Biography
Ivan Grech received his B. Eng. (Hons.) degree in 1993 and M.Sc. in 1996 from the University of Malta. In 1994 he joined the Department of Microlectronics at the University of Malta where he is now employed as an Associate Professor. He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Surrey, U.K. in 2002. His research interest is in CMOS analog integrated circuit design (analogue, RF and data conversion) and electronics systems design.
Conference Papers/Journal Papers
1. I. Grech, J. Micallef, T. Vladimirova, "The Silicon Cochlea and its Adaptation to Spatial Localization", IEE-Proceedings: Circuits, Devices and Systems, vol. 146, pp. 70-76, 1999.
2. G. Azzopardi, I. Grech, J. Micallef, and F. Maloberti, "A low voltage high resolution pipelined incremental ADC", Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Cyprus, vol. III, pp 1499-1502, 1999.
3. I. Grech, J. Micallef, C.J. Debono, P. Malcovati, and F. Maloberti, "A 1 V Second Order Sigma-Delta Modulator", Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Cyprus, vol. III, pp. 1511-1514, 1999.
4. I. Grech, J. Micallef, and T. Vladimirova, "A ±0.9 V Switched-Capacitor CMOS Multiplier with Rail-to-Rail Input", Electronics Letters, vol. 35, pp.1688-1689, 1999.
5. I. Grech, J. Micallef, and T. Vladimirova, "Low-Voltage, High-Speed Fully Differential CMOS Op Amp”, Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Lebanon, pp. 7-11, 2000.
6. I. Grech, J. Micallef, and T. Vladimirova, "Low-Voltage, SC TDM Correlator for the Extraction of Time Delay”, Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Lebanon, pp.112-115, 2000.
7. I. Grech, J. Micallef, and T. Vladimirova, “Two ±0.7 V S2I Class AB Fully Differential Memory Cells”, Electronics Letters, vol. 36, pp. 2062-2063, 2000.
8. I. Grech, J. Micallef, C.J. Debono, P. Malcovati, and F. Maloberti, "A 1 V Second Order Sigma-Delta Modulator", Analogue Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 24, pp. 151-164, 2001.
9. I. Grech, J. Micallef, and T. Vladimirova, "Low Voltage Programmable Current Mode Circuit for Onset Detection in a Sound Signal”, Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Malta, pp. 1119-1122, 2001.
10. I. Grech, J. Micallef, and T. Vladimirova, "Low Voltage Log Domain Front End for the Extraction of 2-D Sound Localization Cues”, Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Malta, pp. 1473-1476, 2001.
11. I. Grech, J. Micallef, and T. Vladimirova, "Experimental results obtained from analog chips used for extracting sound localization cues", Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Dubrovnik, pp. 247 -251, 2002.
12. I. Grech, J. Micallef, and T. Vladimirova, "Low-Power Log-Doman CMOS Filter Bank for 2-D Sound Localization", Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Special Issue on ICECS 2001, pp. 99 - 117, 2003.
13. I. Grech, J. Micallef, G. Azzopardi, and C. J. Debono, "A 0.9 V Wide-Input-Range Bulk-Input CMOS OTA for Gm-C Filters", Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, pp. 818 -821, 2003.
14. I. Grech, J. Micallef, and T. Vladimirova, "Analog CMOS Chipset for 2-D Sound Localization System", Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, 2004.
15. M. A. Sammut, I. Grech and J. Micallef, “CMOS Integrated Sensor Interface for the Voltammetric Detection of Dopamine”, Eurosensors XVIII, Rome, Italy, 2004.
16. Grech Ivan, Micallef Joseph, Azzopardi George, Debono Carl, “A Low Voltage Wide-Input-Range Bulk-Input CMOS OTA, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 43(2), pp. 127-136, 2005.
