BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210127T214041Z UID:8047079C-858D-4C94-B0D5-DD397CC69E6C DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210126T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210126T200000 DESCRIPTION:Virtual online MTT Boston Chapter Meeting 1st of 2021 with Invi ted Talk on THz technology\n\nZoom Meeting:\n\nYou are invited to a Zoom w ebinar.\n\nWhen: Jan 26\, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)\n\nTo pic: Virtual Chapter Meeting and Webinar - Design of wideband\, on-board T Hz interconnects\, circuits and sensors using additive manufacturing\n\nPl ease click the link below to join the webinar:\n\nhttps://mit.zoom.us/j/94 363779646\n\nOr iPhone one-tap :\n\nUS: +16465588656\,\,94363779646# or +1 6699006833\,\,94363779646#\n\nOr Telephone:\n\nDial(for higher quality\, d ial a number based on your current location):\n\nUS: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 669 900 6833\n\nColombia: +57 1 508 7702 or +57 2 620 7388\n\nMexico: +52 229 910 0061 or +52 554 161 4288\n\nEstonia: +372 660 1699 or +372 880 11 88\n\nPeru: +51 1 707 5788 or +51 1 730 6777\n\nSweden: +46 8 4468 2488 or +46 850 539 728\n\nArgentina: +54 343 414 5986 or +54 112 040 0447 or +54 341 512 2188\n\nItaly: +39 020 066 7245 or +39 069 480 6488\n\nCanada: +1 647 558 0588\n\nLuxembourg: +352 2786 1188 or +352 2786 4277\n\nCzechia: +420 2 2888 2388 or +420 5 3889 0161\n\nNetherlands: +31 20 241 0288 or +3 1 20 794 0854\n\nFrance: +33 1 8699 5831 or +33 1 7037 2246 or +33 1 7037 9729\n\nPoland: +48 22 307 3488 or +48 22 398 7356\n\nSlovakia: +421 233 0 56 888 or +421 233 418 515\n\nBelgium: +32 2 290 9360 or +32 2 588 4188\n\ nKorea\, Republic of: +82 2 6022 2322 or +82 2 6105 4111\n\nMalta: +356 27 76 1777 or +356 2778 1288\n\nDominican Republic: +1 829 947 9220 or +1 829 956 2188\n\nPanama: +507 833 9588\n\nGreece: +30 211 198 4488 or +30 231 118 0599\n\nRomania: +40 31 630 1088 or +40 37 170 0418\n\nTurkey: +90 216 900 1866 or +90 216 900 2606\n\nBrazil: +55 11 4680 6788 or +55 21 3958 7 888\n\nLithuania: +370 3799 9260 or +370 5214 1488\n\nCyprus: +357 2 200 0 888 or +357 2 505 4777\n\nFinland: +358 3 4109 2129 or +358 9 4245 1488\n\ nHungary: +36 1 408 8456 or +36 1 701 0488\n\nSlovenia: +386 1600 3102 or +386 1888 8788\n\nAustralia: +61 2 8015 6011 or +61 8 7150 1149\n\nJapan: +81 3 4578 1488 or +81 524 564 439\n\nChile: +56 23 210 9066 or +56 41 256 0288\n\nDenmark: +45 32 71 31 57 or +45 89 88 37 88\n\nNew Zealand: +64 4 886 0026 or +64 9 884 6780\n\nGeorgia: +995 3224 73988 or +995 7067 77954 \n\nPortugal: +351 308 804 188 or +351 308 810 988\n\nIsrael: +972 3 978 6 688 or +972 55 330 1762\n\nSouth Africa: +27 87 551 7702\n\nBahrain: +973 1619 7601 or +973 1619 8488\n\nMalaysia: +60 3 3099 2229 or +60 3 9212 172 7\n\nSpain: +34 84 368 5025 or +34 917 873 431\n\nCroatia: +385 1300 0988 or +385 1777 6333\n\nSingapore: +65 3158 7288 or +65 3165 1065\n\nSwitzerl and: +41 31 528 09 88 or +41 43 210 70 42\n\nLatvia: +371 6303 1808 or +37 1 6303 1888\n\nGermany: +49 30 5679 5800 or +49 69 7104 9922\n\nNorway: +4 7 2396 0588 or +47 7349 4877\n\nUnited Kingdom: +44 131 460 1196 or +44 20 3 481 5237\n\nPuerto Rico: +1 787 945 1488 or +1 787 966 7727\n\nIreland: +353 1 653 3895 or +353 6 163 9031\n\nEl Salvador: +503 2113 9088 or +503 2136 6444\n\nRussian Federation: +7 495 283 9788 or +7 812 426 8988\n\nAus tria: +43 670 309 0165 or +43 72 011 5988\n\nBulgaria: +359 2 492 5688 or +359 3 257 1633\n\nWebinar ID: 943 6377 9646\n\nInternational numbers avai lable: https://mit.zoom.us/u/acruUTKoMg\n\nOr an H.323/SIP room system:\n\ nH.323:\n\n162.255.37.11 (US West)\n\n162.255.36.11 (US East)\n\n115.114.1 31.7 (India Mumbai)\n\n115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad)\n\n213.19.144.110 ( Amsterdam Netherlands)\n\n213.244.140.110 (Germany)\n\n103.122.166.55 (Aus tralia)\n\n149.137.40.110 (Singapore)\n\n64.211.144.160 (Brazil)\n\n69.174 .57.160 (Canada)\n\n207.226.132.110 (Japan)\n\nMeeting ID: 943 6377 9646\n \nSIP: 94363779646@zoomcrc.com\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Jennifer Byford\, \n\nAg enda: \n- new Excomm election: Chapter Chair\, Chapter Vice-Chair\n\n- Inv ited Talk:\n\nTitle: Design of wideband\, on-board THz interconnects\, cir cuits and sensors using additive manufacturing\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Jennifer By ford\n\nInstitution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory\n\nAbstract\n\nCurrent trends in data consumption are driving a need to further increase the rate and ba ndwidth at which common electrical devices transmit data. Many solutions h ave been proposed using optical and electrical interconnects to address th is problem but an ideal solution has yet to be realized. This is primarily due to optical interconnects inherent latency in needing to convert betwe en electrical and optical signals\, and because electrical solutions eithe r suffer from metal losses\, crosstalk\, or narrow bandwidth. In this work an ultra-wideband waveguide design is proposed as a possible solution to address this need that combines the design of a traditional metal waveguid e and that of a dielectric ribbon waveguide. This new design is enabled by advances in additive manufacturing. Theoretical analysis\, simulations\, fabrication\, and measured results are presented for waveguides of both a circular and rectangular cross-section. Theoretical expressions have been derived by hand and results found numerically using Python. Simulations we re performed using finite element tool ANSYS Electronics Desktop HFSS to c reate and simulate waveguide models. Fabrication processes used here have utilized 3D printed plastics to quickly and inexpensively create prototype s\, and a frequency domain THz system was used to measure devices. Results show low-loss transmission up to 0.5 THz. This work has implications for future integrated circuits ability in meeting the data transmission needs of the future and applications for passive THz components\, sensors\, ante nnas and transmission line circuits are explored.