Staff profile
Professor John C Devlin
Head of Department of Electronic Engineering, Professor
Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering
School of Engineering and Mathematical SciencesDepartment of Electronic Engineering
Beth Gleeson Building, Room 434, Melbourne (Bundoora)
- T: +61 3 9479 2036
- F: +61 3 9471 0524
- E: J.Devlin@latrobe.edu.au
- W: Electronic Engineering
Qualifications
BE UMELB., PhD LaTrobe.
Area of study
Electronic Engineering
Brief Profile
The research interests of Professor Devlin lie in the area of Communications and Radar systems: HF radar systems (SuperDARN) : HF ionospheric phased array backscatter, real time systems design, data storage, transmission and analysis techniques. Microwave ultra wideband Chirp radars, non invasive testing and imaging, microwave ISAR systems.
Research interests
Communications
- Channel of HF communication links.
- Digital receiver design, HF receivers.
- Dynamic protocol formats to improve integration with terrestial networks.
- HF radar systems: HF ionospheric phased array backscatter, real time systems design, data storage, transmission and analysis techniques. Microwave ultra wideband Chirp radars, non invasive testing and imaging, microwave ISAR systems.
- Microwave.
- Performance studies of digital communication satellite links.
- Radar and data transmission, frequency synthesis techniques, high linearity phase receivers.
- Satellite communication gateways.
- Switching and control of SSTDMA systems.
Teaching Units
ELE2MDD - Microprocessor and Digital Design
ELE3EMB - Embedded Processors
ELE4RFD - Radio Frequency Design
ELE4ATB - Advanced Topics B
ELE5NDE - Network Design Exercise