17. Jose Manuel Blasco, Eduardo Monton, Salvador Romero, Joseph Micallef, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, Theirry Herve, “Sensation Body Area Network: Sensor Network for the wireless monitoring of patients”, Proceedings of the Eurosensors XIX, Barcelona, Spain, September 11-14, 2005
18. Casha Owen, Grech Ivan, Gatt Edward, Micallef Joseph, “1.6 GHz Low Power Low Phase Noise Quadrature Phase Loop with on chip DC-DC converter for wide tuning range”, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Gammarth, Tunisia, December 11-14, 2005.
19. Charmaine Demanuele, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef, Edward Gatt, “Issues on the Design of a Variable Power LINC Amplifier System in SiGe operating at 2.4 GHz”, Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Nice, France, pp. 439-442, December 10-13, 2006.
20. Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef and Edward Gatt, “Design of a 1.2 V Low Phase Noise 1.6 GHz CMOS Buffered Quadrature Output VCO with Automatic Amplitude Control”, Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Nice, France, pp. 192-195, December 10-13, 2006. (Awarded 3rd rank best student paper).
21. Mark Bonnici, Edward J. Gatt, Joseph Micallef and Ivan Grech, “Artificial Neural Network Optimization for FPGA”, Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Nice, France, pp. 1340-1343, December 10-13, 2006.
22. Paul Zammit, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef, Edward Gatt, “A 10 Gsamples/s SiGe Track-and-Hold Amplifier with 8-bit Resolution”, Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Marrakech, Marocco, December 11-14, 2007.
23. Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef, Edward Gatt, “Design Considerations and Device Selection in the Implementation of Low Phase Noise LC-VCOs”, Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Marrakech, Marocco, , December 11-14, 2007.
24. Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Joseph Micallef, “Comparative study of Gigahertz CMOS LC Quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator with relevance to phase noise”, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, pp. 1-14, Vol. 52, 2007.
25. Owen Casha, Joseph Micallef, Ivan Grech, Edward Gatt, “Utilisation of Microsystems Technology in Radio Frequency and Microwave Applications“, Xjenza, pp. 4 - 15, Vol. 11, 2006.
26. Casha O., Grech I., Micallef J., Gatt E., Morche D., Viala B., Michel J.P., Vincent P. and de Foucald E.: “Utilization of MEMS Tunable Inductors in the design of RF Voltage Controlled Oscillators” accepted for publication in the 15th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 2008.
27. Casha O., Grech I., Micallef J. and Gatt E.: “CMOS implementation of a 1.6 GHz low voltage low phase noise quadrature output frequency synthesizer with automatic amplitude control”, Journal of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Springer, Vol. 55, N.1 - April 2008, pp. 3-19.
28. Ryan Grech, Edward Gatt, Ivan Grech, and Joseph Micallef, "Digital Implementation of Cellular Neural Networks", ICECS 2008.
29. Monton E., Hernandez J.F., Blasco J.M., Herve T., Micallef J., Grech I., Brincat A. and Traver V.: 'Body area network for wireless patient monitoring', IET Communications, 2008, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 215–222.
30. Casha O., Grech I., Badets F., Morche D. and Micallef J.: 'Analysis of the Spur Characteristics of Edge Combining DLL-based Frequency Multipliers', IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II: Express Briefs, February 2009.
31. Casha O., Grech I. and Micallef J.: 'Issues on the design and implementation of radio frequency CMOS LC tank voltage-controlled oscillators', Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, 2009.
32. Casha O., Grech I. and Badets F.: 'CMOS Phase-Interpolation DDS for an UWB MB-OFDM Alliance Application', 5th PRIME Conference, Cork, Ireland, 2009.
33. Azzopardi, M.A., Grech, I., Leconte, J., “A High Speed Tri-vision System for Automotive Applications”, The European Transport Research Review (ETRR) Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, vol. 2, pp. 31-51, February 2010.
34. Cutajar M., Gatt E., Micallef J., Grech I. and Casha O.: 'Digital Hardware Implementation of Self-Organising Maps', 15th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, Valletta, Malta, April 2010.
35. Casha O., Grech I., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'Experimental results obtained from a 1.6GHz CMOS quadrature output phase locked loop with on-chip DC-DC converter', ICECS 2010 Proceedings, Greece, 2010.
