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Linear and Nonlinear Radar Sensors: Recent Developments and Security Considerations
Changzhi Li
IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Distinguished Microwave Lecturer
Professor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
Abstract:
By sensing various life activities with microwave signals, portable radar sensors with state-of-the-art front-end and measurement algorithms have great potential to improve healthcare, transportation, and human-machine interface. This presentation will first provide an overview on linear smart radar sensors powered by advanced digital/RF beamforming, multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO), synthetic aperture radar (SAR), inverse synthetic-aperture radar (ISAR), and deep learning. A few examples based on interferometry, Doppler, frequency-shift keying (FSK), and frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) modes at 5.8 GHz, 24 GHz, and 120 GHz will be discussed. Then, the mechanism and applications of nonlinear radar sensing technologies will be reported, with a focus on in-band third-order intermodulation measurement for enhanced target identification and parameter extraction. Case studies at this exciting human-microwave frontier will be given on physiological signal sensing, non-contact human-computer interface, driving behavior recognition, human tracking, and anomaly detection.
As smart radar sensors become ubiquitous in many areas of modern life, measures to enhance their security against malicious attacks are of paramount importance. This part of the talk will discuss possible ways of attacks to radar sensors based on spoofing and jamming. Then technologies that mitigate potential attacks will be unveiled to make smart radar sensors more secure and trustworthy. Finally, this talk will conclude with future industrial and academic R&D outlooks for microwave radar sensors.
Biography:
Changzhi Li received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL in 2009. He is a Professor at Texas Tech University. His research interest is microwave/millimeter-wave sensing for healthcare, security, and human-machine interface.
Dr. Li is a Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Distinguished Microwave Lecturer. He was a recipient of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Outstanding Young Engineer Award, the IEEE Sensors Council Early Career Technical Achievement Award, the ASEE Frederick Emmons Terman Award, the IEEE-HKN Outstanding Young Professional Award, and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty CAREER Award. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES and the IEEE JOURNAL OF ELECTROMAGNETICS, RF AND MICROWAVES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY. He is the TPC chair of the 2022 IEEE Radio & Wireless Week. He served as the chair of the MTT-S Technical Committee “Biological Effect and Medical Applications of RF and Microwave” from 2018 to 2019, a TPC Co-Chair for the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference from 2018 to 2019, and the IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference from 2012 to 2013.
Highly Sensitive Microwave Sensors for Measuring Intrinsic and Physical Properties
Abhishek Kumar Jha
Associate Editor, IEEE Sensors Journal • IEEE Access || Faculty of RF & Microwaves @ IIT India • GUT Poland || MTT-4
Abstract:
Electromagnetic waves feature superior properties that allow microwave sensors to be more accurate, more sensitive, significantly lighter and smaller in size than their counterparts. In this talk, several microwave sensors will be discussed that can measure the intrinsic properties of matter, e.g., the permittivity and permeability; and can detect the physical quantities, e.g., angular rotation, direction of motion and proximity. These microwave sensors offer measurement of the intrinsic properties at single frequency using resonant technique as well as in the wideband of microwave frequency using transmission and reflection technique. The talk will start with the recent advances in waveguide-based microwave sensors that will address the special class of epsilon-near-zero sensors too. Afterwards, several resonant and non-resonant microwave planar sensors will be discussed, where the mue-near-zero sensor will be introduced, and an innovative arrangement will be discussed that is helpful in converting a wired sensor into the wireless. Later, the planar sensor that can measure two crucial parameters in the automation industry—the angular rotation and the proximity, and offers the user-specific wide frequency operating band selection will be discussed. Finally, a modified design will be presented that can detect the direction of rotation using the asymmetry principle. Using the error analysis, it will be shown that a technique based on phase-change measurements is superior to those based on magnitude measurements alone.
