Research

Optical Networks

Investigation of optical technologies with emphasis on advanced communication techniques for high-speed links and the interface with high-speed electronics.

Areas of research include: coherent detection and electronic signal processing, autonomous systems, multimode VCSEL based fiber links for data centers, system simulation tools, microwave photonics & radio over fiber.

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Wireless Communications

Investigation of wireless technologies with emphasis on ultrafast devices, antennas, circuits, and integrated modules for high-speed communication links and conformal radar/sensing applications up to THz frequency range.

Areas of research include: Si/SiGe-based technologies, devices and circuits for mixed-signal applications, W band circuits, tunable materials and filters, millimeter-wave antennas and circuits for WPAN, WBAN and WSN’s, and inkjet-printed RF electronics & wireless sensing nodes.

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Radar & Sensor Systems

Investigation of novel radar and sensor integrated circuits with improved form factor, efficiency, output power, sensitivity, and functionality, from RF to sub-mm-wave frequencies.

Areas of research include: Si/SiGe-based radar T/R modules from RF to THz, digital control, data converters for direct to RF, true-time-delay approaches, optimization for efficiency, reconfigurability, novel phased array implementations, novel packaging approaches, satellite-based remote sensing systems, automotive radar.

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Cognitive/Software Defined Radio

Enabling agile radios through tunable and adaptive circuits, efficient processing algorithms and hardware, and smart RF chains.

Areas include: radio collocations, wireless security, MIMO wireless systems, reconfigurable/self-healing wireless system, gigabit optical networks, and gigabit backplane & linecards systems for next-generation consumer products, data centers, radars, and coherent detection systems.

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Wide-Bandgap GaN Technologies

Engaging advanced epitaxial material growth technologies to enable III-Nitride (III-N) semiconductors for next-generation optoelectronics and microelectronics applications.
Leveraging high-quality III-N epitaxial materials to exploit new devices and ICs for a wide variety of green technologies.

Areas include: visible and UV LEDs, visible and UV LDs, RF/mm-wave transistor technologies, power electronics for smart grids, high-performance HBTs, and avalanche photodiodes.

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Biomedical Systems

Investigation of novel uses of electronics and photonics to enable new approaches in medicine and medical therapies. Areas of research include: efficient signal processing approaches, implantable devices, biosensors, the brain-computer interface, ultra-low-power electronics, RF-THz sensors, neuroprosthetic devices.

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