Prof. Dr.-Ing. Nils Pohl

Chair - Chair Integrated Systems

Room: ID 1/439
Phone:: (+49)(0)234 / 32 - 26495
Fax:: (+49)(0)234 / 32 - 06495
Email:: nils.pohl@rub.de

Vita

Professor of Integrated Systems, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
since 06/2016
Group Leader for Chip Design and Deputy Head of the Department for Integrated Circuits and Senosr Systems (ISS) at the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR in Wachtbarg near Bonn
since 06/2016
Professor of Integrated High Frequency Circuits, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
09/2015 - 05/2016
Head of Department at the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR
Department of Millimeter Wave Radar and High Frequency Sensors (MHS) in Wachtbarg near Bonn 02/2013 - 05/2016
Junior Professor (Assistant Professor) of Integrated Systems, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
02/2011 - 08/2015
Doctorate in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2006 - 2010, Topic „System Concepts and SiGe Bipolar Circuits for an Ultra-Wide Band 80 GHz Radar System“, Degree in 02/2010 as Dr.-Ing.
Studies of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2000 - 2005, Degree in 12/2005 as Dipl.-Ing.

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Research

Integrated circuits for frequency synthesis and radar applications
Circuits for multi-channel measurement systems (MIMO Radar)
Terahertz integrated circuits up to 300 GHz and beyond
High resolution and miniaturized radar systems
Directive and integrated antennas
Radar signal processing

Professional Associations

European Microwave Association (EuMA)
Member since 2015
Deutsches Terahertz-Zentrum e.V.
Member since 2015
Technical Committee: MTT-16 Microwave Systems Committee
Member since 2013
VDE-ITG Expert Committee 7.3 „Microwave Technology“ (Information Technology Society as part of the VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies e.V.)
Member since 2013
U.R.S.I. (International Union of Radio Science)
Member of Committee A: Electromagnetical Metrology since 2012
German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV)
Member since 2011
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), as well as Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) and Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS)
Senior Member since 2014
Member since 2011
Student Member since 2007
VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies e.V. and Information Technology Society (ITG)
Member since 2001

Symposium, Meetings and Conferences

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes
TPC chair 2019
IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI)
Track Chair for Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits 2016, 2017
European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR)
Program Committee since 2016
IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM)
Reviewer since 2015
IEEE Topical Meetings on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SIRF)
Chair 2018
TPC Chair 2017
Executive Committee since 2015
International Microwave Symposium (IMS)
Technical Program Review Committee 2016
Student Design Competition Organizer since 2014
Workshop Organizer 2014,2019
International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)
Student Research Preview Reviewer 2014 and 2015
IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM)
Chair of the Wireless Subcommittee since 2016
Member of the Technical Program Committee in the Wireless Subcommittee since 2013-2017
IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS)
Co-Chair of the MM-Wave & THz ICs committe since 2018
European Microwave Week (EUMW)
TPC Chair European Radar Conference (EuRAD) 2017
Technical Program Committee 2015,2016,2017,2018
Local Organizing Committee 2013
Reviewer since 2013
IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WISNet)
Reviewer since 2013
German Microwave Conference (GEMIC)
Co-Chair and TPC Chair 2016
Reviewer since 2012

Honours and Awards

06/2018: Outstanding young engineer award of the IEEE MTT-S
for outstanding early career contributions to the microwave profession, especially to millimeter-wave integrated circuits and radar techniques.
09/2017: International IHP "Wolfgang Mehr" Fellowship Award 2017
Award for the research in the area of high frequency electronics.
01/2015: Demo Award of the IEEE Radio Wireless Week
Award for the Demonstration „Compact High Resolution Radar at 80 GHz and 140 GHz“
05/2013: Karl-Arnold-Prize
Award of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts on May 15th 2013, Exclusive Laureate
10/2012: EUMIC (European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference) Prize
Award for the Contribution “A 24GHz Wideband Single-Channel SiGe Bipolar Transceiver Chip for Monostatic FMCW Radar Systems” with co-authors
11/2009: EEEfCom Innovation Award
Award for „Advances in Industrial Radar Level Measurements“ in a consortium

Projects

Courses

Publications

A Highly-Efficient 120 GHz and 240 GHz Signal Source in A SiGe-Technology

Florian Vogelsang, David Starke, Jonathan Wittemeier, H. Rücker, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2020 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS), Monterey (online), CA, USA, Nov. 16-19, 2020

Millimeter Wave Material Measurements for Building Entry Loss Models Above 100 GHz

Jochen Jebramcik, Jonas Wagner, Nils Pohl, Ilona Rolfes, Jan Barowski - accepted in European Conference on Antennas and Propagations (EUCAP21), March 22-26, 2021

Spatially Resolved Fast-Time Vibrometry Using Ultrawideband FMCW Radar Systems

Lukas Piotrowsky, Nils Pohl - in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Dec. 2020, DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2020.3038080

A 117 GHz Dual-Modulus Prescaler With Inductive Peaking for a Programmable Frequency Divider

Lukas Polzin, Marcel van Delden, Nils Pohl, Klaus Aufinger, Thomas Musch - in Proc. 2020 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS), Monterey (online), CA, USA, Nov. 16-19, 2020

A Compact Harmonic Radar System With Active Tags at 61/122 GHz ISM Band in SiGe BiCMOS for Precise Localization

Steffen Hansen, Christian Bredendiek, Gunnar Briese, Nils Pohl - in IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Techn., vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 906-915, Oct. 2020

76 GHz OFDM Radar Demonstrator with Real-Time Processing for Automotive Applications

Benjamin Nuss, Axel Diewlad , Jan Schöpfel, Daniel Martini, Nils Pohl, Thomas Zwick - in Proc. 2020 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM), Linz, Austria, 2020, accepted

A 122-242 GHz Dynamic Frequency Divider in an Advanced BiCMOS Technology

Badou Sene, Herbert Knapp, Daniel Reiter , Nils Pohl - in Proc. 15th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2020, accepted

A 61-GHz RFID Frontend with SiGe Transceiver MMIC and SIW Coupling Network

Dominic Funke, Steffen Hansen, Christian Bredendiek, Thorben Grenter, Gerd vom Bögel, Armen Harutyunyan, Raik Fiedler, Andreas Heinig, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 50th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2020, accepted

A Full E-Band Single-Channel SiGe Transceiver MMIC for Monostatic FMCW Radar Systems

Christian Bredendiek, Steffen Hansen, Gunnar Briese, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 15th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2020, accepted

Active Reflector Tag for Millimeter Wave Harmonic Radar at 61/122GHz ISM Band Based on 130nm-BiCMOS SiGe:C Technology

Steffen Hansen, Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2020 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Los Angeles (Online), USA, Aug. 4-6, 2020

K-Band MIMO FMCW Radar Using CDMA for TX-Separation Based on an Ultra-Wideband SiGe BiCMOS Radar Chipset

Benedikt Welp, Alex Shoykhetbrod, Stefan Wickmann, Gunnar Briese, Georg Weiß, Jennifer Wenderoth, Reinhold Herschel, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2020 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Los Angeles (Online), USA, Aug. 4-6, 2020

Spatial Mapping of Material Properties utilizing FMCW Near Field Radar Scans

Sebastian Pawliczek, Reinhold Herschel, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 17th European Radar Conference (EuRAD), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2020, accepted

Ultra-Wideband FMCW Radar with Over 40GHz Bandwidth Below 60GHz for High Spatial Resolution in SiGe BiCMOS

Benedikt Welp, Gunnar Briese, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2020 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Los Angeles (Online), USA, Aug. 4-6, 2020

Using FMCW Radar for Spatially Resolved Intra-Chirp Vibrometry in the Audio Range

