Multidisciplinary Nano and Microsystems Lab

Miniaturization of Resonant Wireless Power Transfer System Components

Portable and wearable electronics require wireless charging to sustain mobile usage at convenient positions and locations. The goal is to develop a compact, highly power efficient wireless power transfer charging system operating at 6.78 MHz, which is compliant with the Rezence standard.The research scope includes development of a highly compact, high efficiency, ferrite-core receiver antenna; and a metamaterial lens to enhance WPT efficiency between the transmitter and the receiver.  In this work, we focus on WPT receiver modules for various portable and wearable consumable electronics with a power rating of ~10 W such as smart phones, radios, laptops, tablets, and military electronics. In future work, this technology could also be scalable to other power ranges, such as mW for biomedical implants to kW for automobiles.

IMG @ Napa Microsystems Workshop 2017

Submitted by Roozbeh Tabrizian on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 9:50am

IMG will be well-represented at the upcoming Napa Microsystems Workshop in August 2017:

Thick-Film Magnetic Materials for Integrated Microwave Systems (Oral)
X. Wen, Y. Wang, S. Hwangbo, Y.-K. Yoon, and D.P. Arnold
University of Florida, USA

A Nonlinearly Coupled Aluminum Nitride Matrix for Phase-Synchronous Reference Generation (Oral)
M. Ghatge and R. Tabrizian
University of Florida, USA

Observation of Acoustoelectric Amplification at Aluminum Nitride-Germanium Interface (Poster)
M. Ghatge, K. Kallam, and R. Tabrizian
University of Florida, USA

The 2017 Napa Microsystems Workshop is the fourth workshop in the Transducer Research Foundation's Napa Institute Series. This west-coast workshop shares a common heritage with the TRF's highly-regarded Hilton Head Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop.

Todd Schumann receives a UF Graduate Student Teaching Award in 2016 - 2017

Submitted by Seahee Hwangbo on Mon, 04/17/2017 - 5:41pm
Todd Schumann receives a UF Graduate Student Teaching Award in 2016 - 2017.
He has served as a teaching assistant for EEE 5354L Semiconductor Device Fabrication Laboratory between Fall 2015 and Fall 2016. He has contributed to the design and implementation of new lab modules including spin-on-glass (SOG) and SU-8 based comb actuators, and shown excellence in teaching and student supervision in the lab class. Todd is the first Electrical Engineering graduate student who receives this award. Congratulations! 
 

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Camilo Velez and Sheng-Po Fang win the Gator Engineering Attribute Awards

Submitted by Nicolas Garraud on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 4:42pm

Congratulations to Camilo Velez and Sheng-Po Fang for winning the Gator Engineering Attribute Awards for the 2017-2018 academic year, respectively for creativity and service to the global community. Considered the greatest distinction of any student award given by the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, the Gator Engineering Attribute Awards are intended to provide an ideal guide for all members of the Gator Engineering community.

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Seahee Hwangbo awarded IEEE Annual AP-S Doctoral Research Fellowship

Submitted by Seahee Hwangbo on Thu, 11/03/2016 - 1:15pm

Seahee Hwangbo, a current IMG member, has received the 2016 IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society (AP-S) Doctoral Research Fellowship Award. The IEEE AP-S awards up to 10 PhD fellowships each year to encourage students to pursue a career in the area of Electromagnetics. The awards are intended to support students involved in project work directed by a faculty member at their institution who is a member of the IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society. The title of her research is: "Millimeter-wave Wireless Interconnects for Intra-/Inter chip Communications using Through Glass Via (TGV) Disc-loaded Antennas in 3D-IC" under the supervision of Dr. Y.K. Yoon.

The award selection is based on creativity and quality of the proposed
project, discussion of the technical interests and skills of the student.