IEEE Microwave Magazine - May 2017 - 45

Table 1. IMS2017 workshops. (continued)
Day

Code

Duration

Title/Organizers

Sunday

WSG

Full day

Energy-Efficient RF Transceiver IC and System Design for Health-Care Applications
Dr. Yao-Hong Liu and Dr. Gernot Hueber
abstract: The RF transceiver is typically one of the most power-consuming building blocks in wireless sensor
devices for different modes of wearable/implantable health-care monitoring, e.g., heart-rate monitor, capsule
endoscope, and so forth. On the other hand, the efficiency of the RF transceiver has been dramatically
reduced in the past few years, thanks to both CMOS technology scaling and the development of new lowpower/low-voltage, digital-intensive design approaches, enabling many new wireless healthcare applications.
In this workshop, we will discuss several of the latest wireless technologies for these applications, including
Bluetooth low-energy medical implantable communication services, body-channel communication, and a
wide-band wireless interface for neural recording/stimulation. Experts from both industry and academia will
introduce topics ranging from current markets to potential market to regulations. In particular, this workshop
will focus on discussing various design challenges, system requirements, and potential solutions in developing
energy-efficient transceiver ICs for health-care applications.

Sunday

WSH

Full day

Frequency Synthesis and Clock Distribution for Massive MIMO and Phased Arrays in 5G
Communication Systems and Beyond
Prof. Jeyanandh Paramesh, Dr. Xiang Gao, and Dr. Jaber Khoja
abstract: Next-generation communication systems (5G and beyond) seek to bridge the gap between the
projected demand and supply of mobile data traffic through a combination of new system techniques and
access to new spectra below 6 GHz-especially in several mmW bands from 15 to 86 GHz. In these systems,
the design of frequency synthesizers that can access several such bands with low phase noise, spur levels,
and frequency granularity remains a critical block. Furthermore, massive MIMO-which consists of a large
number of antennas at the access point-is a promising technology to meet the high data rate and quality
of service requirements of 5G wireless systems. Achieving stringent phase-noise specifications and scalable
local-oscillator distribution to maintain phase coherence across the different units in the MIMO array are
critical challenges. This workshop will present the latest trends in the design of such synthesizers.

Sunday

WSI

Half day

Frontiers of Superconducting and Cryogenic Microwave Electronics
Prof. Michael Hamilton and Prof. Daniel E. Oates
abstract: Recent years have seen renewed interest and increased efforts directed toward developing
technology for high-frequency (microwave and beyond) and high-speed superconducting and cryogenic
electronics systems. The discovery of superconductivity is recognized as an IEEE Milestone in Electrical
and Computer Engineering and has made possible many important applications across a wide range of
disciplines. Cryogenic electronics holds the promise of high performance and super-low energy per operation
for computing applications and can take us beyond the end of the semiconducting technology road map.
Driven by goals of ultrahigh-speed computing and signal processing, super-sharp and low-loss filters, higher
performance magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/nuclear magnetic resonance systems, and integration with
computing or imaging systems that must be cryogenically cooled due to noise constraints, there is a growing
interest in active and passive microwave components designed for operation at low temperatures. Historically,
despite the potential of higher performance from cryogenic components and systems, conventional
technologies have provided sufficient performance. There are, however, reasons to believe that this situation
may be changing. Consider the case of superconducting quantum computing, where communication
between qubits occurs through signals in the microwave regime and where the noise constraints are of
utmost importance. Proper communication, control, and integration of systems such as this will require
superconducting and cryogenic microwave technology advances that are now in development. This workshop
aims to provide a sufficiently detailed description and platform discussing the current status and future of
superconducting and semiconducting electronics for cryogenic systems. Talks in this workshop will cover RF
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and superconducting filters, high-temperature superconducting
filters, superconducting filters for resonance imaging systems, advances in superconducting microwave
technology in Japan and China, superconducting microwave interconnect technology, recent superconducting
device technology developments for mixed-signal circuits, recent cryogenic semiconducting device technology
developments, and cryogenic electronics for quantum computing systems.
(continued)

May 2017

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IEEE Microwave Magazine - May 2017