1. Full time lecturer/Research Engineer - INSiAVA

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• B.Eng (Electronic) (cum laude) (University of Pretoria)
• B.Hons (Microelectronics) (University of Pretoria)
• M.Eng (Microelectronics Engineering) (cum laude) (University of Pretoria)

Office 2-13
Carl and Emily Fuchs Institute for Microelectronics (CEFIM)
Dept. EERC, University of Pretoria
Cnr Lynwood Rd & University Rd
Pretoria
South Africa
0002

Telephone
+27 12 420 3648 (intl)
012 420 4648 (loc)

Fax
+27 12 362 5115 (intl)
012 362 5115 (loc)

E-mail
jannes.venter()up.ac.za pjventer()ieee.org

1. Analogue RF CMOS design.
2. Silicon integrated optoelectronics.
3. On-chip audio signal processing.

Master's Dissertation
The topic of my Master's degree dissertation is “Optical clock distribution”, where the feasibility of distributing a global digital clock throughout an ASIC or microprocessor is studied, with primary focus on power consumption reduction and secondary focus on non-local skew compensation. This includes developing new techniques to capture and convert optical information in a power efficient way, as well as light distribution throughout the integrated circuit.

Final Year Projects (2007)

1. Design of a CMOS integrated mixer for personal studio monitoring.
2. Design of a programmable on-chip stackable CMOS high voltage generator.

See also the Official EPR400/402 website

• EMR100: Computer Modelling & Measurement Techniques (2005 - 2006)
• ETN322: Electrotechnics (2005)
• EIR220: Electrical Engineering (2006)

• ENE410: Advanced Electronics (2005)
• EMK310: Microprocessors (2006)
• ENE310: Analogue Electronics (2006)

• EDG780 Digital Electronics (2007) (EDA component)

• SAMES Award in Microelectronics (2004)
• 1st Prize, Conceptual Catagory, Design Automation Conference (DAC) student design contest (2005)
• The Tanner Award for Outstanding Achievement in Educational Design, received while attending DAC (2005)

• P.J. Venter and S. Sinha, “Design and implementation of a Fractional-N Frequency synthesiser for cellular systems”, Africa Research Journal incorporating the South African Institute for Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) Transactions, Vol. 97, No. 1 (March 2006), pp 93-

• P.J. Venter & S. Sinha, “An Active Inductor Fractional-N Frequency Synthesiser for Cellular Systems,” SAIEE Elektron Journal, June 2006, pp 30-33.

• Invited to present a talk on the award winning paper “Design and implementation of a Fractional-N Frequency synthesiser for cellular systems” at the DAC awards ceremony (2005).

• P.J. Venter & S. Sinha, “Design and implementation of a fractional-N synthesizer for cellular systems,” 42nd Design Automation Conference, Anaheim, USA, 13-17 June 2005.
• Invited poster presentation (Winner (1st prize) of the “Conceptual Design” Category of the ISSCC/DAC Student Design Contest (SDC) 2005)
• P.J. Venter & S. Sinha, “Design and implementation of a fractional-N synthesizer for cellular systems,” International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, USA, 06-10 February 2005.

• CE@UP: Electronic design automation (EDA) Software: Tanner tools fundamentals 1 day course; runs twice a year

http://www.ee.up.ac.za/~subjects/files/EPR400_uE/CE_UP_Tanner.doc

• Unofficial Tanner course (2005, 2006), as part of an internal EDA course for project students.

• Track moderator/reviewer for IEEE Africon 2007.

• Completed: EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE SCI164
• Partially completed: MUSIC TECHNOLOGY MTZ772
• Involved in a number of studio recording activities for various artists, as well as live recordings at the University of Pretoria Musaion. As hobby, I have designed a number of key components for use in studio/musical environments.