Fernando Manuel Ascenso Fortes

Fernando Fortes

Academic position:	Assistant Professor
Joining date:	01-04-1999
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
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
1049 - 001 Lisboa
Tel: +351 21 841 84 54

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Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-01-2005

Academic Activities

1Supervision of PhD theses

As Co-supervisor

Integrated Receiver in CMOS Technology, PhD Student, Fernando Santos Azevedo, Expected conclusion 12-2018

Publications

1Books Chapters

V. Fialho, F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Vieira, RF Synthesizer Loop Filter Design for Minimal OFDM Inter-carrier Interference, Chapter in, Technological Innovation for Collective Awareness Systems, Camarinha-Matos, Luis M., Barrento, Nuno S., Mendonça, Ricardo, Springer, Lisbon, 2014

3Papers in Journals

F. Fortes, R. Mahmoudi, A. Roermund, RF Receiver Front End for 28.5GHz Applications on a 70GHz fT SiGe BiCMOS Process, Microwave and Optical Tech. Letters, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 736 - 740, March, 2010,
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C. Fager, J. C. Pedro, N.B.C. Carvalho, H. Zirath, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, A Comprehensive Analysis of IMD Behavior in RF CMOS Power Amplifiers, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 24 - 34, January, 2004 | BibTex
F. Fortes, M. Rosário, A Second Harmonic Class F Power Amplifier in Standard CMOS Technology, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 1216 - 1220, June, 2001 | BibTex

