Mihai Banu

Dr. Banu has over 30 years experience in circuits and systems R&D, with emphasis on analog, radio frequency and mixed-signal integrated circuits.

His experience encompasses many areas from invention and demonstration of new circuits and system concepts, to design methodologies and product development.

Dr. Banu is Founder of Blue Danube Systems, which received Series A venture capital funding and started operations in 2013. He developed the Blue Danube Systems technology concepts at MHI Consulting, a small consulting firm founded and owned by Dr. Banu since 2006. Prior to that, he was R&D director at Agere Systems, working on analog circuits, RF systems for wireless LANs and wireless circuits research. From 1995 to 2000, Dr. Banu was Head of the Communications Circuits Research department at Lucent Technologies, where he was responsible for advanced work in circuit design and Si technology process-device enhancements including SiGe BiCMOS. From 1980 to 1995, he was a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories in the Communications Sciences Division, the Physical Sciences Division and the VLSI Research Department.

Dr. Banu is author of more than 30 technical papers, several book chapters and many U.S. and international patents. As a recognized IC design expert, he was invited to contribute in many panels and workshops at major international conferences, as well as teach short courses. He received his bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Columbia University and he is an IEEE Fellow.