Center for Wireless Technology Eindhoven (CWTe) 2023 Research Retreat

CWTe 2023 Research Retreat

The yearly CWT e 2023 has organized the 14^th Center for Wireless Technology Eindhoven (CWTe) “Research Retreat” symposium on wireless technology.

You will be updated on new wireless developments and trends and you will be able to network with other professionals in wireless technology.

The Symposium will give you a good insight in the industry and academic view on the direction of wireless technology research, as it will provide an update of a number of the research projects that are currently running within CWTe.

Program

Abstracts of the talks and the speaker's bios:

First presentation:

The Way Ahead in Wireless Technology – A CWTe Perspective - Ulf Johannsen (TU/e)

Abstract:

What is 6G, and what sets it apart from 5G? And what is there new happening in the radar field? And what are our radio science colleagues working towards? This presentation is meant to give an overview of upcoming wireless trends from a CWTe perspective. As such, it may not be comprehensive and of course, not every technology will see the light of day. But I hope to be able to give you some orientation in the fast evolving field of wireless technology.

Speaker's Bio

Ulf Johannsen (StM ‘09, M ’13, SM ‘23) received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in Communications Engineering from Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH, Germany) in 2009. In 2013, he obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, the Netherlands). From 2013 until 2016 he worked as Senior Systems Engineer at ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH (Bremen, Germany), where his role was system designer and engineering manager for autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) systems with sonar payloads. Since 2016 he is with the Electromagnetics group at the TU/e department of Electrical Engineering, currently in the role of associate professor. He is the head of the EM Antenna Systems Lab that focuses on innovative concepts and solutions for wireless applications from a system perspective. Since September 2023 he is also serving as director of TU/e’s Centre for Wireless Technology (CWTe) following a two-year part-time employment as senior researcher with the Smart Frontend group at the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON).
Dr. Johannsen is a member of IEEE and EuMA as well as an associate member of INCOSE. He is a past chair of the IEEE Benelux joint AP/MTT chapter. Moreover, he serves on the advisory board of the Chip Integration  Technology Centre (CITC, the Netherlands) and is an independent technology advisor to ASTRON’s Smart Frontend group.

Second presentation:

What a package !? - Oliver Maiwald (Sencio)

Abstract:

Challenges of package and assembly in a changing world.

Speaker’s bio:

After developing DECT hardware and software applications at Höft & Wessel, Oliver began his semiconductor career at National Semiconductor as a product application engineer. Here he gained both technical and customer expertise, working on everything from RF and software to full applications. He then went into product marketing at Dialog Semiconductor, where he led efforts to integrate DECT into internet access devices, invented DECT ULE and took part in DECT standardizations at ETSI. In March 2014 Oliver took over the lead of Sencio B.V.
Oliver holds a master degree in telecommunication engineering from the University of Hannover in Germany.

Third presentation

Integrated Circuits for Communications after the Happy Scaling Era - Andreas Burg (EPFL)

Abstract:

Broadband connectivity, low-power energy-autonomous IoT, URLLC, and advanced wireline links and optical networks all rely on sophisticated integrated circuits to implement the necessary complex algorithm with manageable cost and power consumption. Over the past decades, technology scaling based on Moore‘s law has been instrumental to keep up with the evolution toward more and more sophisticated algorithms and rapidly increasing data rates. Unfortunately, this “Happy Scaling Era“ has reached its end, already a few years ago and we can no longer trust that more advanced process nodes will continue to enable us to keep up with exponentially growing algorithm complexity to approach the Shannon limit and the need for higher bandwidth and lower power consumption. In this situation, algorithm/architecture co-design for complexity reduction and the exploration of new ideas to
overcome the limitations of technology scaling are key to continue the evolution of communication technologies.
In this talk, Andreas will show examples from the area of channel coding for such joint consideration of algorithms and implementation aspects to illustrate how to keep up with increasing complexity after the end of the “Happy  Scaling Era“.

Speaker’s bio:

Andreas Burg received his Diploma degree from the ETH Zurich in 2000 and the PhD degree from the Integrated Systems Laboratory of ETH Zurich, in 2006.
From 2009 to 2010 he was an Assistant Professor from the Swiss National Science Foundation at ETH Zurich. In 2011 he moved on to EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he is heading the Telecommunications Circuits  aboratory and where he is currently an Associate Professor. His research interests include both algorithms and implementation aspects of Telecom systems as well as on low-power high-density digital Integrated Circuits Design. He is active in both the communications and the solid-state circuits and systems community.

Fourth presentation

Packaging and integration of antennas and chips at millimeter-wave and beyond
- Piyush Kaul (TU/e)

Abstract:

Recent exponential growth in the number of devices connected to wireless networks has enabled research and development for next-generation wireless systems at mm-wave frequencies and beyond. At mm-wave frequencies, higher spectrum efficiency is achievable due to the availability of large channel bandwidth, enabling a wide variety of wireless applications. For instance, high data-rate wireless transmission (5G mobile communication), high data-rate backhaul radio links (E-band), phased arrays, automotive radar (PMCW/FMCW), imaging/biomedical applications (W-band), Internet-of-Things (IoT), chip-to-chip communication, and mm-wave wireless synchronization. The chip-antenna boundary is blurred as the wireless systems move toward operation at mm-wave frequencies and beyond. This boundary blurring implies developing wireless systems emphasizing not just individual chips and antennas but also their mutual dependencies. Development of such combined chip-antenna systems must involve the consideration of packaging and integration methodologies on the wireless system performance. Such a system's packaging and integration methodology involves considering active and passive components design, RF signal IC-to-waveguide/antenna interconnect, RF isolation, manufacturing tolerances, mechanical feasibility, thermal management, and the impact on system performance. Thus, trends in packaging and integration methodologies of next-generation wireless systems can provide insight into developing combined chip-antenna systems.

Speaker’s bio:

Piyush Kaul received his B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering in India in 2012 and his M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Eindhoven, The Netherlands in of Electrical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Eindhoven, The Netherlands. He is currently a Postdoc in the Integrated Circuits group at TU/e. His current research interests include electronics-based THz spectroscopy, integrated millimeter-wave/THz systems, power combiners, and novel structures for chip-to-antenna transitions.

Fifth presentation

Quality-of-Service-Adequate Design - Paul Detterer (imec)

Abstract:

Increased energy efficiency of the end devices can enable new useful applications in the field of IoT. In his presentation he will describe a design of a quality-of-service-adequate receiver that he elaborated in context of his PhD thesis. This receiver can be used to trade off excessive quality-of-service for increased energy efficiency. Furthermore, he will discuss further emerging opportunities to reduce energy consumption of the devices in the so called last mile of the IoT that he is working on with IMEC-NL.

Speaker’s bio:

Paul Detterer recently obtained his doctor degree at the ES Group in TU/e and is currently working with the Hardware Efficient AI group at IMEC-NL. His field of expertise is digital IC design and architectures for modern applications in Internet-of-Things such as low-power baseband processors and neuromorphic accelerators.

Register

Participation is free of charge, registration is required though…..

please do register now (but at least before 18 October)  via this link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cwte-2023-research-retreat-tickets-679306182077?aff=oddtdtcreator

More detail on the program in the attached flyer or: www.tue.nl/cwte

Directions to the TU/e campus and “de Zwarte Doos”: www.tue.nl/map

After registration, a few days before the event, you will receive a reminder of the event.