{"title":"A model inaccuracy aware design methodology of millimeter-wave CMOS tuned amplifiers","authors":"Shih-Chieh Shin, D. Dawn, D. Yeh, J. Laskar","doi":"10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872876","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a systematic design methodology of millimeter wave (mm-wave) CMOS tuned amplifier which, for the first time to the best of authors' knowledge, takes the model inaccuracy at mm-wave frequencies into design consideration. Millimeter-wave models for both passive and active components are developed based on the standard foundry provided models with extra critical variation components which represent modeling uncertainties. The proposed model is verified through a comparison with the measured results of the test structures. The design methodology of tolerating the modeling uncertainties is demonstrated by a design example of a 65nm CMOS 57–64 GHz low noise amplifier, which has a 20 dB gain and a minimum 5 dB noise figure with 26 mA current consumption under 1 V supply.","PeriodicalId":253374,"journal":{"name":"WAMICON 2011 Conference Proceedings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129516724","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}
Yufeng Wang, Xiaoyu Wei, B. Timus, R. Sankar, S. Morgera
{"title":"Feasibility study of pico cellular-relaying system in urban outdoor environment","authors":"Yufeng Wang, Xiaoyu Wei, B. Timus, R. Sankar, S. Morgera","doi":"10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872853","url":null,"abstract":"Heterogeneous networks, in particular cellular-relaying networks, have the potential to provide high data-rate services at low infrastructure costs. Macro and micro base stations have traditionally been used to provide coverage and capacity, respectively. In this paper, we analyze a new approach in which coverage is provided by means of inband relays. We show that compared with a traditional network based on macro base stations, a good outdoor coverage for a target data rate could be provided in a more cost efficient way by deploying a network based on pico base stations and relays. However, this is valid only for low data-rate because part of the spectrum is allocated to the backhaul and therefore the capacity of cellular-relaying networks is typically limited. Moreover, this break-even point depends on how the networks are deployed.","PeriodicalId":253374,"journal":{"name":"WAMICON 2011 Conference Proceedings","volume":"412 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115239053","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":"Dual-band GaN HEMT power amplifier using resonators in matching networks","authors":"Zhebin Wang, Chan-Wang Park","doi":"10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872884","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we employ a novel method by using resonators with microstrip lines to design a dual-band GaN HEMT power amplifier. At both input and output matching networks, we add parallel resonators between series microstrip lines and open-circuited stubs to realize the dual-band operation. With our proposed structure, we can use the conventional L-type structure to design matching network for each operation frequency so that the design is easier. By using just one transistor without any tunable electronic element or switch, a novel dual-band class AB power amplifier working at 1.5 GHz and 2.4 GHz is designed and fabricated to demonstrate our proposed simple method. With dual-band matching networks using resonators, the experimental results show the output power 40.3 dBm and 39.05 dBm with power added efficiency (PAE) 55.63% and 40.25% at 1.5 GHz and 2.4 GHz, respectively.","PeriodicalId":253374,"journal":{"name":"WAMICON 2011 Conference Proceedings","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127447938","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}
Changzhi Li, Changzhan Gu, Ruijiang Li, Steve B. Jiang
{"title":"Radar motion sensing for accurate tumor tracking in radiation therapy","authors":"Changzhi Li, Changzhan Gu, Ruijiang Li, Steve B. Jiang","doi":"10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872871","url":null,"abstract":"Tumor tracking is important for radiotherapy treatment of lung cancer to deliver sufficient radiation dose without damaging the surrounding healthy lung tissue and causing severe side effects such as pneumonitis. However, conventional tumor tracking methods are either invasive to the patients or do not have sufficient accuracy. Radar physiological motion sensing provides a noninvasive and yet accurate way to track tumor during radiotherapy. The detection theory, system setup, and experiments are discussed in this paper. A tumor tracking algorithm that extracts accurate tumor position information from radar measurement result is also presented.","PeriodicalId":253374,"journal":{"name":"WAMICON 2011 Conference Proceedings","volume":"595 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123038117","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":"Performance evaluation of IEEE802.16-2004 Wimax with fixed high fading channels","authors":"S. Askar, H. Al-Raweshidy","doi":"10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872905","url":null,"abstract":"Wimax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a promising technology which can offer high speed data, voice and video service to the customer end, which is presently, dominated by the cable and digital subscriber line (DSL) technologies. The performance assessment of Wimax systems is dealt with. The biggest advantage of Broadband wireless application (BWA) over its wired competitors is its increased capacity and ease of deployment. The