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View article: A Way Towards Energy Autonomous Wireless Sensing for EV Battery Management System
A Way Towards Energy Autonomous Wireless Sensing for EV Battery Management System Open
Electric vehicles (EV) have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and lower mobility costs, thus promoting sustainable mobility. Battery management is crucial in electric vehicles to ensure safety, maximize…
View article: Women in (Wireless) Power [Women in Microwaves]
Women in (Wireless) Power [Women in Microwaves] Open
The IEEE Wireless Power Technology Conference and Expo is a prestigious event, gathering experts from both the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) and the IEEE Power Electronics Society community, working on wireless power…
View article: On UAV Terrestrial Connectivity Enhancement through Smart Selective Antennas
On UAV Terrestrial Connectivity Enhancement through Smart Selective Antennas Open
Nowadays, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are widely used in heterogeneous contexts and, thanks to a continuous technological evolution, are going to be used for several applications such as, for example, Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS…
View article: Novel Pulsed WPT System With Data Transfer Capability for Condition Monitoring of Industrial Rotating Equipment
Novel Pulsed WPT System With Data Transfer Capability for Condition Monitoring of Industrial Rotating Equipment Open
In this paper, we present a 6.78 MHz Pulsed Wireless Power Transfer (PWPT) system specifically designed for powering the electronics placed on a suction roll of a paper mill machinery, thus enabling rotating equipment monitoring. The syste…
View article: Smart Selective Antennas System (SSAS): Improving 4G LTE Connectivity for UAVs Using Directive Selective Antennas
Smart Selective Antennas System (SSAS): Improving 4G LTE Connectivity for UAVs Using Directive Selective Antennas Open
In this paper, the prototypical deployment of a Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) antennas system, denoted as Smart Selective Antennas System (SSAS), aiming at mitigating inter-cell interference effects of cellular networks for in-flig…
View article: Passive Wireless Vibration Sensors Based on the Amplitude Modulation of Harmonic Backscattering
Passive Wireless Vibration Sensors Based on the Amplitude Modulation of Harmonic Backscattering Open
This article presents a wireless passive vibration sensor based on harmonic backscattering. The adopted vibration transducer is a commercial piezoelectric cantilever. The cantilever is connected to the gate of an NMOS transistor, which con…
View article: RF Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer for Energy Autonomous Wireless Devices and RFIDs
RF Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer for Energy Autonomous Wireless Devices and RFIDs Open
Radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting and wireless power transmission (WPT) technologies – both near-field and far-field – have attracted significant interest for wireless applications and RFID systems. We already utilize near-field WPT p…
View article: Low-Noise Block Downconverter based on COTS and SIW Filters for Ku-band Cubesat Transponders
Low-Noise Block Downconverter based on COTS and SIW Filters for Ku-band Cubesat Transponders Open
This paper proposes a Low-Noise Block (LNB)
\ndownconverter operating in the Ku-band for Cubesat transponders. The frontend is composed by a Low-Noise Amplifier
\n(LNA) and two switchable Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW)
\nfilters, pro…
View article: Biomaterial Inks from Peptide-Functionalized Silk Fibers for 3D Printing of Futuristic Wound-Healing and Sensing Materials
Biomaterial Inks from Peptide-Functionalized Silk Fibers for 3D Printing of Futuristic Wound-Healing and Sensing Materials Open
This study illustrates the sensing and wound healing properties of silk fibroin in combination with peptide patterns, with an emphasis on the printability of multilayered grids, and envisions possible applications of these next-generation …
View article: Radiative Wireless Power Transfer: Where We Are and Where We Want to Go
Radiative Wireless Power Transfer: Where We Are and Where We Want to Go Open
Providing energy to Internet of Things (IoT) apparatuses is ever more challenging. Humans are increasingly invested in the revolutionary new scenario that experts call Industry 4.0, where billions of electronic devices are interconnected w…
View article: Next-Generation IoT Devices: Sustainable Eco-Friendly Manufacturing, Energy Harvesting, and Wireless Connectivity
Next-Generation IoT Devices: Sustainable Eco-Friendly Manufacturing, Energy Harvesting, and Wireless Connectivity Open
