Project outline

Regardless of the type of device sending or receiving a communication signal (cellular phone, radio or computer), wireless transmission entails information-processing through internal electronic components such as amplifiers, converters, modulators, duplexers, and various filters that make signal transmission and communication possible.

In mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), the ability to change transmission parameters – preferably without human intervention – in accordance with operational needs is important. RF devices must be able to gauge evolving transmission needs and automatically change signal-processing configurations to ensure optimal communication.

The Intelligent RF team is developing algorithms and circuits that will allow transmitter-receivers to autoconfigure certain components in real time, including the power amplifier, MEMS filters, and front ends (components involved just prior to and just following data transmission).

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Results to date

• Creation of an agile microwave amplifier integrating RF microsystems and active devices
• Improvement if the energy efficiency of RF power amplifiers
• Implementation of high-performance amplifier systems (Publications)
• Design and realization of an electronic tuner

Expected results

• Design and realization of a tunable filter and electronic duplexer

Our partners

• Ultra Electronics TCS   
• Canadian Space Agency
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

Team members

Professors: Ammar Kouki, François Gagnon, Jean Belzile, Claude Thibeault
Ultra Electronics: Peter Perodeau, Walter Martens, Danny Collard
Canadian Space Agency: D. Gratton, T. Pellerin, G. Brassard
ÉTS Specialists: Benoît Châtelain, Christian Talbot, Jonathan Gagnon
Students: Frederic Domingue, Walid Hamdane, Mohamad El-Asmar, Floris Randolph, Kousseil Ben-Ahmed

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