Brian Floyd
Dr. Floyd joined NC State in January 2010. His research interests include RF and millimeter-wave circuits and systems for wireless communications, imaging, and radar applications. Specific research topics include multi-Gb/s wireless transceivers, mmWave passive and active imagers, silicon phased-array transceivers, 3-D RF, digitally assisted/digitally-replaced RF systems, and manufacturable antenna-in-package approaches.
Prior to 2010, Dr. Floyd worked at IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, NY as a research staff member (2001-2007) and as the manager of the RF and wireless circuits and systems group (2007-2009). His work at IBM included the demonstration of some of the world's first 60-GHz transceivers in silicon and the development of 60-GHz phased-array transceivers, antennas, and packages.
Education
1996 - B.S. in Electrical Engineering with highest honors, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
1998 - M.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2001 - Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Highlighted Awards
Awards & Honors
- 2020 - University Faculty Scholar
- 2016 - NC State Outstanding Teacher Award
- 2015 - NCSU Chancellor Innovation Fund Winner
- 2015 - William F. Lane Outstanding Teacher Award (ECE Department)
- 2014 - IBM Faculty Award
- 2011 - DARPA Young Faculty Award
- 2011 - IBM Research Pat Goldberg Memorial Best Paper Award for EE/CS/Math
- 2007 - IBM Research Division Outstanding Accomplishment Award
- 2006 - Best Paper Award, International Solid-State Circuits Conference (Lewis Winner Awd)
- 2006 - IBM Research Pat Goldberg Memorial Best Paper Award for CS/EE/Math
- 2004 - Best Paper Award, International Solid-State Circuits Conference (Lewis Winner Award)
Recent Publications
- 2020 RFIC Symposium (2020)
- Multibeam Phased-Arrays Using Dual-Vector Distributed Beamforming: Architecture Overview and 28 GHz Transceiver Prototypes (2020)
- Tunable 0.7-2.8-GHz Reflection-Mode N-Path Filters in 45-nm SOI CMOS (2020)
- 2019 RFIC Symposium (2019)
- Harmonic Performance of Mixer-First Receivers With Circulant-Symmetric Basebands (2019)
- A 24–44 GHz UWB LNA for 5G Cellular Frequency Bands (2018)
- Built-in test of phased arrays using code-modulated interferometry (2018)
- Mixer-First MIMO Receiver with Multi-Port Impedance Tuning for Decoupling of Compact Antenna Systems (2018)
- A 28-GHz SiGe BiCMOS PA with 32% efficiency and 23-dBm output power (2017)
- A 28-GHz harmonic-tuned power amplifier in 130-nm SiGe BiCMOS (2017)