Biography:
Abhishek Kumar Jha received a Ph.D. degree in RF and microwaves from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India, in 2017. He was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Prague, Czechia. In 2018, he joined the Department of Microwave and Antenna Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology (GUT), Gdansk, Poland, as an Assistant Professor. Since 2021, he is associated with the Department of Electrical Engineering as a Faculty of RF and Microwave Engineering at IIT Tirupati, India. He has authored/co-authored more than 50 articles (including 13 IEEE Transactions) in peer-reviewed international journals and conference proceedings, one patent, one technical report, and one book chapter. His current research interests include the numerical analysis and design of novel microwave circuits and components, development of RF and microwave sensors for nondestructive testing, and measurements of intrinsic and physical properties, epsilon-near-zero and mue-near-zero devices, metamaterials, metasurfaces, and their applications, 3D-printed/inkjet-printed RF devices, wireless and flexible RF sensors. Dr. Jha received several awards, including the highly prestigious Microwave Graduate Fellowship Award by IEEE MTT-S during IMS 2015, the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award 2016 under the Technological Edge category at the President’s Estate, New Delhi, India, a prominent Young Scientist Grant 2016 from Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, highly competitive IDUB Premium Award 2020 by the Rector of GUT Poland, ‘Alumni in Focus’ from IIT Kanpur in 2020, and two successive University Gold Medals for being first in the first class of M.Tech. (Hons.) and B.E. (Hons.) degrees in 2011 and 2009, respectively. Dr. Jha organized and chaired a special session on microwave sensors in IMaRC 2021, he holds the Graduated Badge 2018 of IEEE Volunteer Leadership Training (VoLT) Program (Track 1 & 2). He is currently serving as the Associate Editor for IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL and IEEE ACCESS, and a reviewer of the potential microwave journals at IEEE.
Protect your radar!
Lorenzo Lo Monte
Telephonics Corporation, USA
Abstract:
Lorenzo Lo Monte, an AESS Distinguished Lecturer, will talk about history and challenges of protecting a radar against intentional disturbances.
Biography:
Dr. Lo Monte has extensive and diversified experience in applied Radar, RF, DSP, EW systems design and prototyping, from small companies, consulting, academia, research institutions, to large defense contractors and government agencies worldwide. He serves as Chief Scientist at Telephonics, a top-100 defense corporation specializing in ISR, with the role of translating research innovations into commercial products. Prior to that, he was a Professor at the University of Dayton, and the Executive Director of the Mumma Radar Laboratory. Dr. Lo Monte has published over 70 peer-reviewed journal papers, conference proceedings, book chapters, and patents.
Throughout his career, he gained experience in HF-to-W Band radar systems prototyping, including AESAs, ASW/ASuW radars, AEW radars, multistatic and MIMO radars, SAR/ISAR and tomography, GPR, SAA, passive sensing and geolocation, IED/EFP/UAS detection, ballistic missile defense radar, resonance and nonlinear exploitation, RF/IR integration, EA/EP/ES, AMTI/GMTI/MMTI/DMTI, clutter modeling, antenna/microwave design and measurements, instrumentation control, computational electromagnetics, inverse scattering, DSP, PCB and packaging technology, and CAD.
Dr. Lo Monte is highly active in the IEEE community: he was the General Chair for IEEE RadarConf’22, and served in the AESS Board of Governors as the VP for Education, and in the Region 1 (Northeast USA) as VP for Industry. Dr. Lo Monte was also a Technical Editor of the IEEE Sensors Journal for many years. Dr. Lo Monte is also an AESS Distinguished Lecturer and an approved AESS Short Course Instructor. He taught many short courses in radar, EW and RF worldwide, including at AFRL, NASIC, AFLCMC, MIT, Fraunhofer Institute (Germany) and DSTO (Australia), Singapore, as well as underrepresented sections such as Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Bolivia.
SAR P-band Tomography for Ant Nests Detection in Industrial Forests
Hugo E. Hernandez-Figueroa
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEEC), University of Campinas, Brazil
Abstract:
Leaf-cutting ants’ presence in commercial forest plantations is one of the main causes of significant biomass and productivity losses in subtropical areas. Therefore, the development of monitoring tools that permits the extraction of information below the surface in large areas, such as SAR systems, is of crucial importance. In this talk, a set of unprecedented full-wave electromagnetic simulations for the detection of leaf-cutting ant nests with 6 up to 385 chambers in industrial forests will be presented in detail. The numerical tests’ sets range from a single-signal case to a tomographic processing based on SAR imaging. The obtained results are novel and accurate and their use in real situations in conjunction with raw-data-based SAR mapping procedures will also be discussed.
