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Beikmirza, M.R. (author), Shen, Y. (author), de Vreede, L.C.N. (author), Alavi, S.M. (author)This article presents a wideband, energy-efficient digital transmitter (DTX) suitable for multi-mode/multi-band wireless communication applications. It features various operation modes comprising Cartesian (Modes-1/-2) and multi-phase (Modes-3/-4) configurations utilizing LO clocks with different duty cycle in the interleaving/non...journal article 2023
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Deshpande, Atharva (author)In recent years, the demand for wireless communication devices is rapidly increasing and it is estimated to keep growing exponentially over the coming decade. This demand is accompanied by a demand for high-speed and reliable communication. One of the challenges faced by the RF design engineers is to fulfill these demands while utilizing the...master thesis 2022
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Slooter, R.J. (author), Sluiter, M.H.F. (author), Kranendonk, Winfried G.T. (author), Bos, C. (author)A reference-free modified embedded atom method (RF-MEAM) potential for iron has been constructed. The new potential is made to predict both bcc and fcc (α-Fe and γ-Fe) lattice properties, with a special interest in modelling in the 800-1300 K temperature range. This is the range in which transformations and key processes in steel occur. RF...journal article 2022
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Bootsman, R.J. (author), Mul, D.P.N. (author), Shen, Y. (author), Hashemi, M. (author), Heeres, Rob M. (author), van Rijs, Fred (author), Alavi, S.M. (author), de Vreede, L.C.N. (author)Fully digital transmitters (DTXs) have the potential of replacing analog-intensive transmitter (TX) line-ups in future massive multiple-input and multiple-output (mMIMO) systems since they hold the promise of higher system integration level and energy efficiency. DTX operation so far has been limited to low RF output powers. This article...journal article 2022
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Beikmirza, M.R. (author), Shen, Y. (author), de Vreede, L.C.N. (author), Alavi, S.M. (author)A 40nm CMOS wideband digital Cartesian push-pull inverted Doherty operating in class-E is presented. Wideband Doherty operation is achieved over a 1.9-to-3GHz frequency band, using an off-chip power combining network. The fully digital transmitter (DTX) provides 25.3dBm peak power with a drain/DTX line-up efficiency (DE/SE) of 58.7%/44.9%,...conference paper 2022
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Ferrero, Riccardo (author), Androulakis, Ioannis (author), Martino, Luca (author), Nadar, R.A. (author), van Rhoon, G.C. (author), Manzin, Alessandra (author)The evaluation of the biological effects of therapeutic hyperthermia in oncology and the precise quantification of thermal dose, when heating is coupled with radiotherapy or chemotherapy, are active fields of research. The reliable measurement of hyperthermia effects on cells and tissues requires a strong control of the delivered power and of...journal article 2022
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Shen, Y. (author), Bootsman, R.J. (author), Alavi, S.M. (author), de Vreede, L.C.N. (author)This article presents a wideband 2× 12 -bit direct-digital RF modulator (DDRM) operating in a 0.5-to-3-GHz band for 5G transmitters. The proposed digital Cartesian modulator features an advanced IQ-mapping technique to boost RF power by 3 dB and suppress the I/Q image. To verify the proposed concept, a 40-nm CMOS prototype is implemented...journal article 2022
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Campos Martins, G. (author)This thesis presents the design and measurement of an RF energy harvesting and power management unit that operates across a wide range of available input power. The system comprises an adaptive impedance matching network, a single-stage cross-coupled differential-drive rectifier, a start-up charge pump, an adaptive buck-boost converter, a...doctoral thesis 2021
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Shen, Y. (author)This thesis focuses on digital-intensive up-converters for sub-6GHz wireless communication. Nowadays, wireless cellular communication is entering its 5th generation (5G), driven by the demand for faster mobile access and higher data throughput. 5G utilizes larger modulation bandwidths, higher-order modulations, and (many) more transmitters and...doctoral thesis 2021
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Patra, B (author)Quantum computers can provide exponential speedup in solving certain computational problems pertaining to drug discovery, cybersecurity, weather forecasting, etc. Although a quantum computer with just 50-qubits has been shown to surpass the computing power of the best supercomputers in specific applications, millions of qubits would be required...doctoral thesis 2021
