CHIP-SCALE WAVE-MATTER INTERACTIONS AT RF-TO-LIGHT FREQUENCIES: CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS
Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) Distinguished Microwave Lecture by Ruonan Han, Ph.D.
Organized by the joint AP/MTT/EMC Chapter of the IEEE Syracuse Section with co-hosts listed below
Traditional electromagnetic (EM) spectral sensors using integrated circuit technologies (e.g. automotive radars, security imagers, cameras, etc.) are normally based on remote wave scattering or absorption by macroscopic objects at remote distance; the operations are also not selective in wave frequencies. In the past couple of years, a new paradigm of chip-scale EM spectral sensing emerges with features complementary to the above: they utilize various modalities of interactions between EM waves with high-precision frequency control and microscopic particles (molecules, atoms, etc.) with close proximity to the chip. This progress is enabled by the recent advances of silicon devices and processes, as well as the extension of circuit operation frequencies into the terahertz regime. Chip-scale sensing and metrology systems with new capabilities, higher performance and unprecedented affordability now become possible. Examples include THz gas spectroscopy sensors, on-chip “atomic-clock-grade” frequency references, room-temperature CMOS-quantum magnetometers, etc. This talk will present the basic physics of the wave-matter interactions, some key enabling technologies, as well as the designs and prototypes of a few chip systems in the category described above. We will also discuss their potential applications in bio-chemical analysis, wireless networks, PNT (positioning, navigation & timing), security and so on.
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- Date: 17 May 2021
- Time: 11:45 AM to 01:45 PM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Speakers
Dr. Ruonan Han of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biography:
Dr. Ruonan Han received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, in 2014 and is now an associate professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. His current research interests include microelectronic circuits and systems operating at millimeter-wave and terahertz frequencies. Dr. Han was a recipient of the Cornell ECE Directors Ph.D. Thesis Research Award, Cornell ECE Innovation Award, and two Best Student Paper Awards of the IEEE Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (2012 and 2017). He was also recipient of the IEEE MTT-S Graduate Fellowship Award, and the IEEE SSC-S Predoctoral Achievement Award. Dr. Han is an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Very-Large-Scale Integration (VLSI) System and a guest associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. He is the winner of the Intel Outstanding Researcher Award (2019) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award (2017).
Agenda
11:45 am: Attendees may login to the WebEx session
12noon: Lecture begins
1pm - 1:30pm: Q&A
You may register through WebEx ahead of time, but it is not required. Registration will be available during the presentation.