36. Zarb T., Grech I., Gatt E., Casha O. and Micallef J.: 'Verification of a VHDL GPS Baseband Processor using a simulink-based test bench generator', ICECS 2010 Proceedings, Greece, 2010.
37. Gambin I., Grech I., Casha O., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'Digital Cochlea Model Implementation using Xilinx XC3S500E Spartan-3E FPGA', ICECS 2010 Proceedings, Greece, 2010.
38. Galea F., Gatt E., Casha O. and Grech I.: 'Engine Control Unit of an Electric Car', ICECS 2010 Proceedings, Greece, 2010.
39. Casha O., Attard N., Camilleri S., Drago R., Hili M., Gatt E. and Grech I.: 'VHDL Implementation of a DMX512 Decoder on an FPGA', ICECS 2010 Proceedings, Greece, 2010.
40. Casha O., Grech I., Micallef J., Gatt E. and Morche D.: 'RF VCO Tuning using MEMS Piezoelectric Actuated Variable Inductors', Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, 2011.
41. Cutajar M., Gatt E., Grech I., Casha O. and Micallef J.: 'Neural Network Architectures for Speaker Independent Phoneme Recognition', ISPA 2011 Proceedings, Croatia, 2011.
42. Mugliette C., Grech I., Casha O. and Gatt E.: 'FPGA Active Digital Cochlea Model', ICECS 2011 Proceedings, Lebanon, 2011.
43. Darmanin J.M., Grech I., Casha O. and Gatt E.: 'Design of a 2-Axis MEMS Accelerometer', ICECS 2011 Proceedings, Lebanon, 2011.
44. Cutajar M., Gatt E., Grech I., Casha O., Micallef J.: 'Support Vector Machines with the Priorities Method for Speaker Independent Phoneme Recognition', ISSPIT 2011, Spain, 2011.
45. Bouvett E., Casha O., Grech I., Cutajar M., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'An FPGA Embedded System Architecture for Handwritten Symbol Recognition', 16th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, Medina Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia, March 2012.
46. Cutajar M., Gatt E., Grech I., Casha O. and Micallef J.: 'A Study on Pitch Variation on the use of DWT with SVM for Speaker Independent Phoneme Recognition', ISCCSP 2012, Rome, Italy, May 2012.
47. Cutajar M., Gatt E., Grech I., Casha O. and Micallef J.: 'Comparison of Different Multiclass SVM Methods for Speaker Independent Phoneme Recognition', ISCCSP 2012, Rome, Italy, May 2012.
48. Pisani V., Grech I., Casha O. and Gatt E.: 'Low-voltage CMOS Current Feedback Amplifier', ICECS 2012 Proceedings, Seville, 2012.
49. Scicluna N., Gatt E., Grech I., Casha O. and Micallef J.: 'FPGA-Based Autonomous Parking of a Car-Like Robot Using Fuzzy Logic Control', ICECS 2012 Proceedings, Seville, 2012.
50. Cutajar M., Gatt E., Grech I., Casha O. and Micallef J.: 'Comparative Study of Automatic Speech Recognition Techniques', IET Signal Processing, vol. 7, January 2013, pp. 1-22.
51. Cutajar M., Gatt E., Grech I., Casha O. and Micallef J.: 'Discrete Wavelet Transforms with Multiclass SVM for Phoneme Recognition', EUROCON 2013 Proceedings, Zagreb, Croatia, 2013.
52. Briffa A., Gatt E., Micallef J., Grech I., Casha O. and Darmanin J.M.: 'Area Minimization of a Three-Axis Separate Mass Capacitive Accelerometer using the ThELMA Process', EUROCON 2013 Proceedings, Zagreb, Croatia, 2013.
53. Darmanin J.M., Grech I., Micallef J., Gatt E., Casha O. and Briffa A.: 'Design Consideration for Three-Axis MEMS Accelerometers using an Asymmetric Proof Mass', EUROCON 2013 Proceedings, Zagreb, Croatia, 2013.
