Prof. Arokiaswami Alphones Nanyang Technological University |
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Title Terahertz Transceiver for 6G Systems Abstract The fifth-generation (5G) technology has been rolled out in the beginning of this decade. This technology can support any spectrum ranging from 400 MHz to 90 GHz. The 5G systems will mainly use two frequency bands, namely Sub-6 GHz (below 6 GHz) and millimeter wave (above 24 GHz) besides sub 1 GHz band. The 5G frequency bands used in various countries under three categories: licensed, shared, and existing. The Sub-6 GHz band has better geographical coverage than the millimetre wave band as the lower frequency signals can easily penetrate buildings/obstacles. Another advantage of using a Sub-6 GHz band is that it can be easily installed alongside existing 4G long term evolution (LTE) infrastructure. Seeing the evolution of each generation by every decade, the next evolution targeted is 6G system which is expected to be around 2030 and the spectrum focussed is THz band. Hence the transceivers to be used for various applications like hand held devices, wearable electronics, IoT systems, Satellite and automotive radar systems need to be designed to meet the specifications and standards dictated by the 5G/6G wireless community. Biography Prof. Arokiaswami Alphones received his B.Tech. from Madras Institute of Technology in 1982, M.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1984 and Ph.D. degree in Optically Controlled Millimeter wave Circuits from Kyoto Institute of Technology (Japan) in 1992. He was a JSPS visiting fellow from 1996-97 at Japan. During 1997-2001, he was with Centre for Wireless Communications, National University of Singapore involved in the teaching and research on optically controlled passive/active devices. Since 2001 he is with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has 40 years of research experience. He has published and presented over 350 technical papers in peer reviewed International Journals/ Conferences. His current interests are electro-magnetic analysis on planar RF circuits and integrated optics, microwave photonics, visible light communication and positioning, metamaterial based leaky wave antennas, THz transceiver for 6G Systems and wireless power transfer technologies. He was involved many IEEE flagship conferences held in Singapore and General Chair of APMC 2009, MWP 2011, TENCON 2016, APMC 2019, APMC 2024 and TENCON 2024. He was the chairman of IEEE Singapore section during 2015-2016, 2018, 2023 and a senior member of IEEE. He is Singapore representative of IEICE(Japan). He is also the panel member of IEEE Conference Application Review Committee. He is also R10 coordinator for IEEE MTT-S MGA member. |
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