aims of this paper are to model and simulate the fixed OFDM IEEE 802.16d physical layer under variant combinations of digital modulation (BPSK, QPSK, and 16-QAM) over diverse combination of fading channels (AWGN, SUIs).","PeriodicalId":253374,"journal":{"name":"WAMICON 2011 Conference Proceedings","volume":"22 6S 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115945836","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":"Characterization of biomedical antennas for microwave heating, radiometry, and implant communication applications","authors":"M. Tofighi","doi":"10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872874","url":null,"abstract":"Because of the large real permittivity and significant conductivity of biological tissues at microwave frequencies, the performance of microwave antennas loaded with the tissues is very different from that in air. Moreover, for performing heating and radiometry inside the tissues, the specific absorption rate (SAR) profile generated in the near-field of the antennas is the quantity of interest rather than the radiation pattern. On the other hand, for medical implants, the SAR profile and the tissue loss are undesired effects, but are unavoidable and greatly impact the radiation property and the gain of the antennas. This paper highlights some of these mentioned issues. It presents planar antennas utilized for an intracranial pressure monitoring (ICP) implant and radiometer/heating antennas applied for the measurement of blood perfusion. Measurement setups and/or procedures for the characterization of the antennas will be discussed as well.","PeriodicalId":253374,"journal":{"name":"WAMICON 2011 Conference Proceedings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130714566","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":"Design of a 2.4 GHz interrogator for a rectenna-based sensor system","authors":"V. Sakamuri, J. Frolik","doi":"10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872851","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a design for an interrogator for a new class of passive wireless sensors. The sensors are intended for deeply embedded structural health monitoring applications. As such, the interrogator must both transmit a signal to elicit a response from the sensor and be able to monitor that response. The interrogator considered transmits in the 2.40–2.48 GHz ISM band and monitors the 2nd harmonic response created by the sensor. The interrogator employs two fractional-N PLLs, one for frequency synthesis of the interrogating signal and one for a reference at a fixed frequency offset. The received signal lies in the 4.80–4.96 GHz band and is downconverted to a constant frequency (70 MHz). The output frequency of the two PLLs is controlled by a single FPGA. The interrogator is designed to either sweep across the transmit band or to transmit at a fixed frequency within the band depending on whether the sensed parameter is static or dynamic, respectively, in nature.","PeriodicalId":253374,"journal":{"name":"WAMICON 2011 Conference Proceedings","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124406127","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":"Relocation of wireless sensor network nodes using a genetic algorithm","authors":"Yipeng Qu, S. Georgakopoulos","doi":"10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872882","url":null,"abstract":"This work involves the development of optimization algorithms that aim in the relocation of wireless sensor network nodes to provide maximum sensing coverage area, and with the constraint of minimizing the energy required for the relocation. Specifically, a sensor relocation method is introduced, based on a multi-objective genetic algorithm. The algorithm objectives are the total travel distance of the sensors from their initial locations to their final locations as well as the coverage area of the sensors. Simulation results clearly show the tradeoff between the travelled distance and coverage area. This algorithm can be used to achieve best coverage, and our results demonstrate that a better coverage always needs a larger travelled distance. Furthermore, redundant sensors decrease the travelled distance. The travelled distance also depends on the initial position of the sensors. The proposed algorithm also works when obstacles appear in the sensing field.","PeriodicalId":253374,"journal":{"name":"WAMICON 2011 Conference Proceedings","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114684055","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":"High-temperature characterization of SiCN ceramics for wireless passive sensing applications up to 500°C","authors":"Xinhua Ren, S. Ebadi, Yaohan Chen, L. An, X. Gong","doi":"10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872863","url":null,"abstract":"A novel technique is presented in this paper to precisely characterize silicon carbonitride (SiCN) ceramic materials at high temperatures for wireless passive sensing applications. This technique is based on a high quality (Q) factor resonator method, which allows accurate characterization of both dielectric constant and loss tangent. SiCN ceramic materials are measured from 50°C up to 500°C. It is observed that the dielectric constant of SiCN increases from 3.71 to 3.87, corresponding to a temperature range between 50 and 500°C. This temperature-dependent dielectric constant behavior provides the basis for the development of wireless passive temperature sensors in high-temperature applications.","PeriodicalId":253374,"journal":{"name":"WAMICON 2011 Conference Proceedings","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114691153","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}