Integrated High Speed Circuits

RF and mm-wave integrated circuits and broadband mixed-signal IC design are main research pillars at IHE. RF-IC technology has been a key research area since 2009 and will continue to be a key enabler to address future technological trends at higher operational frequencies with access to much wider bandwidth, at the same time providing a higher degree of integration and multi-functionality. Broadband mixed-signal IC design complements these efforts by enabling high-speed data processing and efficient analog-digital integration. Our research goal is to discover unique approaches that can lead to significant performance gains in microwave/millimeter-wave and broadband mixed-signal systems or enable new applications. Our main focus areas are:

• Millimeter wave power amplifiers in GaN & SiGe
• Multi-band and broadband transceivers
• Antenna and package co-design
• Energy-efficiency in RF systems, analog and mixed-signal processing
• Broadband ICs for wireline communications such as transimpedance amplifiers and driver amplifiers
• Broadband mixed-signal IC design for high-speed and energy-efficient signal processing including ADCs and DACs

In the following IHE´s major research projects on integrated circuits are given: