Jan. 22, 2021 Dr. Nicholas Miller of AFRL and Patrick Roblin organized a joint RWW/ARFTG workshop on Friday morning.
About 30 persons attended the 4 hour workshop. The attendees were so engaged that the questions and answers period for the panel lasted 30 more minutes than planed.
Miles Lindquist, OSU Ph.D. student gave a lecture
(PDF)
on "ASM-HEMT Embedding Model for Accelerated Design of PAs."
A recording of his talk is available at:
Jan. 18-22, 2020
P. Roblin participated in ARFTG96 at RWW to give a lecture in the NIST/ARFT short-course and lead the NVNA users's forum.
Nov. 16 and 16 , 2020
Chenyu Liang and Hsiu-Chen Chang PhD defenses were held on-line.
About 30 peoples attended from as far away as China, Sweeden, Portugal, Peru, Mexico, Boston, Boulder, Cedar Rapid as well as OSU.
Both Chenyu and Hsiu-Chen passed with high praises from their committees for their achievements.
Jan. 27, 2020
Mr. Chenyu Liang presented a paper on
"Optimal Two-Way Hybrid Doherty-Outphasing Power Amplifier,"
at PAWR/RWW in San Antonio.
Jan. 26-29, 2020
P. Roblin attended ARFTG94 at RWW in San Antonio from Jan. 26 to 29 to give
a lecture in the NIST/ARFT short-course, co-chair a PAWR session and
lead the NVNA users's forum.
Aug. 27, 2019
Mr. Chenyu Liang received the 2019 Outstanding Teaching Assistant (TA) award from the ECE Department at the Ohio-State-University. Chenyu was the TA for both our passive and active microwave labs. Prof. and Chair Hesham Elgamal announced the news at the ECE faculty 2019 academic year kick-off meeting.
For more info visit this link
Jun. 7, 2019
Thaimi Niubo Aleman, and her co-authors Yunsik Hahn, Patrick Roblin, Jean-Pierre Teyssier, J. Apolinar Reynoso-Hernandez, Vanessa Chen, Siddharth Rajan
presented a paper on
''Calibrated Digital Predistortion Using a Vector Network Analyzer as the Receiver,'' at ARFTG93
during the IMS 2019 Microwave week in Boston.
Conf. Proceedings (PDF)
A video recording is available
here.
Jun. 6, 2019
Prof. Karun Rawat and Patrick Roblin co-chaired the NVNA users's forum
during the IMS week in Boston. Chenyu Liang and Thaimi Niubo Aleman gave
a presentation on dual-input PA characterization:
Announcement (PDF) .
Jun. 3, 2019
Prof. Antonio Raffo and Patrick Roblin co-chaired an IMS/ARFTG workshop on
"WMD: Measurement and Design Techniques for Next-Generation Communication Systems," IMS 2019, Boston.
HTML LINK
Jan. 21-23, 2018
Chenyu Liang of OSU presented a paper at RWW 2019 and participated with Prof. Roblin in the RWW "Demo Track"
with the presentation of a
GUI on "Automatic Algorithm for the Direct Design of Asymmetric Doherty Power Amplifiers,"
.
As indicated by the displayed GUI timer, the PA is designed in 15 sec at the package reference planes
and verified in a power seep in 31 sec using OSU nonlinear embedding device model.
Jan. 21-23, 2018
Prof. Roblin was the TPC Co-Chair (lead) at ARFTG92 in Orlando.
He also gave a lecture at the NIST/ARFTG Short Course, lead the NVNA Users's Forum and participated in a RWS workshop on linearization.
Dec. 12-14, 2018
General Co-Chair for the IEEE- MMTT-S Latin America Microwave Conference (LAMC).
Call for Paper .
Conference Website: http://lamc-ieee.org.
Prof. Roblin also gave a keynote lecture at LAMC and presented a paper on
Generalized Class-J Theory
.
Jan. 21, 2019
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
RWW, DML Special Session, Orlando, Florida.
The host was
Prof. Markus Gardill.
