ECSE Departmental Research Seminar, 24th February 2006
Title: "Wireless Chip Area Network (WCAN) - A New Paradigm for RF Microelectronics and Radio Communications"
Speaker: Professor Y. P. Zhang School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Abstract:
The novel concept of wireless chip area network (WCAN) has recently been proposed to offer an alternative approach to solving intra- and inter-chip interconnect problems. In this talk we first start with the characterization of chip-scale radio channels from on-wafer measurements up to 110 GHz, and then we move to the evaluation of the theoretical performance of WCAN using a BPSK ultra-wideband (UWB) impulse radio. We adopt UWB or impulse radio technology as WCAN physical layer in order to save circuitry overhead and power consumption. Next, we touch on the design of on-chip and on-package antennas for WCAN applications. After that, we focus on the development of key WCAN integrated circuits in 0.18-microm CMOS. Finally, we summarize the conclusions and identify future research directions.
About the speaker:
Y. P. Zhang received the B.E. and M.E. degrees from Taiyuan Polytechnic Institute and Shanxi Mining Institute of Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, China, in 1982 and 1987, respectively, and the Ph.D.degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong, in 1995, all in electronic engineering. From 1982 to 1984, he worked at Shanxi Electronic Industry Bureau, from 1990 to 1992, the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, U. K., and from 1996 to 1997, City University of Hong Kong. From 1987 to 1990, he taught at Shanxi Mining Institute and from 1997 to 1998, the University of Hong Kong. He was promoted to a Full Professor at Taiyuan University of Technology in 1996. He is now an Associate Professor with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He leads the Micro Radio Group at the Integrated Systems Research Lab to develop radio technologies for wireless communications. He serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering and a Guest Editor of the Journal for the special issue RF and Microwave Subsystem Modules for Wireless Communications. He also serves on the Editorial Board of IEEE Trans on MTT. His research interests include propagation of radio waves, characterization of radio channels, miniaturization of antennas, design of RF IC’s, and implementation of wireless communications systems. Prof. Zhang received the Sino-British Technical Collaboration Award in 1990 for his contribution to the advancement of subsurface radio science and technology. He also received the Best Paper Award from the Second International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, 18–20th July 2000, Bournemouth, United Kingdom. He is listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering and Cambridge IBC 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century.
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