Alexandru Grancea
Radio Systems Engineer
Contact
CSIRO ICT Centre
Cnr Vimiera & Pembroke Roads
Marsfield
NSW 2122
Australia
Tel: 61 2 9372 4189
Fax: 61 2 9372 4490
Alexandru.Grancea@csiro.au
Themes
- Mining ICT
- e-Technology
- ATNF
Projects
- NTD Receivers
- xNTD Receivers
- Propagation Test Bed
- Wireless Position Location
- Adaptive Wireless
Biography
Alex Grancea completed his 5 year studies at the Faculty of Physics, Bucharest, Romania, in 1986, graduating with an MEngSc degree in Applied Physics.
From 1986 to 1994 he worked for the Institute of Physics and Technology of Materials (Bucharest), with the Microwave Laboratory, as research engineer. Most notable achievements were developments of microwave devices, like circulators and tunable YIG filters.
He migrated to Australia in 1994.
Academic Qualifications
| 1986 | MEngSc degree in Applied Physics from University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics. |
Recent Professional Experience
| 2000-2002 | Design of Position Location RF H/W (2.4GHz Mobiles and Base Stations) |
| 2002-2004 | Design of MIMO RF H/W (802.11a 5.2GHz transmitters) |
| Mobiles) | |
| 2004-2006 | Design of Indoor Position Location RF H/W (2.4/5.2GHz |
| Design of NTD 24-channel receiver for the FPA tile | |
| Design of NTD 0.8-1.7GHz LNAs for the horn feed | |
| 2006-2007 | Design of xNTD 40 and 192 channel downconverters |
| 2007-present | |
| Design | of dual-band 2.5/5.8GHz mobile transceivers for Indoor Positioning Location System. |
| Design | of Low Noise Amplifiers for ASKAP project (follows xNTD) project. |
Summary of Science & Technical Output
| Books/Book chapters | 0 |
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| Journal | 0 |
| Refereed Conference/Workshop | 6 |
| Technical/Client Reports | 0 |
| Invited Presentations | 0 |
| Patents | 0 |
Top 10 Publications
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| Bengston K., Brothers M., Bunton J., Cantrall C., Daniels G., Grancea A., Jacka C., Joseph J., Kendall R., Murray B., Pathikulangara J., and Shaw R., ‘Progress on the CSIRO multi-channel tested’, Australian Communications Theory Workshop 2004 Newcastle, F |
| # Bengston K., Brothers M., Bunton J., Cantrall C., Daniels G., Grancea A., Jacka C., Joseph J., Kendall R., Murray B., Pathikulangara J., and Shaw R., ‘Progress on the CSIRO multi-channel tested’, WARS’04 Conference, Hobart February 2004 (abstract) htt |
| Bunton, J.D., Grancea, A., Pathikulangara, J. & Joseph, J., ‘NTD Prototype Beamformer’, SKA 2005, Pride Hotel, Pune, India. Oct 30 - Nov 3, 2005 |
| Architecture, Construction and Testing of a Very Wideband Propagation Channel Sounder. Alex Grancea, Joseph Pathikulangara, Ian Sharp and Carol Wilson ICT Centre Conference 2006, Luna Park, Sydney. |
| NTD Interferometer System Chris Cantrall, Mike Kesteven, Ron Beresford, Doug Hayman, Alex Grancea, Jayasri Joseph. ICT Centre Conference 2006, Luna Park, Sydney. |
| Receiver Design for the NTD Focal Plane Array. Alex Grancea ICT Centre Conference 2005, Luna Park, Sydney. |
| Recent Focal Plane Array Developments for the Australian SKA Pathfinder J. O’Sullivan, R. Gough, D. Hayman, A. Grancea, C. Granet, S. Hay and J. Kot CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility Nov 2007 P. O. Box 76, Epping 1710, NSW, AUSTRALIA |
| THE NTD INTERFEROMETER: A PHASED ARRAY FEED TEST BED Douglas Hayman, Ron Beresford, John Bunton, Chris Cantrall, Tim Cornwell, Alexandru Grancea, Christophe Granet, Jayasri Joseph, Michael Kesteven, John O'Sullivan, Joseph Pathikulangara, Tony Sweetnam, |
| Real-Time Wideband MIMO Demonstrator Hajime Suzuki, Boyd Murray, Alex Grancea, Robert Shaw, Joseph Pathikulangara and Iain B. Collings accepted for publication in 7th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, Sydney, Octobe |