Dr. Lakshmi N S

Dr. Lakshmi N S

Assistant Professor
Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam
Valavoor P.O, Pala
Kottayam - 686635, Kerala, India.
Email: lakshmins at iiitkottayam dot ac.in
Hello at: 00 91 04822202260

Honours and Achievements :

• MHRD Fellowship for doctoral studies 2016-2021 at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli.

Education :

• Ph.D, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Thesis titled: "Design of Gyrator-C Based Active Inductor and its use in the Design of Bandpass Filter and Voltage-Controlled Oscillator", National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli,2022.
• M.Tech., VLSI and Embedded Systems, Mahatma Gandhi University, 2013
• B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mahatma Gandhi University,2010

Invited Talk/Sessions :

• Invited speaker for a talk on “gm/ID-based design methodology for CMOS Analog IC design”, in Faculty Development Program “Exploring the modern Circuits, Devices, and Systems Designs in Nanotechnology” organised by School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, April 2024.
• Technical talk as part of India’s Techade- Chips for Viksit Bharat" –Research and career opportunities in Semiconductor Industry at IIIT Kottayam on 13-03-2023
• Technical talk on “VLSI Design- Research and Career opportunities” and workshop on Circuit design using LT Spice at Sree Narayana Gurukulam College of Engineering, Kerala, June 2022

Publications

Journals

1. Lakshmi Nediyara Suresh, & Bhaskar Manickam, (2020), “Multiple cascode flipped active inductor‐based tunable bandpass filter for fully integrated RF front‐end”, IET Circuits, De-vices & Systems, 14(1), 93–99. doi:10.1049/iet-cds.2019.0330
2. Lakshmi Nediyara Suresh, & Bhaskar Manickam (2022), “Design and application of CMOS active inductor in bandpass filter and VCO for reconfigurable RF front-end”, Elsevier Inte-gration, The VLSI journal, 82 (2022): 115-126. doi:10.1016/j.vlsi.2021.09.003
3. Lakshmi Nediyara Suresh, & Bhaskar Manickam (2022), “Design of Active Inductor-Based VCO with Wide Tuning Range for RF Front End”, Springer Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, 41(5), 2486-2502.
4. Lakshmi Nediyara Suresh & Bhaskar Manickam (2022), “Current-Reuse Active Inductor-Based VCO for Reconfigurable RF Front-End”, IETE Journal of Research, doi: 10.1080/03772063.2022.2038284

Conferences

1. Naik, Ajay S., L. Sushil Kumar, and N. S. Lakshmi. "Multi-Stage Low Noise Amplifier for RF Transceiver Front-End." In 2023 International Conference on Next Generation Electronics (NEleX), pp. 1-5. IEEE, Vellore, India 2023
2. Lakshmi Nediyara Suresh, & Bhaskar Manickam, (2018), Gyrator-C Based Bandpass Filter with Improved Dynamic range for Fully Integrated RF Front-End. 2018 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI). doi:10.1109/isvlsi.2018.00011

Events Organized

1. Coordinator Online Faculty Development Program on Recent Trends in VLSI and MEMS at IIIT Kottayam June 3rd to June 7th 2024.

Ongoing Research work

1. Design of Analog Low Drop Out Regulator in Power Management Integrated Circuit
2. Active Inductor Based VCO Design for RF transceiver front-end.

Research Supervision

Sl.No Degree Status Topic 1 Ph.D On-going Low Drop Out Regulator 2 B.Tech Honours On-going Active Inductor Based VCO Design

Professional Activities

• Student member in organizing committee IEEE conference International Conference on Microwave Integrated Circuits, Photonics and Wireless Networks at NIT Trichy, May 2019.
• Resource person in Webinar on RFIC Design at Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham School of Electronics Engineering, Amritapuri, August 2022.

Membership in Professional bodies

• IEEE Member
• IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Member

Participation in workshop and conference

• TEQUIP-III sponsored online Workshop on Recent Trends in VLSI Devices Circuits and Applications Organized by MNIT JAIPUR October 1st -5th, 2020
• Internship on “Analog and Digital Design flow” organized by NIELIT Calicut and NIT Calicut 17th August 2020-4th September 2020.
• Paper presentation in IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), Hong Kong, July 9th -11th, 2018
• MDP-C2SD training Program “Synopsys EDA Tools Training Program”, organized by Department of ECE, NIT Trichy from January 5th to 10th 2017
• Workshop on Analog VLSI and Mixed Signal Design, conducted by CDAC Bangalore June 15th -16th 2017

Reviewer:

• IEEE International Symposium on Circuit and Systems (ISCAS) 2024
• Wiley Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Research Interests :

• CMOS Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
• Analog Integrated Circuit Design
• Design of transceiver blocks for RF front-end
• Full Custom Integrated Circuit Design
• VLSI Circuit Design using EDA tools

Teaching Experience

• Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu- August 2022-November 2023
• Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham School of Engineering, Amritapuri campus, Kerala, January 2022-Auust 2022

Internships and summer Projects

If you are interested in doing internship or projects in Analog/RFIC design you can reach me at lakshmins@iiitkottayam.ac.in