IMEC, Author at 5G Technology World https://www.5gtechnologyworld.com/author/imec/ Covering 5G technology, systems, infrastructure and wireless design and development. Wed, 15 May 2019 08:25:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://www.5gtechnologyworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cropped-favicon-32x32.png IMEC, Author at 5G Technology World https://www.5gtechnologyworld.com/author/imec/ 32 32 A Smart Radar System for Gesture Recognition and Non-Contact Vital Signs Monitoring https://www.5gtechnologyworld.com/a-smart-radar-system-for-gesture-recognition-and-non-contact-vital-signs-monitoring/ Wed, 15 May 2019 08:25:00 +0000 https://fivegwireless.wpengine.com/a-smart-radar-system-for-gesture-recognition-and-non-contact-vital-signs-monitoring/ This week, at FutureSummits 2019, imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, presents a compact highly-sensitive 140GHz MIMO  (multiple-input multiple-output) radar system.  The MIMO setup is demonstrated for gesture recognition, supporting intuitive man-machine interactions. In addition, the ultra-fine resolution of this radar allows the detection micro-skin movements related to vital…

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]]> Imec Reports Two Record-Breaking Ringamp ADCs for 5G Base Stations and Mobile Handsets https://www.5gtechnologyworld.com/imec-reports-two-record-breaking-ringamp-adcs-for-5g-base-stations-and-mobile-handsets/ Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:44:00 +0000 https://fivegwireless.wpengine.com/imec-reports-two-record-breaking-ringamp-adcs-for-5g-base-stations-and-mobile-handsets/ This week, at the 2019 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC2019), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, presents a compact, highly linear 3.2 giga-sample-per-second (GSps) RF-sampling ADC that uses ring amplification (ringamp). The ADC has a record low power consumption of 61.3mW and supports multiband operation and massive MIMO implementation…

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]]> Radar Transceiver for Presence Detection in Smart Buildings https://www.5gtechnologyworld.com/radar-transceiver-for-presence-detection-in-smart-buildings/ Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:34:00 +0000 https://fivegwireless.wpengine.com/radar-transceiver-for-presence-detection-in-smart-buildings/ This week, at the 2019 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC2019), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, announces an exceptional radar transceiver designed as an efficient, low-cost solution for presence detection in smart building solutions. The power consumption of the radar is below 1mW, which is 100 times lower than…

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]]> Photonics Platform With 50 Gb/s Non-Return-to-Zero Optical Lane Rates https://www.5gtechnologyworld.com/photonics-platform-with-50-gb-s-non-return-to-zero-optical-lane-rates/ Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:26:12 +0000 https://fivegwireless.wpengine.com/photonics-platform-with-50-gb-s-non-return-to-zero-optical-lane-rates/ World-leading nanoelectronics research center imec presents at OFC 2016, the international event for both the science and business of optical communications held March 20-24, performance improvements of various key building blocks of its wafer-scale integrated silicon photonics platform (iSiPP). The new results expand imec’s iSiPP device portfolio to support 50Gb/s non-return-to-zero (NRZ) lane rates, and…

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]]> Self-Calibrated Phase Modulator with Low-Power Fractional PLL Architecture https://www.5gtechnologyworld.com/self-calibrated-phase-modulator-with-low-power-fractional-pll-architecture/ Wed, 03 Feb 2016 11:22:56 +0000 https://fivegwireless.wpengine.com/self-calibrated-phase-modulator-with-low-power-fractional-pll-architecture/ At this week’s IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC2016), nanoelectronics research center imec and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) presented a self-calibrated high-speed (10Mbits/s) phase modulator achieving an excellent Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) of -37dB at 10.25 GHz. The modulator is based on a l analog fractional subsampling PLL featuring a world leading -246.6dB Figure of…

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]]> Low-Cost, Low-Power Chip for Multi-Gigabit 60 GHz Communication https://www.5gtechnologyworld.com/low-cost-low-power-chip-for-multi-gigabit-60-ghz-communication/ Wed, 03 Feb 2016 11:21:19 +0000 https://fivegwireless.wpengine.com/low-cost-low-power-chip-for-multi-gigabit-60-ghz-communication/ At this week’s IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC2016), nanoelectronics research center imec and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) presented a four-antenna path beamforming transceiver for 60GHz multi Gb/s communication in 28nm CMOS technology. The transceiver is a breakthrough in developing a small, low-cost, and low power solution for multi-gigabit communication targeting WiGig as well as…

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]]> IMEC Boost Performance of Beyond-Silicon Devices https://www.5gtechnologyworld.com/imec-boost-performance-of-beyond-silicon-devices/ Thu, 10 Dec 2015 08:57:34 +0000 https://fivegwireless.wpengine.com/imec-boost-performance-of-beyond-silicon-devices/ At this week’s IEEE IEDM conference, nano-electronics research center imec demonstrates record enhancement of novel InGaAs Gate-All-Around (GAA) channel devices integrated on 300mm Silicon and explores emerging tunnel devices based on optimization of the same III-V compound semiconductor. III-V-on-Si GAA devices with a record peak transconductance at 0.5V has been achieved by optimizing both the…

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