Faria, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, M. Figueiredo, SimSAT – Desenvolvimento de Satélites de Baixa Altitude, Encontro do Colégio de Electrotecnia da Ordem dos Engenheiros, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236210137_SimSAT_-_Desenvolvimento_de_Satelites_de_Baixa_Altitude, April, 2001 | BibTex
  • L. Mendes, H. A. Silva, Transmissor LASER e Receptor Óptico Sintonizado para um Sistema SCM em 2GHz, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 309 - 312, April, 1997 | BibTex

Currently running projects1

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 01-02-2025 31-07-2026

Closed Projects2

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
LAY(RF)^2 Ready-to-Fabricate RF and mmWave Integrated Circuit Layouts IT 01-02-2020 31-01-2022
WiFiRx Double-Band Multi_standard Frequency Front-End for WLAN aplications FCT/PTDC 01-09-2007 01-04-2010
3Refereeing Journals
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs
    2024, 2 review(s);
  • IEEE Access
    2024, 2 review(s);
  • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
    2024, 5 review(s);
1Refereeing Conferences
  • IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems ISCAS
    2024, 2 review(s);

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