Biography:
Hugo Enrique Hernandez Figueroa received the Ph.D. degree in physics from the Imperial College London, UK, in 1994. Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP, since 2005. He has published 141 papers in renowned journals, 260+ international conference papers and 15 patents. He is Co-Editor of the books Localized Waves: Theory and Applications (Wiley and Sons, 2008) and Non-Diffracting Waves (Wiley-VCH, 2013). His research interests concentrate on a wide variety of wave electromagnetic phenomena and applications mainly in integrated photonics, photonics biosensors, nanophotonics, optical fibers, metamaterials, plasmonics, and the design of antennas for a wide range of applications including RFID, IoT, radar and advanced wireless technologies. He is also involved on research projects dealing with information technology applied to technology-based education. Prof. Hernandez Figueroa has delivered more than 90 invited talks worldwide, has supervised to completion 17 Post-Doc projects, 34 PhD thesis and 60 MSc thesis. Since 1994 Prof. Hernandez Figueroa has been very active with IEEE (Photonics Society, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Antennas and Propagation Society, and Education Society), and also, with OPTICA (former Optical Society of America – OSA), acting as organizer of several international conferences, guest editor of several special issues, and AdCom member. He was an Associate Editor (Nanophotonics) of the IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL (March 2011- February 2018) and was an Associate Editor (Opto-Electronics/Integrated Optics) of the IEEE / OSA JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY (January 2004 – December 2009). In 2021, he served as Chief Guest Editor of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Special Issue on Photonic Antennas. He was the General Co-Chair of the OSA Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications (IPNRA) 2008 topical meeting held in Boston, MA, USA, and was the General Chair of the OSA Latin American Optics and Photonics Conference (LAOP 2018) held in Lima, November 12-15, 2018. He is a Fellow of the OPTICA (Former OSA) class 2011, was a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000, and the recipient of the Attilio Giarola’s Medal in 2013, from the Brazilian Microwaves and Optoelectronics Society (SBMO). He has acted as Advisory Committee Member in Engineering at the prestigious Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) since 2014. Presently he is Director of the National Institute of Science and Technology Photonics for Communications (FOTONICOM) and the Head of LEMAC (Laboratory of Applied and Computational Electromagnetism). According to the Stanford University’s science-wide author databases, Prof. Hernández Figueroa has been included in the list of the 100 thousand most influential scientist of the world (less than 2% of fulltime researchers in the world), in 2020 and 2021.
SWIPT - Backscatter Solutions for Batteryless Sensors - Combining WPT and Backscatter Communications
Nuno Borges Carvalho
Director DETI, IEEE MTT – President Elect, IEEE Wireless Power Initiative Chair, URSI Comission A Vice-Chair, Wireless Power Transfer Journal Chief Editor, IEEE Microwave Magazine Associate Editor, energies Journal Associate Editor
Abstract:
The energy needs for wireless systems is limiting the evolution of most of the IoT and space future solutions. In this talk, an overview of the energy problem in IoT wireless communication systems will be presented. The main objective is to discuss future wireless paradigms that will be changing soon, those include the issue of battery-less wireless devices, combining wireless power transmission and backscatter communications.
Biography:
Nuno Borges Carvalho (S’97–M’00–SM’05-F’15) was born in Luanda, Angola, in 1972. He received the Diploma and Doctoral degrees in electronics and telecommunications engineering from the University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, in 1995 and 2000, respectively.
He is currently a Full Professor and a Senior Research Scientist with the Institute of Telecommunications, University of Aveiro and an IEEE Fellow. He coauthored Intermodulation in Microwave and Wireless Circuits (Artech House, 2003), Microwave and Wireless Measurement Techniques (Cambridge University Press, 2013), White Space Communication Technologies (Cambridge University Press, 2014) and Wireless Power Transmission for Sustainable Electronics (Wiley, 2020). He has been a reviewer and author of over 400 papers in magazines and conferences. He is the Editor in Chief of the Cambridge Wireless Power Transfer Journal, an associate editor of the IEEE Microwave Magazine and former associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques and IET Microwaves Antennas and Propagation Journal.
