{"title":"A Demonstration of Multifloating Superconducting Qubits on a 3-D Flip-Chip Platform With TLS Loss Mitigation via Apertures","authors":"Zhen Luo;Thomas Mayer;Daniela Zahn;Carla Moran Guizan;Johannes Weber;Simon Lang;Hannes Bender;Luis Schwarzenbach;Lars Nebrich;Rui Pereira;Amelie Hagelauer","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2025.3559221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2025.3559221","url":null,"abstract":"Flip-chip platforms are among the most promising approaches for scaling up superconducting qubits in quantum computing. This work presents the design, modeling, and analysis of floating transmon qubits implemented on a 3-D flip-chip platform. A major focus during qubit design is addressing coherence challenges caused by two-level system (TLS) losses, particularly from surface interfaces. TLS losses at the metal-air (MA) interface are mitigated by introducing apertures beneath the qubit pads. The aperture size is optimized to balance two key factors: minimizing total TLS loss and ensuring sufficient coupling strength between the transmon and resonator. Subsequently, a packaged 3-D chip comprising 24 floating transmons is demonstrated. The transmission spectrum is measured, with all readout resonators successfully located at their designated positions on the spectrum. Two-tone spectroscopy is demonstrated, enabling precise measurement of the qubit frequency.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"35 6","pages":"832-835"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10974912","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144299260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theoretical Design of Wideband 3-dB RWG Coupler","authors":"Jian-Xin Chen;Xin-Yue Fang;Xu Shi;Wei Qin","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2025.3559535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2025.3559535","url":null,"abstract":"This letter introduces a design of wideband 3-dB ridge waveguide (RGW) coupler, theoretically addressing the issue of different odd- and even-mode cut-off frequencies, not mentioned before in the designs of traditional waveguide (WG) couplers. Accordingly, the working mechanism of the proposed RWG coupler is illustrated in detail based on the parameters’ reversion. The bandwidth (BW) of the coupler can be expanded effectively by optimizing the transition between the RWG and input/output stripline. For verification, the RWG coupler centered at 2.35 GHz is fabricated and measured, and the simulated and measured results with good agreement show the fractional BW (FBW) is more than 50%.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"35 7","pages":"1009-1012"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144581564","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":"Compact Wideband HTS Filter With Multiple TZs Using Integrated Shorted-Stub and Slot SSPPs","authors":"Baoping Ren;Junjun Zhou;Chuanyun Wang;Jun Li;Xuehui Guan","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2025.3558859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2025.3558859","url":null,"abstract":"In this letter, a novel spoof surface plasmon polaritons (SSPPs) unit is proposed by embedding slot into the shorted stub. Based on the newly SSPPs structure, a compact wideband high-temperature superconducting (HTS) filter with fully controllable passband is designed. The upper and lower cutoff frequencies of the filter can be independently adjusted by the heights of shorted stubs and slots. Also, due to the etched slots, the signal interference can be introduced by adding an additional microstrip line. Then, multiple transmission zeros (TZs) are therefore produced and enhance the passband selectivity. Finally, a low-loss filter operating at 1.1–1.6 GHz is designed and fabricated on MgO wafer with deposited YBCO thin films. The measured results agree well with the simulations, validating the proposed SSPPs structure and design method.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"35 7","pages":"973-976"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144581480","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}
Kai Li;Zhipeng Wang;Fanyi Meng;Kaixue Ma;Keping Wang