Lukas Piotrowsky, Jan Siska, Christian Schweer, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2020 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Los Angeles (Online), USA, Aug. 4-6, 2020

Millimeter-wave MIMO Array Based on Semi-Circular Topology

Harun Cetinkaya, Simon Küppers, Reinhold Herschel, Nils Pohl - IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 20, no. 14, pp. 7740-7749, July 2020, DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2020.2980178

A Compact 24x 24 Channel MIMO FMCW Radar System Using a Substrate Integrated Waveguide-Based Reference Distribution Backplane

Simon Küppers, Harun Cetinkaya, Reinhold Herschel, Nils Pohl - IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Techn., vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 2124-2133, June 2020, DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2020.2983676

Toward Mobile Integrated Electronic Systems at THz Frequencies

Philipp Hillger, Marcel van Delden, Udaya Sampath Miriya Thanthrige, Aya Mostafa Ahmed, Jonathan Wittemeier, Khaled Arzi, Benedikt Sievert, Marcel Andree, Ullrich R. Pfeiffer, Thomas Musch, Aydin Sezgin, Andreas Rennings, Daniel Erni, Werner Prost, Nils Weimann, Nils Pohl - J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves, June 2020, DOI: 10.1007/s10762-020-00699-x

Real-Time Radar-Based Gesture Detection and Recognition Built in an Edge-Computing Platform

Yuliang Sun, Tai Fei, Xibo Lei, Alexander Warnecke, Ernst Warsitz, Nils Pohl - in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 20, no. 18, Sept. 2020, DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2020.2994292

Millimeterwave Radar Systems for in-line Thickness Monitoring in Pipe Extrusion Production Lines

Jochen Jebramcik, Ilona Rolfes, Nils Pohl, Jan Barowski - IEEE Sensors Letters, Vol. 4, Issue: 5, doi: 10.1109/LSENS.2020.2991778, May 2020

Multi-Feature Encoder for Radar-Based Gesture Recognition

Yuliang Sun, Tai Fei, Alexander Warnecke, Ernst Warsitz, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2020 IEEE International Radar Conference (RADAR), Washington, USA, 2020.

3D Localization Using a Scalable FMCW MIMO Radar Design

Jonathan Wittemeier, Aya Ahmed, Thanh Nhat Tran, Aydin Sezgin, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2020 German Microwave Conference (GeMiC), Cottbus, Germany, March 9-11, 2020, pp. 100-103.

A Novel Simulation Model for Design of Frequency Steered Slotted Waveguide Antennas in SIW Technology for Accurate Far Field Synthesis

Patrick Kwiatkowski, Alexander Orth, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2020 German Microwave Conference (GeMiC), Cottbus, Germany, March 9-11, 2020, pp. 48-51.

A Radar-Based Hand-Held Guidance Aid for the Visually Impaired

Alexander Orth, Patrick Kwiatkowski, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2020 German Microwave Conference (GeMiC), Cottbus, Germany, March 9-11, 2020, pp. 180-183

Design and evaluation of a passive frequency-coded reflector using W-band FMCW radar

Jan Barowski, Ali Alhaj Abbas , Mohammed El-Absi, Lukas Piotrowsky, Nils Pohl, Ilona Rolfes, Klaus Solbach - German Microwave Conference (GeMiC 2020), pp. 92-94, Cottbus, Germany, March 09–11, 2020

Transformer-Coupled D-Band PA with 11.8 dBm Psat and 6.3% PAE in 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS

Justin Romstadt, Vincent Lammert, Nils Pohl, Vadim Issakov - in Proc. 2020 IEEE Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithhic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), San Antonio, USA, Jan. 26-29, 2020

A Fully Integrated SiGe Radar Sensor for Aerosol Flow Rate Measurements

Alwin Reinhardt, Lewe Freiwald, Timo Jaeschke, Nils Pohl, Michael Höft - IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 216-218, Feb. 2020, DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2019.2960477

Investigation of Integrated mmW-Downconverter VCOs in SiGe for Offset-PLL FMCW-Transceivers

Christian Bredendiek, Klaus Aufinger, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2020 IEEE 20th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), San Antonio, TX, USA, Jan. 26-29, 2020, pp. 43-46.

Versatile Dual-Receiver 94-GHz FMCW Radar System With High Output Power and 26-GHz Tuning Range for High Distance Applications

Benedikt Welp, Steffen Hansen, G. Briese, Simon Küppers, Sven Thomas, Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl - in IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Techn., vol. 68, no. 3 pp. 1-17, March 2020; DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2019.2955127

Antenna Pattern Characterization with an Industrial Robot Assisted FMCW Radar System

Lukas Piotrowsky, Vladimir Bernhardt , Jan Barowski, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2019 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Singapore, Dec. 10-13, 2019.

A High-Resolution Framework for Range-Doppler Frequency Estimation in Automotive Radar Systems

Yuliang Sun, Tai Fei, Nils Pohl - IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 19, no. 23, pp 11346-11358, Dec. 2019, DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2019.2933776

Enabling High Accuracy Distance Measurements With FMCW Radar Sensors

Lukas Piotrowsky, Timo Jaeschke, Simon Küppers, Jan Siska, Nils Pohl - in IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Techn., vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 5360-5371, Dec. 2019; DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2019.2930504

A 16-dBm D-Band Power Amplifier with a Cascaded CE and CB Output Power Stage Using a Stub Matching Topology

Badou Sene, Herbert Knapp, Hao Li, Jonas Kammerer, Soran Majied, Klaus Aufinger, Jonas Fritzin, Daniel Reiter , Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2019 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS), Nashville, TN, USA, Nov. 3-6, 2019.

A 19.5 dBm Power Amplifier with Highly Accurate 8-bit Power Controlling for Automotive Radar Applications in a 28 nm CMOS Technology

Daniel Reiter , Hao Li, Herbert Knapp, Jonas Kammerer, Jonas Fritzin, Soran Majied, Badou Sene, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2019 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS), Nashville, TN, USA, Nov. 3-6, 2019.

Ein 240 GHz FMCW Radarsensor für hochauflösende Messungen in SiGe mit integrierten Antennen

Nils Pohl, Christian Bredendiek, Sven Thomas - in Proc. Mikrosystemtechnikkongress, Berlin, Germany, Oct. 28-30, 2019.

Ein Konzept zur Hetero-Integration von SiGe mit GaAs für einen hochauflösenden Radarsensor bei 300 GHz

Nils Pohl, Florian Vogelsang, Andries Küter, Rainer Weber, Arnulf Leuther, Marta Arias Campo, Harald Sikora, Klaus Aufinger - in Proc. Mikrosystemtechnikkongress, Berlin, Germany, Oct. 28-30, 2019.

Ein modularer Radar-Chipsatz für 77 GHz MIMO Anwendungen

Jan Schöpfel, Simon Küppers, Klaus Aufinger, Nils Pohl - in Proc. Mikrosystemtechnikkongress, Berlin, Germany, Oct. 28-30, 2019.

3D Millimetre Wave Screening for Metallic Surface Defect Detection

Sebastian Pawliczek, Reinhold Herschel, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 16th European Radar Conference (EuRAD), Paris, France, Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2019.

A Novel Approach for a MIMO FMCW Radar System with Frequency Steered Antennas for 3D Target Localization

Alexander Orth, Patrick Kwiatkowski, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 16th European Radar Conference (EuRAD), Paris, France, Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2019.

A W-Band Stepped Impedance Transformer Transition from SIW to RWG for Thin Single Layer Substrates with Thick Metal Cladding

Steffen Hansen, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 48th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Paris, France, Sept. 30- Oct. 4, 2019.

Full Waveguide E- and W-Band Fundamental VCOs in SiGe:C Technology for Next Generation FMCW Radars Sensors

Christian Bredendiek, Klaus Aufinger, Nils Pohl - in Proc. of the 14th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EUMIC), Paris, France, Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2019.

