It is a roller coaster. You get some win and a lot of loses. I am still adjusting to the reality that rejections are part of the process. I mean, I know it conceptually. But it still hits me and bothers me when things don't go as planned.
Certainly, I struggle with writing down the things I do and sharing them frequently enough, neither I am good at keeping in touch with people. Yet, I want to steer towards sharing more my journey of building OpenIC from the ground up. As a founder, I am wearing all the
M. Bruschi, J. Fuentes, D. Garcia, J. Rodriguez, C. Silva-Cardenas and M. Monge, "Towards an Open-Source Wireless Power and Data Transfer Library for Implantable and Wearable Medical Devices, " 2026 IEEE Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems (LASCAS), Arequipa, Peru, 2026. bruschi-amaru-lascas-2026bruschi-amaru-lascas-2026.pdf3 MBdownload-circle
E. K. Jacobs, M. Monge, A. Switalla, R. A. Frederick, and F. Deku, “Iris 128x: open-source 128 channel headstages for neural stimulation and recording,” J. Neural Eng., vol. 22, no. 6, p. 066009, Nov. 2025. jacobs-iris-jne-2025jacobs-iris-jne-2025.pdf3 MBdownload-circle Journal of Neural Engineering Paper-Link GitHub: https://github.com/openic-org/iris-128 Documentation:
Last week, I gave an invited talk at a hybrid event in Lima, Peru, entitled ”Open Gate: A Top-Down Silicon Journey”. This event was led by the IEEE CAS Student chapter of the National Major University of San Marcos (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos), Lima, Peru, and co-organized by
I am thrilled to share that a couple of months ago I founded OpenIC. This is a new organization focusing on Research & Develoment (R&D) of Integrated Circuits (ICs) and surrounding electronics using Open-Source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools. We aim to work closely with Universities, Research Institutions,
M. Machnoor, P. Kosta, M. Monge and G. Lazzi, "Rectifier Design for Highly Loaded Inductive Wireless Power Transfer Systems for Biomedical Applications," in IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 574-579, Dec. 2022. Rectifier Design for Highly Loaded Inductive
A. Abdigazy and M. Monge, "A Bimodal Low-Power Transceiver Featuring a Ring Oscillator-Based Transmitter and Magnetic Field-Based Receiver for Insertable Smart Pills," in IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters, vol. 5, pp. 154-157, 2022. A Bimodal Low-Power Transceiver Featuring a Ring Oscillator-Based Transmitter and Magnetic Field-Based Receiver for Insertable Smart
E. Ho, M. Hettick, D. Papageorgiou, A. Poole, M. Monge, M. Vomero, K. Gelman, T. Hanson, V. Tolosa, M. Mager, and B. Rapoport, "The Layer 7 Cortical Interface: A Scalable and Minimally Invasive Brain–Computer Interface Platform," in bioRxiv 2022.01.02.474656, 2022. The Layer 7 Cortical
H. Gao, Y. Lin and M. Monge, "Towards Magnetic Field Gradient-Based Imaging and Control of In-Body Devices," 2021 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), Berlin, Germany, 2021, pp. 1-4. gao-biocas-2021-finalgao-biocas-2021-final.pdf3 MBdownload-circleTowards Magnetic Field Gradient-Based Imaging and Control of In-Body DevicesThis papers reports a magnetic field gradient-based
N. Udayanga, Y. Lin and M. Monge, "Orientation-Insensitive Multi-Antenna Reader for Wireless Biomedical Applications," 2021 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), Berlin, Germany, 2021, pp. 1-5. udayanga-oimar-biocas-2021-finaludayanga-oimar-biocas-2021-final.pdf1 MBdownload-circleOrientation-Insensitive Multi-Antenna Reader for Wireless Biomedical ApplicationsThis paper presents a multi-antenna external reader system that enables orientation insensitive communication
N. Udayanga and M. Monge, "Dual-band Transceiver with Mutually-coupled On-chip Antennas for Implantable/Wearable Devices," ESSCIRC 2021 - IEEE 47th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), Grenoble, France, 2021, pp. 427-430. udayanga-esscirc-2021udayanga-esscirc-2021.pdf1 MBdownload-circleDual-band Transceiver with Mutually-coupled On-chip Antennas for Implantable/Wearable DevicesThis paper presents a fully integrated