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High Performance RF Substrate Development

In recent years, we are observing more mmWave devices around our world. One of the most obvious example is automotive radar technology. Recent variations of this technology uses W-band frequency. Integration of W-band chip and antenna requires special substrate material. This material should provide excellent substrate properties such as ultra low loss, constant dielectric constant through the band, less temperature dependency of electrical properties, easy to manufacture and so on. In other words, this material should provide stable dielectric properties for mmWave signals and antenna while keeping these properties constant from environmental changes.

High Speed Low Latency IC Design for Blockchain Infrastructure

Blockchain technology has drawn substantial interest from different industries over the world. Its applications are not limited with financial contracts. Possibilities are limitless for any sector and applications. Main advantage of this disruptive technology is providing decentralized and secure infrastructure. Bitcoin and Ethereum main players of this technology. Bitcoin focuses on financial applications of blockchain technology. Ethereum is specialized for creating smart contracts, which is a security application. Common parts of different block chain technologies are concepts of Proof of Work, Proof of Stake, etc.

Full Duplex RF Front-End for 5G Phased Arrays

Some mobile operators provide limited 5G coverage for their users and many more of them testing their 5G infrastructure. We are very close to 5G revolution but not quite soon. These are only preliminary versions of 5G communication which operates around 3-6 GHz. True potential of 5G will be observed mmWave frequency bands. This projects proposes adaptive self-interference method to be used in 5G full duplex operation at 28 GHz. Project aims to develop 5G front end core chip with smart full duplex functionality using SiGe BiCMOS technology.