Publications

• C.J. Debono, F. Maloberti, J. Micallef, "Low-Voltage CMOS Four Quadrant Analogue Multiplier for RF Applications," IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 34, no. 24, pp. 2285 - 2286, 1998.
• I. Grech, J. Micallef, C.J. Debono, P. Malcovati, F. Maloberti,  "A 1V Second Order Sigma-Delta Modulator", Proc. of the 6th IEEE Int. Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, pp. 1511 - 1514, 1999.
• C.J. Debono,F. Maloberti, J. Micallef, "A Low-Voltage CMOS Multiplier for RF Applications," Proc. of the 2000 Int. Symp. on Low-Power Electronics and Design, pp. 225 - 227, 2000.
• C.J. Debono,F. Maloberti, J. Micallef, "A Low-Voltage CMOS Multiplier and Its Application to a 900MHz RF Downconversion Mixer," Proc. of the 7th IEEE Int. Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, pp. 108 - 111, 2000.
• I. Grech, J. Micallef, C.J. Debono, P. Malcovati, F. Maloberti,  "A 1V Second Order Sigma-Delta Modulator",  Journal of Analogue Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 24, pp. 151 - 164, 2001.
• C.J. Debono, F. Maloberti, J. Micallef, "A 900 MHz, 0.9 V Low-Power CMOS Downconversion Mixer", Proc. of the IEEE 2001 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, pp. 527 - 530, 2001.
• C.J. Debono,F. Maloberti, J. Micallef, "A 1.8 GHz CMOS Low-Noise Amplifier", Proc. of the 8th IEEE Int. Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, pp. 1111 - 1114, 2001.
• C.J. Debono,F. Maloberti, J. Micallef, "On the Design of Low-Voltage, Low-Power CMOS Analog Multipliers for RF Applications", IEEE Trans. on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, vol. 10, pp. 168 - 174, 2002.
• I. Grech, J.Micallef, G. Azzopardi, C.J. Debono,"A 0.9 V Wide-Input-Range Bulk-Input CMOS OTA for G_M-C Filters", Proc. of the 10th IEEE Int. Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, pp. 818 - 821, 2003.
• E.V. Depasquale, A. Muscat, C.J. Debono, "Simulations of the Diversity Performance of a Diversity Antenna," Proc. of the 5th IEE Int. Conf. on Computation in Electromagnetics, pp. 127 - 128, 2004.
• K. Chetcuti, C.J. Debono,V. Lagomarsino, "The Application of Software-Radio in a Point-to-Point Radio Link Receiver," Proc. of the 12th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2004), vol. 2, pp. 457 - 460, 2004.
• K. Chetcuti, C.J. Debono,V. Lagomarsion, "Design of a Point-to-Point Radio Link Receiver using Software-Radio," Proc. of the XV Int. Conf. on Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, vol. 2, pp. 721 - 724, 2004.
• K. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, A.F. Muscat, "Detection and Classification of Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation Episodes using Continuous Wavelet Tranforms," Proc. of the IEE 2nd Int. Conf. on Advances in Biomedical Signal and Information Processing, pp. 66 - 69, 2004.
• C.J. Debono, J.K. Buhagiar, "Neural Location Detection in Wireless Networks," Proc. of the 7th European Conference on Wireless Technology, pp. 133 - 136, 2004.
• I. Grech, J. Micallef, G. Azzopardi, C.J. Debono,"A Low Voltage Wide-Input-Range Bulk-Input CMOS OTA", Journal of Analogue Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 127 - 136, Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• A. Muscat , C.J. Debono, E.V. Depasquale, "A Polarisation Diversity PCB Antenna for WLAN Applications," Proc. of the Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, pp. 185 - 188, 2005.
• C.J. Debono, J.K. Buhagiar, "Cellular Network Coverage Optimization Through the Application of Self-Organizing Neural Networks," Proc. of the IEEE 62nd Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC2005-Fall, 2005.
• C.J. Debono,P. Micallef, "A Virtual Classroom Solution for Education in Rural Areas," Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Interactive Computer Aided Learning, ICL 2005, ISBN: 3-89958-136-9, 2005.
• H.T. Fenech, E. Lance, P.J. Micallef, C.J. Debono, M. Zapata Margeli, G. Verelst, B. Durin, "Providing an e-Lecture Facility Between Malta and Gozo Using Skyplex Data," Proc. of the 11th Ka and Broadband Communications Conference, 2005.
• J.K. Buhagiar, C.J. Debono, "The Application of Discrete Time Methods to Position Estimation in Indoor Wireless Networks," Proc. of the 8th European Conference on Wireless Technology, pp. 391 - 395, 2005.
• C.J. Debono, J.K. Buhagiar, "The Application of Self-Organising Neural Networks to Location Detection in 3G Systems," Proc. of the 6th IEE International Conference on 3G & Beyond, 3G 2005, pp. 213 - 217, 2005.
• R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono,P.Micallef, "Propagation Impairments Modeling and QoS Parameters Characterization in a Ka-Band Videoconferencing System," Proc. of EUROCON 2005 - The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool", pp. 453 - 456, ISBN: 1-4244-0050-3, 2005.
