Nate photo Nathan M. Pletcher
Advisor Prof. Jan Rabaey
Degree Ph.D. (expected May 2008)
Previous Degrees M.S. Electrical Engineering (2004) -- University of California, Berkeley
B.S.E. Electrical Engineering (2002) -- Case Western Reserve University
B.A. Physics (2000) -- Goshen College
Research Description Ultra-low power RF receiver design for wireless sensor network applications.
Selected Publications N. Pletcher, S. Gambini and J. Rabaey, "A 65uW, 1.9 GHz RF to Digital Baseband
Wakeup Receiver for Wireless Sensor Nodes," Proceedings of the 2007 Custom
Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC 2007)
, San Jose, California, USA, Sept 2007.

N. Pletcher and J. Rabaey, "A 100uW, 1.9GHz Oscillator with Fully Digital Frequency
Tuning," Proceedings of the 31st European Solid-State Circuits Conference
(ESSCIRC 2005)
, San Jose, California, USA, Sept 2007.

J. Rabaey, Y.H. Chee, D. Chen, L. De Nardis, S. Gambini, D. Guermandi, M. Mark,
N. Pletcher, "Short Distance Wireless and Its Opportunities," Chapter in: Wireless
Technologies: Circuits, Systems, and Devices.
Ed: Krzysztof Iniewski. CRC Press
Oct 2007.

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Address Berkeley Wireless Research Center
2108 Allston St. 200
Berkeley, CA 94704-1302
Last updated: 9 Oct 2007