Circuit and Radio Systems Group at Department of Electronic Systems
Circuit and Radio Systems
The field of circuit and radio systems covers a wide spectrum of both research topics and applications essential for a modern society.
The Circuit and Radio Systems group performs research on design, modeling, verification, and testing of both individual circuits and larger systems. This includes both development of design methodologies and implementation of physical components and systems to be tested in laboratories and in real life environments. Starting with components designed as analog and digital circuits in CMOS, GaAs, and other technologies, it is possible to implement large systems, e.g., for radio communication, for embedded control of automotive and household equipment, for health and well-being, for space applications, and for microprocessors and general computing systems, to mention a few.
Through our research and education our group has the last three decades contributed substantially to the build-up of a multi-billion microelectronic design and radio system industry in Norway.
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Research
Main current activities:
Radio systems
Analog and mixed signal systems
Digital systems
Infrastructure:
ANA lab
SmallSat Lab
Antenna laboratory
Circuit characterization lab
Taklaboratoriet (Roof-lab)
Publications:
Projects
Examples of projects where we are currently contributing:
- Centre for Innovative Ultrasound Solutions (CIUS): A Norwegian Research Council Centre for Research-based Innovation focusing on ultrasound solutions for health care, maritime, and oil & gas.
Contact in our group: Trond Ytterdal - Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (AMOS): A Norwegian Research Council Centre for Research-based Innovation focusing on autonomous marine operations and control systems.
Contact in our group: Egil Eide - Doctoral Program PERSEUS: A collaboration between NTNU and eleven top-level European academic and eight industrial partners, to solve societal challenges through the use of digital technologies.
Contact in our group: Snorre Aunet
Expertise
Our fields of expertise in research and education include:
- radio communications
- radio navigation
- space technology
- antenna engineering
- RF / Microwave technology
- ultra-wide band sensors and wireless solutions
- electromagnetics
- low-power digital design
- analog and mixed signal design
- system-on-a-chip design
- embedded systems design
- design for test
- functional and formal verification
We have extensive national and international cooperation with leading universities and companies in these fields. We also have multiple advanced laboratories for use in research and education.
Industry
We cooperate on a regular basis with a number of companies, both on research projects and on master and PhD education. Examples of these companies are:
- Nordic Semiconductor
- Kontur (former 3D-radar)
- Microchip Norway
- Radionor
- ARM Norway
- Silicon Labs
- Norbit
- Texas Instruments
- Q-Free
- Cisco
- Sony Nordic
- The Kongsberg Group
- Ideas
Many of these companies are also members of Mikroelektronikkforum, a department – industry contact group in the field of microelectronics.