Prof. Hao Gao, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

T2-3: 15:45-17:00, Oct. 22, 2024, Tuesday

Title: RF/mm-IC in silicon for wireless communication

Abstract:

Typical applications in the 60 GHz ISM band such as wireless high-definition video streaming require a high signal quality to achieve large data rate transfer. At 60 GHz, the 2.5 mm wavelength in silicon makes it possible to integrate multiple antennas on chip. Beam steering is enabled electronically by on-chip phase shifters. The phased array architecture with RF phase shifter in CMOS technology is a compact solution for achieving on-silicon integration.
Broadband systems at mm-wave frequencies have recently received a great deal of interest since their bandwidth is sufficient for high-data rate communication, such as the fifth generation (5G) wireless communication system and typical K band (20-40 GHz) applications. With the development of silicon based technology, a high performance mm-wave front-end with complex system integration is feasible in SiGe BiCMOS technology. However, it is still challenging for an mm-wave front-end system to cover the entire bandwidth to support K band and 5G communication systems.

Biography:

Hao Gao (Member, IEEE) received an M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the ELCA-Group, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, in 2008, and a Ph.D. degree from the Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in 2015. He was with Catena Microelectronics (now NXP), Delft. He was with Philips Research, Eindhoven. He was a European Marie Curie Researcher with the Catena Wireless Electronics Group, NXP Semiconductors, Stockholm, Sweden. He was ranked as a Staff Engineer at MediaTek. He was with the ELCA-Group, Delft University of Technology, as a Research Scientist. He was a Principal Scientist at Silicon Austria Labs, Linz, Austria, with a joint professorship. Since 2016, he has been holding a faculty position with the Electrical Engineering Department, at Eindhoven University of Technology. He is also a Distinguished Chair Professor at the Southeast University, China. He has been a consultant for industries for years, including NXP and Infineon, etc.
Dr. Gao was a recipient of the Philips Semiconductor Scholarship, Delft, in 2006. He was a recipient of the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) and IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) grants. He was a recipient and a co-recipient of several best paper rewards, including IEEE Microwaves and Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) Radio Wireless Week Award, the International Conference on Information and Communications Signal Processing Award, the IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium Award, and the IEEE IMS Student Design Competition Award. He was also a co-recipient of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Circuits (ISSCC) Distinguished Technical Paper Award, the CATRENE Innovation Award with the EAST Project, and others. He has served as the TPC Co-Chair of IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology (RFIT) 2019, IEEE International Wireless Symposium (IWS) 2023, the Visa-Chair of EuMW 2020, and is now a TPC Member of IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), IEEE Symposium on Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC), and others. He is also an Editorial Board Member of Wireless Power Transfer journal (Cambridge).