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ContactCentre Director Jan Grahn, [email protected] Board Chairman: Peter Olanders, Ericsson [email protected]

www.chalmers.se/ghzChalmers and industrial

partnership for novel high-frequency technologies

GigaHertz CentreCentre Partners

Chalmers University of TechnologySP Technical Research Institute of Sweden Comheat Microwave AB Ericsson ABInfineon Technologies Austria AGLow Noise Factory ABMitsubishi Electric CorporationNational InstrumentsNXP Semiconductors BVOmnisys Instruments AB Ruag Space ABSaab ABUnited Monolithic SemiconductorsWasa Millimeter Wave AB

GHz Centre is part of the VINN Excellence Program 2007-2016 partly sponsored by Swedish Govermental Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA).

GHz Centre is hosted by Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.

www.chalmers.se/ghz

COMHEAT

www.lownoisefactory.com

LOW NOISE FACTORYLOW NOISE FACTORY

GaN OscillatorsApplication targets: Wireless communication and radar systems, sensors, and instrumentation Project leader: Dan Kuylenstierna, ChalmersPartners: Chalmers, Ericsson, Ruag Space

• Design of low-phase noise oscillators and VCOs • Phase noise characterization and modeling• Baseband noise characterization and modeling of GaN

HEMTs

Energy Efficient MIMO TransmittersApplication targets: Wireless communication and radar systemsProject leader: Christian Fager, ChalmersPartners: Chalmers, Ericsson, Infineon, National Instruments, NXP, Saab

• Design of multiband/multistandard efficient transmitter modules

• Circuit/system co-design using advanced characterization and modeling

• Signal design and system level optimization

Application targets: Wireless communication, radars, GaN MMICProject leader: Mattias Thorsell, ChalmersPartners: Chalmers, SP, Comheat Microwave, Ericsson, Infineon, Mitsubishi, NXP, Saab, United Monolithic Semiconductors

• Advanced nonlinear characterization techniques• Optimization of GaN HEMT fabrication for specific

applications • Multifunctional GaN MMIC front-ends

GigaHertz Centre

A joint research venture between Chalmers and industry partners with a mission to bring scientific advances faster to industrial exploitation.

Carries out research and innovation in high-frequency technologies for future wireless communication infrastructure, radar systems and terrestrial and space-born instrumentation for radio astronomy and earth observation.

Research areas

• Cryogenic low noise amplifiers and THz Schottky receivers

• Low phase noise oscillators and wideband VCOs• Energy efficient MIMO transmitters• Wideband and robust multifunctional GaN transceivers

• Engages 75 researches at Chalmers and company partners

• Budget of 9 Million Euro during Stage 3 (2012-2014)• International collaboration

Invites new partners for Stage 4 (2015-2016)

THz Space ComponentsApplication targets: Space-born and terrestrial sensors, scientific instrumentationProject leader: Peter Sobis, Omnisys Instruments ABPartners: Chalmers, SP, Low Noise Factory, Omnisys Instruments, Wasa Millimeter Wave

• Ultra-low noise amplifiers based on InP HEMT MMICs up to 200 GHz

• Integrated Schottky diode radiometer modules up to 600 GHz

• THz HEMT and Schottky diode MMIC frontiers

Advanced Characterization and Modeling for Technology Optimization of Multifunctional Circuits