54. Cutajar M., Gatt E., Grech I., Casha O. and Micallef J.: 'Hardware-based Support Vector Machine for Phoneme Classification', EUROCON 2013 Proceedings, Zagreb, Croatia, 2013.
55. Scerri J., Grech I., Gatt E. and Casha O.: 'A MEMS BPSK Demodulator - Micromechanical Mixing and Filtering using MetalMUMPs', 9th PRIME Conference, Villach, Austria, 2013.
56. Zammit D., Casha O., Grech I., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'A MEMS Resonator Tank for an RF VCO Application', ICECS 2013 Proceedings, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2013.
57. Scerri J., Grech I., Gatt E. and Casha O.: 'Versatility provided by an electrostatic torsional microstructure as a consequence of its complex dynamics', IET Electronic Letters, 2014.
58. Grixti R., Grech I., Casha O., Gatt E., Darmanin J.M. and Micallef J.: 'Feasibility Study of a MEMS Microphone Design using the PolyMUMPs Process, Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS Symposium (DTIP 2014), Cannes Côte d'Azur, France, April 2014.
59. Cutajar M., Gatt E., Grech I., Casha O. and Micallef J.: 'Design of a Hardware-based Discrete Wavelet Transform Architecture for Phoneme Recognition', ISCCSP'14 Proceedings, Athens, Greece, 2014.
60. Cutajar M., Gatt E., Grech I. and Casha O.: 'ASIC design of a Phoneme Recogniser based on Discrete Wavelet Transforms and Support Vector Machines', 10th PRIME Conference, Grenoble, France, 2014.
61. Grixti R., Grech I., Casha O., Gatt E., Darmanin J.M. and Micallef J.: 'Analysis and Design of an Electrostatic MEMS Microphone using the PolyMUMPs Process', Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, 2014.
62. Farrugia R., Grech I., Casha O., Micallef J., Gatt E., Duca R. and Cachia C.: 'Warpage issues in large area mould embedding technologies', Xjenza Online - Journal of The Malta Chamber of Scientists, 2014, pp. 38-43.
63. Farrugia R., Grech I., Casha O., Micallef J. and Gatt E.: 'Performance analysis of an RF MEMS TPoS Resonator using FE modelling', Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS Symposium (DTIP 2015), Montpellier, France, April 2015.
64. Farrugia R., Grech I., Casha O., Micallef J., Gatt E., Ellul I., Duca R. and Borg. I.: 'Investigation of warpage in wafer-level molding: measurements and FE analysis', Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS Symposium (DTIP 2015), Montpellier, France, April 2015.
65. Scerri J., Grech I., Gatt E. and Casha O.: 'Reduced order model for a MEMS PZT vibrational energy harvester exhibiting buckling bistability', IET Electronic Letters, 2015.
66. Farhat E.O., Zarb Adami K., Casha O., Grech I. and Vaate, J.G.: 'Design of a Wideband CMOS LNA for Low Frequency Band SKA Application', ICECS 2015 Proceedings, Cairo, Egypt, 2015.
67. Farrugia F., Grech I., Casha O., Micallef J., Gatt E., Ellul I., Duca R. and Borg I.: 'The Analysis of Warpage in Wafer-level Compression Molding', Journal of Microsystem Technologies, DTIP 2015 Special Issue, Springer.
68. Scerri J., Grech I., Gatt E. and Casha O.: 'Suppression of spurious products in an electrostatic RF MEMS downconverter having differential drive and sense', 18th Melecon Conference, Limassol, Cyprus, 2016.
69. Gauci J.L., Grech I., Casha O., Farrugia R., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'Analytical Modeling of an Electrostatically Actuated Torsional Micromirror', 18th Melecon Conference, Limassol, Cyprus, 2016.
70. Portelli B., Grech I., Casha O., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'Design Considerations and Optimization for 3-Axis Anisotropic Magneto-Resistive Sensors', 18th Melecon Conference, Limassol, Cyprus, 2016.
71. Farrugia R., Grech I., Casha O., Micallef J. and Gatt E.: 'Analysis of dynamic deformation in 1D scanning mirrors', Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS Symposium (DTIP 2016), Budapest, May 2016.