A Low-Noise Transmission-Type Yttrium Iron Garnet Tuned Oscillator Based on a SiGe MMIC and Bond-Coupling Operating up to 48 GHz

Marcel van Delden, Nils Pohl, Klaus Aufinger, Christoph Baer, Thomas Musch - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 3973-3982, Oct. 2019, DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2019.2926293.

Imaging Characteristics of a 24 x 24 Channel MIMO FMCW Radar based on a SiGe:C Chipset

Simon Küppers, Reinhold Herschel, Siying Wang, Dirk Nüßler, Nils Pohl - in IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications (IMWS-AMP), Bochum, Germnay, July 16-18, 2019.

Spatial Identification of Dielectric Properties Using Synthetic Aperture Radar

Jan Barowski, Jochen Jebramcik, Jonas Wagner, Nils Pohl, Ilona Rolfes - IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications (IMWS-AMP 2019), pp. 139-141, DOI: 10.1109/IMWS-AMP.2019.8880121, Bochum, Germany, July 16-18, 2019

A SiGe-Based 240-GHz FMCW Radar System for High-Resolution Measurements

Sven Thomas, Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl - in IEEE Trans Microw Theory Tech (Early Access), pp. 1-11, June 2019.

A Radar-Based Navigation Assistance Device with Binaural Sound Interface for Vision-Impaired People

Christoph Urbanietz, Gerald Enzner, Alexander Orth, Patrick Kwiatkowski, Nils Pohl - 25th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, June 23-27, 2019

An Unambiguous Phase-Based Algorithm for Single-Digit Micron Accuracy Distance Measurements using FMCW Radar

Lukas Piotrowsky, Timo Jaeschke, Simon Küppers, Nils Pohl - in IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Boston, USA, June 2-7, 2019.

A SiGe transceiver chipset for automotive radar applications using wideband modulation sequences

Jan Schöpfel, Simon Küppers, Klaus Aufinger, Nils Pohl - in INT J MICROW WIREL T, vol. 11, pp. 676-685, Special Issue 7 (MIKON 2018/EuMW 2018 (Part II)), May 2019; DOI: 10.1017/S1759078719000849

Automatic Radar-based Gesture Detection and Classification via a Region-based Deep Convolutional Neural Network

Yuliang Sun, Tai Fe, Shangyin Gao, Nils Pohl - IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Brighton, United Kingdom, May 12-17, 2019.

A 32-48 GHz Differential YIG Oscillator with Low Phase Noise Based On a SiGe MMIC

Marcel van Delden, Nils Pohl, Klaus Aufinger, Thomas Musch - in IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), Orlando, USA, Jan. 20-23, 2019.

A Low Phase Noise, Wide Tuning Range 20GHz Magnetic-Coupled Hartley-VCO in a 28nm CMOS Technology

Daniel Reiter, Hao Li, Herbert Knapp, Jonas Kammere, Soran Majied, Badou Sene, Nils Pohl - in IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), Orlando, USA, Jan. 20-23, 2019.

FPGA-Accelerated Multispectral Ultra-High Resolution SAR-Imaging with Wideband FMCW Radars

Jan Siska, Timo Jaeschke, Jonas Wagner, Nils Pohl - in IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), Orlando, USA, Jan. 20-23, 2019.

Investigation of a 3D Printed Tetrahedral Aligned Sphere Target at 145 GHz for Radar Positioning

Christian Schulz, Michael Gerding, Timo Jaeschke, Alexander Julian Golkowski, Nils Pohl - Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Kyoto, Japan, Nov. 6-9, 2018.

Two-dimensional Subspace-based Model Order Selection Methods for FMCW Automotive Radar Systems

Yuliang Sun, T. Fei, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Kyoto, Japan, Nov. 6-9, 2018.

A 61 GHz-SiGe Transceiver Frontend for Energy and Data Transmission of Passive RFID Single Chip Tags with Integrated Antennas

Christian Bredendiek, Dominic Funke, Jan Schöpfel, Benedikt Welp, K. Aufinger, Nils Pohl - in IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 53, no. 9, pp. 2441-2453, Sept. 2018

An Ultra-Wideband, Fast Frequency Ramp Synthesizer at 60 GHz with Low Noise Using a New Loop Gain Compensation Technique

Marcel van Delden, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch - in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 66, no. 9, pp. 3937-3946, Sept. 2018

A Wideband Millimeter-Wave SIW-to-RWG Transition for Thin Single Layer Substrates with Thick Metal Cladding

Steffen Hansen, Simon Küppers, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 48th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Madrid, Spain, Sept. 23-27, 2018

A Multipurpose 76 GHz Radar Transceiver System for Automotive Applications Based on SiGe MMICs

Jan Schöpfel, K. Aufinger, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 13th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), Madrid, Spain, Sept. 24-25, 2018

Detection of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in urban environments

D. Nüßler, A. Shoykhetbrod, S. Gütgemann, Andries Küter, Benedikt Welp, Nils Pohl, C. Krebs - in Proc. Volume 10799, Emerging Imaging and Sensing Technologies for Security and Defence III; and Unmanned Sensors, Systems, and Countermeasures; 107990R (2018), SPIE Security + Defence, Berlin, 2018.

RCS Investigation of Tetrahedral Aligned Sphere Targets for Radar Positioning

Christian Schulz, Michael Gerding, Timo Jaeschke, Alexander Julian Golkowski, Nils Pohl - IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Boston, USA, July 8-13, 2018

High Precision Surface Reconstruction Based on Coherent Near Field Synthetic Aperture Radar Scans

Sebastian Pawliczek, R. Herschel, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2018 19th International Radar Symposium (IRS), Bonn, Germany, June 20-22, 2018.

Imaging Characteristics of a Highly Integrated Millimeter Wave MIMO Radar

Simon Küppers, S. Wang, Harun Cetinkaya, R. Herschel, Nils Pohl - in Proc. International Radar Symposium (IRS) 2018, Bonn, Germany, June 20-22, 2018

A Mixed-Mode Beamforming Radar Transmitter MMIC Utilizing Novel Ultra-Wideband IQ-Generation Techniques in SiGe BiCMOS

Benedikt Welp, A. Meusling, K. Aufinger, Nils Pohl - in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 2604-2617, June 2018

A Compact Ultra-Wideband mmWave Radar Sensor at 80 GHz Based on a SiGe Transceiver Chip

Nils Pohl, Timo Jaeschke, Christian Bredendiek, Simon Küppers, D. Nüßler - in Proc. 22nd International Microwave and Radar Conference, Poznan, Poland, May 14-17, 2018

Advances in Compact Integrated Multichannel Millimter Wave Radar Systems Using SiGe BiCMOS Technology

Simon Küppers, R. Herschel, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 22nd International Microwave and Radar Conference, Poznan, Poland, May 14-17, 2018

Gesture Classification with Handcrafted Micro-Doppler Features using a FMCW Radar

Yuliang Sun, T. Fei, F. Schliep, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2018 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM), Munich, Germany, April 16-18, 2018.

High Precision Real-Time FMCW-Radar Signal Processing Performed on a Levitating Sphere Control Loop System

Alexander Orth, Timo Jaeschke, Lukas Piotrowsky, Nils Pohl - in Proc. German Microwave Conference (GeMIC) 2018, Freiburg, Germany, March 12-14, 2018

A 200 um by 100 um Smart Submersible System With an Average Current Consumption of 1.3 nA and a Compatible Voltage Converter

Dominic Funke, Philipp Hillger, Jürgen Oehm, Pierre Mayr, Lukas Straczek, Nils Pohl, John S. McCaskill - IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 3013-3024, December 2017; DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2017.2750905

A New Concept to Compensate the Loop Gain Variation in Phase-Locked Loops for Wideband Microwave Frequency Ramp Synthesis

Marcel van Delden, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch - Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Kuala Lumpur, MY, Nov. 13-16 2017

A 61 GHz SiGe Transmitter Chip for Energy and Data Transmission of Passive RFID Single Chip Tags with Integrated Antennas

Christian Bredendiek, Benedikt Welp, Klaus Aufinger, Nils Pohl - in Proc. IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM), Miami, FL, USA, Oct. 19-21, 2017.