Nov. 29, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
Univ. Central Florida, Orlando, MTT/AP Chapter.
The host was
Mr. Mahmood Shirazi.
Nov. 28, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
Univ. South Florida, Tampa, FL, Student Chapter.
The host was
Mr. Enrique González.
Nov. 2, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
CLASTECH, Los Angeles, CA.
The host was
Dr. H. J. De Los Santos.
Nov. 1, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a lecture on PAs at
NXP, Chandler/Phoenix, AZ.
The host was
Dr. Jeff Jones.
Oct. 30, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
Univ. of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ, Student Chapter.
The host was
Ms. Yashika Sharma.
Sep. 23, 2018
Prof. P. Roblin and Christophe Gaquiere
organized a workshop on
"GaN HEMT Characterization and Modeling for mm-Wave Power Amplifier Applications"
at EuMC 2018, Madrid, Spain.
Sept. 21, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
Italy, Politecnico, Turin, Italy.
The host was
Prof. Fabrizio Bonani.
Sept. 19, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
Univ. Salento, Lecce, Italy.
The host was
Prof. Luciano Tarricone.
Sept. 16, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
Univ. of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
The host was
Prof. Zlatica Marinkovic.
Sept. 13, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
Aalto Univ, Helsinki, Finland.
The host was
Prof. Haneda Katsuyuki.
Sept. 13, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a lecture on PAs at
Nokia-Bell Labs, Epsoo, Finland.
The host was
Dr. Jyri Putkonen.
May 28, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
UEC Chofu, Tokyo, Japan.
The host was
Dr. Ryo Ishikawa.
May 24, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
Doshisha Univ., Kyoto, Japan.
The host was
Dr. Masashi Nakatsugawa.
May 23, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a lecture on PAs at
Mitsubisi, Osaka, Japan.
The host was
Dr. Akira Inoue.
May 21, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
Kyung Hee Univ. Seoul, Korea.
The host was
Prof. Chang Woo Kim and Youngi Kim
May 18, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a lecture on PAs at
Samsung, Suwon, Korea.
The host was
OSU aluminus Dr. Jong Soo Lee.
May 17, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
KAIST, Daejeon, Korea.
The host was
Prof. Chul Soon Park and OSU Alumini Prof. SeokJoo Doo.
May 15, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China .
The host was
Prof. Ming Tang.
May 14, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a lecture on PAs at
Huawei Technologies, Shanghai, China.
The host was
Dr. Xiao Yuxiang.
May 10, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
Univ. of Posts and Comm., Chongqing, China.
The host was
Prof. Huadong Wang.
May 7, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
UESTC, Chengdu, China.
The host was
Prof. Jiang Xiong and OSU postdoc alumini, Dr. Ying and Xiagoyin Liu.
May 7, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML plenary talk at
ICMMT 2018 conference, Chengdu, China.
May 5, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing Chapter, China.
The host was
Prof. Wenhua Chen.
Mar. 27, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
Raleigh MTT Chapter, NC State Univ.
The host was
Prof. Spyridon Pavlidis.
Mar. 27, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a lecture on PAs at
Wolfspeed, Raleigh, NC.
The host was
Jeremy Fisher.
Mar. 15, 2018
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at
Manchester, New Hampshire.
The host was
Dr. Don Sherwood.
Nov. 14, 2017, Noon
"Nonlinear Microwave Circuits (PART II) - Design of High Efficiency Power Amplifier using Nonlinear Embedding."
To view the Webinar, visit the
IEEE link
or the
Youtube link
Oct. 12, 2017
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture in Dallas, Texas.
Oct. 11, 2017
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at U.C Davis in Sacremento, California.
Oct. 10, 2017 Noon
Prof. Roblin gave a Webinar on
"Nonlinear Microwave Circuits (PART I) - Vector Nonlinear Microwave Measurements and Behavioral Modeling."
To view the Webinar, visit the
IEEE MTT link
or the
Youtube link
September 2017
The Ohio-State University to aquire a second NVNA based on the Keysight PNAX.
