Overview of two enabling technologies which can change our world: Millimeter/THz silicon RFICs, and RF MEMS (and SOT/SOS) tunable networks

Author

Rebeiz, Gabriel M.

Author_Institution

Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

21-23 Jan. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

This invited talk will present two different technologies which have the potential to increase the data rate and lower the energy-per-bit in communication systems: Millimeter-wave/THz silicon RFICs and RF MEMS tunable networks. The mm-wave silicon RFIC technology is also applicable to a wide range of miniature sensors, such as low power radars and imaging systems, operating at 100 GHz and above. It is seen that these technologies are enabling a whole new set of systems deemed impossible a few years ago, and are now available at low cost. The application areas of these two technologies will have a far reaching effect on our communication and sensor infrastructure.

Keywords

MIMIC; micromechanical devices; radar imaging; radiofrequency integrated circuits; silicon-on-insulator; RF MEMS; SOI/SOS tunable network; Si; enabling technology; imaging system; low power radar; millimeter wave silicon RFIC; miniature sensor; terahertz silicon RFIC; CMOS integrated circuits; Gallium arsenide; Micromechanical devices; Radar imaging; Radio frequency; Silicon; Silicon germanium; low power; mm-wave phased arrays; reconfigurable networks; sensors; wireless communications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), 2013 IEEE 13th Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1552-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1551-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SiRF.2013.6489412

Filename

6489412