Dr. R R Manikandan

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Education

  • Ph.D., Microelectronics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (2009 - 2014)
  • B.E., Electronics and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai (2005 - 2009)

Professional Experience

  • (06/2024 to Present) → Assistant Professor, NIT-Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu
  • (04/2023 to 05/2024) → Assistant Professor, IIITB, Bangalore
  • (07/2017 to 03/2023) → Analog design Engineer, Texas Instruments, Bangalore
  • (06/2016 to 06/2017) → Member of Kilby Research Labs, Texas Instruments, Bangalore
  • (01/2015 to 05/2016) → Lead design Engineer, Cadence Design Systems, Bangalore
  • (Additional responsibilities) → Visiting faculty, IISc, Bangalore (2022-23)

Conference publications

  • "PSRR-Aware (gm/Id)-Based LDO Design with Load-Capacitance and Quiescent-Current Optimization", Sakshi Arora, Manikandan R R, IEEE International Women in Technology Conference (IEEE WinTechCon 2025), Bengaluru, India, November 2025.
  • "NMOS ZTC Operating Point-based Supply Voltage Regulation Scheme", Shravan Sridhar, Manikandan R R, IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (IEEE MWSCAS 2025), Lansing, Michigan, USA, August 2025.
  • "PMOS vs NMOS ZTC References: A Process Technology-Dependent Analysis Framework", Shravan Sridhar, Manikandan R R, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (IEEE ISCAS 2025), London, UK, May 2025.
  • "Design and Automation Methodology of a Wideband, High-PSRR LDO using Device Look-up Tables", Nalamothu Sai Sampath, Anwit Suhas Damale, Sakshi Arora, Manikandan R R, Design Methodologies for Power Electronics Conference (IEEE-DMC), Grenoble, France, November 2024.
  • "Overview of Cryo-CMOS Devices and Circuits for Quantum Computing Applications", Manikandan R R, International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (IEEE – iSES), Ahmedabad, December 2023 (Review/Invited paper).
  • "150nA Iq, Quad Input - Quad Output, Intelligent Integrated Power Management for IoT Applications", Vipul Singhal, Rajat Chauhan, Vinod Menezes, Manikandan R R, Raveesh Magod, Mahesh Mehendale, Anantha Chandrakasan, International Conference on VLSI Design, February 2021 (Best Paper Award).
  • "A 1.2 pJ/cycle KHz Timer Circuit for Heavily Duty-Cycled Systems", Manikandan R R, Vipul Singhal, Rajat Chauhan, Vinod Menezes, Mahesh Mehendale, International Conference on VLSI Design, January 2018 (Honorable Mention Award).
  • "A High Performance Switchable Multi-band Inductor Structure for LC-VCOs", Manikandan R R, Venkata Narayana Rao Vanukuru, International Conference on VLSI Design, January 2017.
  • "A Parameterized Cell Design for High-Q, Variable Width and Spacing Spiral Inductors", Manikandan R R, Venkata Narayana Rao Vanukuru, Anjan Chakravorty, Bharadwaj Amrutur, International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC), December 2014.
  • "Design and modeling of high-Q variable width and spacing, planar and 3-D stacked spiral inductors", Manikandan R R, Venkata Narayana Rao Vanukuru, Anjan Chakravorty, Bharadwaj Amrutur, International symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT), July 2014.

Journal publications

  • "A zero charge-pump mismatch current tracking loop for reference spur reduction in PLLs", Manikandan R R, Bharadwaj Amrutur, Micro-electronics journal, Elsevier, June 2015.
  • "A digital frequency multiplication technique for energy efficient transmitters", Manikandan R R, Abhishek Kumar, Bharadwaj Amrutur, IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (TVLSI) systems, March 2014.
  • "Experimental study on substrate noise effects of a pulsed clocking scheme on PLL performance", Manikandan R R, Bharadwaj Amrutur, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs (TCAS-II), December 2013.

Granted Patents

  • "Ultra-low energy per cycle oscillator topology", Patent publication no. US12149248-B2, R. R. Manikandan, November 2024.
  • "Self Calibrating ON-OFF Keying based Digital Isolator", Patent publication no. US11671138-B1, R. R. Manikandan, Anurag kumar Shrivastava, Anant Kamath, et. al., June 2023.
  • "Single inductor multiple output regulator", Patent publication no. US11190105-B1, Vipul Kumar Singhal, R. R. Manikandan, Rajat Chauhan, Vinod Joseph Menezes, November 2021.
  • "Load current measurement", Patent publication no. US10855184-B2, Vinod Joseph Menezes, R. R. Manikandan, Rajat Chauhan, Vipul Kumar Singhal, Mahesh Madhukar Mehendale, Kaichien Tsai, December 2020.