Robert G. Meyer

Professor Emeritus, Professor in the Graduate School

Research Areas

• Integrated Circuits (INC)

Research Centers

• Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC)

Biography

He received the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree (First Class Honors) in 1963 from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and in 1965 he was awarded the degree of Master of Engineering Science (Honors) for his thesis entitled 'Evaluation of noise parameters of bipolar and field-effect transistors.' In 1968 he was awarded the Ph.D. degree from the University of Melbourne for his thesis entitled 'Signal and noise performance of transistor mixers.' He was awarded the J.J Thomson Premium for 1968 from the Institution of Electrical Engineers for research on noise in transistor mixers.

From January to September, 1968, Professor Meyer was employed as an Assistant Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the University of Melbourne. Since September, 1968, he has been employed in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, where he is now Professor Emeritus and Professor in the Graduate School.

Selected Publications

• H. Dogan, R. G. Meyer, and A. Niknejad, "A DC-2.5GHz wide dynamic-range attenuator in .13 µm CMOS technology," in VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers, 2005, pp. N/A.
• H. Dogan, R. G. Meyer, and A. Niknejad, "S DC-10 GHz linear-in-dB attenuator in .13 micron CMOS technology," in Proceedings of CICC, 2004, pp. 609-612.
• A. Berny, A. Niknejad, and R. G. Meyer, "A 1.8 GHz Lc VCO with 1.3 GHz tuning range and mixed-signal amplitude calibration," in VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers, 2004, pp. 54-57.
• A. Berny, A. Niknejad, and R. G. Meyer, "A wideband low-phase-noise CMOS VCO," in Proceedings of CICC, 2003, pp. 555-558.
• A. Niknejad and R. G. Meyer, "Analysis of eddy current losses over highly conductive substrates," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 166-176, Jan. 2001.
• A. Niknejad, J. Tham, and R. G. Meyer, "Fully-integrated low phase noise bipolar differential VCOs at 2.9 and 4.4 GHz," in Proceedings of ESSCIRC, 1999, pp. 198-201.
• A. Niknejad and R. G. Meyer, "Analysis, design, and optimization of spiral inductors and transformers for Si RF ICs," IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 1470-1481, Oct. 1998.
• A. Niknejad and R. G. Meyer, "Analysis and optimization of monolithic inductors and transformers for RF ICs," in Proceedings of CICC, 1997, pp. 375-378.
• N. M. Nguyen and R. G. Meyer, "Si IC-compatible inductors and LC passive filters," IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 1028-1031, Aug. 1990.
• R. G. Meyer and D. C. Soo, "MOS crystal oscillator design," IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 222-228, April 1980.
• R. G. Meyer, R. Eschenbach, and R. Chin, "A wide-band ultralinear amplifier from 3 to 300 MHz," IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 167-175, Aug. 1974.
• W. M. C. Sansen and R. G. Meyer, "Distortion in bipolar transistor variable-gain amplifiers," IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 275-282, Aug. 1973.
• R. G. Meyer, M. J. Shensa, and R. Eschenbach, "Cross modulation and intermodulation in amplifiers at high frequencies," IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 16-23, Feb. 1972.