A Compact 120 GHz SIGE: C Based 2x8 FMCW MIMO Radar Sensor for Robot Navigation in Low Visibility Environments

Simon Küppers, Harun Cetinkaya, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 14th European Radar Conference (EuRAD), Nürnberg, Germany, Oct. 11-13, 2017

Focusing Patterns Within Far and Near Field for a Novel 2D Sparse MIMO Array

Harun Cetinkaya, Simon Küppers, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 14th European Radar Conference(EuRAD), Nürnberg, Germany, Oct. 11-13, 2017

Ultra-wideband Signal Generation at 300 GHz in a SiGe BiCMOS Technology

Sven Thomas, Benedikt Welp, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 12th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), Nürnberg, Germany, Oct. 8-10, 2017.

A 94 GHz Programmable Frequency Divider with Inductive Peaking for Wideband and Highly Stable Frequency Synthesizers

Marcel van Delden, Nils Pohl, Klaus Aufinger, Thomas Musch - European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), Nuremberg, DE, Oct. 09-10 2017

Influence of Radar Targets on the Accuracy of FMCW Radar Distance Measurements

S. Scherr , R. Afroz , S. Ayhan , Sven Thomas, Timo Jaeschke, S. Marahrens, M. Pauli , Nils Pohl, T. Zwick - in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 65, no. 10, pp.3640-3647, Oct. 2017

Swifter Security Scanning: Millimeter-Wave Imaging with Spin

D. Nüßler, M. Schubert, S. Kose, Nils Pohl - in IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 18, no. 6, pp.70-78, Sept.-Oct. 2017

Radar Warning and Information System for Applications in Disaster Management (RAWIS)

Jens Klare, Oliver Biallawons, Reinhard Panhuber, Robert Klenke, Alexander Hommes, Alex Shoykhetbrod, Thomas Geibig, Lars Fuhrmann, Fabio Giovanneschi, Joachim Ender, Marcel van Delden, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch - 18th International Radar Symposium IRS 2017, Prague, CZ, June 28-30, 2017

A 1–30 GHz 3-bit vector modulator based on ultra-wideband IQ-generation for MIMO-radar-systems in SiGe BiCMOS

Benedikt Welp, Askold Meusling, Klaus Aufinger, Nils Pohl - in Proc. IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), Honolulu, HI, USA, June 4-6, 2017

A concept Study for a radar-based Navigation Device for Visually Impaired People

Patrick Kwiatkowski, Timo Jaeschke, David Starke, Lukas Piotrowsky, Nils Pohl - in Proc. IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Bio Conference (IMBioC), Goeteborg, Sweden, May 15-17, 2017

Realization and application potentials of high resolution FMCW radar sensors based on SiGe MMICs

Nils Pohl, Timo Jaeschke, Sven Thomas, Simon Küppers, Christian Bredendiek - in Proc. AMA Sensor and Test 2017, Nürnberg, Deutschland, May 2017

Mikrowellenmodul

Christoph Schmits, Michael Gerding, Michael Deilmann, Nils Pohl, Michael Vogt, Christian Schulz, Timo Jaeschke - Patentschrift DE 10 2014 109120 B4, Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt München, 06.04.2017, (Anmeldetag: 30.06.2014).

Inline density measurement for rock wool

D. Nüßler, Nils Pohl, S. Leuchs - in Proc. 3rd Confernece on Optical Characterization of Materials (OCM), Karlsruhe, March 22-23, 2017

THz imaging for recycling of black plastics

Andries Küter, S. Reible, T. Geibig , D. Nüßler, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 3rd Conference on Optical Characterization of Materials (OCM), Karlsruhe, March 22-23, 2017

Near and Far Field Focusing Patterns for a 2D Sparse MIMO Array

Harun Cetinkaya, Simon Küppers, R. Herschel, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Paris, France, March 19-24, 2017

Gas Flow Monitoring in High and Low Reynolds Regimes Based on Compensated FMCW-Radar Phase Measurements

Birk Hattenhorst, Timo Jaeschke, Nils Pohl, Christoph Baer, Thomas Musch - Frequenz, 71(3-4), pp. 195-205, Mar. 2017.

MIRANDA 35 GHz SAR Based Non-Coherent Change Detection

D. Noetel, F. Kloeppel, S. Sieger, D. Janssen , Nils Pohl - in Frequenz, vol. 71, no. 3-4, pp. 207-213, Mar. 2017

Millimeter-Wave Radar Sensor for Snow Height Measurements

S. Ayhan, M. Pauli, S. Scherr , B. Göttel, A. Bhutani, Sven Thomas, Timo Jaeschke, J.-M. Panel , F. Vivier, L. Eymard, A. Weill, Nils Pohl, T. Zwick - in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 55, no. 2, pp.854-861, Feb. 2017

A Fully Differential 100 - 140 GHz Frequency Quadrupler in a 130um SiGe:C Technology for MIMO Radar Applications Using the Bootstrapped Gilbert-Cell Doubler Topology

Simon Küppers, K. Aufinger , Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2017 IEEE 17th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithhic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), Phoenix, Jan. 15-18, 2017

Target evaluation for high accuracy 80 GHz FMCW Radar distance measurements

S. Scherr, R. Afroz, S. Ayhan, Sven Thomas, Timo Jaeschke, M. Pauli , Nils Pohl, T. Zwick - in Proc. IEEE Topical Meeting on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet), Phoenix AZ, Jan. 15-18, 2017

A 200 um by 100 um Smart Dust System with an Average Current Consumption of 1.3 nA

Dominic Funke, Pierre Mayr, Lukas Straczek, John S. McCaskill, Jürgen Oehm, Nils Pohl - 23rd IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Monte Carlo, Monaco, Dec 11-14 2016

Investigation of a mmWave-Radar based Sensor for Snow-Suspension Density Measurements

Christoph Baer, Timo Jaeschke, Fischer, Jan-Thomas, Fromm, Reinhard, Rauter, Matthias, Achleitner, Stefan, Nils Pohl - in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 16, no.24, pp. 8861-8862, Dec. 15, 2016, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2016.2620340

A Wideband 20 to 28 GHz Signal Generator MMIC with 30.8 dBm Output Power Based on a Power Amplifier Cell with 31% PAE in SiGe

Benedikt Welp, K. Noujeim, Nils Pohl - IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1-10, June 2016

Mobile Mapping by FMCW Synthetic Arperture Radar Operating at 300 GHz

S. Palm, R. Sommer, A. Hommes, Nils Pohl, U. Stilla - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLI-B1, pp. 81-87, June 2016

Effects of Radar Position Errors on Near Range Ultrawideband 3D-SAR Imaging

S. Wang, V. Nolden, G. Briese, S. A. Lang, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), Hamburg, Germany, June 6-9, 2016

MIMO imaging for Next Generation Passenger Security Systems

R. Herschel, S. A. Lang, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), Hamburg, Germany, June 6-9, 2016

Cross-Polarized Multi-Channel W-Band Radar for Turbulent Flow Velocity Measurements

Timo Jaeschke, Christian Bredendiek, Simon Küppers, Christian Schulz, Christoph Baer, Nils Pohl - IEEE International Microwave Symposium 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 22-27 2016

