80 WINTER 2021 IEEE SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS MAGAZINE O remarks about European projects and research activities. The event was made available on the IEEE Vol- unteer Tools system [7]. Attendees could participate in a 30-min Q&A session focusing on use cases and rollouts of stand-alone NPNs. Along the lines of getting closer to industry, the SSCS Switzerland Chapter held an adhoc vote ap- proving Domenico Pepe as indus- trial relations coordination officer. Reach out to Domenico with Chap- ter queries. —Mathieu Coustans, Taekwang Jang, Michel Bron, and Domenico Pepe, SSCS Switzerland Chapter References [1] K. Hussami. “5G health fears and the de- bate over deployment in Switzerland.” in- sidetelecom. (Aug. 17, 2020) https://www .insidetelecom.com/5g-health-fears-and -the-debate-over-deployment-in -switzerland/ [2] T. Jang, M. Bron, and M. Coustans, “Korea Telecom ETH Zurich Global Lecture Se- ries: 5G innovation for prosperity [Chap- ters],” IEEE Solid State Circuits Mag., vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 74–74, Spring 2020. doi: 10.1109/MSSC.2020.2987231. [3] C.-G. Hwang, “Nanotechnology enables a new memory growth model,” Proc. IEEE, vol. 91, no. 11, pp. 1765–1771, Nov. 2003. doi: 10.1109/JPROC.2003.818323. [4] “IEEE SSCS Switzerland Chapter hosts webinar by Dr. Alberto Valdes-Garcia [Chapters],” IEEE Solid State Circuits Mag., vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 56–56, Summer 2020. doi: 10.1109/MSSC.2020.3001888. [5] V. Bhagavatula, “Exploring multimode cel- lular transceiver design: A short tutorial,” IEEE Solid State Circuits Mag., vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 35–47, Winter 2021. [6] “Taiwan 4.0: Open for business.” BBC. http://www.bbc.com/storyworks/future/ taiwan-the-worlds-tech-partner/taiwan -40-open-for-business? [7] L. Boeggering. “IEEE SSCs Switzerland webinar: The role of 5G in Industry 4.0.” IEEE vTOOLs. https://events.vtools.ieee .org/m/225924 Bhagavatula introduced a couple of difficulties associated with each standard and then reviewed radio-frequency IC techniques to tackle these problems. IEEE SSCS Israel Chapter Hosts Online Distinguished Lecture On 9 September 2020, IEEE Solid- State Circuits Society (SSCS) Distin- guished Lecturer Dr. Venumadhav Bhagavatula, a senior staff engineer at Samsung, San Jose, California, gave the online seminar “Evolution of Cel- lular Radio-Frequency ICs (2G to 5G)” for the SSCS Israel Chapter. In his lec- ture, Bhagavatula discussed circuit and architecture-level techniques that en- able reconfigurable cellular transceivers supporting multiple modes (2G, 3G, and 4G). Every generation has brought a unique set of hardware design chal- lenges. Bhagavatula introduced a couple of difficulties associated with each standard—for example, the phase noise requirement in 2G, coexistence in 3G, and counter intermodulation products in 4G—and then reviewed radio-frequency IC techniques to tackle these problems. The final segment of the talk provided an overview of the challenges in upcoming 5G milli- meter-wave systems. The seminar was hosted and co- organized by the Advanced Circuits Research Center (ACRC), Technion– Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. More than 160 participants from the semiconductor industry and academia attended the lecture. Bhagavatula’s expertise and in-depth knowledge of the topic made this conversation interesting and informative. The presentation was followed by a Q&A session and a vibrant and thoughtful discussion. —Solon Spiegel, SSCS Israel Chapter —Shahar Kvatinsky, associate professor of electrical engi- neering, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology; IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Israel Chapter —Masha Schuster, associate director, ACRC, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MSSC.2020.3035983 Date of current version: 25 January 2021