Curriculum Vitae

Xin An was born in Shaanxi, China. He studied and received the B.Sc degree in microelectronics from Xidian University in Xi’an, China, in 2011. He then came to Germany and continued his studies in Dresden and received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, in 2016, where he is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with Chair for Circuit Design and Network Theory. His current research interests include the RF and mm-wave IC design for radar and wireless communication systems.

Projects/Cooperation within CeTI you are involved in:

• low latency and low power human positioning (with Jens Wagner)
• low power and high efficient transceiver for body network applications (with Helmuth Morath)

What do you value most about your work at CeTI?

The possibility to promote the development of communication technology and improve the convenience of people’s lives by interdisciplinary collaboration.

What was your best moment at CeTI so far?

In various activities organized by CeTI, through demonstrations and brainstorming with researchers from different disciplines, I can get many inspirations for my own research field.

What else would you like to research?

4D-Positioning in an indoor complex environment.

How do you spend your spare time?

Stay with my family and go travelling.

Publications

1.

Xin An; Helmut P. E. Morath; Florian Protze; Jens Wagner; Frank Ellinger

A V-band 2 Gb/s 6.5 dBm low-power transmitter in CMOS with on-chip antenna and consumption adaptivity down to 700 nW (Journal Article)

In: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2024, (early access).

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2.

Frank Ellinger; Helmuth P. E. Morath; Xin An; Marcos D. Katz; Lucas Ott; Alejandra M. Castro-Chong; Jens Wagner; Ronny Henker; Tilo Meister; Florian Protze; Frank H. P. Fitzek; Gerhard P. Fettweis; Eckehard Steinbach; Marco Zimmerling; Yana Vaynzof; Jens Gutzmer; Edeltraud Günther

Green circular economy design aspects for 6G wireless millimeter-wave transceivers (Proceedings Article)

In: Proceedings of the URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference (AT-RASC), 2024.

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3.

Xin An; Xin Yan; Helmuth P. E. Morath; Jens Wagner; Frank Ellinger

A 60 GHz 8.4 dBm output power OOK-capable VCO based on a feedback class-E amplifier (Journal Article)

In: IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 283–286, 2023.

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4.

Xin An; Jens Wagner; Frank Ellinger

An integrated primary impulse radio ultra-wideband radar for short-range real-time localization (Journal Article)

In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 69, no. 8, pp. 3190–3201, 2022.

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Helmuth P. E. Morath; Xin An; Jens Wagner; Paolo V. Testa; Karlheinz Bock; Frank Ellinger

Designing a 60 GHz sub-milliwatt transceiver for wireless body-area-networks (Proceedings Article)

In: Proceedings of the European Wireless (EW), 2021.

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6.

Xin An; Jens Wagner; Frank Ellinger

Fully differential ultra-wideband amplifier with 46 dB gain and positive feedback for increased bandwidth (Journal Article)

In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 1083–1087, 2021.

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7.

Xin An; Jens Wagner; Frank Ellinger

An efficient ultrawideband pulse transmitter with automatic on-off functionality for primary radar systems (Journal Article)

In: IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 449–452, 2020.

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