He is the co-inventor of six patents. His main research interests include software-defined radio front-ends, wireless power transmission, nonlinear distortion analysis in microwave/wireless circuits and systems, and measurement of nonlinear phenomena. He has been involved in the design of dedicated radios and systems for newly emerging wireless technologies.
Dr. Borges Carvalho is a member of the IEEE MTT ADCOM, the past-chair of the IEEE Portuguese Section, MTT-20 and MTT-11 and also belongs to the technical committees, MTT-24 and MTT-26. He is also the Chair of the URSI Commission A (Metrology Group). He was the recipient of the 1995 University of Aveiro and the Portuguese Engineering Association Prize for the best 1995 student at the University of Aveiro, the 1998 Student Paper Competition (Third Place) of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (IEEE MTT-S) International Microwave Symposium (IMS), and the 2000 IEE Measurement Prize.
He is a Distinguished Lecturer for the RFID-Council and was a Distinguished Microwave Lecturer for the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society. In 2022 he is the IEEE-MTT President-Elect.
GaN MMIC High Power Amplifiers for K-Band Satellite Payload
Paolo Colantonio
Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica
Abstract:
This contribution presents the activities carried out towards the realization of a high-power solid state power amplifier, based on Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology, targeting more than 125W of output power in the frequency range 17.3- 20.2 GHz, conceived for the next generation K-band Very High Throughput Satellites (vHTS). For this purpose, specific Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) Power Amplifiers (PAs) were developed on a commercially available 100 nm gate length GaN on Silicon (GaN-Si) process (OMMIC process D01GH). The design was carried out considering space reliability constraints on electrical parameters and accounting for the spacecraft temperature limits, which are extremely challenging for this technology, to keep the junction temperature of all devices below 160 °C in the worst-case condition (i.e., maximum environmental temperature of 85 °C). The final MMIC, based on a three-stage architecture, demonstrates on wafer and in pulsed condition to achieve a minimum output power and power added efficiency (PAE) of 10W (40dBm) and 35% (with a peak of 45%) in the full Ka-band satellite downlink, i.e., from 17.3 GHz to 20.2 GHz. The packaged version demonstrates in continuous wave (CW) conditions an output power larger than 39.5dBm with a PAE better than 30%. Moreover, long-term (24h) CW test at saturated output power has shown almost negligible performance degradation, thus providing confidence in the robustness of the selected GaN-Si technology.
Biography:
Paolo Colantonio (SM’18) received the degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Roma Tor Vergata in 1994 and the Ph.D in Microelectronics and Telecommunications in 2000. He is full professor of microwave electronics at the University of Roma Tor Vergata. His research activities are mainly focused on the field of microwave and millimetre-wave electronic, and in particular on the design criteria for non-linear microwaves subsystems and high efficiency power amplifiers. He is author or co-author of more than 300 scientific papers. He authored the book High Efficiency RF and Microwave Solid State Power Amplifiers (Wiley, 2009), 3 book chapters, 4 contributions to Wiley Encyclopaedia on Microwave Electronics and one international patent.
Advances in soil moisture measurements with the use of microwave techniques
Arkadiusz Lewandowski
Warsaw University of Technology
Abstract:
In this talk we present results of a long-term collaboration between the Warsaw University of Technology and the Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences in the area of soil moisture measurements. This collaboration resulted in a high-speed measurement system for laboratory reference measurements of 0.05-3 GHz soil dielectric spectrum in 0-40 deg. C. temperature range, and in an innovative IoT soil-moisture sensor for field applications based on 0.05-2 GHz micro VNA. Details of these solutions will be presented and prospects for further development will be discussed.
Biography:
Arkadiusz Lewandowski (M’09) received the M.Sc. degree, the Ph.D degree (with honors), and the D.Sc..degree in electrical engineering from the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT), Poland, in 2001, 2010, and 2020, respectively.
