Multiple Functional RF Passives Enabled with Thin-Films and Techniques

The fastest growing wireless communications market has and will continuously see dramatic changes in both the requirements on, and the capabilities of radios to support the wireless connections especially in future 6G-and-beyond technologies. Multiple functional RF passive technologies are enabling new frontiers to support different communication standards in modern and next generation wireless communication systems. This talk will present the development of frequency agile and electrically tunable miniaturized RF passive components enabling multifunctional and adaptive radios from the aspects of thin films integration (eg ferroelectric and ferromagnetic thin-films), on-chip tuning techniques (eg diodes and transistors) and novel design structures. Design efficacy and applications will be demonstrated with thorough study of RF passives including reconfigurable and multi-functional transmission lines, phase shifters, filters, and antennas.