Comparison of Near and Far Field Focusing Patterns for Two-Dimensional Sparse MIMO Arrays

Harun Cetinkaya, Simon Küppers, R. Herschel, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Davos, Switzerland, April 10-15, 2016

A SiGe Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizer for mm-Wave Wideband FMCW Radar Transceivers

Gregor Ruße, M. van Delden, Timo Jaeschke, Nils Pohl, K. Aufinger, Thomas Musch - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 847-858, March 2016

A Compact, Energy-Efficient 240 GHz FMCW Radar Sensor with High Modulation Bandwidth

Sven Thomas, Christian Bredendiek, Timo Jaeschke, F. Vogelsang, Nils Pohl - in Proc. German Microwave Conference (GeMiC) 2016, Bochum, Germany, March 14-16, 2016

MIRANDA 35 GHz SAR Based Change Detection

D. Noetel, F. Kloeppel, S. Sieger, D. Janssen, Nils Pohl - in Proc. German Microwave Conference (GeMiC) 2016, Bochum, Germany, March 14-16, 2016

Synthesis and Design of Narrowband Bandpass Filters in Waveguide Technique Bandwidth

S. Reible, R. Herschel, R. Brauns, D. Nüßler, Nils Pohl - in Proc. German Microwave Conference (GeMiC) 2016, Bochum, Germany, March 14-16, 2016

Ultra-High Resolution SAR in Lower Terahertz Domain for Applications in Mobile Mapping

Stephan Palm, Rainer Sommer, Michael Caris, Nils Pohl, Axel Tessmann, Uwe Stilla - in Proc. German Microwave Conference (GeMiC) 2016, Bochum, Germany, March 14-16, 2016

A SiGe Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizer for mm-Wave Wideband FMCW Radar Transceivers

Gregor Ruße, Marcel van Delden, Timo Jaeschke, Nils Pohl, Klaus Aufinger, Thomas Musch - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 847-858, March 2016

Scalable Modular Hardware Platform for FPGA Based Industrial Radar Flowmeters

Timo Jaeschke, P. Imberg, M. Zapke, Michael Hübner, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2015 International Conference on ReConFigurable Computing and FPGAs, Mayan Riviera, Mexico, Dec. 7-9, 2015

A 24 GHz Signal Generator with 30.8 dBm Output Power Based on a Power Amplifier with 24.7 dBm Output Power and 31% PAE in SiGe

Benedikt Welp, K. Noujeim, Nils Pohl - Proc. 2015 IEEE Bipolar / BiCMOS Ciruits and Technology Meeting (BCTM), Boston, USA, Oct. 26-28, 2015

Charakterisierung der Topografie gaußscher Oberflächen mithilfe bildgebender Radarverfahren

Dennis Pohle, Jan Barowski, Timo Jaeschke, Nils Pohl, Ilona Rolfes - Kleinheubacher Tagung 2015, U.R.S.I. Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V., Miltenberg, Germany, Sep 28-30, 2015

Ein selbst-referentielles Messsystem für die Bildgebung auf Basis des synthetischen Apertur Radars

Jan Barowski, Dennis Pohle, Timo Jaeschke, Nils Pohl, Ilona Rolfes - Kleinheubacher Tagung 2015, U.R.S.I. Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V., Miltenberg, Germany, Sep 28-30, 2015

Synthetic Aperture Radar at Millimeter Wavelength for UAV Surveillance Applications

M. Caris, S. Stanko, S. Palm, R. Sommer, Nils Pohl - in Proc International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry, Torino, Italy, Sept. 16-18, 2015

3D MIMO Imaging at 360 GHz for Security Screening

S. A. Lang, R. Herschel, S. Nowok, R. Zimmermann, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 10th Future Security Conference, Berlin, Sept. 15-17, 2015.

Characterizing surface profiles utilizing mm-wave FMCW SAR imaging

Jan Barowski, Dennis Pohle, Timo Jaeschke, Nils Pohl, Ilona Rolfes - 45th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), pp. 446-449, DOI: 10.1109/EuMC.2015.7345796; Paris, France, Sep 6-11, 2015

A fast rotating scanning approach for millimeter wave imaging

D. Nüßler, R. Brauns, S. Heinen, S. Kose, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 45th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Paris, France, Sept. 5-11, 2015

MIMO System for Fast Imaging at 90 GHz

R. Herschel, S. Nowok, P. Warok, S. A. Lang, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 45th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Paris, France, Sept. 5-11, 2015

An 80 GHz Programmable Frequency Divider for Wideband mm-Wave Frequency Ramp Synthesis

Marcel van Delden, Gregor Ruße, Nils Pohl, K. Aufinger, Thomas Musch - in Proc. 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology (RFIT), Sendai, Japan, Aug. 26-28, 2015

A Novel Ultra-Wideband 80 GHz FMCW Radar System for Contactless Monitoring of Vital Signs

S. Wang, Antje Pohl, Timo Jaeschke, M. Czaplik, M. Köny, S. Leonhardt, Nils Pohl - in Procedings IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Milan, Italy, Aug. 25-29, 2015

300 GHz Radar for High Resolution SAR and ISAR Applications

M. Caris, S. Stanko, S. Palm, R. Sommer, A. Wahlen, Nils Pohl - Applications in Proc. International Radar Symposium (IRS) 2015, Dresden, June 24-26, 2015

Millimeter Wave Radar for Perimeter Surveillance and Detection of MAVs (Micro Aerial Vehicle)

M. Caris, W. Johannes, S. Stanko, Nils Pohl - in Proc. International Radar Symposium (IRS) 2015, Dresden, June 24-26, 2015

Challenges and potentials using multi aspect coverage of urban scenes by airborne SAR on circular trajectories

S.Palm, Nils Pohl, U. Stilla - in Porc. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, ISPRS, Munich, Germany, May 25-27, 2015

3D SAR Imaging for Dry Wall Inspection Using an 80 GHz FMCW Radar with 25 GHz Bandwidth

S. A. Lang, M. Demming, Timo Jaeschke, K. Noujeim, A. Konynenberg, Nils Pohl - in Proc. IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2015, Phoenix, USA, May 17-22, 2015

Contactless Detection of State Parameter Fluctuations of Gaseous Media based on a low Jitter mm-Wave FMCW Radar

Christoph Baer, Timo Jaeschke, Philipp Mertmann, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch - IEEE Transactions of Instrumentation and Measurements, vol.64, no.4, pp.865-872, April 2015.

High frequency line cameras for sorting applications

D. Nüßler, P. Warok, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 2nd Conference on Optical Characterization of Materials (OCM), Karlsruhe, March 18-19, 2015

Comparison of Inductor Types for Phase Noise Optimized Oscillators in SiGe at 34 GHz

Sven Thomas, Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl - in Proc. German Microwave Conference (GeMiC) 2015, Nürnberg, March 16-18, 2015

A SiGe Differential 50 ps Gaussian Pulse Generator for Sub-Sampling TDR Measurements

Gregor Ruße, Hans-Martin Rein, K. Aufinger, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch - in Proc. 15th IEEE Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SIRF), San Diageo, USA, Jan. 26-28, 2015

An Ultra-High Resolution Radar-System Operating at 300 GHz

Nils Pohl, S. Stanko, M. Caris, A. Tessmann, M. Schlechtweg - IEEE Topical Meeting on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet), San Diageo, USA, Jan. 25-28, 2015

Millimeter-wave Radar Distance Measurements in Micro Machining

S. Ayhan, Sven Thomas, N. Kong, S. Scherr, M. Pauli, Timo Jaeschke, J. Wulfsberg, Nils Pohl, T. Zwick - IEEE Topical Meeting on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet), San Diageo, USA, Jan. 25-28, 2015

High Precision D-Band FMCW-Radar Sensor Based on a Wideband SiGe-Transceiver MMIC

Timo Jaeschke, Christian Bredendiek, Simon Küppers, Nils Pohl - High Precision D-Band FMCW-Radar Sensor Based on a Wideband SiGe-Transceiver MMIC, IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 62, no. 12, pp 3582-2597, Dec. 2014.