\n\nBio\n\nJennifer is a member of the Technical Staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in the Advanced SA TCOM Systems and Operations group. She earned her Ph.D. in Electrical Engi neering in 2018 from Michigan State University under Dr. Premjeet Chahal i n the Terahertz Systems Laboratory (TeSLa) and her Bachelor's degree in El ectrical Engineering from Michigan State University in 2013. Her research interests include metamaterials\, millimeter/terahertz active and passive devices\, adaptive antennas and sensors\, biomedical applications for tera hertz\, and engineering education.\n\nBoston\, Massachusetts\, United Stat es\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/250951 LOCATION:Boston\, Massachusetts\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.v tools.ieee.org/m/250951 ORGANIZER:rma@merl.com SEQUENCE:2 SUMMARY:IEEE MTT Boston Chapter Meeting 2021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/250951 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>Virtual online MTT Boston Chapter Meeting 1st of 2021 with Invited Talk on THz technology</strong></p>\n<p>< em>Zoom Meeting:</em></p>\n<p>You are invited to a Zoom webinar.</p>\n<p>W hen: Jan 26\, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)</p>\n<p>Topic: Vi rtual Chapter Meeting and Webinar - Design of wideband\, on-board THz inte rconnects\, circuits and sensors using additive manufacturing</p>\n<p>&nbs p\;</p>\n<p>Please click the link below to join the webinar:</p>\n<p><a hr ef="https://mit.zoom.us/j/94363779646">https://mit.zoom.us/j/94363779646</ a></p>\n<p>Or iPhone one-tap :</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;US: +16 465588656\,\,94363779646#&nbsp\; 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207.226.132.110 (Japan)</p>\n<p>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\; Meeting ID: 943 6377 9646</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; SIP : <a href="mailto:94363779646@zoomcrc.com">94363779646@zoomcrc.com</a></p> \n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /> <p><strong>- new Excomm election: Chapter Chair\, Chapter Vice-Chair</stro ng></p>\n<p><strong>- Invited Talk:</strong></p>\n<p>Title: Design of wide band\, on-board THz interconnects\, circuits and sensors using additive ma nufacturing</p>\n<p>Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Byford</p>\n<p>Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><u>Abstract</u></p>\n<p>Current trends in data consumption are driving a need to further increase the rat e and bandwidth at which common electrical devices transmit data. Many sol utions have been proposed using optical and electrical interconnects to ad dress this problem but an ideal solution has yet to be realized. This is p rimarily due to optical interconnects inherent latency in needing to conve rt between electrical and optical signals\, and because electrical solutio ns either suffer from metal losses\, crosstalk\, or narrow bandwidth. In t his work an ultra-wideband waveguide design is proposed as a possible solu tion to address this need that combines the design of a traditional metal waveguide and that of a dielectric ribbon waveguide. This new design is en abled by advances in additive manufacturing. Theoretical analysis\, simula tions\, fabrication\, and measured results are presented for waveguides of both a circular and rectangular cross-section. Theoretical expressions ha ve been derived by hand and results found numerically using Python. Simula tions were performed using finite element tool ANSYS Electronics Desktop H FSS to create and simulate waveguide models. Fabrication processes used he re have utilized 3D printed plastics to quickly and inexpensively create p rototypes\, and a frequency domain THz system was used to measure devices. Results show low-loss transmission up to 0.5 THz. This work has implicati ons for future integrated circuits ability in meeting the data transmissio n needs of the future and applications for passive THz components\, sensor s\, antennas and transmission line circuits are explored.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;< /p>\n<p><u>Bio</u></p>\n<p>Jennifer is a member of the Technical Staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in the Advanced SATCOM Systems and Operations group . She earned her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2018 from Michigan Sta te University under Dr. Premjeet Chahal in the Terahertz Systems Laborator y (TeSLa) and her Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Michiga n State University in 2013. Her research interests include metamaterials\, millimeter/terahertz active and passive devices\, adaptive antennas and s ensors\, biomedical applications for terahertz\, and engineering education .</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR