Department of Microelectronics
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science

ir. R.J. Bootsman

PhD student
Electronic Circuits and Architectures (ELCA), Department of Microelectronics

Expertise: Digital-Intensive RF transmitters

Themes: XG - Next Generation Sensing and Communication

Biography

Rob Bootsman was born in Nieuw-Vennep, the Netherlands in 1992. He received the BSc degree (cum laude) in Electrical Engineering in 2014 and the MSc degree in Electrical Engineering track Micro Electronics in early 2018 from the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.

 

He is currently working towards his Ph.D. at the Delft University of Technology. His research interests include Digital-Intensive and Energy Efficient RF Power Amplifiers, High-Speed Data Conversion, and Processing.

Projects history

High Power RF-DAC

This project investigates the next generation of high power RF-DACs and digital intensive receivers

  1. A Wideband Digital-Intensive Current-Mode Transmitter Line-Up
    Y. Shen; M. Hoogelander; R. Bootsman; M. S. Alavi; L. C. N. de Vreede;
    IEEE Journal Solid-State Circuits,
    Volume 58, Issue 9, pp. 2489-2500, Sep. 2023. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2023.3279235

  2. A Wideband Digital-Intensive Current-Mode Transmitter Line-Up
    Shen, Yiyu; Hoogelander, Martijn; Bootsman, Rob; Alavi, Morteza S.; de Vreede, Leo C. N.;
    IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
    pp. 1-12, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2023.3279235

  3. The Efficiency and Power Utilization of Current-Scaling Digital Transmitters
    Mul, Dieuwert P. N.; Bootsman, Robert J.; Beikmirza, Mohammadreza; Alavi, Morteza S.; de Vreede, Leo C. N.;
    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,
    pp. 1-17, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2023.3336984
    Keywords: ... Switches;Radio frequency;Clocks;Logic gates;Transmitters;Power generation;Loading;Current mode;current scaling;digital transmitter (DTX);Doherty;efficiency;multiphase;peak-to-average-power ratio (PAPR);polar;power utilization;RF-DAC;signed Cartesian (SC);upconversion.

  4. High-Power Digital Transmitters for Wireless Infrastructure Applications (A Feasibility Study)
    Bootsman, Robert J.; Mul, Dieuwert P. N.; Shen, Yiyu; Hashemi, Mohsen; Heeres, Rob M.; van Rijs, Fred; Alavi, Morteza S.; de Vreede, Leo C. N.;
    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,
    Volume 70, Issue 5, pp. 2835-2850, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2022.3153000

  5. A Wideband IQ-Mapping Direct-Digital RF Modulator for 5G Transmitters
    Shen, Yiyu; Bootsman, Robert; Alavi, Morteza S.; de Vreede, Leo C. N.;
    IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
    Volume 57, Issue 5, pp. 1446-1456, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2022.3144362

  6. A 39 W Fully Digital Wideband Inverted Doherty Transmitter
    Bootsman, Robert; Shen, Yiyu; Mul, Dieuwert; Rousstia, Mohadig; Heeres, Rob; van Rijs, Fred; Gajadharsing, John; Alavi, Morteza S.; de Vreede, Leo C.N.;
    In 2022 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2022,
    pp. 979-982, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/IMS37962.2022.9865405

  7. Efficiency and Linearity of Digital "Class-C Like" Transmitters
    Mul, Dieuwert P.N.; Bootsman, Rob J.; Bruinsma, Quinten; Shen, Yiyu; Krause, Sebastian; Quay, Rüdiger; Pelk, Marco J.; van Rijs, Fred; Heeres, Rob M.; Pires, Sergio; Alavi, Morteza; de Vreede, Leo C.N.;
    In 2020 50th European Microwave Conference (EuMC),
    pp. 1-4, 2021. DOI: 10.23919/EuMC48046.2021.9338122

  8. An 18.5 W Fully-Digital Transmitter with 60.4 % Peak System Efficiency
    Bootsman, R.J.; Mul, D.P.N.; Shen, Y.; Heeres, R.M.; van Rijs, F.; Alavi, M.S.; de Vreede, L.C.N.;
    In 2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS),
    pp. 1113-1116, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223942

  9. A 1–3 GHz I/Q Interleaved Direct-Digital RF Modulator As A Driver for A Common-Gate PA in 40 nm CMOS
    Shen, Yiyu; Bootsman, Rob; Alavi, Morteza S.; de Vreede, Leo C.N.;
    In 2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC),
    pp. 287-290, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/RFIC49505.2020.9218324

  10. A 0.5-3 GHz I/Q Interleaved Direct-Digital RF Modulator with up to 320 MHz Modulation Bandwidth in 40 nm CMOS
    Shen, Yiyu; Bootsman, Rob; Alavi, Morteza S.; de Vreede, Leonardus;
    In 2020 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC),
    pp. 1-4, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/CICC48029.2020.9075949

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Last updated: 16 Jun 2022

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