A Scanning FMCW-Radar System for the Detection of Fast Moving Objects

A. Shoykhetbrod, A. Hommes, Nils Pohl - in Proc. International Radar Conference 2014, Lille, France, Oct. 13-17, 2014

Very High Resolution Radar at 300 GHz

M. Caris, S. Stanko, A. Wahlen, R. Sommer, J. Wilcke, A. Leuther, A. Tessmann, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 44th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Rome, Italy, Oct. 5-10, 2014

A Fast Tracking 60 GHz Radar Using A Frequency Scanning Antenna

A. Hommes, A. Shoykhetbrod, Nils Pohl - in Proc 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Tucson, USA, Sept. 14-19, 2014

A mmWave Measuring Procedure for Mass Flow Monitoring of Pneumatic Conveyed Bulk Materials

Christoph Baer, Timo Jaeschke, Philipp Mertmann, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch - IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 14, September 2014, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2014.2326042.

Ultra low noise signal synthesis for the use in a FMCW MIMO radar system

Gregor Ruße, Robert Storch, Thomas Musch, Nils Pohl - Ultra low noise signal synthesis for the use in a FMCW MIMO radar system In: IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC) 2014, pp.715-718, 3-9 Aug. 2014

Implementation of a 35 GHz SAR Sensor and a high resolution camera to enable real-time observation

W. Johannes, S. Stanko, A. Wahlen, R. Sommer, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), Berlin, June 3-5, 2014

Luggage Scanning at 80 GHz for Harbor Environments

J. Moll, V. Krotzer, R. Zimmermann, B. Rolef, Timo Jaeschke, Nils Pohl - in Proc. 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), Berlin, June 3-5, 2014

Real-Time Onboard Processing and Ground Based Monitoring of FMCW-SAR Videos

S. Palm, A. Wahlen, S. Stanko, Nils Pohl, P. Wellig, U. Stilla - in Proc. 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), Berlin, June 3-5, 2014

SiGe-MMIC based D-Band Radar for Accurate FMCW Multi-Target Vibration Measurements

Timo Jaeschke, Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl - in Proc. IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2014, Tampa, USA, June 1-6, 2014

RADAR for Security & Defence – Recent Developments at Fraunhofer-FHR

J. Ender, P. Knott, H. Wilden, R. Kohlleppel, Nils Pohl, C. Loecker, M. Caris, J. Klare, H. Kuschel - in Proc. 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), The Hague, Netherlands, Apr. 6-11, 2014

Monitoring weitreichender Gebiete durch SAR-Video Echtzeitprozessierung auf Kleinflugzeugen

S. Palm, W. Johannes, Nils Pohl, U. Stilla - in Proc. Gemeinsame Tagung der DGfK, der DGPF, der GfGI und des GiN 2014, Hamburg, March 26-28, 2014

3D FMCW SAR Imaging based on a 240 GHz SiGe Transceiver Chip with Integrated Antennas

Timo Jaeschke, Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl - in Proc. German Microwave Conference (GeMiC) 2014, Aachen, March 10-12, 2014

THz imaging for recycling of black plastics

D. Nüßler, J. Küls, K. Hein, D. Stein, Nils Pohl - in Proc. German Microwave Conference (GeMiC) 2014, Aachen, March 10-12, 2014

Contactless Determination of Gas Concentration and Pressure based on a low Jitter mmWave FMCW Radar

Christoph Baer, Timo Jaeschke, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch - IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), Queenstown, Neuseeland

A Measuring Method for the Mass Flow Determination in a Pneumatic Conveying System

Christoph Baer, Timo Jaeschke, Philipp Mertmann, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch - IEEE Sensors Conference, Baltimore, USA

A 57 GHz Programmable Frequency Divider for Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizers

Gregor Ruße, Marcel van Delden, Nils Pohl, Aufinger, Klaus, Thomas Musch - Oktober 2013; IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM), Bordeaux, FR

Characterization of a Beam Steering Lens Antenna for Industrial Radar Measurements in Harsh Environments

Christian Schulz, Christoph Baer, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch, Bianca Will, Ilona Rolfes - 10th European Radar Conference (EuRAD 2013), pp. 117-120, Nuremberg, Germany, Oct 9-11, 2013

SiGe based Wideband mm-Wave Imaging Systems for Security and Quality Assurance Applications

Timo Jaeschke, Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl - in Proc. International THz Conference, Villach, Austria, Sept. 9-10, 2013

VCO-Based Frequency Synthesis in SiGe for mmWave Radar Systems

Nils Pohl, Timo Jaeschke, Michael Vogt - in Proc. International Radar Symposium 2013, Dresden, Germany, June 19-21, 2013

A 240 GHz Ultra-Wideband FMCW Radar System with On-Chip Antennas for High Resolution Radar Imaging

Timo Jaeschke, Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl - To appear: Proc. 2013 IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), pp. 1-3, June 2-7, 2013, Seattle, Washington, USA

A Fundamental 240 GHz Single-Chip Radar Transceiver in a SiGe Bipolar Technology with On-Chip Antennas and Ultra-Wide Tuning Range

Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl, Timo Jaeschke, Klaus Aufinger, Attila Bilgic - To appear: Proc. 2013 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), June 2-4, 2013, Seattle, Washington, USA

An SiGe-Chip-based 80 GHz FMCW-Radar System with 25 GHz Bandwidth for High Resolution Imaging

Nils Pohl, Timo Jaeschke, Michael Vogt - To appear: Proc. 2013 International Radar Symposium (IRS), June 19-21, Dresden, Germany

A 24 GHz wideband monostatic FMCW radar system based on a single-channel SiGe bipolar transceiver chip

Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl, Timo Jaeschke, Sven Thomas, Klaus Aufinger, Attila Bilgic - International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies (IJMWT), 23 April 2013

Frequency Synthesis for High Precision Wideband Millimeter Wave Radar Systems Using a SiGe Bipolar Chip

Gregor Ruße, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch - Juni 2013; IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Seattle, WA

Frequency Synthesis for High Precision Wideband Millimeter Wave Radar Systems Using a SiGe Bipolar Chip

Gregor Ruße, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch - Juni 2013; Workshop on RFICs/MMICs and Their Professional Wireless Sensing Applications at IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Seattle, WA

A Multi Directional Dielectric Lens Approach for Antennas Used in Industrial RADAR Applications

Christian Schulz, Christoph Baer, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch, Bianca Will, Ilona Rolfes - International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT), pp. 328-331, Karlsruhe, Germany, March 4-6, 2013

Radar Measurements with Micrometer Accuracy and Nanometer Stability Using an Ultra-Wideband 80 GHz Radar System

Nils Pohl, Timo Jaeschke, Steffen Scherr, Serdall Ayhan, Mario Pauli, Thomas Zwick - Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet), 2013 IEEE Topical Conference on , vol., no., pp.31,33, 20-23 Jan. 2013 (invited)

Next generation integrated SiGe mm-wave circuits for automotive radar sensors

Nils Pohl, Knapp, Herbert, Christian Bredendiek, Lachner, Rudolf - International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies / Volume 5 / Special Issue 01 / February 2013, pp 43-48

Energy-Efficient Hardware Architectures for the Packet Data Convergence Protocol in LTE-Advanced Mobile Terminals

Shadi Traboulsi, Frascolla, Valerio, Nils Pohl, Josef Hausner, Attila Bilgic - Journal of VLSI Design, Volume 2013, Article ID 369627

