nasl. izv. prof. dr. sc. Goran Molnar

External associate, Department of Electronic Systems and Information Processing

Location:
Public phone number:
6129-940
Internal phone number:
440

Optimum Synthesis of Pencil Beams with Constrained Dynamic Range Ratio

Matijaščić, Marko ; Jurišić Bellotti, Maja ; Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran
2022.
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Flat-Top Gaussian Arrays with Dynamic Range Ratio Control

Molnar, Goran ; Ljubenko, Dorian ; Šakić, Mile
2022.
16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation

Optimum multiplierless sharpened cascaded-integrator-comb filters

Dudarin, Aljoša ; Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2022.
Digital signal processing

Decimation filters with minimum number of additions per output sample

Dudarin, Aljoša ; Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran
2022.
Electronics letters

Pencil to Flat-Top Beampattern Transform and Its Application in Gaussian Array Design

Molnar, Goran ; Ljubenko, Dorian
2021.
2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI)

Synthesis of Pencil Beams Optimum in L1-Sense

Vodvarka, Katarina ; Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran
2021.
2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI)

Antenna Array Design Based on Kaiser-Hamming Polynomials

Molnar, Goran ; Ljubenko, Dorian ; Jelavić-Šako, Andrea
2021.
15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)

Window-to-Polynomial Transform and Its Application in Antenna Array Design

Molnar, Goran ; Matijaščić, Marko
2020.
14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2020)

Closed-Form Design of Optimum Linear Arrays Based on Raised-Cosine Beampattern

Molnar, Goran ; Babić, Mateja ; Šipuš, Zvonimir
2020.
2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI 2020)

Gegenbauer Arrays with Minimum Dynamic Range Ratio and Maximum Beam Efficiency

Molnar, Goran ; Matijaščić, Marko
2020.
2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI 2020)

Pencil Beamforming Based on Polynomial Approximation

Molnar, Goran ; Matijaščić, Marko ; Vučić, Mladen
2020.
5th International Workshop on Data Science (IWDS 2020)

Pascal Arrays

Molnar, Goran ; Matijaščić, Marko
2019.
13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2019)

Design of Linear Arrays Forming Pencil Beams Based on Derivatives of Chebyshev Polynomials

Matijaščić, Marko ; Molnar, Goran
2019.
42nd International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO 2019)

Design and Multiplierless Realization of Maximally Flat Sharpened-CIC Compensators

Molnar, Goran ; Dudarin, Aljoša ; Vučić, Mladen
2019.
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2019)

Sharpened Raised-Cosine FIR Filters

Molnar, Goran ; Babić, Mateja ; Šipuš, Zvonimir
2018.
41st International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO 2018)

Design and Multiplierless Realization of Maximally Flat Sharpened-CIC Compensators

Molnar, Goran ; Dudarin, Aljoša ; Vučić, Mladen
2018.
IEEE transactions on circuits and systems. II. Express briefs

Closed-Form Approximation of Hilbert Transforms of Gaussian Derivatives Based on Weighted Polynomial Fitting

Molnar, Goran ; Miloš, Ante ; Vučić, Mladen
2018.
41st International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO 2018)

Optimum multiplierless compensators for sharpened cascaded-integrator-comb decimation filters

Dudarin, Aljoša ; Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2018.
Electronics letters

Design of multiplierless decimation filters based on amplitude sharpening and compensation

Dudarin, Aljoša ; Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2018.
3rd International Workshop on Data Science (IWDS 2018)

Time-domain synthesis of pulse shapers for ultra- wideband impulse radio

Miloš, Ante ; Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2018.
3rd International Workshop on Data Science (IWDS 2018)

Design of Multiplierless CIC Compensators Based on Maximum Passband Deviation

Molnar, Goran ; Dudarin, Aljoša ; Vučić, Mladen
2017.
40th International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics

Spectral-Efficient UWB Pulse Shapers Generating Gaussian and Modified Hermitian Monocycles

Miloš, Ante ; Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2017.
40th International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics

Simple Multiplierless CIC Compensators Providing Minimum Passband Deviation

Dudarin, Aljoša ; Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2017.
10th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis

Prolate-Spheroidal UWB Pulse Shapers With Highly Orthogonal Impulse Responses

Molnar, Goran ; Miloš, Ante ; Vučić, Mladen
2017.
10th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis

Minimax Design of Multiplierless Sharpened CIC Filters Based on Interval Analysis

Molnar, Goran ; Dudarin, Aljoša ; Vučić, Mladen
2016.
39th International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics

Hands-on signal processing for communications

Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2016.

