Electronic Measurements and Signal Processing (EMS) Fachgebiet Hochfrequenzund Mikrowellentechnik

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1 Electronic Measurements and Signal Processing (EMS) Fachgebiet Hochfrequenzund Mikrowellentechnik

2 Electronic Measurements and Signal Processing (EMS) Giovanni Del Galdo and Reiner S. Thomä Technische Universität Ilmenau Electronic Measurements Group Digital Broadcasting Group Institute for Information Technology Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS Department Wireless Distribution Systems Division Communication Systems

3 EMS Research Group A joint research activity between Technische Universität Ilmenau and the Fraunhofer Society Prof. Giovanni Del Galdo Prof. Reiner S. Thomä Department DVT at IIS + Chair DVT at Chair EMT at Cooperation Agreement Closest collaboration between the different groups in terms of staff, infrastructure and know-how Transfer of results from fundamental research into application-oriented projects

4 History and Future With the appointment of Reiner Thomä in 1992 to University Professor, the group Electronic Measurements (EMT) started at TU Ilmenau In 2008, Prof. Heuberger founded the Wireless Distribution Systems (DVT) group, composed of a chair at TU Ilmenau and a Fraunhofer project group In 2011, Prof. Heuberger left the TU Ilmenau to become Director of Fraunhofer IIS. In 2012 Prof. Del Galdo took his place. In 2015 the project group became a department. 2012

5 History and Future In 2016, the EMT and DVT groups merged into the Electronic Measurements and Signal Processing (EMS) group under the cooperative leadership of Prof. Del Galdo and Prof. Thomä In 2018 the two chairs at TU Ilmenau will be merged into one under the leadership of Prof. Del Galdo. Prof. Thomä will retire from TU Ilmenau but continue as chief scientist at Fraunhofer IIS.

6 W2 Professorship The EMS group has currently a job opening for a position of University Professor University Professor (W2), fixed-term 6 years Topic: Integrated Analog RF Signal Processing The jobholder will take a management position within the DVT department at Fraunhofer IIS The new chair at TU Ilmenau will share the resources (personnel, rooms, infrastructure) of the DVT and EMT chairs, becoming integral part of the EMS group. future EMS group current EMS new W2

7 W2 Professorship Key technologies which will ideally be in the research focus of the new professor: mmwaves up to 90 GHz massive number of channels/antennas (e.g. massive MIMO) Mixed signals High integration Applications of interest: Mobile broadband (e.g. 5G) Car to car, car to infrastructure Industry 4.0 (M2M, IOT) Remote sensing e.g. Radar Please follow the link below for further details of the job opening

8 Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS Founded in 1985, approx. 950 employees, budget of around 130 M Locations in Erlangen, Nürnberg, Fürth, Dresden, Ilmenau, Würzburg, Bamberg, Deggendorf, Coburg, Waischenfeld Institute directors: Prof. Albert Heuberger and Prof. Bernhard Grill Research areas: Media Technology Positioning Supply Chain Audia & Multimedia Imaging Systems, Communication Systems Energy Management Safety and Security Technology IC Design and Design Automation Sensor Systems, Non-destructive Testing Fraunhofer IIS

9 Communication Systems Division The DVT Department belongs to the Communication Systems Division Costumer and Business Focus: Digital Broadcasting Automotive Satellite Communication Mobile Broadband Communication Internet of Things Public Safety Specification and development of (tele-)communication technologies Validation and optimization of communication systems through measurements and field testing Hardware (RF, analog, digital) and software/firmware implementation Analysis, modeling and emulation of transmission channels Professional devices and IP-core designs Fraunhofer IIS

10 Technische Universität Ilmenau 6,500 students, 900 employees 29 courses of study (Bachelor and Master) 5 Departments Project funding in 2015: 44 M Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Department of Computer Science and Automation Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Department of Economic Sciences and Media Institute for Information Technology (InIT) EMS Group

11 DVT 46 employees 40 scientific staff 26 research assistants (e.g. Dr.-Ing. candidates) 14 senior researchers (e.g. Dr.-Ing.) 4 administration employees 2 technicians EMS staff IIS TU approx. 35 students currently working in the group updated on Q2/2017 EMT

12 EMS output EMS

13 Funding bodies and project partners DVT Total budget for 2016: 3.2 M of which 20% basic funding Public funding EU BMBF State of Thuringia DLR DFG Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung other public funding Private sector ESA other ind. partners EMS