A Multistatic Feeding Concept for Beam Steering Based on a Dielectric Ellipsoidal Antenna

Christian Schulz, Christoph Baer, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch, Ilona Rolfes - 26th Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC 2012), pp. 286-288, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Dez 5-8, 2012

A DC to 5 GHz TDR Pulse Generating Unit with a Highly Stable Timebase for use in a Plasma Diagnostic Measurement System

Gregor Ruße, Robert Storch, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch - Nov. 2012; IEEE International Conference on Wireless Information Technology and Systems (ICWITS), Maui, HI

A Dielectric Lens-Based Antenna Concept for High-Precision Industrial Radar Measurements at 24 GHz

Nils Pohl, Michael Gerding - European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Amsterdam

A 24 GHz Wideband Single-Channel SiGe Bipolar Transceiver Chip for Monostatic FMCW Radar Systems

Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl, Timo Jaeschke, Sven Thomas, Klaus Aufinger, Attila Bilgic - Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), 2012 7th European , vol., no., pp.309,312, 29-30 Oct. 2012

An 8 Bit Programmable 18 GHz Frequency Divider for mm-Wave Frequency Synthesis

Gregor Ruße, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch - Okt. 2012; European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), Amsterdam

Fractional-N PLL Based FMCW Sweep Generator for an 80 GHz Radar System with 24.5 GHz Bandwidth

Timo Jaeschke, Christian Bredendiek, Michael Vogt, Nils Pohl - Advances in Radio Science, vol. 10, 2012.

Differential Signal Source Chips at 150 GHz and 220 GHz in SiGe Bipolar Technologies Based on Gilbert-Cell Frequency Doublers

Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl, K. Aufinger, Attila Bilgic - Proc. 2012 IEEE Bipolar / BiCMOS Ciruits and Technology Meeting (BCTM), Portland, Oregon, USA, Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2012.

3-D Millimetre Wave Scanner for Luggage and Parcels

H.Essen, R. Zimmermann, S. Hantscher, Nils Pohl - Proceedings SPIE Security and Defence Conference., Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 24-27 Sep. 2012.

An Ultra-Wideband 80 GHz Radar System for High Resolution Measurements based on a SiGe Transceiver Chip

Nils Pohl, Timo Jaeschke, Christian Bredendiek - Kleinheubacher Tagung. U.R.S.I. Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V., 24-26 Sep. 2012.

A Low-Power Wideband Transmitter Chip for 80 GHz FMCW Radar Systems with Integrated 23 GHz Downconverter VCO

Nils Pohl, T. Klein, K. Aufinger, Hans-Martin Rein - IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 1974-1980, Sep. 2012.

A Versatile Low-Power Ciphering and Integrity Protection Unit for LTE-Advanced Mobile Terminals

Shadi Traboulsi, Valerio Frascola, Nils Pohl, Josef Hausner, Attila Bilgic - 10th IEEE International NEWCAS Conference (NEWCAS2012), pp. 317-320, Montreal, Canada, 17-20 June, 2012

An Ultra-Wideband D-Band Signal Source Chip Using a Fundamental VCO with Frequency Doubler in a SiGe Bipolar Technology

Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl, K. Aufinger, Attila Bilgic - Proc. 2012 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC), Montréal, Canada, Jun. 17-19, 2012.

Improvements in distance measurement and SAR-imaging applications by using ultra-high resolution mm-wave FMCW radar systems

Timo Jaeschke, Michael Vogt, Christoph Baer, Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl - Proceedings: International Microwave Symposium, pp. 1-3, June 17-22, 2012, Montreal, Canada.

Konzept zur multistatischen Strahlschwenkung einer dielektrischen ellipsoidalen Antenne für industrielle Radaranwendungen bei 24 GHz

Christian Schulz, Christoph Baer, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch, Ilona Rolfes - VDE-ITG Diskussionssitzung 'Radartechniken', Bochum, Germany, May 31, 2012

Ultra high resolution SAR imaging using an 80 GHz FMCW-radar with 25 GHz bandwidth

Nils Pohl, Timo Jaeschke, Michael Vogt - Proceedings (invited): 9th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR 2012), pp. 189-192, April 24-26, 2012, Nürnberg, Germany.

A Highly-Linear Low-Power Down-Conversion Mixer for Monostatic Broadband 80 GHz FMCW-Radar Transceivers

Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl, Timo Jaeschke, K. Aufinger, Attila Bilgic - Proc. 2012 Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar. 27-30, 2012.

Advantages of Using Broadband Millimeter Wave Radar Sensors for High Precision Distance Measurements and SAR Imaging

Timo Jaeschke, Michael Vogt, Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl - Proc. 2012 Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar. 27-30, 2012.

An Ultra-Wideband 80 GHz FMCW Radar System Using a SiGe Bipolar Transceiver Chip with a Fractional-N Synthesizer

Nils Pohl, Timo Jaeschke, Klaus Aufinger - IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 757–767

Power Analysis and Optimization of the ZUC Stream Cipher for LTE-Advanced Mobile Terminals

Shadi Traboulsi, Valerio Frascola, Nils Pohl, Josef Hausner, Attila Bilgic - 3rd IEEE Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems (LASCAS 2012), Playa del Carmen, Mexico, February 29 - 2 March, 2012

A Broadband Circular Waveguide-to-Microstrip Transition for an 80 GHz FMCW Radar System

Christian Schulz, Nils Pohl, Ilona Rolfes - 25th Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC 2011), pp. 391-394, Melbourne, Australia, Dec 5-8, 2011

Accurate double transmission measurement concepts for the permittivity determination in pneumatic conveying tubes with microwaves

Christoph Baer, Michael Gerding, Nils Pohl, Michael Vogt, Thomas Musch - Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, pp. 1814-1817, Dec. 5-8, 2011, Melbourne, Australia

An Integrated Broadband FMCW Radar Sensor for Ultra High Resolution SAR Imaging at 80 GHz

Timo Jaeschke, Michael Vogt, Nils Pohl - Joint German Canadian Workshop on Embedded Systems, Signal Processing, and IT Security (ESSPRITS), Waterloo, Canada

Integrated SiGe Transceiver Circuits for Ultra-Wideband 80 GHz FMCW Radar Systems

Nils Pohl, Timo Jaeschke - Joint German Canadian Workshop on Embedded Systems, Signal Processing, and IT Security (ESSPRITS), Waterloo, Canada

A Low-Power 80 GHz FMCW Radar Transmitter with Integrated 23GHz Downconverter VCO

Nils Pohl, Klein, T., Auffinger, K., Hans-Martin Rein - Proc. 2011 IEEE Bipolar / BiCMOS Ciruits and Technology Meeting (BCTM), pp. 69 - 72, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

A broadband double transmission measurement concept for density determination of solid particle flows in pneumatic conveying systems with microwaves (23 – 27 GHz

Christoph Baer, Nils Pohl, Michael Gerding, Michael Vogt, Thomas Musch - Kleinheubacher Tagung 2011. Summary of abstracts. Miltenberg, 26-28.9.2011

A PLL-Stabilized 80 GHz FMCW Radar with 24.5 GHz Bandwidth for High Precision Distance Measurements

Timo Jaeschke, Michael Vogt, Christian Bredendiek, Nils Pohl - Kleinheubacher Tagung. U.R.S.I. Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V

Fractional PLL based FMCW sweep generation for an 80 GHz radar system with 24.5 GHz bandwidth

Timo Jaeschke, Christian Bredendiek, Michael Vogt, Nils Pohl - Proceedings: Kleinheubacher Tagung 2011, U.R.S.I.-Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Sept. 26-28, 2011, Miltenberg, Germany, Advances in Radio Science, in press

