A 2.4 GHz LC-VCO Fractional-N Phase-Locked Loop Open-Source Design in 130-nm BiCMOS
Published in IEEE Xplore
Seeking PhD opportunities in analog, mixed-signal & RF IC design
Manimohan Thiriloganathan
Analog, Mixed-Signal & RF IC Designer
B.Sc. Eng. (Hons) graduate in Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering (First Class Honours) from the University of Moratuwa. I design PLLs, VCOs and on-chip passives in open-source silicon flows, and build quantized neural networks for FPGAs, a combination that draws me toward AI-assisted IC design.
2×Silicon tapeoutsIHP SG13G2 · 130 nm BiCMOS
- Silicon tapeouts
- 2
- IHP SG13G2 130 nm BiCMOS
- International papers
- 2
- SMACD 2026 · IEEE ITSC 2026
- Projects built
- 15+
- Silicon, embedded, AI & software
- Teaching roles
- 4+
- Moratuwa · Curtin · Jaffna
Latest research
All research Publications
An Embedded Real-Time License Plate Recognition System for Complex Traffic Scenes
Accepted at IEEE ITSC 2026
What I work on
Focus areas
Analog & RF IC Design
Full-custom PLLs, LC and ring VCOs, ΔΣ modulators and custom spiral inductors, taken from schematic through layout, DRC/LVS, PEX and post-layout verification.
Embedded AI
Low-bit quantized CNNs deployed on FPGAs with Brevitas and Xilinx FINN, including a real-time license plate recognition system running at 11.5 FPS on a Kria KV260.
Teaching
Labs and tutorials in analog and digital electronics and IC design at the University of Moratuwa, and the Level 4 VLSI Design module at Curtin University Colombo.