{"title":"A Dual-Band Injection-Locked Frequency Quadrupler for 5G Multiband Applications","authors":"Kai Li;Zhipeng Wang;Fanyi Meng;Kaixue Ma;Keping Wang","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2025.3560698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2025.3560698","url":null,"abstract":"This article proposes a 24.2–29-/36.8–44-GHz dual-band injection-locked frequency quadrupler (ILFQ) with high harmonic rejection for 5G multiband applications. By introducing two parallel reconfigurable amplifiers that switch between low-band mode and high-band mode, the proposed ILFQ supports dual-band operation with only one harmonic generator. These reconfigurable amplifiers can also purify and enhance the 4th harmonic of the injection current, thereby widening the locking range and improving the harmonic rejection ration. In addition, an embedded notch filter is designed to further improve harmonic rejection ratio (HRR). Fabricated in a 65-nm CMOS, the proposed ILFQ achieves more than 44.9-/36.3-dBc 1st HRR and more than 35.5-/27.2-dBc 2nd HRR within the locking range of 24.2–29/36.8–44 GHz. The measured maximum dc power consumption is 15.4/16.3 mW in two modes, with a chip area of 0.49 mm<sup>2</sup>.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"35 7","pages":"1037-1040"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144581518","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}
Hai-Bing Zhan;Xiao-Chun Li;Chang-Sheng Sun;Ken Ning
{"title":"A Bent Connector Between Two Rectangular Dielectric Waveguides at W-Band","authors":"Hai-Bing Zhan;Xiao-Chun Li;Chang-Sheng Sun;Ken Ning","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2025.3557785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2025.3557785","url":null,"abstract":"In this letter, a W-band bent connector between two rectangular dielectric waveguides (RDWs) is proposed. The connector is composed of a gap, two ridge waveguides (RWs), two dielectric-filled waveguides (DWs), and two tapered horns (THs). Three connectors with different bend angles are designed and fabricated. The measured frequency ranges (<inline-formula> <tex-math>$vert S_{11}vert lt -10$ </tex-math></inline-formula> dB) of connectors A (180°), B (135°), and C (90°) connecting two RDWs are 86.9–103.8, 86.3–102.2, and 82.1–102.1 GHz, respectively. Within each frequency range, the insertion losses of connectors A–C are 0.35–1.87, 0.25–1.55, and 0.26–1.57 dB, respectively. Compared with previous connectors, the proposed bent connector enables interconnection between two RDWs with different angles.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"35 7","pages":"1021-1024"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144581655","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}
Yuhang Ning;Zhihua Wei;Bin Liu;Pei-Ling Chi;Tao Yang
{"title":"A Reconfigurable Filtering Circulator/Isolator With Continuously Controllable Center Frequency and Insertion Phase","authors":"Yuhang Ning;Zhihua Wei;Bin Liu;Pei-Ling Chi;Tao Yang","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2025.3557918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2025.3557918","url":null,"abstract":"A reconfigurable filtering circulator/isolator (RFCI) with tunable frequency and insertion phase based on the spatiotemporal modulation (STM) method is presented. The proposed RFCI mainly consists of three parallel resonator <italic>LC</i> tanks cascaded in a delta topology. With one <italic>LC</i> tank located at each port, both the receiver (Rx) and transmitter (Tx) channels exhibit a second-order filtering response. By adding STM signals in the delta topology, a filtering circulator is obtained. Meanwhile, two phase control networks (PCNs) are added at Rx and Tx ports, respectively. By adjusting the PCN, the insertion phase of the path from the antenna (Ant) to Rx and the one from Tx to Ant can be independently controlled while keeping all amplitude responses unchanged. Furthermore, either Rx or Tx can be turned off, thus transforming the proposed circuit into a filtering isolator with a controllable insertion phase based on signal cancellation. It integrates a bandpass filter (BPF), circulator, isolator, and phase shifter (PS) into a single, compact device. A prototype circuit is fabricated and measured for the proof-of-concept demonstration purposes.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"35 6","pages":"804-807"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144299113","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}
Qiangqiang Lin;Jinzhu Zhou;Guozhuang Fan;Yongji Ma
{"title":"A Generative Neural Network for Filter Tuning","authors":"Qiangqiang Lin;Jinzhu Zhou;Guozhuang Fan;Yongji Ma","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2025.3557834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2025.3557834","url":null,"abstract":"A generative neural network (GTNN) is presented for microwave filter tuning, consisting of two steps. The first step involves offline modeling, where the physics mechanism of the microwave filter is combined with a shared weight neural network. In the second step, online tuning is performed, and tuning values are generated using a gradient descent method. The experimental results of three different filters illustrate that the GTNN achieves better tuning results, and the tuning value is generated in less than 16 s.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"35 7","pages":"945-948"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144581545","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}