Equipment is acquired as part of a 2016-2017 ONR Durip grant submitted by
Prof. Sertel and Roblin.
Participating in the NVNA equipment acquisition,
are Prof. Siddarth Rajan, Prof. Emre Ertin, Prof. Randy Moses,
ESL and the ECE department.
August 7, 2017
Prof. Roblin gave three DML lectures in South Africa, Pretoria
at the University of Pretoria.
The host was Prof. Tinus Stander.
August 2, 2017
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture at UCT in South Africa, Cape Town.
The host was Prof. Riana Geschke.
August 1, 2017
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture in Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Stellenbosch.
The host was Prof. Dirk De Villiers.
July 24, 2017
Prof. Roblin gave a DML talk at Lincoln lab.
Host at Lincoln Lab was Dr. Christopher Galbraith.
July 13, 2017
Prof. Roblin gave a DML lecture in Buffalo, NY.
The host was Dr. Marlin R. Gillette.
The event was held at SUNY, Buffalo.
June 7, 2017
Hsiu-Chen Chang presented a paper untitled
"Asymmetrically-Driven Current-Based Chireix Class-F
Power Amplifier Designed using an Embedding Device Model,"
at IMS 2017, Honolulu.
June 5 2017
Prof. Roblin co-organized with Prof. Apolinar of CISES
a full-day workshop untitled
"Novel 5G Applications of Nonlinear Vector Network Analyzer for Broadband Modulation and Millimeter Wave Characterization,"
at IMS 2107 in Honolulu.
(Announcement).
May 17 and 18, 2017
Prof. Roblin gave two DML lectures in Peru, Arequipa
at the Universidad Catolica San Pablo.
The host was Prof. Guillermo Rafael Valdivia.
May 15 and 25, 2017
Prof. Roblin gave two DML lectures in Peru, Lima.
The host was Prof. Manuel Yarleque of Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru.
April 25, 2017
Prof. Roblin gave an invited lecture at WAMICON,
Cocoa Beach, Florida.
April. 6, 2017
Prof. Roblin gave a webex DML lecture at the MTT-S Long Island Chapter.
Jan. 17, 2017
Prof. Roblin gave a DML talk at Arizona State Univ., Phoenix.
Talk organized by Prof. Sayef Kiaei.
Jan. 16, 2017
Prof. Roblin gave an invited talk at PAWR during RWW in Phoenix.
Prof. Roblin's service as Distinguished Microwave Lecturer in 2017
includes lectures in:
Before his DML lecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, on Nov. 10, 2016, Prof. Roblin visited with Dr. Ajay K. Poddar (IEEEF)
and Prof. U. L. Rohde (IEEEF) at Synergy Microwave.
Prof. Roblin's service as Distinguished Microwave Lecturer in 2016 includes lectures in:
N.I., Santa Clara, CA, 09/15/2016
Skyworks, Cedars Rapids, IO, 7/19/2016
Agilent Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA, 5/31/2016
ATI, University of Surrey, UK, 04/20/2016
IEMN, Lille, France, 04/18/2016
IMS, Bordeaux, France, 04/08/2016
XLIM, Limoges, France, 03/31/2016
Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal, 03/22/2016
University of Aveiro, Portugal, 03/21/2016
Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisbon, Portugal, 03/18/2016
KU Leuven, Belgium, 03/10/2016
TELECOM, France
May 23-27, 2016,
Prof. Roblin attended IMS.
He gave the introductory talk at the WME workshop on 5/23/2016.
He was the lead organizer for the NVNA's Users Forum on 5/26/2016.
January 2016 to May 2016,
Prof. Roblin was on Sabbatical in Paris, France at TeleCom ParisTech.
He gave a series of lectures at Telecom and Universite Paris-Est, ESIEE, Paris.
Dec. 3, 2015
Prof. Roblin to serve IEEE MTT as Distinguished Microwave Lecturer
in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
(ECE announcement).
