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Novel low-cost ultra-high-speed diodes for electromagnetic energy harvesting (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Etor, D., Dodd, L., Wood, D., & Balocco, C. (2015). Novel low-cost ultra-high-speed diodes for electromagnetic energy harvesting. In 2015 1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference (URSI AT-RASC 2015) Proceedings of a meeting held 16-24 May 2015, Gran Canaria, Spain (1-1). https://doi.org/10.1109/ursi-at-rasc.2015.7302973

This work presents the fabrication of novel high-frequency low-cost metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes with the dielectric (insulating) layer formed using a chemical approach at low temperature, rather than using the more aggressive techniques typica... Read More about Novel low-cost ultra-high-speed diodes for electromagnetic energy harvesting.

Free standing metal aperture array acting as a variable bandpass filter in the THz region (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hill, C., Balocco, C., Wood, D., & Gallant, A. (2015). Free standing metal aperture array acting as a variable bandpass filter in the THz region. In 2015 1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference (URSI AT-RASC 2015) Proceedings of a meeting held 16-24 May 2015, Gran Canaria, Spain (1-1). https://doi.org/10.1109/ursi-at-rasc.2015.7302883

This work reports on the extraordinary THz transmission properties of shape optimized metallic subwavelength aperture arrays, and its dependence upon incident beam angle. The resonant frequency of the aperture array has been shown to vary between 0.8... Read More about Free standing metal aperture array acting as a variable bandpass filter in the THz region.

Energy Efficient and Adaptive Design for Wireless Power Transfer in Electric Vehicles (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mou, X., Groling, O., Gallant, A., & Sun, H. (2016). Energy Efficient and Adaptive Design for Wireless Power Transfer in Electric Vehicles. In 2016 IEEE 83rd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), Nanjing, China 15-18 May 2016 ; proceedings (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcspring.2016.7504220

Wireless power transfer (WPT) could revolutionize global transportation and accelerate growth in the Electric Vehicle (EV) market, offering an attractive alternative to cabled charging. Coil misalignment is inevitable due to driver parking behaviour... Read More about Energy Efficient and Adaptive Design for Wireless Power Transfer in Electric Vehicles.

Energy Efficient Massive MIMO System Design for Smart Grid Communications (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jiang, J., Sun, H., & Chiu, W. (2016). Energy Efficient Massive MIMO System Design for Smart Grid Communications. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23-27 May 2016 (337-341). https://doi.org/10.1109/iccw.2016.7503810

Communication technologies are critical in achieving potential advantages of smart gird (SG), as they enable electric utilities to interact with their devices and customers. This paper focuses on the integration of a massive multiple-input multiple-o... Read More about Energy Efficient Massive MIMO System Design for Smart Grid Communications.

Design and performance of micro-rectenna arrays for thermal energy harvesting. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pan, Y., Rosamond, M., McDonald, A., Partridge, T., Cartwright, D., Linfield, E., …Balocco, C. (2015). Design and performance of micro-rectenna arrays for thermal energy harvesting. In 2015 40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz) (1-2). https://doi.org/10.1109/irmmw-thz.2015.7327724

We report on the design and performance of a micro-rectenna device for harvesting wasted thermal energy. As an individual rectenna exhibits low efficiency and output power, we designed and studied a focal plane array (FPA) on a single semiconductor c... Read More about Design and performance of micro-rectenna arrays for thermal energy harvesting..

3D polymer structures with variable permittivity at terahertz frequencies (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammler, J., Pan, Y., Gallant, A., & Balocco, C. (2015). 3D polymer structures with variable permittivity at terahertz frequencies. In 40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 23-28 August 2015, Hong Kong (1-2). https://doi.org/10.1109/irmmw-thz.2015.7327458

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) powder has been blended with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to manufacture a composite polymer with variable permittivity. Vector network analyser measurements taken between 0.75-1.1 THz quantify the relationship between TiO2 con... Read More about 3D polymer structures with variable permittivity at terahertz frequencies.

Realising energy-aware communication over fading channels under QoS constraints (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
You, M., & Sun, H. (2016). Realising energy-aware communication over fading channels under QoS constraints. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband (ICUWB2016) : proceedings : 16-19 October 2016, Sofitel Galaxy, Nanjing, China (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1109/icuwb.2016.7790378

There exists a trade-off between energy consumption and spectral efficiency in wireless communication systems under quality of service (QoS) constraints. This paper studies the use of effective capacity theory to characterise the maximum supported ch... Read More about Realising energy-aware communication over fading channels under QoS constraints.

Modelling the Positional and Orientation Sensitivity of Proximity Sensors. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McWilliam, R., Khan, S., & Purvis, A. (2016). Modelling the Positional and Orientation Sensitivity of Proximity Sensors. In D. Al-Dabass, A. Orsoni, R. Cant, & G. Jenkins (Eds.), 2016 UKSim-AMSS 18th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation (UKSim): Cambridge, United Kingdom, 6 - 8 April 2016 ; Proceedings (355-360). https://doi.org/10.1109/uksim.2016.11

This paper presents an analysis of robust proximity sensor interfaces for Industrial Internet of Things applications. A Model is presented with the aim of maximizing the range and freedom of orientation of passive sensing and communications devices i... Read More about Modelling the Positional and Orientation Sensitivity of Proximity Sensors..

Simple de-embedding and simulation technique to find permittivity with a THz vector network analyser (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammler, J., Gallant, A., & Balocco, C. (2015). Simple de-embedding and simulation technique to find permittivity with a THz vector network analyser. In 40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 23-28 August 2015, Hong Kong (1-2). https://doi.org/10.1109/irmmw-thz.2015.7327822

A simple and fast method for measuring the dielectric constant with a THz vector network analyser (VNA) has been developed. A numeric de-embedding technique removes free-space propagation effects, then simulation of Maxwell's equations simultaneously... Read More about Simple de-embedding and simulation technique to find permittivity with a THz vector network analyser.

Impedance matching at THz frequencies: Optimizing power transfer in rectennas. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Etor, D., Dodd, L., Wood, D., & Balocco, C. (2015). Impedance matching at THz frequencies: Optimizing power transfer in rectennas. In 2015 40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), Hong Kong, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1109/irmmw-thz.2015.7327776

A simple and elegant method for matching the impedance of a typical THz self-complementary bowtie antenna to the high-impedance of a nanodiode is proposed. Two twin-lead balanced lines emerging from the antenna feed-point are used to connect the diod... Read More about Impedance matching at THz frequencies: Optimizing power transfer in rectennas..

Performance Assessment of Distributed Communication Architectures in Smart Grid (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jiang, J., & Sun, H. (2016). Performance Assessment of Distributed Communication Architectures in Smart Grid. In 2016 IEEE 83rd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring) : proceedings. Nanjing, China, 15–18 May 2016 (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcspring.2016.7504413

The huge amount of smart meters and growing frequent data readings have become a big challenge on data acquisition and processing in smart grid advanced metering infrastructure systems. This requires a distributed communication architecture in which... Read More about Performance Assessment of Distributed Communication Architectures in Smart Grid.

Effective capacity analysis of smart grid communication networks (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
You, M., Mou, X., & Sun, H. (2015). Effective capacity analysis of smart grid communication networks. In 2015 IEEE 20th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD) (196-200). https://doi.org/10.1109/camad.2015.7390508

Smart grid represents a significant new technology of improving the efficiency, reliability and economics of the production, transmission and distribution of electricity that helps reduce carbon emissions. Communication networks become a key to achie... Read More about Effective capacity analysis of smart grid communication networks.