In the UMass Amherst Radio Frequency Nanoelectronics Group, students and scientists work with cutting-edge semiconductor technologies and investigate topics ranging from fundamental device physics to the design of complex integrated systems. A summary of active research projects is given below. Our current and past research has been supported by the following sponsors: DARPA, NSF, ONR, NASA/JPL, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, HYPRES, HRL LLC, The Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, MIT Lincoln Laboratories, and Rigetti Quantum Computing.

 
Current Research Topics (Updated in 2014)

 

Next-Generation Electronics for Cryogenic Sensor Systems

 

Self-Healing and Self-Optimizing Low Noise Circuits

 

Extremely Low-Noise SiGe Amplifiers

 

Deep Space Optical Communication Link

 

Hybrid Temperature Heterogenius Data Link

 

W-Band Phased Focal Plane Array Feed

 

Noise Modeling of InP HBTs on CMOS

 

Fundamental Study of Amplifier Noise Linearity at Cryogenic Temperatures