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Bagdonas, Faustas (author)Many applications require wide bandwidth transmitters, but unfortunately, they usually have way less than 50% average drain efficiency for their modulated signals. This low efficiency is a significant drawback in all wireless applications, both for battery power devices and base stations. The Doherty radio frequency (RF) power amplifier...master thesis 2021
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de Vos, B. (author), Parsa, Javad (author), Abdulrazaq, Zaynab (author), Teeuwisse, Wouter M. (author), Van Speybroeck, Camille D.E. (author), de Gans, D.H. (author), Remis, R.F. (author), O’Reilly, Tom (author), Webb, A. (author)Low-field permanent magnet-based MRI systems are finding increasing use in portable, sustainable and point-of-care applications. In order to maximize performance while minimizing cost many components of such a system should ideally be designed specifically for low frequency operation. In this paper we describe recent developments in...journal article 2021
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Beikmirza, M.R. (author), Shen, Y. (author), de Vreede, L.C.N. (author), Alavi, S.M. (author)We present a wideband, 12-bit four-way Doherty Cartesian digital transmitter (DTX) featuring an innovative 50%-LO signed I/Q interleaved up-conversion technique that enables close to perfect orthogonal I/Q summation. The DTX incorporates a compact four-way lumped-element Doherty power combining network to enhance its average efficiency at...journal article 2021
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Stijnman, Peter R.S. (author), Mandija, Stefano (author), Fuchs, P.S. (author), van den Berg, Cornelis A.T. (author), Remis, R.F. (author)Purpose: To remove the necessity of the tranceive phase assumption for CSI-EPT and show electrical properties maps reconstructed from measured data obtained using a standard 3T birdcage body coil setup. Methods: The existing CSI-EPT algorithm is reformulated to use the transceive phase rather than relying on the transceive phase assumption....journal article 2021
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Vilasboas-Ribeiro, Iva (author), Curto, Sergio (author), van Rhoon, G.C. (author), Franckena, Martine (author), Paulides, Margarethus M. (author)The efficacy of a hyperthermia treatment depends on the delivery of well-controlled heating; hence, accurate temperature monitoring is essential for ensuring effective treatment. For deep pelvic hyperthermia, there are no comprehensive and systematic reports on MR thermometry. Moreover, data inclusion generally lacks objective selection...journal article 2021
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Agarwal, Gayatri (author)MRI machine has evolved tremendously over the years from its inception in order to render high-quality 3D images, best among its companion imaging systems. Of the whole system, RF receiver is the most crucial for its noise performance, which is expected to provide high SNR at all operating conditions. At Philips, MRI’s RF receiver is based on...master thesis 2020
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van der Sande, Robin (author), Hubers, Martijn (author)Many countries in the world face the problem of fruit frost during spring, which results in the loss of harvested crops. Solutions exist to prevent the fruit to freeze, however this requires that the temperature is known. Therefore, a smart autonomous temperature sensor network is designed that is capable of acquiring a 3D temperature profile of...bachelor thesis 2020
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Ritchie, M. (author), Capraru, R. (author), Fioranelli, F. (author)Radar sensors have a new growing application area of dynamic hand gesture recognition. Traditionally radar systems are considered to be very large, complex and focused on detecting targets at long ranges. With modern electronics and signal processing it is now possible to create small compact RF sensors that can sense subtle movements over...journal article 2020
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Skrekas, Vassilis (author)The field of active implantable medical devices (IMDs) has made huge steps forward in the last years. IMDs are used today for the treatment of previously untreatable conditions as well as the continuous monitoring of the health of patients. The field, where active IMDs have been the most successful, is the field of neurological conditions, on...master thesis 2020
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Willemsen, Maurice (author)We consider a system of IoT nodes powered completely by energy harvesting.This work focuses on achieving the time correlation of data measurements ina network of energy harvesting sensor nodes. Time correlation is achieved byhopping a message through the whole network. This message wakes up all thenodes and lets them perform a measurement....master thesis 2020