Emerging Technical Areas

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Adrian Tang
Jet Propulsion Lab
Qi-jun Zhang
Carleton Univ.
Location
147AB
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This session looks at AI techniques for everything from synthesizers to channel estimators and MIMO systems.

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Tu1F-1: A Modular, Distributed and Scalable DOA Estimator for MIMO Systems
(08:00 - 08:20)
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Tu1F-2: An All-Digital Synthesizer Enabled by a Convolutional Neural Network
(08:20 - 08:40)
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Tu1F-3: A Novel CNN-based Architecture for Over-the-Air 5G OFDM Channel Estimation
(08:40 - 09:00)
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Tu1F-4: ChirpNet: Noise-Resilient Sequential Chirp Based Radar Processing for Object Detection
(09:00 - 09:20)

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Sudipto Chakraborty
IBM
Adrian Tang
Jet Propulsion Lab
Location
147AB
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This session looks at AI/ML for transmitter blocks and elements including power amplifiers and pre-distorters.

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Tu2F-1: MP-DPD: Low-Complexity Mixed-Precision Neural Networks for Energy-Efficient Digital Pre-distortion of Wideband Power Amplifiers
(10:10 - 10:30)
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Tu2F-2: IMS Deep Learning Enabled Generalized Synthesis of Multi-Port Electromagnetic Structures and Circuits for mmWave Power Amplifiers
(10:30 - 10:50)
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Tu2F-3: Transfer Learning Assisted Fast Design Migration Over Technology Nodes: A Study on Transformer Matching Network
(10:50 - 11:10)
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Tu2F-4: Optimizing Direct Learning Neural Network Digital Predistortion Through the Lottery Ticket Hypothesis Agent
(11:10 - 11:30)

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Hamed Rahmani
New York Univ.
Chun-Hsing Li
National Taiwan Univ.
Location
146A
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This session features a selection of papers that delve into advanced packaging and circuit implementation techniques for sub-THz and THz systems. The session will provide an in-depth examination of THz transceivers, focusing on key building blocks such as transmitter and receiver front-ends, power detectors, phased arrays, and phase shifters, as well as micro-machined and photoconductive switches.

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Tu3C-1: An Energy Efficient 56-Gb/s D-band Point-to-point Link based on CMOS TX and RX Modules and Transmitarray Beamformers
(13:30 - 13:50)
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Tu3C-2: An FMCW-Modulated-Oscillator-Based Wide-Band Terahertz Detector in 16nm FinFET
(13:50 - 14:10)
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Tu3C-3: 235-GHz Amplifier-Frequency-Multiplier Chain with Optimal Harmonic Impedance Matching Network in 40-nm CMOS
(14:10 - 14:20)
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Tu3C-4: A 240-GHz Wideband LNA with Dual-Peak-Gmax Cores and Customized High-Speed Transistors in 40-nm CMOS
(14:20 - 14:30)
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Tu3C-5: Micromachined Waveguide-Integrated Sub-THz Crossover Switch
(14:30 - 14:50)
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Tu3C-6: Sub-THz Photoconductive Evanescent-Mode Waveguide SPST Switch
(14:50 - 15:10)

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Kavita Goverdhanam
US Army CCD-C5ISR Center
Sorin P. Voinigescu
Univ. of Toronto
Location
146B
Abstract

This session focuses on Qubit readout low-noise cryogenic amplifiers and receivers manufactured in CMOS and SiGe BiCMOS technologies. The first paper discusses a novel GM boosted LNA topology. This is followed by a paper on the characterization of several CMOS inverter-based 28nm FDSOI LNAs. Next, 45nm BiCOMOS SiGe LNAs with record 2.6K minimum noise temperature are presented. The session ends with a SiGe BiCMOS IQ receiver for superconducting Qubit readout.

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Th1D-1: A Gm-Boosting Inductorless Noise-Canceling Low Noise Amplifier in 40-nm CMOS for Quantum Applications
(08:00 - 08:20)
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Th1D-2: Sub-10-GHz Cryo-CMOS LNAs Achieving Up to 0.07-dB Average NF Thanks to Back Biasing for Qubit Readout in 28-nm FD-SOI
(08:20 - 08:40)
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Th1D-3: A 1.6 mW Cryogenic SiGe LNA IC For Quantum Readout Applications Achieving 2.6 K Average Noise Temperature from 3–6 GHz
(08:40 - 09:00)
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Th1D-4: A 6mW Cryogenic SiGe Receiver IC For High-Fidelity Qubit Readout
(09:00 - 09:20)
Zoya Popović
University of Colorado Boulder
Pawel Kopyt
Warsaw Univ. of Technology
Location
146C
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Advances in material sensing and characterization techniques from S to W frequency bands are presented. Instruments based on resonators, planar transmission lines, and free-space radar are discussed.

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Th1E-1: KEYNOTE: Accurate Materials’ Testing as an Enabler for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Industries
(08:00 - 08:20)
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Th1E-2: A Novel Q-Choked Resonator for Microwave Material Measurements Alleviating Sample Thickness Limitations of Existing Techniques
(08:20 - 08:40)
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Th1E-3: Characterizing the Broadband RF Permittivity of 3D-Integrated Layers in a Glass Wafer Stack from 100MHz to 30GHz
(08:40 - 09:00)
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Th1E-4: A Dielectric Permittivity Sensor Based on Inverted Microstrip/3D-Printing Hybrid Technology
(09:00 - 09:20)
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Th1E-5: Radar-Based Smoke Detection at Millimeter Wave Frequencies: An Experimental Study
(09:20 - 09:40)

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Yanghyo Rod Kim
Stevens Institute of Technology
Dimitris Pavlidis
Florida International Univ.
Location
146B
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The session introduces recent advances in quantum technologies. The first paper presents a planar graphene/ferroelectric FET for generating a pyroelectric current from microwave power. The second shows a driver module for the control of a single transmon Qubit in the 4–10GHz frequency range. The third paper deals with a four-winding transformer-based capacitor-assisted QVCO, operating in 55nm CMOS process, to reduce the flicker noise. The final paper introduces a technique for implementing a frequency-doubler in NbTiN on silicon for operation in a cryogenic environment.

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Th2D-1: Demonstration of microwave harvesting through pyroelectricity in cryogenic conditions: a quantum-to-experimental approach
(10:10 - 10:30)
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Th2D-2: A 4 to 10GHz 11-mW Cryogenic Driver Module Design for Quantum Computer Application
(10:30 - 10:50)
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Th2D-3: A Sub mW Low Flicker Noise Cryo-CMOS QVCO for Quantum Computing Application
(10:50 - 11:10)
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Th2D-4: Characterizing a Frequency Converter Based on a Superconducting Coplanar Waveguide
(11:10 - 11:30)