M. Nenadovic, N. Fiebig, G. Fischer, D. Kissinger, J. Wessel
{"title":"A 0.48 mW fully integrated MICS band VCO in SiGe BiCMOS technology for medical implant communication","authors":"M. Nenadovic, N. Fiebig, G. Fischer, D. Kissinger, J. Wessel","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2018.8304929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2018.8304929","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the design of a low power VCO, that is a part of a fully integrated, directly modulated, VCO-only transmitter in MICS band (402–405 MHz). The differential LC-tank VCO is designed for a MSK transmitter supporting up to 200 kbps data rate for the application in a glucose sensor implant. The chip is fabricated in the CMOS section of IHPs 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS process and has an active area of 0.86 mm2. The measured VCO has shown −110 dBc/Hz phase noise at 200 kHz offset from the carrier and a tuning range of 22.6 MHz (5.6 %), while consuming 0.55 mA from a 0.87 V supply (0.48 mW). The phase noise performance, size and power consumption of the measured VCO satisfy the requirements of implantable electronics. This VCO is therefore an important block in building a more complex, multi-channel MICS band transmitter.","PeriodicalId":170594,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115441464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2-GHz 1.35-dB NF pHEMT single-voltage-supply process-independent low-noise amplifier","authors":"Jin-Siang Syu, C. Meng, Chun Yang, G. Huang","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2018.8304952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2018.8304952","url":null,"abstract":"A 2-GHz single-voltage-supply 0.15-μm depletion-mode (D-mode) pseudomorphic high electron-mobility transistor (pHEMT) low-noise amplifier (LNA) is demonstrated with a proposed process-independent self-biasing scheme. The current-reused technique is also employed to achieve a common-source common-drain two-stage LNA under a dc current of 10.85 mA at a 3-V supply. As a result, the proposed LNA achieves 20-dB power gain and 1.35-dB noise figure (NF) at 2 GHz while the minimum NF=1.3 dB occurs at 2.4 GHz.","PeriodicalId":170594,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"138 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123523276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yen-Wei Chang, Ming-Che Yu, Hsien-Jia Lin, Chun-Hsing Li
{"title":"Compact low-cost five-band RF energy harvester using system-in-package integration","authors":"Yen-Wei Chang, Ming-Che Yu, Hsien-Jia Lin, Chun-Hsing Li","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2018.8305011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2018.8305011","url":null,"abstract":"A compact five-band radio-frequency (RF) energy harvester (EH) using a system-in-package technique to take advantages of different technologies is proposed in this work. The RF EH is composed of five matching networks realized on a low-loss integrated-passive-devices (IPD) carrier and five rectifiers on a 0.18-μm CMOS chip. The CMOS chip is flipped and bonded to the IPD carrier through low-loss interconnects so that each on-chip rectifier can be integrated with an on-carrier matching network to support one of five band operations. High-g IPD passive components are employed to realize the matching networks. This not only provides a compact and low-cost solution, but the matching network can also give a high voltage gain to enhance the EH dc-to-RF conversion efficiency η. Native devices with a low threshold voltage provided by the 0.18-μm CMOS technology are chosen to improve the rectifier sensitivity. The proposed RF EH can give measured output voltages of 1.75, 1.77, 1.23, 1.19, and 1.26 V with n of 15.4, 15.7, 7.6, 7.1, and 8.0% at 0.74, 0.89, 1.8, 2.12, and 2.36 GHz, respectively, as the input RF power is −14 dBm and the load resistance is 500 kΩ. The proposed RF EH only occupies a 16.56 mm2 area.","PeriodicalId":170594,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125281762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Larouche, X. Lan, E. Kaneshiro, A. Gutierrez-Aitken, V. Radisic
{"title":"Reconfigurable composite right/left-handed metamaterial","authors":"S. Larouche, X. Lan, E. Kaneshiro, A. Gutierrez-Aitken, V. Radisic","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2018.8304984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2018.8304984","url":null,"abstract":"We report on a reconfigurable composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL) using an InP heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) fabrication process. A four unit cell-TL design is realized with distributed capacitors and inductors with each unit cell featuring a Schottky diode that is used to control the left-handed wave propagation in the structure. Measured data shows good agreement with simulations and exhibits left hand propagation below 84.8 GHz. This is the first reported reconfigurable CRLH TL using a semiconductor fabrication process.","PeriodicalId":170594,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"183 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124631762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kousei Kumahara, F. Kuroki, M. Eguchi, T. Yamakawa
{"title":"A landslide prognostication system based on bistatic radar technology using AM radio waves","authors":"Kousei Kumahara, F. Kuroki, M. Eguchi, T. Yamakawa","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2018.8305000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2018.8305000","url":null,"abstract":"Propagation characteristics of electromagnetic wave at an interface between the free space and hydrated soil were investigated in order to construct a landslide prognostication system. The prehension on the complex permittivity of the hydrated soil became integral technology, so that the complex permittivity was measured as the function of the water volume content at frequency bands from low frequency (LF) to medium frequency (MF), and the transmission and reflection characteristics of the hydrated soil was calculated based on the propagation model applying the measured complex permittivities. From the result, it is obvious that the reflection from the hydrated soil behaves as a key role to estimate the water content. In addition, the complex permittivities of live and dead leaves, woods and stones were measured and the reflection characteristics of the forest existing on the surface of the land were calculated and evaluated. It is found from the calculated results that their influence is little for the reflection characteristics. Finally, the initial consideration of the landslide