name:    Dr. Johannes Sturm

position: Professur für Analog Design
address: Europastrasse 4; A - 9524 Villach
room:    2.11
phone:  +43 4242 90500 2165
fax:       +43 4242 90500 2010
email:    j.sturm(at)cti.ac.at

Course of Education

• Technical High School for Electrical Engineering;
  Klagenfurt (Austria)
• Graz University of Technology - M.Sc. for Technical Physics
  Graz(Austria)
• Vienna University of Technology - Ph.D. at the faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
  Vienna (Austria)

Working Experience

• 1991, 1995: Research at University of Leipzig (Germany);
• 1995: Research Center of FRANCE TELECOM (Centre National d'Etudes des Télécommunications - CNET) at Paris;
• 1996 – 1999 Siemens Semiconductors - IC Process development; Villach (Austria);
• 1999 - 2006: Infineon Technologies (former Siemens Semiconductors); Development center for analog-mixed-signal IC's; Villach (Austria);
       - Analog and mixed signal design for optoelectronic 
         integrated sensor IC's.
       - Development of high-speed serial links up to data rates
         of 6 Gbit/s for computer peripheral applications.
       - Project management for optoelectronic sensor IC's and
         high-speed circuits in CMOS and BiCMOS technology;
• Since 2006: Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Analog Integrated Circuit Design;

Fields of interest

• Analog design for mixed signal integrated circuits in deep-submicron CMOS and BiCMOS technologies.
• Optoelectronic integrated circuits.
• High-speed CMOS circuits for serial data transmission.
• CMOS RF design.

Publications

• J.Sturm, S.Tasch, G.Leising, T.Kowalszik, K.Singer, E.Toussaere, J.Zyss, U.Scherf, Optical anisotropy in thin films of a blue electroluminescent conjugated polymer, Thin Solid Films 298 (1997) 138-142.
• G.Grem, V.Martin, F.Meghdadi, C.Paar, J.Stampfl, J.Sturm, S.Tasch, G.Leising, Stable Poly(Para-Phenylene)s and their Application in Organic Light Emitting Devices, Synth. Met. 71 (1995) 2193. 
• C. Godon, J.P. Buisson, S. Lefrant, J. Sturm, M. Klemenc, W. Graupner, G. Leising, M. Mayer, A.D. Schlüter, U. Scherf, Vibrational analysis of derivatives of polyparaphenylene, Synthetic Metals 84 (1997) 673-674.
• S. Groiss, J. Sturm, Low-Noise Sampling System for Photo Current Detection with Monolithically Integrated Photo Diodes, Proc. 27th European Solid-State Circuits Conference (2001) 180.
• J. Sturm, S. Hainz, G. Langguth, H. Zimmermann, Integrated photodiodes in  standard BiCMOS technology, Optical devices for Fiber Communication IV, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4969 (2003) 109.
• J. Sturm, M. Leifhelm, H. Schatzmayr, S. Groiss, H. Zimmermann, Optical Receiver IC for CD/DVD/Blue-Laser Application, Proc. 30th European Solid-State Circuits Conference (2004), 267-270 – best of ESSCIRC 2004 award.
• J. Sturm, M. Leifhelm, H. Schatzmayr, S. Groiss, H. Zimmermann, Optical Receiver IC for CD/DVD/Blue-Laser Application, Design Automation and Test in Europe Conference (2005) – invited presentation
• J. Sturm, M. Leifhelm, H. Schatzmayr, S. Groiss, H. Zimmermann, Optical Receiver IC for CD/DVD/Blue-Laser Application, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 40, No. 7, (2005)
• J. Sturm, High-Speed Variable Gain Transimpedance Amplifiers with Integrated Photodiodes in BiCMOS Technology, Tutorial on ESSCIRC (2004)
• C. Seidl, H. Schatzmayr, J. Sturm, S. Groiss, M. Leifhelm, D. Spitzer, H. Schaunig, H. Zimmermann, A Programmable OEIC for Laser Applications in the Range from 405nm to 780nm, Proc. 31st European Solid-State Circuits Conference (2004)
• J. Sturm, H. Zimmermann, Photodiode Modeling for Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits, Semiconductor Conference Dresden, Proceedings of SCD (2008).
• W. Aichholzer, J. Sturm, A 65nm CMOS RF Power Detector with Integrated Offset Storage, Proceedings of Austrochip 2009, Oct. 2009.
• 8 patents in the field of ingrated circuits.