Prof. Jasmin Grosinger

This talk presents radio frequency (RF) design solutions for wireless sensor nodes to solve sustainability issues in the Internet of things (IoT), which arise due to the massive deployment of wireless IoT nodes on environmental and economic levels. These RF design solutions can improve the ultra-low-power operation of IoT nodes, avoid batteries’ eco-toxicity, and decrease maintenance costs due to battery replacement. The solutions offer high integration levels based on system-on-chip and system-in-package concepts in low-cost complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technologies to limit costs and carbon footprints of these nodes. Within this research context, solutions are presented for ultra-low-power wireless communication systems based on high frequency (HF) and ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies. In particular, these RF design solutions for HF and UHF RFID systems reveal how to develop passive miniaturized IoT nodes that operate robustly in harsh application environments and how to create batteryless or rather passive IoT nodes, which provide passive sensing capabilities and work robustly in their respective application environment.

Biography:

Prof. Grosinger (S’09–M’12–SM’19) received the Dipl.-Ing. (M.Sc.) degree (Hons.) (2008) in telecommunications and Dr.techn. (Ph.D.) degree (Hons.) (2012) from the Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.  In January 2021, she received her Venia Docendi in radio frequency (RF) and microwave engineering from the Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria with a postdoctoral thesis that examined RF design for ultra-low-power wireless communication systems. From 2008 to 2013, she was involved with RFID technologies at the Institute of Telecommunications, Vienna University of Technology, and briefly in 2011 with Disney Research, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. She did postdoctoral research (2013-17) with the Institute of Microwave and Photonic Engineering, Graz University of Technology, focusing on RFID technologies research. In 2017, she was elevated to an Assistant Professor at the same institute, focusing on ultra-low-power RF components and systems. By 2021, she is an Associate Professor in this research field.