Yizhang Li;David P. Schaber;Hans H. Brunner;Jan Hesselbarth;Christian Bluemm
{"title":"Millimeter-Wave Wireless Data Distribution System Using Polymer Fiber Waveguide","authors":"Yizhang Li;David P. Schaber;Hans H. Brunner;Jan Hesselbarth;Christian Bluemm","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2025.3558224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2025.3558224","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents a wireless data distribution system for operation at millimeter-wave (mm-wave) frequencies. The system aims to avoid gaps in the wireless line-of-sight coverage in areas with otherwise prohibitive shadowing effects caused by obstacles and walls. Dual-polarized polymer dielectric fiber is proposed for low-loss signal distribution over distances of 10 m and more. Multiple directive metal clip antennas can be attached to the polymer fiber to couple a part of the guided wave energy with radiated waves. The given experimental proof uses a data stream conforming to the IEEE 802.11ad WLAN standard in a single 60-GHz frequency band; 6.93 Gbps is transmitted over 10 m of fiber plus 2 m wirelessly at low error vector magnitude (EVM). Furthermore, the possibility to communicate with three clip antennas placed at individual positions along a single fiber is demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"35 7","pages":"1013-1016"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10973775","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144581566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of Controllable Dual-Band Bandpass Filter Based on Dual-Mode Metal Plate Coupled Resonator","authors":"Jiayu Rao;Pei Ding;Yang Yu;Lei Zhang;Povilas Vaitukaitis","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2025.3554772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2025.3554772","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a controllable dual-band filter design based on a dual-mode metal plate coupled resonator (DM-MPCR). Both inductive window and cylinder post couplings were adopted to obtain independent inner coupling control. Extra cylinder post was also loaded in the first and last resonators to achieve external coupling control flexibility. Also, beneficial from the mixed-coupling features of DM-MPCR, a novel dual-parallel coupling topology path was formed, which generates multiple transmission zeros (TZs). The designed dual-band filter was fabricated using 3-D metal printing for rapid demonstration. The measured results agreed well with the simulated ones.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"35 7","pages":"953-956"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144581520","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}
Rongxing Qin;Fei You;Jing Xu;Zening Nie;Xuequn Zhu;Songbai He
{"title":"A 0.12-nJ/b 20-Mb/s 700-MHz GFSK Transmitter With a Subsampling PLL Employing 8-Bit Class-D DCO","authors":"Rongxing Qin;Fei You;Jing Xu;Zening Nie;Xuequn Zhu;Songbai He","doi":"10.1109/LMWT.2025.3559352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2025.3559352","url":null,"abstract":"A 700-MHz Gaussian frequency-shift keying (GFSK) transmitter (Tx) for the Internet of Things (IoT) application is presented in this letter. The proposed Tx adopts direct open-loop oscillator modulation to reach 20-Mb/s data rate, overcoming the rate limitations of conventional architectures. To the author’s best knowledge, this is the highest data rate for the GFSK Tx operating in the sub-1-GHz band. A subsampling phase-locked loop (SSPLL) is duty-cycled and activated just before packet transmission. An 8-bit low-power low-phase-noise class-D digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) is employed to achieve high-frequency resolution, thereby enhancing spectral efficiency. Besides, the Tx utilizes an inverter-based push-pull power amplifier (PA) to accomplish high efficiency and full on-chip integration. The Tx operates with a 0.8-V supply voltage except DCO, and the DCO is powered at 0.25 V. Fabricated in 65-nm CMOS, the DCO achieves a phase noise less than −118 dBc/Hz @ 1 MHz, and the proposed Tx achieves an energy efficiency of 0.12-nJ/b for 20-Mb/s data rate.","PeriodicalId":73297,"journal":{"name":"IEEE microwave and wireless technology letters","volume":"35 7","pages":"1081-1084"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144581526","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}