Past

Elections & Distinguished Microwave Lecture

Topic: Towards Universally Programmable Chip-scale THz Source, Sensors and Systems: Bridging the THz and Application gap
Silicon-based Terahertz systems is a field that is only about a decade old. In this time, we have seen a phenomenal growth of silicon systems operating at THz frequencies for a …

Young Professionals Seminar

MTT Boston Chapter Young Professional Talk – “Dual-Band and Broadband RF Power Amplifiers for Concurrent Signal Transmission” by Dr. Philip Zurek. This is a hybrid event (open to the public), organized by IEEE MTT-S Boston Chapter. Please note Dr. Zurek will be giving his live …

Distinguished Microwave Lecture

Topic: Distributed Phased Arrays: Challenges and Recent Progress
There has been significant research devoted to the development of distributed microwave wireless systems in recent years. The progression from large, single-platform wireless systems to collections of smaller, coordinated systems on separate platforms enables significant benefits for radar, …

Young Professionals Seminar

SILICON-BASED MILLIMETER-WAVE PHASED ARRAYS FOR 5G: FUNDAMENTALS TO FUTURE TRENDS
Abstract: 5G cellular communications use millimeter-wave phased arrays to achieve high data rates and low latency. The majority of the 5G millimeter-wave infrastructure will be partially or completely based on silicon technology. This talk will discuss key …

Distinguished Microwave Lecture

Topic: MM-Wave GaN Power Amplifiers: Technology to Power the Future
The emergence of 5G cellular has created new interest in the millimeter-wave spectrum. This frequency band (30 to 300 GHz) remains a great untapped resource that must be utilized in order to realize the goals (5G …

Distinguished Microwave Lecture

Topic: Microwave Photonics Technology: Capabilites it enables & Techniques to Optimize Performance
Both the scientific and the defense communities wish to receive and process information occupying ever-wider portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. This can often create an analog-to-digital conversion “bottleneck”. Analog photonic channelization, linearization, and frequency …

Young Professionals Seminar

Agenda
– new Excomm election: Chapter Chair, Chapter Vice-Chair
– Invited Talk:

Title: Design of wideband, on-board THz interconnects, circuits and sensors using additive manufacturing
Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Byford
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Abstract
Current trends in data consumption are driving a need to further increase the rate and bandwidth at which …