Session 26 overview: RF techniques for communication and sensing: RF subcommittee

Abstract

The increasing need to improve transmitter efficiency, enhance receiver linearity and robustness, and migrate electronic interfaces closer to the antenna continues to stimulate research in advanced RF techniques. The first paper in this session presents a broadband hybrid-coupler circulator for full-duplex operation. The following two papers demonstrate mm-wave antenna and power amplifier co-integration to increase efficiency and reduce cost. Next, we have three papers that advance power-amplifier architectures for 5G and NB-IoT applications. The three papers towards the end of this session demonstrate techniques for high-linearity receivers. A real-time, near-field THz imager concludes the session.