Welcome to the CU Microwave Active Antenna group!
Our home is in the College of Engineering & Applied Science, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at the
University of Colorado at Boulder. The campus is located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, great for hiking, skiing, hunting, and building
up the number of red blood cells.
In the lab, we enjoy designing new antennas and
circuits that work in the microwave and millimeter-wave range, sometimes with the help of optics and DSP. The applications
are in areas of wireless communications (including satellite), radar, and optical communications and processing. All projects have a theoretical and
experimental component. We have excellent facilities for simulations and design, prototyping,
and measuring a range of components and sub-systems.
The research group
consists on average of 15 Ph.D. students and several M.S. and undergraduate researchers. What do we do after we get out
of school? Click on alumni. Who do we collaborate with? Click on collaborations. Exciting projects include:
- quasi-optical power combining techniques
- high-efficiency microwave power amplifiers and oscillators
- nonlinear optics adaptive processing of microwave signals
- optical control of microwave circuits
- smart antenna arrays for improved wireless system performance
- combined multiple diversity levels in antenna arrays
- low-noise broadband receiving arrays for radioastronomy
- characterization and applications of RF MEMS components
- intelligent (adaptive) microwave circuits
Click on research areas to see photographs and brief summaries, and on theses to find out details.
