Marco Gunia

© Marco Gunia

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Mr Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Inf. Marco Gunia

Positioning and Sensor Systems

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Chair for Circuit Design and Network Theory

Chair for Circuit Design and Network Theory

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Education

• 2023                      Dissertation in Electrical Engineering (TU Dresden)

  • Dissertation "Analyse und Design verschiedenartiger Positionierungssysteme, deren Zusammenführung sowie Vorhersage zukünftiger Positionen und Trajektorien"

• Since 2014           Research associate at the Chair for Circuit Design and Network Theory (Faculty of Electrical And Computer Engineering)

• 2010-2013            Research associate at the Chair of VLSI Design, Diagnostics and Architecture (Faculty of Computer Science)

• 2006-2014            Diploma in Electrical Engineering (TU Dresden)
  • Diploma thesis "Erweiterung der Trace-Hardware eines Mikroprozessors für die Fehlerinjektion und Fehlerbeobachtung"
• 2002-2009            Diploma in Computer Science (TU Dresden)
  • Diploma thesis "Analyse der Maßstabilität des 36nm Double Patterning Processes" (Qimonda Dresden)

Publications

38 Entries

2026

• A 120 Gb/s Active Balun for High Data Rate Broadband Measurements in 130 nm SiGeGarraud, L. H., Dürrwald, F. A., Gunia, M. & Ellinger, F., 25 May 2026, IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine. p. 1-4, 4 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
• Channel Sounding: Metrological Exploration of the Design Options using Related Positioning SystemsGunia, M. & Ellinger, F., 3 Feb 2026, In: IEEE Access. 2026, 18 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2025

• Design of a Fast-Switchable Three-Stage GaN Doherty PA for High DC-to-RF EfficiencyBecker, M. G., Krämer, R., Gunia, M. & Ellinger, F., 25 Sep 2025, 2025 55th European Microwave Conference (EuMC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 1905-1908, 4 p., 11235119Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
• Fast-Switchable 3.6 GHz GaN Doherty Power Amplifier for Energy-Efficient Non-Continuous Transmission of 256-QAM SignalsBecker, M. G., Krämer, R., Gunia, M. & Ellinger, F., Jun 2025, 2025 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 1095-1098, 4 p., 11103849Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
• Energy-Efficient Aggressive Duty-Cycling of V-band Power AmplifiersBecker, M. G., Gunia, M., Mendez, D. & Ellinger, F., 7 Apr 2025, In: IEEE access. 13, p. 64638-64652, 15 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• 3.6 GHz Reflection-type 360°-Phase-Tunable 3-Path Power-Divider With low Phase-Error up to 21.4 dBm Output Power per PathTanner, G. S., Becker, M. G., Gunia, M. & Ellinger, F., 19 Mar 2025, 2025 16th German Microwave Conference (GeMiC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 203-206, 4 p., 10979192Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2024

• Design Considerations for a System-Integrated MUX and DMUX for High-Speed Data CommunicationGarraud, L. H., Gunia, M. & Ellinger, F., 20 Jun 2024, Proceedings of the 5th KuVS/GI Expert Talk on Localization. p. 29-31, 3 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
• On Current Trends in PositioningGunia, M. & Ellinger, F., 20 Jun 2024, Proceedings of the 5th KuVS/GI Expert Talk on Localization. Cimdins, M., Hellbrück, H. & Sternberg, H. (eds.).p. 37-38, 2 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
• On Options for the Design of Radio Frequency-based Positioning SystemsGunia, M. & Ellinger, F., 20 Jun 2024, Proceedings of the 5th KuVS/GI Expert Talk on Localization. Cimdins, M., Hellbrück, H. & Sternberg, H. (eds.).p. 9-11, 3 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
• On Reusable Software to Reducing Design Cycles for Positioning Sensors for Embedded SystemsGunia, M. & Ellinger, F., 20 Jun 2024, Proceedings of the 5th KuVS/GI Expert Talk on Localization. Cimdins, M., Hellbrück, H. & Sternberg, H. (eds.).p. 55-57, 3 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

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Teaching

Theory- and Lab-Tutorials for lecture Integrated Circuits for Broadband Communications.

