Ph.D. student position at INRS-EMT MONTREALAdvanced millimeter wave low-cost transceivers for high-speed broad-band wireless communications systems

PROPOSED RESEARCH PROGRAM
Due to the recent dramatic growth for wireless communications the microwave communication bands are becoming over crowded. Moreover, ever increasing high-speed and large-channel capacity digital data rates for multimedia wireless communications require millimeter-wave bandwidths. The utilization of millimeter-wave frequencies enables the design of compact and low-cost wireless millimeter-wave communications front-ends which can offer convenient terminal mobility and high capacity channel.The V-band is attractive candidate for short-distance sensors and indoor communications based on pico-cell zone because it has high atmospheric loss. The 60 GHz band is of much interest since this is the band in which a massive amount of spectral space (5GHz) has been allocated worldwide for dense wireless local communications.

The main objective of the proposed project is to develop new and innovative architectural and technological solutions for future millimeter wave transceivers, designed for high-speed wireless communication systems. These solutions pertain to various aspects of millimeter wave communication systems, including the conception of new transmitter and receiver architectures, the design of innovative millimeter wave components including antennas and the conception of new algorithms in the baseband signal processing domain.

The short term objective is to develop and characterize millimeter wave components and modules dedicated to these transceivers. Various technologies as MHMIC, MMIC and SIW will be used in order to obtain the optimal approach in terms of cost and quality.The long term objective is to implement and test various prototype transceivers. The test will include complete characterization of these transceivers in terms of bit error rate versus various interference signals (phase and white noise, adjacent channels, etc) and propagation conditions.

Date:
The Ph.D. student position opens immediately

Contact:
People interested in the open Ph.D. position are welcome to send their resume to Professor Serioja TATU via e-mail: tatu@emt.inrs.ca

Reference:
http://www.emt.inrs.ca/Anglais/Proposition_en.pdf