Eran Socher

Biography

Dr. Eran Socher (S’96–M’03 SM'12) received the B.A. degree in physics (summa cum laude) and B.Sc. (summa cum laude), M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering, all from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, where he worked on CMOS compatible MEMS sensors and actuators and their readout electronics, especially for uncooled thermal imaging. From 2003 to 2006, he was a research engineer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and an adjunct lecturer at the Technion and Bar-Ilan University. From 2006 to 2008, he was a visiting researcher at the High Speed Electronics Laboratory and a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), CA, USA. Since October 2008, he is a faculty member (now tenured) at the School of Electrical Engineering of Tel Aviv University (TAU) and heads the High Frequency Integrated Circuits Lab. He co-authored 30 journal papers and over 50 conference papers, including JSSC, T-MTT, MWCL, RFIC, IMS, SiRF and EuMIC. His current research interests are mostly in mm-wave CMOS circuit design for >20Gbps communications and THz imaging and interfaces to the chip at these frequencies (on-chip antennas, transitions to waveguide). He holds 6 patents and consults to industry on RFIC design and characterization. Dr. Socher is the recipient of several teaching and research awards, including the 2011 TAU Rector’s Prize for Excellent Teaching. He currently serves as treasurer for the Israel IEEE section and its bi-annual convention and served in the TPC of previous conventions and the IEEE International Conference on Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronic Systems (COMCAS) 2013. He is also the General Assembly member of the European Microwave Association representing Group 11.

Research Interest

RFIC, VLSI, Integrated communication and sensing circuits, mm-wave CMOS circuits.