72. Cauchi M., Mollicone P., Grech I., Mallia B., Sammut N.: 'Design and Analysis of a MEMS-Based Electrothermal Microgripper', CAE Conference 2016, Parma, October 2016.
73. Magri J., Grech I., Casha O., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'Design of CMOS Front-End Circuitry for the Acquisition of Biopotential Signals', ICECS 2016 Proceedings, Monaco, December 2016.
74. Farrugia R., Grech I., Camilleri D., Casha O., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'Theoretical and ?nite element analysis of dynamic deformation in resonating micromirrors', Journal of Microsystems Technology, February 2017.
75. Buhagiar K., Casha O., Grech I., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'Hardware Implementation of Efficient Path Reconstruction for the Smith-Waterman Algorithm', CODIT'17, Barcelona, April 2017.
76. Farrugia R., Grech I., Camilleri D., Casha O., Micallef J. and Gatt E.: 'Design optimization of a high frequency resonating micro-mirror with low dynamic deformation', Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS Symposium (DTIP 2017), Bordeaux, May 2017.
77. Portelli B., Farrugia R., Grech I., Casha O., Micallef J. and Gatt E.: 'Capacitance measurement techniques in MOEMS angular vertical comb-drive actuators', Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS Symposium (DTIP 2017), Bordeaux, May 2017.
78. Clive S., Gatt E., De Cataldo G., Casha O. and Grech I.: 'Proposal for a new ALICE CPV-HMPID Front-end Electronics Topology', 13th PRIME Conference, Giardini Naxos - Taormina, Italy, 2017.
79. Gauci J.L., Gatt E., De Cataldo G., Casha O. and Grech I.: 'An Analytical Model of the Delay Generator for the Triggering of Particle Detectors at CERN LHC', 1st New Generation of Circuits and Systems Conference, Genova, Italy, September 7-9, 2017.
80. Galea F., Casha O., Grech I., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'A CMOS MPPT Power Conditioning Circuit for Energy Harvesters', ICECS 2017 Proceedings, Batumi, Georgia, 2017.
81. Magri J., Casha O., Bugeja K., Grech I. and Gatt E.: 'HLTB Design for High-Speed Multi-FPGA Pipelines', ICECS 2017 Proceedings, Batumi, Georgia, 2017.
82. Scerri J., Grech I., Gatt E. and Casha O.: 'A MEMS Low-IF IQ-Mixer in MetalMUMPS: Modelling and Simulation', ICECS 2017 Proceedings, Batumi, Georgia, 2017.
83. Farrugia R., Portelli B., Grech I., Camilleri D., Casha O., Micallef J. and Gatt E.: 'Air Damping Analysis in Resonating Micro-Mirrors', Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS Symposium (DTIP 2018), Rome, May 2018.
84. Cauchi M., Grech I., Mallia B., Mollicone P., Portelli B. and Sammut N.: 'Design and Fabrication Considerations, Numerical Modelling, and Testing of a MEMS Microgripper', Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS Symposium (DTIP 2018), Rome, May 2018.
85. Cauchi M., Grech I., Mallia B., Mollicone P. and Sammut N.: 'Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Study of a Horizontal Electrothermal MEMS Microgripper for the Deformability Characterisation of Human Red Blood Cells', Journal of Micromachines, 2018.
86. Scerri J., Portelli B., Grech I., Gatt E. and Casha O.: 'Exploiting nonlinearities to improve the linear region in an electrostatic MEMS demodulator', 14th Conference on PhD Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME 2018), Prague, Czech Republic, 2018.
87. Gauci J.L., Gatt E., Casha O., De Cataldo G., Grech I. and Micallef J.: 'On the Design of a Linear Delay Element for the Triggering Module at CERN LHC', 14th Conference on PhD Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME 2018), Prague, Czech Republic, 2018.
