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Electrical and Computer Engineering 
iNtegrated Circuits and Systems Lab @ NC State (iNcs2)

Biographical Sketch

  • Brian Floyd received the BS with highest honors, MEng, and PhD degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL in 1996, 1998, and 2001, respectively.
  • From June 2001 to June 2007, he was a research staff member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York.  His work at IBM included the development and demonstration of some of the world’s first silicon-based millimeter-wave receivers, transmitters, and frequency synthesizers for applications at 60 GHz and above.  He also worked on the development of 3G WCDMA receivers in SiGe BiCMOS and CMOS technologies.
  • From June 2007 to Dec. 2009, he was the manager of the Wireless Circuits and Systems group at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center.  During this time, he co-led the development of 60 GHz phased-array transceiver, antenna, and package solutions and was the technical team lead of the IBM and MediaTek joint development program.
  • In January 2010, Dr. Floyd joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, where he currently works as the Alton and Mildred Lancaster Professor.
  • He directs the iNtegrated Circuits and Systems lab at NC State (iNcs2). His research interests include RF and millimeter-wave integrated radios, radars, and imagers.
  • Dr. Floyd teaches graduate-level classes in analog integrated circuits (ECE 511), RF integrated circuits (ECE 712), and millimeter-wave integrated circuits (ECE 792). He has authored/co-authored over 134 technical papers with 34 issued patents.
  • IEEE Conference Service: He serves on the executive committee for the IEEE RFIC Symposium. Previously, he served in many other roles for the IEEE RFIC Symposium, including the 2021 General Chair, the 2020 Technical Program Committee (TPC) Chair, and the 2019 TPC Co-Chair. He was chair of the mmWave subcommittee and a long-time TPC member. He has also served on the TPC for the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) and the IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM).
  • IEEE Society Service: He currently serves on the Administrative Committee (AdCom) for the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) and an ad-hoc committee for the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTTS) on strategic directions of the International Microwave Symposia. He previously served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC).
  • SRC Service: He has served as the security and safety thrust leader for the SRC TX Analog Center of Excellence (TxACE) and represented IBM as a technical advisory board member to the circuits and systems area for the SRC.