He joined the Institute of Electronics Systems, Warsaw University of Technology, in 2002, where he conducts research in the area of microwave measurements. From 2002 to 2004 he was involved in the development of digital synthesizers of radar signals with the Telecommunications Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland. From 2004 to 2008 he has been a Guest Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, USA, where was engaged in the development of uncertainty analysis and calibration methods for coaxial and on-wafer VNA measurements. From 2015 he has been collaborating with the Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences in the field of soil moisture measurements. His current research interests concern small-signal microwave measurements, material measurements, and modeling of passive microwave devices.
Dr. Lewandowski has authored and co-authored over 37 journal papers and 73 conference papers. He was the recipient of Best Paper Award at the International Microwave Conference MIKON 2008, Poland and the 2005 MTT-S Graduate Fellowship Award and numerous awards from the WUT for scientific achievements.
Challenges in RF & mm-Wave Packaging for Radar and Communication Systems
Maciej Wojnowski
Lead Principal Engineer, Head of RF Package Simulation & Characterization
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany
Abstract:
System-in-package (SiP) is a major trend in integration of microelectronic systems to tackle the increasing needs for more functionality into a smaller volume. SiP leads to heterogeneous integration of integrated circuits along with sensors, microelectromechanical components, passive devices, filters and antennas. Another important trend in packaging is the continuing move toward higher frequencies. 5G high-speed wireless communication, mm-wave radar for autonomous driving and high-resolution mm-wave environment sensing and imaging are just a few examples of applications for future markets. In this talk, we present the latest developments in packaging technologies for mm-wave radar and communication systems. We demonstrate the system integration capabilities of the embedded wafer level ball grid array (eWLB) technology. After introduction of low-loss transmission lines and high-quality planar inductors in thin-film redistribution layers (RDL), we present chip-package-board transitions without external matching networks optimized for use in the 60/70/80 GHz bands. We present the concepts of antenna integration in eWLB and show examples of different antenna structures. To demonstrate the system-in-package integration capabilities of eWLB, we show 60 GHz and 77 GHz eWLB transceiver modules with integrated antennas. The use of vertical interconnections and double-sided RDL extend the integration capabilities to the third dimension. We present ways of realizing vertical interconnections in eWLB using through encapsulate vias (TEV) and novel embedded Z lines (EZL) technology. We show examples of vertical interconnections, embedded passives, RF transitions and 3D antennas realized using the TEV and EZL technology. Finally, we present the concept of substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) for eWLB. To combine advantages of planar circuits with rectangular waveguides we present a novel, compact and low-loss transition from chip to SIW in eWLB and to standard WR10 rectangular waveguide.
Biography:
Maciej Wojnowski is the Lead Principal Engineer and the Head of RF Package Simulation & Characterization in the central development department at Infineon Technologies AG. He has been with Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, since 2005. He has been working in development of RF and millimeter-wave passives and antennas for system-in-package applications. He was responsible for electrical characterization of the embedded Wafer Level Ball Grid Array (eWLB) technology. He is the author or co-author of more than 60 papers and 40 patents in the areas of RF and millimeter-wave packaging and passive device characterization. Dr. Wojnowski is recipient of the 2018 IEEE Outstanding Young Engineer Award “For Leadership and Contributions to the Fields of Millimeter-Wave Packaging and Passive Device Characterization”. He serves on the Technical Committees of the IEEE MTT-16 and the ECTC conference and as reviewer for several journals and conferences.
Sensor Emerging and Disruptive Technologies for European Defence Applications
Fabrizio Berizzi
Prof. – Dr.
European Defence Agency, Project Officers Optronics
Abstract:
The goal of this talk is to provide an overview of the action plan and research activities developed in EDA relevant to sensor emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs). The talk will start with a short presentation of the EDA in terms of mission, organization, research and technology research activities, tools for EU member states cooperation actions. Then, an introduction on the concept emerging and disruptive technologies for Defence will be given followed by a short illustration of the actions undertaken in EDA on the topic of innovation. Some specific examples will be presented with reference to the application of Artificial Intelligence for detection, recognition, identification and tracking of targets and to the new potential developments of sensor quantum technologies. The talk will end by mentioning the new Defence challenges where EDTs could have an important role to improve the EU defence capabilities.