Circuits and Concepts for Ultra-Wideband Radar Systems at 80 GHz in SiGe

Nils Pohl - German-Chinese Young Scientists Forum “Electronics and Microwave Engineering”, Shanghai, China

Integrated SiGe Circuits for High Resolution mmWave Radar Sensors

Nils Pohl - German-Japanese Workshop “Advanced Electrical Engineering and Related Topics”, Bochum, Germany

A Programmable 7GHz Frequency Divider in a SiGe Bipolar Technology for Highly Linear Fractional-N Ramp Generation

Gregor Ruße, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch - Juni 2011; International Conference on Sensors and Measurement Technology, Nürnberg

Evaluation of a double transmission measurement concept for the characterization of dielectric material compositions with microwaves

Christoph Baer, Thomas Musch, Michael Gerding, Nils Pohl, Michael Vogt - Proceedings: 9th International Conference on Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Water and Moist Substances, pp. 15-21, May 31 – June 3, 2011, Kansas City, MO, USA

Bandwidth-Enhancement on Concept and Circuit-Level for High-Resolution mmWave Radar Systems in SiGe

Nils Pohl, Timo Jaeschke - Radar Communication and Measurement (RADCOM), Hamburg, Deutschland

A Dielectric Lens Antenna with Enhanced Aperture Efficiency for Industrial Radar Applications

Nils Pohl - 1st Middle East Conference on Antennas and Propagation, 20.-22. Oct. 2010 in Cairo, Egypt

Investigation and Reduction of Frequency Pulling in SiGe mm-Wave VCOs at Limited Power Consumption

Nils Pohl, Hans-Martin Rein, Thomas Musch, K. Aufinger, Josef Hausner - Proc. 2010 IEEE Bipolar / BiCMOS Ciruits and Technology Meeting (BCTM 2010), pp. 69 - 72, Austin, USA. Oct. 2010

Schutzrecht "Dielektrische Antenne"

Michael Gerding, Thomas Musch, Nils Pohl - DE102008020036B4 , Michael Gerding, Thomas Musch, Nils Pohl (Erfinder), Krohne Meßtechnik (Anmelder), Patent erteilt 01.04.2010

Systemkonzepte und SiGe-Bipolarschaltungen für ein 80 GHz-Radarsystem mit hoher Bandbreite

Nils Pohl - Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Feb. 2010

SiGe Bipolar VCO With Ultra-Wide Tuning Range at 80 GHz Center Frequency

Nils Pohl, Hans-Martin Rein, Thomas Musch, K. Aufinger, Josef Hausner - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Volume 44, pp. 2655-2662, Oct. 2009

Schutzrecht "Dielektrische Hornantenne"

Nils Pohl, Gunnar Armbrecht, Burkhard Schiek - Patentnummer DE102008015409A1, Nils Pohl, Gunnar Armbrecht, Burkhard Schiek (Erfinder), Krohne Meßtechnik (Anmelder), Offenlegung 24.09.2009

Schutzrecht "Dielektrische Antenne"

Nils Pohl - Patentnummer DE102008008715A1, Nils Pohl (Erfinder), Krohne Meßtechnik (Anmelder), Offenlegung 13.08.2009

Advances in Industrial Radar Level Measurements

Gunnar Armbrecht, Eckhard Denicke, Christian Zietz, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch, Ilona Rolfes - Electrical and Electronic Engineering for Communication (EEEfCOM 2009), Ulm, Germany, June 24-25, 2009

Design of Low-Power Ultra-Wideband SiGe mmWave VCOs

Nils Pohl, Hans-Martin Rein, Thomas Musch, K. Aufinger, Josef Hausner - Workshop "SiGe-Based Millimeterwave Circuits and Systems", Erlangen, Germany, 29. May 2009

Dielectric Travelling Wave Antennas Incorporating Cylindrical Inserts with Tapered Cavities

Gunnar Armbrecht, Eckhard Denicke, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch, Ilona Rolfes - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2009), pp. 3090-3094, Berlin, Germany, March 23-27, 2009

Obstacle Based Concept for Compact Mode-Preserving Waveguide Transitions for High-Precision Radar Level Measurements

Gunnar Armbrecht, Eckhard Denicke, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch, Ilona Rolfes - 38th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), pp. 472-475 , Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Oct 28-30, 2008

An 80 GHz SiGe Bipolar VCO with Wide Tuning Range Using Two Simultaneously Tuned Varactor Pairs

Nils Pohl, Hans-Martin Rein, Thomas Musch, K. Aufinger, Josef Hausner - IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS), Monterey, USA, Oct. 2008

Design aspects of ultra-wideband millimeter-wave radar systems in a SiGe technology

Nils Pohl, Hans-Martin Rein, Thomas Musch, K. Aufinger, Josef Hausner - Kleinheubacher Tagung 2008, U.R.S.I. Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V., Miltenberg, Germany, Sept. 2008

Dielectric antenna design and its impact on radar distance measurement accuracy

Eckhard Denicke, Gunnar Armbrecht, Hanno Rabe, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch, Ilona Rolfes - Kleinheubacher Tagung 2008, U.R.S.I. Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V., Miltenberg, Germany, Sep 22-25, 2008

Compact Directional UWB Antenna with Dielectric Insert for Radar Distance Measurements

Gunnar Armbrecht, Eckhard Denicke, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch, Ilona Rolfes - IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB 2008), pp. 229-232, Hannover, Germany, Sep 10-12, 2008

Compact mode-matched excitation structures for radar distance measurements in overmoded circular waveguides

Gunnar Armbrecht, Eckhard Denicke, Ilona Rolfes, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch, Burkhard Schiek † - Advances in Radio Science, DOI:10.5194/ars-6-9-2008, Vol. 6, pp. 9-17, 2008

Antenna far-field characterisation based on calibrated measurements of the electric and magnetic near-field components

Nils Pohl, Gunnar Armbrecht, Ilona Rolfes, Thomas Musch, Josef Hausner, Burkhard Schiek † - Kleinheubacher Tagung 2007, U.R.S.I. Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V., Miltenberg, Germany, Sep 24-27, 2007

Compact mode-matched excitation structures for radar distance measurements in overmoded circular waveguides

Gunnar Armbrecht, Eckhard Denicke, Ilona Rolfes, Nils Pohl, Thomas Musch, Burkhard Schiek † - Kleinheubacher Tagung 2007, U.R.S.I. Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V., Miltenberg, Germany, Sep 24-27, 2007

A low noise fractional-N approach with a short periodicity of the division factor sequences

Thomas Musch, Nils Pohl, Ilona Rolfes, Josef Hausner - Proceedings of European Microwave Association (EuMA), Vol. 3, pp. 84-92, June 2007

High Precision Radar Distance Measurements in Overmoded Circular Waveguides

Nils Pohl, Michael Gerding, Bianca Will, Thomas Musch, Josef Hausner, Burkhard Schiek † - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 1374-1381, June 2007

Radar Distance Measurements in Over-sized Circular Waveguides

Nils Pohl, Michael Gerding, Thomas Musch, Bianca Will, Josef Hausner, Burkhard Schiek † - Kleinheubacher Tagung 2006, U.R.S.I. Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V., Miltenberg, Germany, Sep 25-29, 2006

Radar Distance Measurements in Over-Sized Circular Waveguides

Thomas Musch, Nils Pohl, Michael Gerding, Bianca Will, Josef Hausner, Burkhard Schiek † - 36th European Microwave Conference (EUMC 2006), pp. 1036-1039, Manchester, United Kingdom, Sep 10-15, 2006

Ein pseudofraktionaler Synthesegenerator mit filterbaren spektralen Störlinien und gutem Phasenrauschen

Thomas Musch, Nils Pohl, Burkhard Schiek † - Kleinheubacher Tagung 2005, U.R.S.I. Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V., Miltenberg, Sept. 2005

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