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Dr. Maran Ponnambalam

Assistant Professor (Sr. Gd.), Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering, Chennai

Qualification: B.Tech., M.E., Ph.D
P_maran@ch.amrita.edu
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Research Interest: VLSI Design and RF Circuit Design, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCOs) and Phase Displacement, Harmonic Suppression in RF Mixers, Image Encryption using Chaotic Systems, Hardware Security and FPGA Implementation

Bio

Dr. Maran Ponnambalam is an Assistant Professor (Sr. Gd.) in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai campus.

He has more than seven years of Teaching and Research Experience. He has published 13+ Research Articles in Peer-reviewed International Journals (SCI, SCIE, and Scopus indexed journals) and presented papers at numerous international and national conferences. His research focuses on VLSI design, RF circuits, analog integrated circuits, and image encryption using chaotic systems. He is guiding Ph.D. scholars and actively contributes to the academic community.

Publications

Conference Paper

Year : 2025

Secure Image Encryption Using Modified AES with Lorenz Chaotic System-Based S-Box Design

Cite this Research Publication : Maran Ponnambalam, Pulimi Keerthi, Secure Image Encryption Using Modified AES with Lorenz Chaotic System-Based S-Box Design, 2025 IEEE 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (CICT), IEEE, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1109/cict67193.2025.11398925

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2025

Enhanced Image Security Using Chaotic Sequences and Bit-Level Block Transformations

Cite this Research Publication : P Maran, D Siddartha, K Seshu, Enhanced Image Security Using Chaotic Sequences and Bit-Level Block Transformations, 2025 IEEE 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (CICT), IEEE, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1109/cict67193.2025.11398901

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2025

Design and Implementation of an IEEE-Compliant Receiver for 2.45 GHz QAM Signals

Cite this Research Publication : Pugalbharani N, Sarveshwaran B, Thivya Selvi AR, P Maran, P Devisowjanya, Design and Implementation of an IEEE-Compliant Receiver for 2.45 GHz QAM Signals, 2025 International Conference on Wireless Communications Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET), IEEE, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1109/wispnet64060.2025.11005174

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2024

Hardware Trojan Design and Analysis in FPGA an Introductory Exploration

Cite this Research Publication : Aghilan A, Maran Ponnambalam, Ganesh Kumar Chellamani, Hardware Trojan Design and Analysis in FPGA an Introductory Exploration, 2024 International Conference on Signal Processing, Computation, Electronics, Power and Telecommunication (IConSCEPT), IEEE, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1109/iconscept61884.2024.10627860

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2024

An Area-Efficient VLSI Architecture with Ladner-Fischer PPA for High-Speed Pseudo-Random Bit Generation

Cite this Research Publication : S. Saranya, P. Maran, S. D. Bharatula and B. N. K. Reddy, "An Area-Efficient VLSI Architecture with Ladner-Fischer PPA for High-Speed Pseudo-Random Bit Generation," 2024 15th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), Kamand, India, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICCCNT61001.2024.10725916.

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2021

Design and Analysis of Sobol Sequence Generator using gray code parallelization

Cite this Research Publication : Akriti Dikshit, Gayathri Prasad, Maran Ponnambalam, Design and Analysis of Sobol Sequence Generator using gray code parallelization, 2021 2nd Global Conference for Advancement in Technology (GCAT), IEEE, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1109/gcat52182.2021.9587580

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2019

Study and Analysis of the cascoded LNA with and without using inductive degeneration at the common gate for WLAN applications

Cite this Research Publication : K. Shrivastav and P. Maran, "Study and Analysis of the cascoded LNA with and without using inductive degeneration at the common gate for WLAN applications," 2019 3rd International Conference on Electronics, Materials Engineering & Nano-Technology (IEMENTech), Kolkata, India, 2019, pp. 1-6.

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2017

Comparison of tunability and phase noise associated with injection locked three staged single and differential ended VCOs in 90nm CMOS

Cite this Research Publication : Joshapath Johnson, Maran Ponnambalam, Premanand V. Chandramani, "Comparison of tunability and phase noise associated with injection locked three stage single and differential ended VCOs in 90 nm CMOS", ICSCN-2017. 10.1109/ICSCN.2017.8085700

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2016

Single Event Upset In a 3-Bit SAR ADC

Cite this Research Publication : J Arockia Twinkle, Maran Ponnambalam, Premanand V. Chandramani, "Single Event Upset In a 3-Bit SAR ADC", National Conference on Research Challenges in VLSI Design and Embedded Systems for Wireless Communication, 2016, pp. 31–34.