88. Galea F., Casha O., Grech I., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'Ultra Low Frequency Low Power CMOS Oscillators for MPPT and Switch Mode Power Supplies', 14th Conference on PhD Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME 2018), Prague, Czech Republic, 2018.
89. Farrugia R., Grech I., Camilleri D., Casha O., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'Design Optimization of a Dynamically Flat Resonating Micro-Mirror for Pico-Projection Applications', Journal of Microsystems Technology, May 2018.
90. Cauchi M., Grech I., Mallia B., Mollicone P. and Sammut N.: 'The Effects of Structure Thickness, Air Gap Thickness and Silicon Type on the Performance of a Horizontal Electrothermal MEMS Microgripper', Journal of Actuators, 2018.
91. Seguna C., Gatt E., De Cataldo G., Casha O., Grech I.: ‘A New Front-End Readout Electronics for the ALICE Charged-Particle Veto Detector’, CENICS 2018 : The Eleventh International Conference on Advances in Circuits, Electronics and Micro-electronics, September 2018, Venice, pp. 11-15.
92. Seguna C., Gatt E., Gauci J.L., De Cataldo G., Grech I., Casha O.: ‘A New FPGA-Based Controller Card for the Optimisation of the Front-End Readout Electronics of Charged-Particle Veto Detector at ALICE’, Proceedings of the 2018 New Generation of CAS (NGCAS), Valletta, Malta, November 2018, pp. 45-48.
93. Gauci J.L., Gatt E., Casha O., De Cataldo G., Grech I. and Micallef J.: 'Design of a Quasi-Linear Rail-to-Rail Delay Element with an Extended Programmable Range', IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits & Systems, Bordeaux, France, 2018.
94. Scerri J., Portelli B., Grech I., Gatt E. and Casha O.: 'A MEMS BPSK to ASK Converter', Microelectronics International Journal, 2018.
95. Gauci J.L., Gatt E., Casha O., De Cataldo G., Grech I. and Micallef J.: 'Particle Swarm Optimization of a Rail-to-Rail Delay Element for Maximum Linearity', CODIT'19, Paris, France, April 2019.
96. Bengashier M., Grech I., Casha O., Farrugia R., Portelli B. and Gatt E.: 'A Feasibility Study on Piezoelectric MEMS Lateral Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonators including Thermal Effect', Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP 2019), Paris, France, April 2019.
97. Farrugia R., Grech I., Camilleri D., Micallef J., Casha O. and Gatt E.: 'CFD Analysis of Aerodynamic Drag on Resonating MEMS Micro-Scanners', Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP 2019), Paris, France, April 2019.
98. Cauchi M., Grech I., Mallia B., Mollicone P., Portelli B. and Sammut N.: 'Essential Design and Fabrication Considerations for the Reliable Performance of an Electrothermal MEMS Microgripper', Journal of Microsystems Technologies, 2019.
99. Cauchi M., Grech I., Mallia B., Mollicone P. and Sammut N.: 'The Effects of Cold Arm Width and Metal Deposition on the Performance of a U-Beam Electrothermal MEMS Microgripper for Biomedical Applications', Journal of Micromachines, 2019.
100. Scerri J., Grech I., Gatt E. and Casha O.: 'Dimensional Optimisation of a MEMS BPSK to ASK Converter in SOIMUMPs', Integration - The VLSI Journal.
101. Farrugia R., Portelli B., Grech I., Camilleri D., Casha O., Micallef J. and Gatt E.: ‘Air damping of High Performance Resonating Micro-mirrors with Angular Vertical Comb-drive Actuators’ Journal of Microsystem Technologies, Springer, March 2019.
102. Gauci J.L., Gatt E., Casha O., De Cataldo G., Grech I. and Micallef J.: ‘A Novel Delay Generator for the Triggering of Particle Detectors at the CERN LHC’, 15th Conference on PhD Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME 2019), Lausanne, Switzerland, July 2019.
103. Galea F., Casha O., Grech I., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'An Ultra Low Power CMOS MPPT Power Conditioning Circuit for Energy Harvesters', IEEE International Symposium on Circuits & Systems (ISCAS 2020), Seville, Spain, May 2020.
