[MLB-WIRELESS] IEEE Victorian TALK: Gigabit Wireless Systems

[Bill Farrow - Mailing Lists]

Hey Guys,
I got this email at work and thought that some wireless nuts might be 
interested in attending, it's free !!


IEEE ComSoc Seminar

Venue: Telstra Conference Room 1
Level 1, 242 Exhibition St
Melbourne

Time: 5:30 pm refreshments
6 pm to 7 pm seminar

Date: Tuesday, 22 May 2007

Register at www.ieeevic.org
There is no admittance fee for this
seminar and non-IEEE members are
also welcome.



Gigabit Wireless Systems at Millimetre Wave Frequencies

Abstract:
The FCC and spectrum regulators around the world have or are in the
processing of releasing the 57-64GHz frequency band for unlicensed 
operation. This large amount of bandwidth permits for multi-gigabit
per second transceivers. At NICTA-VRL we are working towards building a
multi gigabit per second transceiver operating at millimetre wave 
frequencies at costs less than $10.

In this talk progress in the design and implementation of an integrated
transceiver on a single die (antennas, mixers, power amplifiers and other 
components) on CMOS to enable this vision will be described.

Speaker:
Dr Stan Skafidas received the Doctoral Degree in Electrical Engineering
in 1997 at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Prior to joining NICTA Dr 
Skafidas co-founded Bandspeed, an Austin Texas based company that designs 
and manufactures semiconductor products for enterprise class wireless 
systems.

In his role as Chief Technology Officer at Bandspeed he was responsible
for research and new product development and raised in excess of $50M in 
venture capital. Dr Skafidas continues to serve on the Board of Directors 
at Bandspeed. Dr Skafidas has served on US Federal Communications 
Commission's panels that have led to the modification of FCC Part 15 rules 
governing wireless telecommunications in the US.

In July 2004 Dr Skafidas joined NICTA as program leader of sensor networks 
at the Victorian research laboratory.

Dr Skafidas is a member of the IEEE 802.11/802.15 standard committees
for Wireless Local and Personal Area networks. Currently Dr. Skafidas is one 
of the technical editors of IEEE 802.15.3c.