Dec. 2, 2015,
Prof. Roblin attended ARFTG 86 in Atlanta with two of his students Francisco Javier Martinez and Varun Ratnasamy who presented a poster and a paper respectively.
Oct 1st-2nd, 2015,
Prof. Roblin was invited to give a lecture at INMMIC,
in Taormina Italy.
The lecture was entitled:
``Transistor Characterization and Modeling and the Use of Embedding Device
Models for Microwave Amplifier Design.''
Sept. 14, 2015,
Prof. Roblin visited Univ. of Waterloo, Ontario to participate
as the external committee member in a Ph.D. defense.
He also gave a lecture on his group research.
June 12, 2015:
Prof. Roblin gave an invited lecture at SSPL, New Delhi, India.
June 10, 2015:
Prof. Roblin gave an invited workshop lecture at IIT Roorkee, India,
Visited with Prof. Karun Rawat and Prof. Meenakshi Rawat (recently
a postdoc in the OSU Nonlinear RF Lab). The trip was sponsored by IEEE, India.
June 1, 2015:
Prof. Roblin gave an invited lecture at UESTC, Chengdu, China.
Hosted by Prof. Huang and Prof. Tang (advisor of OSU visiting scholar Liu Ying).
May 28, 2015:
Prof. Roblin was a Session keynote speaker at WCAM 2015 in Chongqing, China.
1:Dr. Roblin, 2: Dr. Shuji Nakamura, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.
Nobel Prize in Physics 2014. Conference keynote speaker:
Developments of InGaN-based High Brightness Blue LEDs and Laser Diodes.
May 25, 2015:
Prof. Roblin gave a lecture at Nokia-Microsoft in Beijing, China.
Visited with Dr. Cui Xian (Nonlinear RF lab aluminus) and his group.
Dr. Cui's group is in charge of the radio part of the Windows Phones.
May 21, 2015:
Mr. Liu Ying, visiting scholar in our group, presented a paper on
"Novel Multiband Linearization Technique for Closely-Spaced Dual-Band Signals of Wide Bandwidth" at IMS 2015.
May 18, 2015:
Prof. Roblin organized with Dr. David Root, Keysight Technologies,
a workshop at IMS-2015 in Phoenix, AZ, entitled
"Direct Extraction of FET Circuit Models from Microwave and Baseband Large-Signal Measurements for Model-Based Microwave Power Amplifier Design"
(web link)
.
April 2015:
New research project supported Rockwell Collins on a new way to design PAs.
Feb. 19 and 20, 2015:
Prof. Roblin invited to participe in the grant review panel
"Fond de Recherche du Québec," Québec City.
Visited with Dr. Ke Wu, Polytechnique Institute of Montréal
and gave a talk at ÉTS, Montréal.
Dec. 5, 2014:
Prof. Roblin organized a workshop with Prof. Zoya Popovic
on
"High-Efficiency Microwave Power Amplifiers: Design and Characterization"
at ARTFT84 in Boulder, Colorado
and presented a workshop talk
"Designing high efficiency Doherty and Chireix power amplifiers
using an Embedding Device Model."
Sept. 15, 2014:
Prof. Roblin was invited to give a talk at the PA Symposium
in San Diego, on
"Concurrent Predistortion Linearization for Multiband Power Amplifiers,"
.
June 6, 2014:
Pro. Roblin gives a workshop talk
"Linearization of Multiband Power Amplifier for Non-contiguous Spectra,"
at IMS-2014 in Tampa, FL.
June 6, 2014:
Dr. Meenakshi Rawat and her OSU co-workers wins
the best paper award at ARFTG-WAMICON Conference
IMS-2014 week in Tampa, FL.
November 2013:
Dr. Meenakshi Rawat wins the best poster award at ARFTG82
Nov. 18-22, 2013:
Prof. Roblin organizes the Fall ARFTG82 Conference
at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
June 2012:
Mr. Haedong Jang and Youngseo Ko wins first prize at the MTT-11 Student Competition
at the IMS 2012 Conference in Montréal.