104. Portelli B., Grech I., Farrugia R., Micallef J., Casha O. and Gatt E.: 'Resonant Micro-Mirror Oscillation Amplitude Measurement and All Digital Actuation', Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP 2020).
105. Bengashier M., Grech I., Casha O., Portelli B. and Farrugia R.: 'Experimental Validation of Tuning Mechanisms Applied on AlN Piezoelectric Contour Mode MEMS Resonators', Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP 2020).
106. Farrugia R., Portelli B., Grech I., Micallef J., Casha O. and Gatt E.: 'Design and Fabrication of High Performance Resonant Micro-Mirrors using the standard SOIMUMPS Process', Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP 2020).
107. Meli M., Gatt E., Casha O., Grech I. and Micallef J.: 'A Novel Low Power and Low Cost IoT Wireless Sensor Node for Air Quality Monitoring', 27th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits & Systems (ICECS 2020), November 23-25, 2020.
108. Portelli B., Grech I., Farrugia R., Micallef J., Casha O. and Gatt E.: 'Resonant micro-Mirror Electrical Characterisation Towards Tunable Digital Drive Circuit Design', 27th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits & Systems (ICECS 2020), November 23-25, 2020.
109. Galea F., Casha O., Grech I., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'Experimental Measurements of a Low Power CMOS Analog MPPT Power Conditioning Circuit for Energy Harvesting Applications', 4th European Conference on Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS 2020), December 2020.
110. Meli M., Gatt E., Casha O., Grech I. and Micallef J.: 'A Low Cost LoRa-based IoT Big Data Capture and Analysis System for Indoor Air Quality Monitoring', The 2020 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI'20), Las Vegas, USA, December 16-18, 2020.
111. Farrugia R., Portelli B., Grech I., Micallef J., Casha O. and Gatt E.: 'A Concave MOEMS Scanning Diffraction Grating for Infrared Micro-spectrometer Applications', 34th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2021), January 25-29, 2021.
112. Galea F., Casha O., Grech I., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'Integrated Hysteretic Controlled Regulating Buck Converter with Capacitively Coupled Bootstrapping', 16th Conference on PhD Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME 2021), 19-22 July, 2021.
113. Meli M., Gatt E., Casha O., Grech I. and Micallef J.: 'An Improved Novel Low Power and Low Cost IoT Wireless Sensor Node for Air Quality Monitoring', The 22nd International Conference on Internet Computing & IoT, ICOMP '21, July 26-29, 2021.
114. Bengashier M., Grech I., Casha O., Portelli B. and Farrugia R.: 'Investigation of a mechanical contact type RF-MEMS switch for VHF band applications', Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP 2021).
115. Baldacchino G., Grech I., Farrugia R. and Casha O.: 'Design and Characterisation of Microfluidic Channels Fabricated using Additive Manufacturing Techniques', Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP 2021).
116. Galea F., Casha O., Grech I., Gatt E. and Micallef J.: 'Experimental Measurements of an Integrated Hysteretic Controlled Regulating Buck Converter with Capacitively Coupled Bootstrapping', 28th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits & Systems (ICECS 2021), Dubai, UAE 2021.
117. Farrugia R., Grech I., Portelli B., Micallef J., Casha O. and Gatt E.: 'A Compact Near-Infrared Spectrometer Based on an FR4 Electromagnetic Scanning Grating', 28th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits & Systems (ICECS 2021), Dubai, UAE 2021.
118. Meli M., Gatt E., Casha O., Grech I. and Micallef J.: 'A Novel Modular Low Power and Low Cost IoT Wireless Sensor Node for Air Quality Monitoring', The 2021 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI'21: December 15-17, 2021, Las Vegas, USA.
119. Sciberras T., Demicoli M., Grech I., Mallia B., Mollicone P. and Sammut N.: 'Coupled Finite Element - Finite Volume Numerical, Multi-physics Analysis of MEMS Electrothermal Actuators', MDPI, Special Issue Microgrippers, December 2021.
