Barium Strontium Titanate Thin Films for Tunable Microwave Applications. Australian businesses rely on information and communications technologies (ICT) in order to remain competitive in the global economy. Over the last decade or so, ICT has also found applications in consumer devices, many of which are wireless. This has lead to strong growth in the market for such technologies. Barium strontium titanate (BST) devices can be used to enhance the efficiency and lower the cost of radio frequency ....Barium Strontium Titanate Thin Films for Tunable Microwave Applications. Australian businesses rely on information and communications technologies (ICT) in order to remain competitive in the global economy. Over the last decade or so, ICT has also found applications in consumer devices, many of which are wireless. This has lead to strong growth in the market for such technologies. Barium strontium titanate (BST) devices can be used to enhance the efficiency and lower the cost of radio frequency devices to make wireless technology more accessible for the Australian community. Additionally, BST devices can be applied for frequency agile applications, which are invaluable for the Australian defence sector.Read moreRead less
Tools and techniques for cost effective creation of new, reliable and efficient microwave transistors for millimetre wave and wireless applications. Shifting the circuit design paradigm to the requirements of a circuit will provide a low-cost design solution for application with tight size, performance and lifetime constraints. This will enhance the international competitiveness of Mimix Broadband in the microwave wireless, aerospace, and radar markets, which will contribute to Australia's high ....Tools and techniques for cost effective creation of new, reliable and efficient microwave transistors for millimetre wave and wireless applications. Shifting the circuit design paradigm to the requirements of a circuit will provide a low-cost design solution for application with tight size, performance and lifetime constraints. This will enhance the international competitiveness of Mimix Broadband in the microwave wireless, aerospace, and radar markets, which will contribute to Australia's high performance circuit design sector. New knowledge and skilled researchers provided by this project will foster growth of the microwave and wireless industry. The local research community will be advantaged in international reputation and in its efforts to develop future high performance wireless systems.Read moreRead less
Overcoming Transistor Performance Issues for Emerging Millimetre-Wave Applications. The operation of transistors for emerging millimeter-wave applications, such as point to point communications and automotive radar, will be researched. The aim is to develop circuit design methodologies that extract better performance from a given fabrication process, thus giving a competitive advantage to local industry, which shares the process with other international companies. Transistor operating range, lin ....Overcoming Transistor Performance Issues for Emerging Millimetre-Wave Applications. The operation of transistors for emerging millimeter-wave applications, such as point to point communications and automotive radar, will be researched. The aim is to develop circuit design methodologies that extract better performance from a given fabrication process, thus giving a competitive advantage to local industry, which shares the process with other international companies. Transistor operating range, linearity and characterisation will be enhanced. New models and demonstrator circuits will be produced. The project will skill postgraduates in microwave theory and techniques applied to the development of high performance circuits.Read moreRead less
Investigation into improved wireless communication for rural and regional Australia. The project will improve the performance of wireless communications allowing better and more accessible communication throughout rural and regional Australia. This will enable a more efficient communications as it will reduce the requirements of cables.
Achieving high linearity over broad bands in transistor circuits for communication applications. This project provides techniques to achieve the distortion performance required for the next generation communication circuits. By establishing new knowledge and skill within Australia to expand international competitiveness, it will position Australia as the leader in high performance circuit design, strengthen international collaboration, and allow the development of high performance broadband syst ....Achieving high linearity over broad bands in transistor circuits for communication applications. This project provides techniques to achieve the distortion performance required for the next generation communication circuits. By establishing new knowledge and skill within Australia to expand international competitiveness, it will position Australia as the leader in high performance circuit design, strengthen international collaboration, and allow the development of high performance broadband systems. An opportunity will be presented to enter the transistor characterization market on a competitive basis, which is a business suited to distance working within the international sector. Improved circuit performance will enable breakthrough discoveries in areas like radio astronomy, medical imaging, radar and detection, and instrumentation.Read moreRead less
Future generation high-performance radio communications circuits in gallium nitride technology. Techniques will be developed to exploit the potential of an emerging commercial gallium nitride technology for future communication systems. By establishing new knowledge and skill to expand international competitiveness, it will position Australia among the leaders in high performance circuit design, strengthen international collaboration, and allow the development of future high performance wireless ....Future generation high-performance radio communications circuits in gallium nitride technology. Techniques will be developed to exploit the potential of an emerging commercial gallium nitride technology for future communication systems. By establishing new knowledge and skill to expand international competitiveness, it will position Australia among the leaders in high performance circuit design, strengthen international collaboration, and allow the development of future high performance wireless systems. This is an opportunity to diversify to a new technology on a competitive basis. This circuit design business is suited to distance working within the international sector. Improved circuit performance will enable breakthrough discoveries in areas like medical imaging, radar, detection, and instrumentation.Read moreRead less