(IOC-4) PhD Postgraduate Opportunity, Microelectronics Circuits Job in Cork City, Ireland

Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork is one of Europe's leading research centres, specialising in ICT hardware research, with ca 420 staff, students and academic & industrial visiting researchers. Tyndall undertakes internationally-leading research into information and communications technology.

Tyndall uses its facilities and expertise to support industry and academia nationally and provides large numbers of highly qualified graduate students, key to the development of Ireland’s national economy. Tyndall has over 200 industry partnerships and customers worldwide. Several start up companies in Ireland have been based on technology originating at Tyndall. The Institute’s researchers include 125 PhD and 10 Masters students, and 38 nationalities are represented within the institute at all levels, with its research published in 200 peer reviewed publications last year.

(IOC-4) PhD Postgraduate Opportunity, Microelectronics Circuits Job Description

The Microelectronic Circuits Centre Ireland is a national Irish research centre in microelectronic circuits hosted in Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork.  With over thirty researchers, MCCI carries out world-class research with 23 company partners including Analog Devices, Intel and Boston Scientific.  MCCI is focused on solving the grand challenges of Analog circuit scaling in deep-sub-micron technology nodes and is already working in 28nm CMOS and FD-SOI.  The MCCI vision is to be the number one industry-led analogue-mixed-signal research centre in the world by 2018.  MCCI is now hiring research assistants, masters students, PhD students and a senior research fellow in microelectronic circuits.   www.mcci.ie

 PhD in All Digital Phase Locked Loop Job Description

• MCCI is opening up a PhD studentship in the area of All Digital Phase PLLs. The successful candidate will:
• Carry out innovative research in frequency synthesis with a focus on taking advantage of deep-submicron CMOS technologies at 28nm and below.
• Participate on research projects under the direction of a project team leader to develop new architectures and circuits in the area of All Digital PLLs.
• With guidance, carry out aspects of integrated circuit design which may include system level simulation, algorithm development, schematic design, layout and validation of manufactured silicon. 
• Work on collaborative research projects with MCCI industry partners who may include Xilinx, Analog Devices, Cypress, On Semi, M/A-COM, Hittite, Silicon Labs and Intel.
• Engage in the dissemination of the results of the research, as directed by and with the support of senior MCCI research staff.

(IOC-4) PhD Postgraduate Opportunity, Microelectronics Circuits Job Requirements

PhD in All Digital PLLs Experience and Qualifications

The minimum academic qualification is a first or upper second class honours degree (or an equivalent international degree) in electrical engineering, electronic engineering, physics or related relevant discipline.

The successful candidate will be highly innovative with a strong desire to create world-beating
integrated circuits research for real-life applications.

The successful candidate will be highly analytical with good interpersonal and organizational skills.

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