120. Seguna C., Gatt E., Grech I., Casha O. and G. De Cataldo: 'Development of an New ASIC based, Multi-channel Data Acquisition and Real-Time Processing System', 22nd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2021, pp. 779-782, doi: 10.1109/ICIT46573.2021.9453615.
121. Farrugia R., Portelli B., Grech I., Micallef J., Casha O. and Gatt E.: 'An out-of-plane FR4-MEMS Scanning Grating for NIR Spectrometer Applications', Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP 2022), Pont-a-Mousson, July 11th - 13th, 2022.
122. Sciberras T., Mollicone P., Grech I., Sammut N., Demicoli M. and Mallia B.: 'Experimental and Numerical Analysis of MEMS Electrothermal Actuators with Cascaded V-shaped Mechanisms', Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP 2022), Pont-a-Mousson, July 11th - 13th, 2022.
123. Seguna C., Gatt E., Giacinto De Cataldo, Grech I. and O. Casha: 'An ASIC Data Readout Processor for the ALICE HMPID and Charged Particle Veto Detectors', The 21st IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), 2022.
124. D'Amato R., Casha O. and Grech I.: 'Costas Loop for BPSK Carrier Phase Synchronisation Implemented on a SDR Hardware Platform', 27th IEEE International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Communications and Computers (CSCC), Rhodes Island (Rodos Island), Greece, July 19-22, 2023.
125. Thomas SCIBERRAS, Marija DEMICOLI, Ivan GRECH, Bertram MALLIA, Pierluigi MOLLICONE, Nicholas SAMMUT,
MEMS Electrothermal Actuators for Underwater Manipulation and Mechanical Characterisation of Human RED Blood Cells Proc. Design, Test, Integration & Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, Malta, 28 - 31 May 2023
126. Barnaby PORTELLI, Ivan GRECH, Joseph MICALLEF, Russell FARRUGIA, Owen CASHA, Edward GATT,
Implementation of an all-digital electrostatic resonating micro-mirror controller Proc. Design, Test, Integration & Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, Malta, 28 - 31 May 2023
127. Munira BENGASHIER, Ivan GRECH, Owen CASHA, Russell FARRUGIA, Barnaby PORTELLI
Mechanical Contact Type RF-MEMS Switches for Micro- wave band Applications Proc. Design, Test, Integration & Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, Malta, 28 - 31 May 2023
128. Thomas SCIBERRAS, Marija DEMICOLI, Ivan GRECH, Bertram MALLIA, Pierluigi MOLLICONE, and Nicholas SAMMUT Thermo-Mechanical Fluid–Structure Interaction Numerical Modelling and Experimental Validation of MEMS Electrothermal Actuators for Aqueous Biomedical Applications (Micromachines) 2023.
129. SOI MEMS Electro-thermal Actuators for Biomedical Applications: Operation in 0.9% NaCl Solution, Thomas Sciberras, Ivan Grech, Marija Demicoli, Bertram Mallia, Nicholas Sammut, Pierluigi Mollicone, Micromachines, ID:2958237, 2024
130. Nikolai Dimech, Ivan Grech, Russell Farrugia, Owen Casha, Joseph Micallef,"Design of a Low-Cost Resonant Electromagnetic Scanning Mirror and its Drive/Sense Circuitry" , Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2024, Nancy France.
131. Experimental Investigation of Thermal Tuning for Laterally Excited Bulk Acoustic Wave MEMS Resonators using SOI Bulk Heating
M. Bengashier, O. Casha, I. Grech, R. Farrugia, J. Micallef and E. Gatt
Proceedings of the Sensors 2024 Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
132. Evaluation of a Dust-Related Power Loss Sensor for SolarFarm Management Barnaby Portelli *, Ryan D’Amato, Ivan Grech and Joseph Micallef, Energies 2025,18,1411.
133. Air Damping Reduction in MEMS Micro-Mirrors: Simulation, and Experimental Insights, Russell FARRUGIA, Barnaby PORTELLI, Joseph MICALLEF, Ivan GRECH, Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP’2025)
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