The Berkeley Wireless Research Center Platforms

August 8, 2005
Gary Kelson | Berkeley Wireless Research Center

This talk will overview the research of BWRC and highlight recent accomplishments. BWRC is a pioneer in a new wave of university-industry-government partnerships. Our model involves forging deep relationships with leading wireless companies so that industry can rapidly transfer new technologies and university researchers can benefit from industrial experience. BWRC consists of 60 graduate students and 11 UCB faculty involved in a large interdisciplinary research effort investigating issues relevant to future generations of wireless systems on a chip.

Research focal areas include:

RF and Millimeter Wave CMOS Circuits
Ultra-Low Power Sensor Networks
Low Power Analog and Digital CMOS Circuits
Cognitive Radio Systems
Ultra-Wideband Systems
SoC Design and Emulation Systems

Speaker Details

Gary Kelson has over 30 years experience in high tech electronics ranging from VLSI chip design, management of all aspects of semiconductor R&D and general management. He received BSEE and MSEE degrees from UC Berkeley.He was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Silicon Systems, Inc. where he led all product and technology development. SSI became the worldwide leader of Hard Disk Drive signal processing chips with sales exceeding $1B.He was the Executive Vice President and General Manager of TCSI Corporation where he led the Personal Communications business. TCSI developed and licensed digital cellular chip sets for TI, AT&T and others.He is currently the Executive Director of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center, a partnership of UCB researchers and 17 high tech industry leaders