RF Design Enablement / Barkhausen Institut

RF Design Enablement

What we do

We are working in the RF hardware research/development of dependable IoT systems with focus on three key research topics such as joint radar-communication system, multi-connectivity, and Physical Layer Security. We primarily focus our research on designing building blocks and identifying critical hardware parameters for next-generation systems. After the initial research on novel RF/mmWave hardware concepts, we integrate them in proof-of-concept demonstration platforms. The implementations will range from silicon-based ICs to mmWave modules. For silicon-based ICs, we are using 22nm FDSOI platform from GlobalFoundries.

We co-design and co-optimize system concepts with Wireless Connectivity group, considering hardware implementation scenarios. At the same time, we validate and integrate critical components in hardware platforms, working with Robotics Lab.

For joint radar-communication, our current research topics include analog implementation of building blocks in the transceiver chain to reduce the power requirements of analog-to-digital conversion (ADC and DAC) and the complete system. We are also integrating hardware simulation results into system designs. Regarding demonstration, we are working in a modular platform for testing out communication algorithms and to demonstrate our initial RadCom research concept to Public.

For multi-connectivity solutions, we have started our research on hardware implementation ideas for beam scanning and beam steering in multi-antenna environment.

Regarding physical layer security, we are providing the hardware support to WiCon group such as measurement platform or including hardware imperfections in the algorithm development.

Who we are

Dr.Padmanava SenResearch Group Leader

Dr.Farhad BozorgiResearch Associate

M. Sc.Sandra GeorgeResearch Associate

Mehrab RamzanResearch Associate

Publications

André Barreto, Minh Thuy Pham, Sandra George, Padmanava Sen, Gerhard Fettweis, Analysis of a Chirp-Based Waveform for Joint Communications and Radar Sensing (JC&S) Using Non-Linear Components, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2021, Download PDF

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Barreto_2021_eucap,
title = "Analysis of a Chirp-Based Waveform for Joint Communications and Radar Sensing (JC&S) Using Non-Linear Components",
author = "André Barreto, Minh Thuy Pham, Sandra George, Padmanava Sen, Gerhard Fettweis",
year = "2021",
booktitle = "European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP)",
address = "Düsseldorf, Germany",
month = "March"
}

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Sandra George, André Barreto, Padmanava Sen, Gerhard Fettweis, Reconfigurable E-band Receiver Development for Joint Communication and Sensing, accepted for publication at IEEE Latin America Symposium on Circuits and System (LASCAS), 2021

@conference{
George_2021_lascas,
title = "Reconfigurable E-band Receiver Development for Joint Communication and Sensing",
author = "Sandra George, André Barreto, Padmanava Sen, Gerhard Fettweis",
year = "2021",
booktitle = "accepted for publication at IEEE Latin America Symposium on Circuits and System (LASCAS)",
address = "Arequipa, Peru",
month = "February"
}

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Farhad Bozorgi, Padmanava Sen, André Barreto, Gerhard Fettweis, RF Front-End Challenges for Joint Communication and Radar Sensing, 1st IEEE International Symposium on Joint Communications & Sensing, 2021, Download PDF

@conference{
Farhad_jcns_2021,
title = "RF Front-End Challenges for Joint Communication and Radar Sensing",
author = "Farhad Bozorgi, Padmanava Sen, André Barreto, Gerhard Fettweis",
year = "2021",
booktitle = "1st IEEE International Symposium on Joint Communications & Sensing",
url = "https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9376387",
doi = "10.1109/JCS52304.2021.9376387"
}

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Marco Zoli, André Barreto, Stefan Köpsell, Padmanava Sen, Gerhard Fettweis, Physical-Layer-Security Box: a concept for time-frequency channel-reciprocity key generation, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2020, Download PDF

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ZoBa_2020,
title = "Physical-Layer-Security Box: a concept for time-frequency channel-reciprocity key generation",
author = "Marco Zoli, André Barreto, Stefan Köpsell, Padmanava Sen, Gerhard Fettweis",
year = "2020",
journal = "EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking",
month = "June",
number = "114",
pages = "24",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1186/s13638-020-01712-6",
doi = "10.1186/s13638-020-01712-6"
}

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Saumya Dwivedi, Marco Zoli, André Barreto, Padmanava Sen, Gerhard Fettweis, Secure Joint Communications and Sensing using Chirp Modulation, 6G Wireless Summit (6G SUMMIT), 2020, Download PDF

@conference{
Dwivedi_2020_6gsummit,
title = "Secure Joint Communications and Sensing using Chirp Modulation",
author = "Saumya Dwivedi, Marco Zoli, André Barreto, Padmanava Sen, Gerhard Fettweis",
year = "2020",
booktitle = "6G Wireless Summit (6G SUMMIT)",
address = "Levi, Finland",
month = "March",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1109/6GSUMMIT49458.2020.9083884",
doi = "10.1109/6GSUMMIT49458.2020.9083884"
}

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Srujana Kagita, Sandra George, Gerhard Fettweis, Analog CMOS Non-Linear Chirp Generation Using All-Pass Filters Based on Laguerre Function, 2020 IEEE 63rd International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2020

@conference{
Laguerre_mwscas_2020,
title = "Analog CMOS Non-Linear Chirp Generation Using All-Pass Filters Based on Laguerre Function",
author = "Srujana Kagita, Sandra George, Gerhard Fettweis",
year = "2020",
booktitle = "2020 IEEE 63rd International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS)"
}

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Saumya Dwivedi, André Barreto, Padmanava Sen, Gerhard Fettweis, Target Detection in Joint Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Radar-Communication System, International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), 2019, Download PDF

@conference{
Dwivedi_2019_iswcs,
title = "Target Detection in Joint Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Radar-Communication System",
author = "Saumya Dwivedi, André Barreto, Padmanava Sen, Gerhard Fettweis",
year = "2019",
booktitle = "International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS)",
address = "Oulu, Finland",
month = "October",
publisher = "IEEE",
url = "https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWCS.2019.8877258",
doi = "10.1109/ISWCS.2019.8877258"
}

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