• M. Vella, C.J. Debono, "The Implementation of a High Speed Adaptive FIR Filter on a Field Programmable Gate Array," Proc. of the 13th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2006), pp. 113 - 116, ISBN: 1-4244-0088-0, 2006.
• R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono,P. Micallef, "Channel Modeling and Simulation of a Ka-Band Videoconferencing System," Proc. of the 13th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2006), pp. 613 - 616, ISBN: 1-4244-0088-0, 2006.
• L. Spiteri, C.J. Debono, A. Muscat, “A Planar Antenna for UWB Applications,” Proc. of the 16^th Int. Conf. on Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, May 2006.
• E. Debono, A. Muscat, C.J. Debono, “Dual Frequency 2.4 GHz T-Shaped and 5.2 GHz L-Shaped Monopole Antenna for WLAN Applications,” Proc. of the 16^th Int. Conf. on Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, May 2006.
• R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, P. Micallef, “Modeling the End-to-End Video Quality of a Practical Videoconferencing System,” Proc. of OPNETWORK 2006, August 2006.
• R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "A Statistical Bit Error Generator for Emulation of Complex Forward Error Correction Schemes," Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2007), ISBN: 1-4244-0353-7, June 2007.
• O. Gauci, C.J. Debono, P. Micallef, "An Enhanced Centered Binary Tree of SVMs Algorithm for Phoneme Recognition," Proc. of IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2007 - The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool", pp. 209 - 213, ISBN: 1-4244-0813-X, September 2007.
• J.K. Buhagiar, C.J. Debono, "An Evaluation of Neural Network Architecture Performance in Wireless Geo-Location," Proc. of IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2007 - The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool", pp. 1052 - 1056, ISBN: 1-4244-0813-X, September 2007. - Awarded "Best Poster Paper"
• R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "Enhancing the Error Detection Capabilities of the Standard Video Decoder using Pixel Domain Dissimilarity Metrics," Proc. of IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2007 - The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool", pp. 1085 - 1090, ISBN: 1-4244-0813-X, September 2007.
• R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "Enhancing the Error Detection Capabilities of DCT Based Codecs using Compressed Domain Dissimilarity Metrics," Proc. of IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2007 - The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool", pp. 1091 - 1095, ISBN: 1-4244-0813-X, September 2007.
• M.J. Magro, C.J. Debono, "A Genetic Algorithm Approach to User Location Estimation in UMTS Networks," Proc. of IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2007 - The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool", pp. 1136 - 1139, ISBN: 1-4244-0813-X, September 2007.
• R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "Enhancing Error Resilience in Wireless Transmitted Compressed Video Sequences Through a Probabilistic Neural Network Core," Proc. of the 26th Picture Coding Symposium (PCS 2007), ISBN: 978-989-8109-05-7, November 2007.
• C.J. Debono, R.A. Farrugia, "Optimization of the UMTS Network Radio Coverage On-board an Aircraft," Proc. of the 2008 IEEE Aerospace Conference, ISBN: 1-4244-1488-1, March 2008.
• O. Gauci, C.J. Debono, P. Micallef, "A Maximum Log-Likelihood Approach to Voice Activity Detection," Proc. of the 2008 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1688-2, pp. 383 - 387, March 2008.
• M. Cordina, C.J. Debono, "Increasing Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime through the Application of SOM Neural Networks," Proc. of the 2008 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1688-2, pp. 467 - 471, March 2008.
• O. Gauci, C.J. Debono, P. Micallef, "A Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space Approach for Speech Enhancement," Proc. of the 2008 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1688-2, pp. 831 - 835, March 2008.
• R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "Resilient Transmission of H.264/AVC Video Sequences using Probabilistic Neural Networks," Proc. of the 2008 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1688-2, pp. 999 - 1003, March 2008.
• C.J. Debono, C. Calleja, "The Application of Database Correlation Methods for Location Detection in GSM Networks," Proc. of the 2008 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1688-2, pp. 1324 - 1329, March 2008.
• C.J. Debono, E. Sammut, "Location Estimation of an Intruder in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks," Proc. of the 14th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1633-2, pp. 158 - 162, May 2008.
• O. Gauci, C.J. Debono, P. Micallef, "A Nonlinear Feature Extraction Method for Phoneme Recognition," Proc. of the 14th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1633-2, pp. 811 - 815, May 2008.
• R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "Robust Transmission of H.264/AVC Sequences using List Decoding and Source Constraints," Proc. of the 14th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2008), ISBN: 978-1-4244-1633-2, pp. 885 - 889, May 2008.
• R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "Improved Quality of Experience of Reconstructed H.264/AVC Encoded Video Sequences through Robust Pixel Domain Error Detection," Proc. of the 2008 IEEE 10th Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP 2008), pp. 383 - 387, October 2008.
• R.A. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, "A Robust Error Detection Mechanism for H.264/AVC Coded Video Sequences Based on Support Vector Machines," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 1766 - 1770, December 2008.

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