Marco Guermandi
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Studies
2009 Ph.D. in Information Technology, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Thesis: “Enabling blocks for integrated CMOS UWB transceivers”. Supervisor: Prof. Ing. E. Franchi.
2005 M.Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy,
with full marks and honors 110/110 cum Laude.
Thesis: “Quadrature VCO for UWB applications in CMOS technology”. Supervisor Prof. Ing. A. Gnudi.
2003 B.Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy,
with full marks and honors 110/110 cum Laude.
Thesis: “Dynamic circuits for frequency division in CMOS technology”. Supervisor Prof. Ing. E. Franchi.
2000 Diploma in Electronics, “Enrico Fermi” Secondary School, Modena, Italy, with full marks
(100/100).
Working experience
2009 to date Post-doc researcher at the Advanced Research Center “E. De Castro” (ARCES) of the University
of Bologna. Design of ASICs and systems for the conditioning, acquisition and processing of
bio-electrical signals (EEG and EIT), development of algorithms and numerical methods for
the imaging of the central nervous system from bio-electrical signals.
2008 Six months internship at ST Microelectronics, Crolles (France), UWB Analog & RF group,
designing a Tx mixer and power amplifier for MB-OFDM UltraWide-Band band group one
(3168 to 4752 MHz).
2006-2007 Reader, course “Electrical Elaboration of Digital Signals” (Elaborazione elettronica dei segnali
digitali LS) at University of Bologna, instructor Prof. G. Baccarani.
Patents and Selected Publications
-M. Guermandi, “Sistema di Acquisizione di Segnali”, (Signal Acquisition System). Pending
patent
-M. Guermandi, R. Cardu, E. Franchi, R. Guerrieri, “Active Electrode IC for EEG and
Electrical Impedance Tomography with Continuous Monitoring of Contact Impedance” in
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems.
-M. Guermandi, E. Franchi Scarselli, R. Guerrieri, “A Driving Right Leg Circuit (DgRL) for
Improved Common Mode Rejection in Bio-potential Acquisition Systems”, to appear in IEEE
Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems.
-M. Guermandi, E. Franchi, A. Gnudi, “A CMOS 90 nm 55 mW 3.4-to-9.2 GHz 12 band
frequency synthesizer for MB-OFDM UWB” in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components
Letters.
-M. Guermandi, E. Franchi, A. Gnudi, “On the simulation of fast settling Charge Pump PLLs
up to fourth order” in International Journal on Circuit Theory and Applications.
-T. De Marco, F. Ries, M. Guermandi, R.Guerrieri, “EIT Forward Problem Parallel Simulation
Environment with Anisotropic Tissue and Realistic Electrode Models” in IEEE Transactions
on Biomedical Circuits.
-M. Sperandio, M. Guermandi, R.Guerrieri, “A 4-Shell Diffusion Phantom of the Head for
Electrical Impedance Tomography” in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits.
Autorizzo il trattamento dei dati personali contenuti nel presente documento in base art. 13 del D. Lgs. 196 2003