WMN-2: Solid-State Power Amplifiers: Trade-Offs, Challenges, and Opportunities in Space Applications
Solid-State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) are critical components in modern space communication systems, enabling reliable and efficient signal transmission for a wide range of applications. As satellite n...
To unlock the full potential of global high-data-rate connectivity, climate monitoring and resilient disaster recovery, we must deliver revolutionary advances in satellite communication (SATCOM) syste...
Power Amplifiers (PAs) are critical in communication systems to strengthen signals and overcome channel losses, but they consume high power and cause non-linear distortion. Digital PreDistortion (DPD)...
Flip-chip packaging provides a compact, cost-effective, and scalable approach for integrating mm-wave Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) amplifiers into phased array front-ends. MMIC Lab h...
The past five years have seen a radical shift in the space industry, driven by the emergence of large-scale LEO satellite constellations. This transformation has disrupted traditional GEO-focused deve...
Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centers in diamond have become a cornerstone for quantum sensing, communication, and scalable quantum information processing, thanks to their unique spin properties, long coheren...
The rapid advancement and commercialization of quantum computing is creating an urgent demand for RF quantum, semiconductor and electronics devices capable of operating at extreme cryogenic temperatur...
This talk presents an overview of the uncertainty sources affecting S-parameter measurements at cryogenic temperatures and the techniques to characterize them. We consider testbeds embedding coaxial s...
Increasing demand for cryogenic electronics, aimed at quantum sensors and computing technologies, requires accurate and quantifiable calibration methods and techniques. At high frequency, the characte...
Traditional RF and mm-wave on-wafer probing within the temperature range of -60 to 125°C often presents a formidable challenge for many customers. However, this comes across as almost trivial compared...