prognostication system using the bistatic radar technology was performed.","PeriodicalId":170594,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126218271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Single frequency microwave imaging based on compressed sensing","authors":"Tianyi Zhou, Anjie Zhu, Yuzhou Shen, Huan Li, Changzhi Li, J. Huangfu","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2018.8304966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2018.8304966","url":null,"abstract":"Microwave imaging has become a hot topic in the area of microwave engineering. In this paper, we propose a new approach for microwave imaging based on multiple transmit and receive antennas assisted with compressed sensing at single frequency. Different from compression achieved by frequency diversity relay on a wide bandwidth, compressed sensing is applied to figure out the location and shape of unknown target utilizing the spatially diversity of antennas' location. Thanks to the compressed sensing, inversion results can be obtained with much faster data processing than traditional methods. Numerical simulation of single target as well as multiple targets is investigated, and the results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. With the simple implementation for fast imaging, our method can be potentially used in practical applications of microwave imaging.","PeriodicalId":170594,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130354089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Mahler, Cornelius Richt, Lisa Bell, M. Pauli, J. Kowalewski, T. Zwick
{"title":"Antenna synthesis for SIMO and MISO systems with optimality to arbitrary quantiles of the channel capacity","authors":"T. Mahler, Cornelius Richt, Lisa Bell, M. Pauli, J. Kowalewski, T. Zwick","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2018.8304939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2018.8304939","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper antenna radiation patterns are matched to single input multiple output (SIMO) and to multiple input single output (MISO) channels. This so-called antenna synthesis maximizes the mutual information of the communication system. Derivations for the optimization of arbitrary quantiles of the channel capacity are shown for Gaussian channels. The corresponding optimal radiation patterns are also determined for the assumtion of the Kronecker channel model.","PeriodicalId":170594,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"399 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132217156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Markus Hertlein, Sascha Breun, Germar Cappel, Andre Schwarzmeier, F. Lurz, R. Weigel, G. Fischer
{"title":"Evaluation of cellular standards for low data rate applications regarding power consumption and timing parameters","authors":"Markus Hertlein, Sascha Breun, Germar Cappel, Andre Schwarzmeier, F. Lurz, R. Weigel, G. Fischer","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2018.8304991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2018.8304991","url":null,"abstract":"3GPP introduced new specifications for low data rate applications, due to the IoT sector and also the enormous amount of connected devices. This standards should reduce overhead, increase coverage and reduce power consumption in addition to an increasing capacity. This paper focuses on power consumption measurements of the current existing standards e.g. LTE and makes a comparison with the new Narrowband-IoT standards. Also an evaluation on timing parameters and different modes during the transmission is given. Finally this paper helps to decide which standard provides the best benefit for a certain application.","PeriodicalId":170594,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132262579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Scholl, Tobias Saalfeld, Jan Henning Mueller, Ye Zhang, V. Bonehi, Christoph Beyerstedt, Fabian Speicher, M. Schrey, R. Wunderlich, S. Heinen
{"title":"A multistandard, triple band wireless transceiver in a 130 nm CMOS technology with integrated PAs for IoT applications","authors":"M. Scholl, Tobias Saalfeld, Jan Henning Mueller, Ye Zhang, V. Bonehi, Christoph Beyerstedt, Fabian Speicher, M. Schrey, R. Wunderlich, S. Heinen","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2018.8304953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2018.8304953","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents a fully integrated multistandard, triple band wireless transceiver with integrated PAs. The narrowband transceiver is suitable for LoRaWAN, IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee), 802.15.4g (SUN) and Bluetooth to promote interoperability in future internet-of-things applications. With the presented architecture the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band and the ISM bands at 780–960 MHz and 390–510 MHz are supported with a single 1.5–2.0 GHz frequency synthesizer leading to an area efficient design. The output power for the low band is 20.0 dBm at 55% drain efficiency, for the mid band 24.3 dBm at 44 % drain efficiency and for the 2.4 GHz band 15.3 dBm at 43 % drain efficiency to allow high range applications without need of external PAs. The chip has been fabricated in a 130 nm CMOS technology.","PeriodicalId":170594,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116588981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measurement of the influence of antenna pattern on radio frequency propagation in a concrete tunnel","authors":"R. Jacksha, Chenming Zhou, C. Sunderman","doi":"10.1109/RWS.2018.8304958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS.2018.8304958","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the influence of antenna pattern on radio frequency (RF) propagation in tunnel/mining environments. Propagation measurement results in a concrete tunnel using different antennas, i.e., omni-directional, Yagi, patch, and circular, are reported. Extensive measurements are carried out in various scenarios which include vertical, horizontal, and circular polarization for line-of-sight propagation (LoS) at four frequencies (455, 915, 2450, and 5800 MHz) that are common to many voice and data transport radio systems used in underground mines. The results show that antenna pattern has a strong influence on the uniformity of RF propagation gain in the near zone and does not significantly affect propagation behavior in the far zone except for a constant gain offset.","PeriodicalId":170594,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"49 16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122746632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}