Publisher : National Conference on Research Challenges in VLSI Design and Embedded Systems for Wireless Communication

Year : 2016

SET induced Soft-error study of two stage ADC with VCO based ADC on the second stage

Cite this Research Publication : Maran Ponnambalam, Premanand V. Chandramani, "SET induced Soft-error study of two stage ADC with VCO based ADC on the second stage", National Conference on Reliability and Safety Engineering, NCRS 2016.

Publisher : National Conference on Reliability and Safety Engineering, NCRS 2016

Year : 2014

Spur reduction technique for fractional-N frequency synthesizer with MASH 1-1-1-1 Sigma Delta modulator

Cite this Research Publication : T. V, P. Maran, and Premanand Venkatesh Chandramani, “Spur reduction technique for fractional-N frequency synthesizer with MASH 1-1-1-1 Sigma Delta modulator”, in 2014 International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing, 2014.

Publisher : 2014 International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing

Year : 2014

Design and implementation of two stage 5-bit pipelined SAR ADC

Cite this Research Publication : A. Padmanaban M., P. Maran, and Premanand Venkatesh Chandramani, “Design and implementation of two stage 5-bit pipelined SAR ADC”, in 2014 International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing, 2014.

Publisher : 2014 International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing

Year : 2013

Injection Locked Differential Ring VCO

Cite this Research Publication : P. Maran, Dr. Premanand Chandramani, "Injection Locked Differential Ring VCO", IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT 2013), pp. 1133–1136.

Publisher : 2013 IEEE Conference on Information Communication Technologies

Year : 2012

Design of Control Circuit for Torsion Bar Testing Machine

Cite this Research Publication : P. Maran, Madhankumar, E., and Mathivanan, P., “Design of Control Circuit for Torsion Bar Testing Machine”, in International Conference & Workshop on Recent Trends in Technology, 2012.

Publisher : International Conference Workshop on Recent Trends in Technology

Journal Article

Year : 2025

Hybrid inter woven scrambling with spiral shell 3D hyperchaotic diffusion for secure color image encryption

Cite this Research Publication : Mathivanan Ponnambalam, Maran Ponnambalam, Sarah Abu Ghazalah, Aceng Sambas, Hybrid inter woven scrambling with spiral shell 3D hyperchaotic diffusion for secure color image encryption, Nonlinear Dynamics, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-025-11460-1

Publisher : Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Year : 2024

A robust color image encryption scheme with complex whirl wind spiral chaotic system and quadrant-wise pixel permutation

Cite this Research Publication : Maran Ponnambalam, Mathivanan Ponnambalam, Sajjad Shaukat Jamal, A robust color image encryption scheme with complex whirl wind spiral chaotic system and quadrant-wise pixel permutation, Physica Scripta, IOP Publishing, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ad7075

Publisher : IOP Publishing

Year : 2024

A modified Astable multi-vibrator-driven 3D chaotic circuit with Dual LC band stop filters

Cite this Research Publication : Maran Ponnambalam, Mathivanan Ponnambalam, A modified Astable multi-vibrator-driven 3D chaotic circuit with Dual LC band stop filters, Physica Scripta(2024), 99,6

Publisher : Physica Scripta

Year : 2024

Color image encryption based on novel kolam scrambling and modified 2D logistic cascade map (2D LCM)

Cite this Research Publication : P Mathivanan, P Maran, Color image encryption based on novel kolam scrambling and modified 2D logistic cascade map (2D LCM), The Journal of Supercomputing, 1-32

Publisher : The Journal of Supercomputing

Year : 2022

A two stage cascode LNA using modified derivative superposition technique in 0.13μm HBT with an IIP3 of 2 dBm and NF of 4.8 dB for IEEE 802.11ad standard

Cite this Research Publication : Pournamy S, Maran Ponnambalam, “A two stage cascode LNA using modified derivative superposition technique in 0.13μm HBT with an IIP3 of 2 dBm and NF of 4.8 dB for IEEE 802.11ad standard”, Integration, The VLSI Journal (2022)

Publisher : Integration The VLSI Journal

Year : 2022

Variable Gain Wide Band LNA in 0.13 µm Si Ge HBT with Stepped Impedance Microstrip Open Circuited Stubs for Minimum Transmission Phase Variation for WiGig Phased Array Receivers

Cite this Research Publication : Pournamy S, Maran Ponnambalam ,”Variable Gain Wide Band LNA in 0.13 µm Si Ge HBT with Stepped Impedance Microstrip Open Circuited Stubs for Minimum Transmission Phase Variation for WiGig Phased Array Receivers”. Springer, Journal of Computational Electronics

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2021

Achieving high linearity and conversion gain in double balanced mixer with cascoded RF and LO stage