This invited paper presents potential solutions for tackling some of the main underlying
\nchallenges toward developing sustainable Internet-of-things (IoT) devices with a focus on eco-friendly
\nmanufacturing, sustainable powering, and wi…
View article: Compact Green Harmonic Transponders for Parcel Tracking
Compact Green Harmonic Transponders for Parcel Tracking Open
This article presents a harmonic transponder, designed to minimize the tag sensitivity to the materials close to it. The tag is based on a dual-frequency dual-port patch antenna and a frequency doubler. The tag is designed to be interrogat…
View article: Microwave-Enabled Wearables: Underpinning Technologies, Integration Platforms, and Next-Generation Roadmap
Microwave-Enabled Wearables: Underpinning Technologies, Integration Platforms, and Next-Generation Roadmap Open
This paper presents a holistic and authoritative review of the role of microwave technologies in enabling a new generation of wearable devices. A human-centric Internet of Things (IoT) covering remote healthcare, distributed sensing, and c…
View article: Low-Noise Ku-band Receiver Frontend with Switchable SIW filters for Cubesat Applications
Low-Noise Ku-band Receiver Frontend with Switchable SIW filters for Cubesat Applications Open
This paper proposes a low-noise receiver frontend for nanosatellite and Cubesat platforms. The frontend is composed by a Low-Noise Amplifier (LNA) and two Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) filters, providing a frequency reconfigurabilit…
View article: The MTT-S Technical Coordinating and Future Directions Committee: Promoting Our Technical Communities-2022
The MTT-S Technical Coordinating and Future Directions Committee: Promoting Our Technical Communities-2022 Open
TC-2 Design Automation Committee (formerly MTT-1 CAD), established in 1968, focuses on advances in all aspects of methods, software, and technologies for the modeling, simulation, and design optimization of high-frequency circuits and syst…
View article: MTT-S Technical Committee 26 Report [MTT-S Society News]
MTT-S Technical Committee 26 Report [MTT-S Society News] Open
Presents the MTT-S Technical Committee 26 Report.
View article: Energy-Efficient Harmonic Transponder Based on On-Off Keying Modulation for Both Identification and Sensing
Energy-Efficient Harmonic Transponder Based on On-Off Keying Modulation for Both Identification and Sensing Open
This paper presents a novel passive Schottky-diode frequency doubler equipped with an on-off keying (OOK) modulation port to be used in harmonic transponders for both identification and sensing applications. The amplitude modulation of the…
View article: Innovative RFID Sensors for Internet of Things Applications
Innovative RFID Sensors for Internet of Things Applications Open
Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) devices and sensors are among the main innovations of the last years, with an enormous impact on the Internet of Things (IoT) physical communication layer as well as on logistics and robotics. The aim …
View article: Novel Magnitude and Phase Reconfigurable 1 × 4 RF Power Distribution Network
Novel Magnitude and Phase Reconfigurable 1 × 4 RF Power Distribution Network Open
This article presents a new circuit topology for a highly reconfigurable 1×4 radio frequency network that, for a given input, is able to modify magnitude and phase relations among its output signals with great flexibility while preserving …
View article: Phase-controlled beamforming network intended for conformal arrays
Phase-controlled beamforming network intended for conformal arrays Open
This work describes a reconfigurable 1 × 4 network able to provide beamforming capabilities to conformal antenna arrays. In particular, the proposed feed network is able to activate either single output ports or couples of adjacent output …
View article: Noncontact Measurement of River Surface Velocity and Discharge Estimation With a Low-Cost Doppler Radar Sensor
Noncontact Measurement of River Surface Velocity and Discharge Estimation With a Low-Cost Doppler Radar Sensor Open
River discharge is an important variable to measure in order to predict droughts and flood occurrences. Once the cross-sectional geometry of the river is known, discharge can be inferred from water level and surface flow velocity measureme…
View article: A Ka-Band Receiver Front-End With Noise Injection Calibration Circuit for CubeSats Inter-Satellite Links
A Ka-Band Receiver Front-End With Noise Injection Calibration Circuit for CubeSats Inter-Satellite Links Open
This paper proposes a Ka-band receiver front-end for future CubeSats Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to Geostationary (GEO) inter-satellite links. The receiver is able to support very high data rates (up to 100 Mbit/s) in Quadrature Phase-Shift Keyi…