14 Publications* Science and Innovation figures * for the year publications, of which 39 conference papers and 6 journal papers EMS achieved best ranking of all groups at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at TU Ilmenau Full list of publications: Patents* 12 patent applications EMS One spin off company since April 2016: ilmsens GmbH m:xplore: modular HW for sensing based on the m-sequence UWB concept

15 Theses supervised* Teaching figures 19 supervised Bachelors / Masters theses 3 doctoral theses Lectures: about 6 full lectures per semester Digital signal processing Information theory and Coding Electronic measurements Radio navigation and UWB radar Measurements for communications Student assistants*: 36 2 graduate student 27 undergraduates 7 interns EMS * for the year 2017

16 DVT Targeted Applications Mobile broadband (5G, mmwave up to 60 GHz) Localization and Navigation (GNSS, Direction finders, Radar, UWB) Automotive (V2X) Applications SatCom on the move (type approval up to Ku and Ka-bands) X-ray and ultrasonic non-destructive testing EMT

17 DVT Sounding, characterization and modeling of radio propagation channels up to mmwave Over-the-air testing of radio devices by emulation of complex radio environments Realistic time-space channel characteristics Coexistence and interference (e.g., LTE, GNSS) Performance analysis (e.g. direction finders, GNSS receivers) Design and modeling of antenna arrays Radar and UWB remote sensing High resolution parameter estimation EMT (e.g. DOA estimation) Compressed Sensing and Sparsity Promoting Reconstruction Competencies

18 Where are we? New Fraunhofer building under construction until End 2018 FORTE: Facility for Over-the-air Research and Testing VISTA: Virtual Road Simulation and Test Area Erlangen Helmholtzbau: Campus TU Ilmenau

19 New Building New building for Fraunhofer IOSB-AST and Fraunhofer IIS in Ilmenau Size of the lot: m² (Net area: m²) for 210 employees Milestones: Demolition works March 2016 Building application May 2016 Start of construction December 2016 Completion of building March 2019 Arial photo, May 2017 CGI visualization of the new building

20 Infrastructure and Labs Research Platform SatCom Research Platform MIMO-OTA Facility for Over-the-air Research and Testing (FORTE)

21 Research Platform SatCom Testing of SatCom on the move (SOTM) transceivers in collaboration with European Space Agency (ESA) Global VSAT Forum Eutelsat Components Motion Emulator Inclination: ±45 º Speed: 300 º /s Acceleration: 1000 º /s 2 50 m antenna tower to mount satellites for elevations of 16 º or 24 º

22 Research Platform MIMO-OTA Testing of MIMO transceivers up to 6 GHz targeting: Mobile broadband (incl. LTE Test-bed) GNSS V2V and V2I Industrial communications Approaches: wavefield synthesis wireless cable Technical key parameters Frequency range: 350 MHz 6 GHz Bandwidth: 80 MHz RF Output: +10 dbm Connectivity: 12 Inputs x 32 Outputs=384 Channels

23 RadioLab and mmwave Lab Flexible HW up to 6 GHz, Integrated hardware up to 60 GHz Approaches Programmable waveform up to 1 GHz Bandwidth ML-Sequences up to 7 GHz Bandwidth Electrically steerable antenna arrays (to resolve azimuth und elevation) especially at 5.2 GHz Instrumentation Rubidium clocks and GPSDOs Signal generators Receivers Vector transceivers USRPs

24 Virtual Road Simulation and Test Area (VISTA) Controlled, reproducible access to all radio aspects of an automobile OTA performance tests Automotive antenna design Electromagnetic Compatibility and Interference From 70 MHz to 6 GHz Prof. Matthias Hein acts as Spokesman of ThIMo (including VISTA)

25 Values at EMS DVT Pursuing excellence in research und teaching Team spirit and identification with the group Self-discipline, self-responsibility Respect and appreciation for each and every person and opinion Actively promoting a healthy working environment Open access, open discussions Harmonization of work and family life Personal and professional development Internal and external professionalism

26 DVT Social Life at EMS

27 Electronic Measurements and Signal Processing (EMS) Technische Universität Ilmenau Electronic Measurements and Signal Processing Group Helmholtzplatz Ilmenau Prof. Giovanni Del Galdo +49(3677) giovanni.delgaldo@tu-ilmenau.de Prof. Reiner S. Thomä +49(3677) reiner.thomae@tu-ilmenau.de