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© Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), University of Oulu RF education & research Aarno Pärssinen Professor, Radio Engineering, University of Oulu [email protected]

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RF education & research

Aarno Pärssinen

Professor, Radio Engineering, University of Oulu

[email protected]

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Cellular modem: LTE Cat4 (150Mbbs DL & 50Mbps U

L), HSPA+, EV-DO, TD-SCDMA)

Application processor

RFIC: 2/3/4G TRx

LB PA

HB PA

UHB PA

3G/2G PA

ET

ANT SW

MB PA

16/64/128GB NAND Flash

WLAN

BT

BT LE

PMIC other

NFC

RFIC: 4G CA TRx

PMIC WLS

ANT

tuner

PA modules incl. Duplex filters

Wireless content in a smart phone

• TBD

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+6+Plus+Teardown/29206

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Competences of a modern RF engineer

Fundamentals

• Understand various applications of radios

• Master very well basic principles of communications

• Master very well basics of electronics design

• Excel in fundamentals of RF from Smith chart and matching to

noise and non-linearity

• Prototyping and measuring RF

• Computer tools for electronics design

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Competences of a modern RF engineer

Advanced

• RF transceiver architectures

• RF system design and block level partitioning

• RF control algorithms

• IC design

• Communication circuits (LNA, PA, mixers, filters, amplifiers, ADCs, DAC’s, VCO’s, PLL’s,

digital for RF, …)

• Antenna design

• Radio propagation

• Various implementation technologies: fundamentals and their boundaries (CMOS,

BiCMOS, SiGe, HBT, GaN, SAW, BAW, PCB, …)

• Material physics in some cases when closely involved to electronics

• Digital signal processing for wireless

• Embedded programming

• …

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Competences of a modern RF engineer

Capability to co-operate and learn new things

• With and from your close colleagues

• In cross-disciplinary topics

• On your own

Team work

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Prerequisites for WCE-RF

Basic courses of electronics: Understanding small signal

behavior of a transistor in addition to circuit theory as

prerequisite for Electronics design II & III

Preferably basic course of radio technology/microwave

engineering to support further studies in Radio Engineering I

& II

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WCE–RF Schedule ▬ 1st YearAutumn 2018Periods 1-2

Spring 2019Periods 3-4

Electronics Design III

(6 cr, 2 p)

Wireless

Communications I

(5 cr, 2 p)

Electronics Design II

(6 cr, 1 p)

RF Components and

Measurements

(5 cr, 4 p)

Finnish Language studies (2-10 cr) and/or optional studies depending on personal study plan

Radio Engineering I

(5 cr, 2 p)

Radio Channels

(5 cr, 4 p) or

Antennas (5 cr, 4 p) (one of these is mandatory for

RF option, one can be chosen

as an optional study course)

Radio Engineering II

(6 cr, 3 p)

Advanced Practical Training (3 cr) (recommended in summer 2019, training report will be

done on autumn 2019 term)

Broadband

Communications

Systems (5 cr, 1 p)

Commun. Signal

Processing I (5 cr, 3 p)

Statistical Signal

Processing (5 cr, 1 p)

Basic Studies Advanced Studies Optional Studies

Optional CourseOptional Course

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WCE–RF Schedule ▬ 2nd Year

Electronic System

Design (5 cr, 1 p)

Diploma (M.Sc.) Thesis Work (30 cr, 2-4 p)

Finnish Language studies (2-10 cr) and/or optional studies to fulfill PSP requirements

Autumn 2019Periods 1-2

Spring 2020Periods 3-4

Communications

Circuit Design

(6 cr, 1 p)

Telecommunication Engineering Project (5 cr)

or

Electronics Design and Construction

Exercise (6 cr, 1-2 p)(one of these is mandatory)

Basic Studies Advanced Studies Optional Studies

Optional Course

Optional Course

Optional Course

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Mode of Operation and Areas of InterestRF system analysis

AntennasIC designRF related algorithms

Complete platformsRF and antenna lab

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RF Systems

• RF Transceiver architectures and implementation

- From systems to key building blocks for 5G and beyond

- RF implementation challenges with prototypes for 5G

- IC designs down to 22nm CMOS SOI

• Antennas and propagation

- Long-term experience from antenna implementations to propagation measurements

- MIMO over-the-air (OTA) test bed for mobile devices towards CTIA standardization

- Broadband antennas for infrastructure and antennas for wearable medical

applications

- 5G Channel Measurements

- mmW antennas for 5G

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Facilities • State-of-the-art design tools from RF

system design (Agilent ADS and System

Vue), RFIC design (Cadence flow),

antenna design tools (CST,…) and PCB

design

• Industrial and research ecosystem in Oulu

region provides local facilities for all

necessary electronics manufacturing

(except IC that is done using MPW runs)

• Measurement capabilities for RF designs

currently up to 67GHz and 1GHz

bandwidth for modulated signals

(antennas up to 18GHz)

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5G mmW – platform

28GHz radio module done in CWC

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Phased array transceiver IC for 5G

‒ 15GHz

‒ Dual-channel for MIMO

‒ Psat=18dBm & NF =5.4dB

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Predistortion of an antenna array

N. Tervo, J. Aikio, T. Tuovinen, T. Rahkonen and A. Parssinen,

"Digital predistortion of amplitude varying phased array

utilising over-the-air combining," 2017 IEEE MTT-S

International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Honololu, HI,

2017, pp. 1165-1168.

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Sub-mmW / 5G antenna array

• 64 element massive-MIMO antenna array for 26.65-27.5 GHz bandwidth

• The array consists 2x2 linearly polarized element unit cells with low mutual coupling

• Maximum gain 20 dB

Marko Sonkki, Sami Myllymäki, Nuutti Tervo, Marko

Leinonen, Maciej Sobocinski, Giuseppe Destino, Aarno

Pärssinen, "Linearly Polarized 64-element Antenna

Array for mm-Wave Mobile Backhaul Application",

European Conference on Antennas and Propagation

(EUCAP2018), 9-13 April 2018, London, UK.

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Radio channel measurements & modelling

• PropSound Channel Sounder

• Multi-dimensional Channel Sounder

• SISO, SIMO, MIMO and multi-user channels

• Virtual Antenna Array for massive-MIMO Channel Measurements

A. Roivainen, P. Kyösti, C. Ferreira Dias, V. Hovinen, N. Tervo, M.

Sonkki, M. Latva-aho. Parametrization and Validation of Geometry-

Based Stochastic Channel Model for Urban Small Cells at 10 GHz

IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. Year: 2017, Volume: 65, Issue: 7

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Devices & Circuit Technology THz communications materials & circuits

Unlimited

connectivity

NEXT?

Technologies

towards 6G

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