• DOI:10.1109/mmm.2020.3029962
• Corpus ID: 243383291

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques CFP

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  title={IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques CFP},
  author={},
  journal={IEEE Microwave Magazine},
  year={2020}
}

• Published 1 December 2020
• Computer Science
• IEEE Microwave Magazine

Motivation The aim of this Special Issue is to publish technical papers in microwave and millimeter-wave communication and sensor systems. In recent years, we have seen a strong resurgence in such systems due to 5G and satellite communications, automotive radars, precise location services, UaV tracking, imaging radars, STAR (simultaneous transmit and receive systems also known as self-duplex), power amplifiers with digital pre-distortion, antenna tuning with closed loop functions, etc. Also, silicon chips are becoming more complex with multiple transmit and receive beamforming channels, up and down-conversion mixers, synthesizers, ADCs and DACs and even digital signal processing decision circuitry all on the same die. The silicon (and III-V front-end) solutions can be considered as stand-alone and are connected to antennas (or antenna arrays) for operation. For such complex systems, it is not required to know the detailed operation of every circuit or component, and it is more important to look at the solution from a systems perspective, such as co-design of the RF blocks with the antennas and with the DSP back-end, and the decision algorithms for the respective application areas. Also, calibration and test of such complex systems is critical, and novel techniques are needed to reduce the calibration cost which can lead to a reduction in system cost. The increased impact of microwave and millimeter-wave systems is noticeable throughout society, especially in 5G communications, automotive radars, safety/security applications, and in bio-medical sensors.