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Building Low Cost Phased-Arrays Using Silicon and III/V Technologies
The past three years have seen an explosion of silicon commercial chipsets for phased-array applications such as SATCOM, 5G/6G and Radars. This has led to a drastic reduction in the cost of phased-arrays, either built entirely using silicon chips for SATCOM or 5G/6G (from 8 GHz to 140 GHz), or built using Silicon+GaAs chips for high power radars at X and Ku-band or for wideband systems at 2-18 GHz or 6-18 GHz. This workshop presents the latest advances in this area using experts from industry and academia, and presents a peek at future 6G systems using advanced silicon technologies.
Affordable Phased-Arrays for SATCOM, 5G/6G, and Radars Using Commercial Chipsets
Prof. Gabriel M. Rebeiz, Distinguished Professor, is Member of the National Academy (elected for his work on phased-arrays) and is the Wireless Communications Industry Endowed Chair at the University of California, San Diego. He is an IEEE Fellow and is the recipient of the IEEE MTT Microwave Prize (2000, 2014, 2020) all for phased-arrays. His 2x2 and 4x4 RF-beamforming architectures are now used by Renesas, ADI, NXP, Infineon, Sivers, Qualcomm, Intel, Samsung, Boeing and others, and most companies developing communication and radar systems. He has published 930 IEEE papers with an H-index of 102 and has graduated 124 PhD students.
Industrialization Challenges for 94 GHz and > 100 GHz Communication Systems & Devices
Shahriar Shahramian (SM ’06) received his Ph.D. degree from University of Toronto in 2010 where he focused on the design of mm-wave data converters and transceivers. Shahriar has been with the Bell Laboratories – Nokia since 2009 and is currently the Lab Leader (Director), a Bell Labs Fellow, and leads the design and architecture of several state-of-the-art ASICs for optical coherent and wireless backhaul products. Shahriar has been the recipient of the best paper award at the CSICS Symposium in 2005, 2015 and RFIC Symposium in 2015, 2020, 2022 and ISSCC in 2018. Shahriar is also the recipient of the IEEE MTT Young Engineer Award in 2020. He holds an Adjunct Associate Professor position at Columbia University, has received several teaching awards and is the founder and host of The Signal Path educational video series.
Enabling IC Technologies for Low Cost and High Volume Phased Arrays
LEO constellations are driving an unprecedented surge in ESAs for broadband satellite connectivity. Despite their remarkable growth, vast potential remains. What is needed to sustain this momentum, and how will adjacent markets, like commercial radar, benefit from this transformation? This discussion will examine the enabling technologies and key factors behind this transformation, along with the innovations required for ESAs to become the standard antenna across all domains.
Pavel Borodulin manages the satcom and radar active beamforming IC product line within the RF Division of Renesas. In this role he oversees the product through its entire lifecycle from conception and definition to mass production and application support. He has nearly two decades of experience in various technical, business and product development roles serving both commercial and defense customers. He holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and has 5 patents and more than 40 publications and seminars on the topics of novel RF devices/microsystems and antennas.
Enabling Technologies for Commercial 2-18 GHz Phased Arrays and Beyond
Jeff Massman manages the phased array product line at Analog Devices, bringing over 15 years of experience in antennas, microwave circuits, and RF systems for both defense and commercial sectors. His expertise covers the entire lifecycle of RF system development, spanning business areas for hypersonic missiles, space-based radars, and autonomous collaborative UAV tactical payloads. His fields of interests include additive manufactured antennas, phased arrays, digital beamforming architectures, and calibration methodologies. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology with an emphasis on generalized biaxial media propagation and polarimetric calibration techniques.