Design and Multiplierless Implementation of Multirate Digital Filters Based on Sharpening Technique

Molnar, Goran ; Dudarin, Aljoša ; Vučić, Mladen
2016.
First International Workshop on Data Science (IWDS 2016)

Bernoulli Low-Pass Filters

Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2014.
IEEE transactions on circuits and systems. II, Express briefs

Design of Multirate Digital Filters Based on Sharpening Technique

Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2014.
ACROSS Workshop on Cooperative Systems

Weighted Least-Squares Design of Sharpened CIC Filters

Molnar, Goran ; Glavinić Pecotić, Matija ; Vučić, Mladen
2013.
36th International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics

Weighted Minimax Design of Sharpened CIC Filters

Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2013.
IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems

Signal Processing in Software Defined Receivers

Butorac, Marko ; Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2013.
1st ACROSS Workshop on Cooperative Networked Embedded Systems

Efficient Methods for Design of Multirate Digital Filters

Molnar, Goran ; Butorac, Marko ; Vučić, Mladen
2013.
1st ACROSS Workshop on Cooperative Networked Embedded Systems

Design of CIC Compensators With SPT Coefficients Based on Interval Analysis

Glavinić Pecotić, Matija ; Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2012.
35th International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics

FIR Fractional Hilbert Transformers With Raised-Cosine Magnitude Response

Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2012.
19th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems

Signal processing in communications - Problems

Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2012.

Synthesis of Linear-Phase Selective Filters Based on Maximum of Time-Domain Response

Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran ; Đukić, Saša
2011.
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Closed-Form Design of CIC Compensators Based on Maximally Flat Error Criterion

Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2011.
IEEE transactions on circuits and systems. II, Express briefs

Movement Detection Based on Filter with Symmetric Impulse Response

Jordanić, Mislav ; Molnar, Goran ; Magjarević, Ratko
2011.
34th International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics

Synthesis of systems with minimum distortion of time-domain response

Molnar, Goran
2010.

Noncausal IIR Fractional Hilbert Transformers with Equiripple or Flat Phase Response

Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2010.
IEEE transactions on circuits and systems. II, Express briefs

Design of FIR Filters Based on Interval Analysis

Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran ; Žgaljić, Toni
2010.
33rd International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics

FPGA Implementation of High-Frequency Software Radio Receiver

Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran ; Butorac, Marko
2009.
2009 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Tools for digital system design - Practicum

Butorac, Marko ; Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2009.

Signal Processing for Communications - Practicum

Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2009.

Tools for digital system design - Lectures III

Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran
2009.

Time-Domain Synthesis of Continuous-Time Systems Based on Second-Order Cone Programming

Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran
2008.
IEEE transactions on circuits and systems. I, Regular papers

Design of Systems with Prescribed Impulse Response Based on Second-Order Cone Programming

Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran
2007.
2007 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Design of IIR All-Pass Equalizers Based on Minimum of Waveform Distortion

Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2006.
Circuits and Systems: At Crossroads of Life and Technology. ISACS 2006. IEEE International Symposium

Time-Domain Synthesis of IIR Phase Equalizers

Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran
2006.
IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and SystemS (13 ; 2006)

Time-Domain Symmetry as Criterion for Band-Pass Equalizer Design

Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran ; Babić, Hrvoje
2005.
2005 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Equaliser design based on maximum of response to sinc pulse

Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran
2005.
Electronics letters

Time-Domain Distortion as Criterion for Design of IIR Hilbert Transformers

Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2005.
ECCTD 2005 - European Conference on Circuit Theory nad Design

Design of Constant-Delay Systems Based on Symmetry of Time-Domain Response

Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2004.
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Method for Equalizer Design Based on Time-Domain Symmetry

Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran ; Babić, Hrvoje
2004.
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

IIR Hilbert transformers based on symmetry of time-domain response

Molnar, Goran ; Vučić, Mladen
2004.
Electronics letters

Measure for phase linearity based on symmetry of time-domain response

Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran
2003.
IEE Electronics Letters

Advanced Tools for Digital System Design - Lectures

Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran
2002.

Advanced tools for digital system design - practicum

Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran
2002.

Video Conferencing

Molnar, Goran
2001.

Implementation of arithmetic-logic unit and stack of Java processor on programmable gate arrays

Molnar, Goran
2001.

