Dr. T.S. Kalkur portrait

Dr. T.S. Kalkur

Professor
ENGR 219
ENGR 219

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Research Interests

  • Microelectronics circuit design
  • Device physics
  • Ferroelectrics for tunable RF Circuit applications
  • Nano-crystalline memories
  • Polarization switching data converters
  • Deep Submicron Device and circuit modeling
  • MEMS based sensors and switches
  • Radiation hardened circuit design

Recent PhD Students

  • Dr. Jong Kim, Circuit Design Techniques for High Speed Output Buffers, Spring 2007
  • Dr. Greg Pauls, Phase Locked Loop utilizing polarizing ferroelectric capacitor timing element, Fall 2006.
  • Dr. Asad Jamil, Tunable high-K based Phase Locked Loops Spring 2006
  • Dr. Ali Mahamud, Active Phase Shifter using Tunable High-K, Fall 2005
  • Dr. Shunming Sun, Polarization Switching D/A converter, 2004, Employment: Black Forest Engineering, Colorado Springs.
  • Dr. Younus Lotfi, LC Tank Based VCOs, 2004, Employment: Vitesse Semiconductors, Colorado Springs.

Current Research

  • Micro Heater Array Development for NASA with Professor Jungo Kim, University of Maryland College Park.
  • Simulation of Quadfet with Silvaco tools with Dr. Richard Mirin, NIST.
  • Tunable High Dielectric constant based Phase Locked Loops, NSF