Tasks and Projects

• Head of group Positioning and Sensor Systems (PSS)
  • Current group members:
    • Naglaa El-Agroudy
    • Emily Walter
    • Nils Mohr
    • Yan Wu (external at company Metirionic)
  • Former group members:
    • Belal Al-Qudsi
    • Tom Drechsel
    • Maximilian Becker
    • Lars Garraud
• Design for energy-efficient secondary radar system for pedestrian detection at street intersections [5.8 GHz] (Project: DistriMuSe)

Completed Projects

• Radar system design for pedestrian detection at street intersections [76 GHz, 81 GHz] (Project: NextPerception)
• Specification and system design for FMCW-radar [76 GHz, 81 GHz] (Project: IPCEI)
• Design of the hazard identification module for real-time wireless communication between vehicles and infrastructure (Project: FastTraffic)
• System design and simulation for seamless hybrid positioning system (Project: MAGELLAN)
• Setup of von Bachelor and Master study programs in Central Asia  (Project: HEICA)

Topics for Student (SA) / Project (PA) / Bachelor (BA) / Diploma (DA) / Master (MA) Thesis

• Comparison of the Angle of Arrival based positioning system, developed at the chair, with respect to a commercial system, designed by the company Metirionic (SA/BA/PA)
  
  Sub tasks:
  • Becoming acquainted with both systems (the work will be conducted in close cooperation with Metirionic).
  • Comparison of both systems with respect to possible improvements.
• Design of an accurate positioning system by means of the Channel State Information (CSI) of commercial WiFi network cards (SA/BA/PA)
  
  Sub tasks:
  • Putting a Linux base station into operation with the help of the Intel 5300 chips
  • Implementation of Angle-of-Arrival Ansatzes by means of the MUSIC algorithm

Ongoing Thesis

2025

• Fabian Schillig (SA): Analyse und Entwurf eines sekundären FMCW-Radarsystems zur Abstandsmessung bei 5,8 GHz unter Verwendung kommerzieller Komponenten (supervision together with Nils Mohr)

Completed Thesis

2025

• Nils Mohr (DA): Analyse und Entwurf eines energieeffizienten Leistungsverstärkers für ein sekundäres FMCW-Radarsytem bei 5,8 GHz (supervision together with Emily Walter)

2024

• Hagen Fuhrmann (SA): Analyse und Entwurf von Doherty Verstärkern im Hinblick auf eine Optimierung durch maschinelles Lernen (supervision together with Robert Krämer)

2021

• Zhenli Liu (DA): Analysis on performance critical steps on machine learning framework and transfer to OpenCL

2019

• Julio Barroeta Esteban (BA): User trajectory prediction by means of Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN)
• Adrian Zinke (DA): Design eines Angle of Arrival basierten Positionierungssystem unter Nutzung kommerzieller integrierter Schaltungen

2018

• Adrian Zinke (SA): Design eines phasenbasierten Positionierungssystems
• Yibo Lu (MA): Analyse von Ansätzen des maschinellen Lernens für nahtlose Positionierung
• Min Liu (SA): Analyse eines Intertial Navigation System für Android-Plattformen

2017

• Yibo Lu (BA): Messung der Lokalisierungsqualitat für Wireless LAN mithilfe eines Environmental Scanners
• Bo Zhang (MA): Vergleich verschiedener WLAN-Lokalisierungsalgorithmen
• Jiaying Wang (SA): Design und Inbetriebnahme der Tags eines Bluetooth-Lokalisierungssystems
• Jun Xu (MA): Analysis of Fingerprinting Approaches in Indoor Localization based on WLAN

2016

• Yan Wu (DA): Design and Analysis of an Inertial Navigations System for Android-based Systems
• Chen Chen (MA): Design and Analysis of Filters for People Tracking
• Jun Xu (BA): Design and Analysis of a seamless Indoor and Outdoor Positioning System based on GPS and WLAN

2015

• Huanyu Guan (MA): Design of an Indoor Localization System based on RSSI of WLAN