Transmission and telemetry systems - Practicum

Vučić, Mladen ; Molnar, Goran
2001.
  1. G. Molnar, D. Ljubenko, and M. Šakić, Synthesis of flat-top beampatterns based on simple polynomial transforms of Gaussian excitations, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, Volume 17, Number 15, December 2023, pages 1106-1115
  2. A. Milos, G. Molnar, and M. Vucic, Spectrally Efficient UWB Pulse Shaping Based on Polynomially Weighted Gaussian Pulses with Maximally Flat Amplitude Spectra, IEEE Communications Letters, Volume 27, Number 7, July 2023, pages 1869-1873
  3. M. Matijascic, M. Jurisic Bellotti, M. Vucic, and G. Molnar, Optimum synthesis of pencil beams with constrained dynamic range ratio, International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, Article ID 3664607, 2022
  4. A. Dudarin, G. Molnar, and M. Vucic, Optimum multiplierless sharpened cascaded-integrator-comb filters, Digital Signal Processing, Volume 127, 2022
  5. A. Dudarin, M. Vucic, and G. Molnar, Decimation filters with minimum number of additions per output sample, Electronics Letters, Volume 58, Number 6, March 2022, pages 246-248
  6. A. Dudarin, G. Molnar, and M. Vucic, Optimum multiplierless compensators for sharpened cascaded-integrator-comb decimation filters, Electronics Letters, Volume 54, Number 16, August 2018, pages 971-972
  7. G. Molnar, A. Dudarin, and M. Vucic, Design and Multiplierless Realization of Maximally Flat Sharpened-CIC Compensators, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - II: Express Briefs, Volume 65, Number 1, January 2018, pages 51-55
  8. G. Molnar and M. Vucic, Bernoulli Low-Pass Filters, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - II: Express Briefs, Volume 61, Number 2, February 2014, pages 85-89
  9. G. Molnar and M. Vucic, Closed-Form Design of CIC Compensators Based on Maximally Flat Error Criterion, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - II: Express Briefs, Volume 58, Number 12, December 2011, pages 926-930
  10. G. Molnar and M. Vucic, Noncausal IIR Fractional Hilbert Transformers With Equiripple or Flat Phase Response, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - II: Express Briefs, Volume 57, Number 9, September 2010, pages 745-749
  11. M. Vucic and G. Molnar, Time-Domain Synthesis of Continuous-Time Systems Based on Second-Order Cone Programming, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - I: Regular Papers, Volume 55, Number 10, November 2008, pages 3110-3118
  12. M. Vucic and G. Molnar, Equaliser design based on maximum of response to sinc pulse, Electronics Letters, Volume 41, Number 19, September 2005, pages 1089-1090
  13. G. Molnar and M. Vucic, IIR Hilbert transformers based on symmetry of time-domain response, Electronics Letters, Volume 40, Number 20, September 2004, pages 1309-1310
  14. M. Vucic and G. Molnar, Measure for phase linearity based on symmetry of time-domain response, Electronics Letters, Volume 39, Number 19, September 2003, pages 1425-1426

Biography

My participations in scientific and industrial projects, scientific and academic titles, awards, publications, and teaching activities are listed below.

Scientific title

  • Tenured Scientific Advisor in the field of electrical engineering

Academic title

  • Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing

Awards

  • Award for Exceptional Outstanding Paper by the Croatian Society for Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics for 2018th year, for the paper "Sharpened Raised-Cosine FIR Filters"
  • Award for Young Scientists Vera Johanides by the Croatian Academy of Engineering for 2010th year, for the research in the field of synthesis and implementation of systems for analog and digital signal processing
  • Silver medal "Josip Loncar" from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing for outstanding Ph.D. thesis
  • Bronze medal "Josip Loncar" from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing for outstanding success during graduate study

Publications

Teaching

Participation in lectures and practicum sessions on the following courses at UNIZG-FER:

  • Embedded Systems
  • Embedded System Design
  • Tools for Digital Design
  • Signal Processing in Communications
  • Laboratory of Electronic and Computer Engineering 2
  • Laboratory of Information Processing 2

Teaching

University undergraduate

Professional memberships

President of IEEE Croatia Section Chapter of Signal Processing Society, 2018-2021.

Peer reviewer for the following journals indexed in Current Contents database:

  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I: Regular Papers
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II: Express Briefs
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
  • IEEE Access
  • IEEE Sensors Journal
  • IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • IET Signal Processing
  • IET Electronics Letters
  • IETE Technical Review
  • International Journal of Circuit Theory and Application
  • Springer Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing
  • Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

  • Member of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
  • Member of IEEE Signal Processing Society
  • Member of IEEE Communications Society
  • Member of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society

Personal data

Graduation year:
2001.
PhD graduation year:
2010.
Employed in this institution since:
2001.

List of select projects

Systems and Algorithms for Signal and Image Processing

Implementation of Processor Cores on Programmable Gate Arrays

Analog and Digital System Design Based on Optimization Procedures

Design and Implementation of Efficient Methods for Digital Signal Processing

Centre of Research Excellence for Advanced Cooperative Systems (ACROSS)

Driver Drowsiness via Face Tracking

Improvements for LTE Radio Access Equipment (ILTERA) - a collaboration framework between UNIZG-FER and Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d.

  • Sparse Signal Processing in 5G Radio Access Networks
  • Real-Time Embedded System Architectures Based on 5G Requirements

Emerging Wireless and Information Technologies for 5G Radio Access Networks (EWITA) - a collaboration framework between UNIZG-FER and Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d.

  • RF front-end technologies for MIMO systems

Efficient Signal Processing Systems for Software Defined Radio

Hobbies and interests

Mountain and sport climbing, kayaking, trekking

Projects:

Obli kuk / Prezid / Južni Velebit
http://www.plezanje.net/climbing/db/showCrag.asp?crag=1701
https://27crags.com/crags/obli-kuk/description

Džebinovac / Zrmanja / Južni Velebit
http://www.plezanje.net/climbing/db/showCrag.asp?crag=1673
http://croatiaclimbs.blogspot.hr/2013/10/dzebinovac.html