Lluis Pradell

Lluis Pradell i Cara was born in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, in 1956. He received the telecommunication engineering degree from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, in 1981, and the Dr. degree in telecommunication engineering from UPC in 1989. From 1981 to 1985 he was with the company Mier-Allende, Barcelona, as an RF & microwave system design engineer. In 1985, he joined the faculty at UPC, where he became associate professor in 1990. Since 1985, he has been teaching courses on microwave circuits, and performing research on models for microwave active devices (MESFET, HEMT, HBT), multimodal models for guiding-structures and transitions (microstrip, finline, slotline, CPW), on-wafer measurement techniques (network-analyzer calibration, noise parameters), development of microwave and millimeter-wave circuits (equipment for space applications, point-to-multipoint broadband equipment, RF MEMS devices), in the frequency range 1 GHz to 75 GHz.