Biography:
Fabrizio Berizzi was born in Piombino (Italy) on November 1965. He received the electronic engineering and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pisa (Italy) in 1990 and 1994 respectively. Currently he is an associate professor of the University of Pisa (Italy) –Dept. of Information Engineering. His main research interests are in the fields of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR and ISAR) and fractal radar detection and modeling. He is the co-author of more than 80 papers in those fields. He has been a member of the technical committees of several international radar and remote sensing conferences. He is the reviewer of a few prestigious international journals (IEEE Trans. on AES, on AP, on GRSS, on IP and IEE Proceeding of Radar, Sonar and Navigation). He has been held some scientific seminars at the University of Warsaw, University of Melbourne and the Southampton Oceanography Center (SOC).
He currently holds the following courses: Digital Communication at the Computer Engineering and Remote Sensing Systems at Telecommunication Engineering both at the University of Pisa. He is also teaching Signal Theory I at the Italian Navy Academic and Digital Communications at the University of Siena. He has been involved both as a researcher and as the principal investigator in several national and international projects funded by the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Ministero dell’Istruzione, Università e della Ricerca (MIUR), Italian Navy, Galileo Avionics S.p.A, European Union (EU).
He is a member of the IEEE.
6G Wireless Communications for High Capacity Above 100 GHz: Components and System Design
Viktor Krozer
Professor, Dr.-Ing. habil.
Goethe-Leibniz Terahertz Center, Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, Ferdinand-Braun-Institut Berlin, Leibniz Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik
Abstract:
This work describes a novel network architecture and system design of a 6G wireless communication system above 100 GHz. The architecture is based on fronthaul in Point-to-Multipoint at D-band (141 – 148.5 GHz) with midhaul in Point-to-Point at Gband (275 – 305 GHz) with transport data of about 30 Gbit/s and area capacity above 100 Gbit/s/sqkm. The systems brings data from modem level to the sub-THz frequencies. This new network concept is one of the enabling elements of the 6G activites. The presentation will discuss the required components and the system design and implementation.
Biography:
Viktor Krozer received the Dipl.-Ing. and Dr.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering at the Technical University Darmstadt in 1984 and in 1991, respectively. In 1991 he became senior scientist at the TU Darmstadt working on high-temperature microwave devices and circuits and submillimeter-wave electronics. From 1996-2002 Dr. Krozer was professor at the Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany. During 2002-2009 Dr. Krozer was professor at Electromagnetic Systems, DTU Elektro, Technical University of Denmark, and was heading the Microwave Technology Group. During 2009-2012 Dr. Krozer has been an endowed Oerlikon-Leibniz-Goethe professor for Terahertz Photonics at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany and since 2012 heads the Goethe-Leibniz-Terahertz-Center at the same university. He is also with FBH Berlin, leading the THz components and systems group.
His research areas include terahertz electronics and imaging, MMIC, nonlinear circuit analysis and design, device modelling, biomedical sensors and remote sensing instrumentation.
Correlating mmWave Permittivity Measurement Tools with an Introduction to Intel’s Metrology Capability Analysis
Michael J. Hill
Assembly and Test Technology Development, Intel Corporation, Chandler, Arizona, USA
Abstract:
To create the advanced 3D stacked package technology used in today’s high-performance microprocessors, Intel relies on a wide array of measurement techniques spanning many technical disciplines. For example, high speed interconnects are often characterized by insertion loss and characteristic impedance which intern are controlled by more fundamental properties like copper conductivity, surface roughness, and the permittivity and loss tangent of the dielectric materials used. In order to ensure that measurements collected on these important quantities are reliable, robust and reproducible, Intel performs a study called a Metrology Capability Analysis (MCA) on each key metrology. This process, which others may know as a Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility study, is a critical part of improving a lab’s ability to collect meaningful data and is a core requirement at Intel. These studies, which may at first appear onerous and time consuming to perform are in fact very straightforward and provide great insight and improvement opportunities for even the simplest of measurement techniques.
