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Microwave Microsystems Laboratory PI: Anh- Vu Pham Ph.D. Students: K. Aihara, C. Chen, H. Ta, Y. Wang, M. McGrath, C. Law, C. Nguyen, A. Stameroff, and S. Chieh. RF IC Design RF CMOS. RF and Wireless Nano-based Sensors. MML.
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Microwave Microsystems Laboratory PI: Anh- Vu Pham Ph.D. Students: K. Aihara, C. Chen, H. Ta, Y. Wang, M. McGrath, C. Law, C. Nguyen, A. Stameroff, and S. Chieh RF IC Design RF CMOS RF and Wireless Nano-based Sensors MML Multi-layer Organic Based Packaging and Module
RF IC Design • RF CMOS Circuits for Emerging Wireless Applications • Multi-band Phase Shifter and Distributed Amplifier for Adaptive Smart Antenna Transmitters • Linearity improvement techniques under antenna mismatch for CDMA Power Amplifiers • Emerging 90nm CMOS for Millimeter Wave Applications Full-band UWB Power Amplifier Bands: 3.1-10.6 GHz RF Output Power > 5dBm Linearized Broadband PA PAE: 25% Bands: 3.7-8.8 GHz Adaptive Phased Array Transmitter Bands: 2.4 GHz, 3.5 GHz & 5.8 GHz PS Tuning Range: 180o to 360o RF Output Power = 25dBm Applications: 802.16 WiMax 90 nm CMOS Test Chip Transistors of different sizes Passive Circuits Multiband Phase Shifter in 0.18 µm RF CMOS Wide bandwidth amplifiers in 0.18 µm RF CMOS 90 nm CMOS test chip
RF/mmW Packages and Modules LCP mmW Modules (up to 60 GHz) MMIC Copper PCB • Novel liquid crystal polymer (LCP) lamination on Si and Duroid processes • Packaging of RF MEMS using LCP and emerging mmW surface mount packages • Low loss wide bandwidth baluns for push-pull power amplifier modules Integrated LCP Balun Ka-band Hermetic Package Packaged RF MEMS in LCP Measurements of Ka-band Package Feedthrough 4 to 20 GHz balun on multi-layer LCP
CNT Wireless Receiver Wireless Power Receiver Signal @ 45KHz Wireless Sensor Node Wireless Sensor Nodes • Wireless Sensing Node for Chemical Sensors and Strain Gauge Sensors • Wireless Communications and Data Transmission • Carbon Nanotube for Wireless Chemical Sensors Sensing data Vertically aligned MWNT resonator Length: ~20 m; diameter: ~50 nm; density ~109 nanotubes/cm2 Wireless Sensor Node and System
Microwave Microsystems Laboratory PI: A. Pham RF IC Design mmW Organic MCM and Packages • RF and millimeter wave frequency CMOS • circuits • Gigabit wireless and radar applications • Reliable and light weight packaging • platform for RF, microwave, millimeter • wave Nano-based Wireless Sensors • Passive sensors and zero power consumption • Remote/Wireless detection and reading • Sensitivity to NH3: 4000 Hz/ppm at 100ppm Carbon nanotube sensor and test set up