30Papers in Conferences

V. Fialho, F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Vieira, RF Synthesizer Loop Filter Design For Minimal OFDM Inter-Carrier Interference, Doctoral Conf. on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems - DOCEIS, Caparica, Portugal, Vol. 423, pp. 561 - 568, April, 2014,
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F. Azevedo, V. Fialho, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, A Monolithic Low-Power 5.2GHz Digitally Linearized VGA, Conf. on Electronics, Telecommunications and Computers - CETC, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 17, pp. 650 - 657, December, 2013,
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V. Fialho, F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Vieira, OFDM Inter-Carrier Interference Due To Radio Frequency Synthesizer Phase Noise, Conf. on Electronics, Telecommunications and Computers - CETC, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 17, pp. 608 - 616, December, 2013,
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P. M. Marques, A. Ferreira, F. Fortes, S. P. Sampaio, Bistatic Passive Radar Demonstrator using COTS, NATO RTO Specialists Meeting on Passive Radar, challenges concerning theory and practice in military applications, Szczecin, Poland, Vol. 1, pp. tbd - tbd, May, 2013 | BibTex
V. Fialho, F. Fortes, M. Vieira, Local Oscillator Phase Noise Influence on Single Carrier and OFDM Modulations, Doctoral Conf. on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems - DOCEIS, Monte de Caparica, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, April, 2013,
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V. Fialho, F. Fortes, M. Vieira, Test Setup for Error Vector Magnitude Measurement on WLAN Transceivers, IEEE International Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Integrated Systems - ICECS, Sevila, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 917 - 920, December, 2012,
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P. M. Marques, A. Ferreira, F. Fortes, S. P. Sampaio, A LOW-COST BISTATIC PASSIVE RADAR DEMONSTRATOR, NATO - Workshop on Passive Radar ECM, EPM Critical Aspects, Athens, Greece, Vol. 1, pp. tbd - tbd, October, 2012,
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F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, A 1.8V/5.2GHz WLAN CMOS RFIC Receiver, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. I, pp. 1 - 4, April, 2011,
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W. Deng Deng, F. Fortes, E W Heijden, R. Mahmoudi, A. Roermund, A 30GHz Integrated Time-Division Multiplexing Front-End for Phased-array Applications in SiGe, Asian Solid-State Circuits - A-SSCC, Taipei, Taiwan, Vol. 1, pp. 265 - 268, November, 2009 | 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,
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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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F. Fortes, R. Mahmoudi, A. Roermund, A 28.5GHz RF Receiver Front-End on a 70GHz fT SiGe BiCMOS Process, Asia Pacific Microwave Conf. - APMC, Hong Kong, China, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, 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,
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F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, A New On-Chip CMOS Active Balun Integrated With LNA, IEEE International Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Integrated Systems - ICECS, Marrakesh, Morocco, Vol. na, pp. na - na, December, 2007 | BibTex
F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, A Wideband CMOS LNA Integrated with Balun and Linear Digital Gain Control, IEEE International Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Integrated Systems - ICECS, Marrakesh, Morocco, Vol. na, pp. na - na, December, 2007 | BibTex
F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, Monolithic Active Balun Integrated with a 2.4 GHz Low-Noise Amplifier, International Microwave and Optics Conf., Salvador BA, Brazil, Vol. na, pp. na - na, October, 2007 | BibTex
F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, J. Vaz, M. Rosário, A 1.7V Wideband CMOS Low Noise Amplifier with Linear Digital Gain Control, International Microwave and Optics Conf., Salvador BA, Brazil, Vol. na, pp. na - na, October, 2007 | BibTex
F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, CMOS Active-Balun Integrated with Low-Noise Amplifier for IEEE 802.11b/g /2.4GHz WLAN Transceiver, IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC, Athens, Greece, Vol. na, pp. na - na, September, 2007 | BibTex
F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, A 2.4GHz CMOS Balun/LNA for IEEE 802.11b/g WLAN Transceiver, IEEE International Conf. on Design and Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era - DTIS, Rabat, Morocco, Vol. na, pp. na - na, September, 2007 | BibTex
F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, A 2.4GHz Monolithic Single-ended-Input/Differential-Output Low-Noise Amplifier, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Peniche, Portugal, Vol. na, pp. na - na, May, 2007 | BibTex
J. Costa Freire, F. Fortes, R. Mahmoudi, A. Roermund, SiGe Monolithic LNAs for LMDS, Conf. on Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. abstracts, pp. 186 - 186, November, 2005 | BibTex
F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, Amplificador Monolítico CMOS para sinais a 1GHz, 3V com Ganho Controlado Digitalmente, Jornadas de Engenharia de Electrónica e Telecomunicações e de Computadores do ISEL, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. Na, pp. Na - Na, November, 2005 | BibTex
F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, Conversor Monolítico CMOS para 2.4GHz e 1.8V com Osciladores Integrados, Jornadas de Engenharia de Electrónica e Telecomunicações e de Computadores do ISEL, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. Na, pp. Na - Na, November, 2005 | BibTex
F. Fortes, J. Costa Freire, D. Leenaerts, R. Mahmoudi, A. Roermund, A 28.5GHz Monolithic Cascode LNA with 70GHz fT SiGe HBTs, European Solid-State Circuits, Grenoble, France, Vol. 1, pp. 93 - 96, September, 2005 | BibTex
F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, A 2.4GHz Monolithic CMOS Down-Conversion Image Rejection Mixer with Integrated Oscillators, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Tomar, Portugal, Vol. Na, pp. Na - Na, April, 2005 | BibTex
F. Fortes, F. Azevedo, M. Rosário, I-Q Monolithic Oscillator Design on Standard CMOS Technology, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 13 - 16, June, 2003 | BibTex
F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, A 1.9GHz Monolithic CMOS Up Conversion Mixer, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 83 - 86, June, 2003 | BibTex
F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, Circuitos RF CMOS de BaixaTensão para Comunicações Móveis, Jornadas de Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Computadores, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 2, pp. 195 - 197, October, 1999 | BibTex
F. Azevedo, F. Fortes, M. Rosário, A 3.3V, 1.8GHz CMOS Down Conversion Image-Rejection Mixer, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Sesimbra, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 195 - 198, April, 1999 | BibTex

Projects

Closed Projects6

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
COMMET	A COmplete analog front-end for 3G MultiMEdia Terminals	ADI	01-11-2002	31-10-2005
IRFDCMOS	Integration of high-frequency dc-dc converters in RF CMOS SoC	IT/LA	01-09-2005	01-06-2008
LDMOSCA	Low Distortion RF MOS Circuits Advances	FCT/POCTI	01-01-2001	31-12-2002
RadioAire	Estudo de Viabilidade do Centro de Radiocomunicações de Serra d'Aire	ICP-ANACOM	01-10-1995	24-04-1997
SiGeM	Silicon Germanium MMICs for RF Front End Transceivers	IT/LA	01-10-2005	01-07-2008
WiFiRx	Double-Band Multi_standard Frequency Front-End for WLAN aplications	FCT/PTDC	01-09-2007	01-04-2010

IT Member Profile

Fernando Fortes

Scientific Achievements

As Co-supervisor

Closed Projects6