Browsing Theses by Subject "variable attenuator"
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High-Efficiency Millimeter-Wave Front-Ends for Large Phased-Array Transmitters
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-26)The ever-increasing demand for wireless broadband connectivity requires infrastructure capable of supporting data transfer rates at multi-Gbps. To accommodate such heavy traffic, the channel capacity for the given spectrum ... -
Monolithically Integrated Phase Change Material GeTe-Based RF Components for Millimeter Wave Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-22)RF switches are the fundamental building blocks for realizing reconfigurable front-ends in communication devices. Currently available RF switches are dominated by semiconductor technology which, while performing adequately ... -
Reconfigurable Cryogenic Microwave Devices Using Low Temperature Superconducting rf-SQUIDs
(University of Waterloo, 2022-11-21)In the physical implementation of modern superconducting quantum computing systems, microwaves play a significant role in the control and measurement of qubits. The advances towards the use of microwaves in the quantum ... -
SOI RF-MEMS Based Variable Attenuator for Millimeter-Wave Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-22)The most-attractive feature of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology is that it enables the integration of a whole system on a single chip, leading to positive effects on the performance, reliability and cost. ...