In this talk an overview of the MCA process used at Intel will be presented along with results from recent efforts to correlate Split Post Dielectric Resonator (SPDR), Split Cavity Resonator (SCR) and Fabry Perot Open Resonator measurements (FPOR). These correlation efforts, which begin with robust MCAs for each metrology, span 5 GHz to 110 GHz and utilize a high purity, ultra-low loss, fused silica prototype reference sample. This material sample is a proof-of-concept artifact developed as part of an International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) collaboration effort to create mmWave traceable permittivity reference materials. A brief introduction to that effort will also be provided.
Biography:
Michael J. Hill is a Principal Engineer at Intel Corporation in Chandler, Arizona. He has been with the Electrical Core Competency group since 2002. His work includes the development of new tools and techniques to allow precise characterization of substrate electrical performance metrics spanning power delivery, highspeed I/O and RF applications. Much of his recent work has focused on metrologies for characterizing high speed integrated voltage regulators. In addition to his work in Power Delivery, Michael is also responsible for developing characterization methods for package material sets spanning DC to 110GHz, and methods for characterizing mmWave package integrated antennas. Michael is a senior member of the IEEE, has authored more than 30 peer reviewed publications and holds 10 patents. He received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona. Michael can be reached by email at: Michael.j.hill@intel.com
Tunable RF filters: A Step Towards Efficient Spectrum Access & Multi-standard Communications
Dimitra Psychogiou
Professor at University College Cork & Tyndall National Institute
Abstract:
Future wireless communications and emerging services including e-Health, Internet-from-Space and autonomous transport, will be critically dependent on secure and sustainable connectivity. However, connectivity will depend highly on the availability of electromagnetic spectrum which has become a scarce resource. To utilize the spectrum efficiently, disruptive technology innovations are required including dynamic access, operability at higher frequencies (e.g., mmWaves) and using the same frequency for transmit and receive, e.g., full-duplex. However, current RF transceiver technologies aren’t able to support these functionalities due the high complexity of the RF hardware and the lack of adaptive RF components.
This talk will provide an overview of emerging RF filtering technologies as key enabling elements for efficient spectrum utilization and low SWaP-C RF systems. Specifically, the talk will focus on new RF design methods, RF tuning techniques and integration concepts that facilitate the realization of RF filters with multiple levels of transfer function adaptivity (bandwidth, center frequency, type), multi-band operability and multi-octave spectrum sensing. New RF design paradigms that enable RF filters with co-located RF signal processing actions (e.g., filtering and amplification or matching) will be presented as a way to miniaturize the RF front-end size and improve its efficiency. Furthermore, the talk will demonstrate the fundamentals of introducing non-reciprocity within an RF filtering device with the purpose of realizing truly-full duplex RF systems.
Biography:
Dimitra Psychogiou (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Dipl.-Eng. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Patras, Patras, Greece, in 2008, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland, in 2013. She is currently a Professor of electrical and electronic engineering with University College Cork (UCC) and the Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland. Prior to joining UCC, she was a Sr. Research Scientist at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, and an Assistant Professor with the University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA. Her current research interests include RF design and characterization of reconfigurable microwave and millimeter-wave passive components, RF-MEMS, acoustic wave resonator-based filters, tunable filter synthesis, and frequency-agile antennas. Her research has been presented in more than 160 IEEE publications and has received the 2020 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the 2020 URSI Young Scientist Award, and the Junior Faculty Outstanding Research Award from UC Boulder. She is a Senior Member of URSI and a member of the IEEE MTT-S Filters and Passive Components (MTT-5) and Microwave Control Materials and Devices (MTT-13) committees. Furthermore, she serves on the Technical Review Board of various IEEE and EuMA conferences and journals and is the Chair of MMT-13 and the Secretary of the USNC-URSI Commission. She is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters and the International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies. Previously, she was an Associate Editor of the IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation journal.
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