Cite this Research Publication : Maran Ponnambalam, Premanand Venkatesh Chandrhigh-frequencyamani. "Achieving high linearity and conversion gain in double balanced mixer with cascoded RF and LO stage". Analog integrated circuits and Signal Processing (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-020-01759-x

Publisher : Analog integrated circuits and Signal Processing

Year : 2021

A linear high frequency gm boosting wideband LNA in 130nm SiGe HBT with minimum NF of 4.3 dB for WiGig application

Cite this Research Publication : Pournamy S, Navin Kumar, Maran Ponnambalam, A linear high frequency gm boosting wideband LNA in 130nm SiGe HBT with minimum NF of 4.3 dB for WiGig application International Journal of Electronics and Communication, doi.org/10.1142/S0218126622500013

Publisher : International Journal of Electronics and Communication

Year : 2018

Wideband inter-digitated hairpin resonating BPF with multiple CSRRs as DGS for harmonic suppression

Cite this Research Publication : Maran Ponnambalam, Premanand Venkatesh Chandramani "Wideband inter-digitated hairpin resonating BPF with multiple CSRRs as DGS for harmonic suppression", Analog integrated circuits and Signal Processing, (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-018-1301-7

Publisher : Analog integrated circuits and Signal Processing

Year : 2017

Improving HRR and linearity in 3P-8P HRM using mixer with modified transconductance stage

Cite this Research Publication : Maran Ponnambalam, Mythily Kanaga, Premanand V. Chandramani, “Improving HRR and linearity in 3P-8P HRM using mixer with modified transconductance stage” Analog integrated circuits and signal processing. February 2017, DOI: 10.1007/s10470-017-0947-x.

Publisher : Analog integrated circuits and signal processing

Year : 2016

Phase displacement study in MOSFET based ring VCOs due to heavy-ion irradiation using 3D-TCAD and circuit simulation

Cite this Research Publication : P. Maran, N. Vinodhkumar, R. Srinivasan, and Premanand Venkatesh Chandramani, “Phase displacement study in MOSFET based ring VCOs due to heavy-ion irradiation using 3D-TCAD and circuit simulation”, Microelectronics Reliability, vol. 65, pp. 27 - 34, 2016.

Publisher : Microelectronics Reliability

Qualifications
Ph.D. Faculty: Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering (Full-time)
Thesis title: Phase displacement study in ring VCOs and harmonic suppression technique in RF mixers
Institution: SSN College of Engineering/ Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Viva Voce date: 18thApril 2018
Master of Engineering Specialization: VLSI Desifn
Institution: SSN College of Engineering/ Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
Year of passing: 2013
Score: 8.13
CGPA, First Class
Bachelor of Technology Specialization: Electronics and Communication Engineering
Institution: St. Peter’s Engineering College/ Anna University, Chennai
Year of passing: 2011
Score: 78%, First Class with Distinction

Technical Skills

  • Programming Language: C
  • Hardware Description Languages: VHDL, Verilog HDL
  • Simulation & EDA Tools: Xilinx, LT Spice, ADS, Multisim, Cadence, CST Studio, MATLAB
Experience
Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr.) Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering – Chennai, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai – 601103 Tamilnadu, India 05.07.21 Present
­Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr.) Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering – Bangalore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bangalore– 560035 Karnataka, India 13.06.18 1.07.21
­Assistant Professor Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, RMK College of Engineering and technology, Puduvoyal,Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu 601206 05.06.2017 21.04.2018
Junior Research Fellow SSN College of Engineering , Chennai,Kalavakkam, Tamil Nadu 603110 1.01.2014 31.01.2017
Research Assistant SSN College of Engineering , Chennai,Kalavakkam, Tamil Nadu 603110 21.7.2013 31.12.2013
Memberships
  1. IEI professional body Associate Member.
Achievements
  1. Serving as 1 research scholar of Anna University.
  2. Guiding a parttime scholar in Amrita Chennai.
  3. Serving as Reviewer in Cogent Engineering Journal.
  4. One full time PhD scholar has been graduated under my guidance
Industrial Exposure & Training
  • Industrial visit to ‘Tessolve’ – Understanding real-time testing of VLSI circuits at various levels.
  • 15-day in-plant training at Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi.
  • One-day workshop on ‘ATMEL AVR Microcontroller’ at MIT, Anna University.
  • 3-day ‘2nd INUP Familiarization Workshop’ at IIT Bombay.
  • 13-day GIAN Course on ‘Integrated Phase and Frequency Synthesis’ at IIT Madras.
Ph.D. Scholars Guided
Name of  Scholar Research Title Status
Pournamy S. Investigation on Multimode and Variable Gain SiGe Cascode LNA for WiGig Receivers Completed
A. C. Sakkthi Saranya Implementation of Encryption algorithms in FPGA Comprehensive Exam Completed
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