| Title: | Receivers and Transmitters in Radio Frequency and Microwaves por space and Mobile communications (RETRAM) |
| Principal Investigator: | Eduardo Artal LaTorre |
| Researchers: | Beatriz Aja Abelán, Juan Luis Cano de Diego, Luisa María de la Fuente Rodríguez, Tomás Fernández Ibáñez, José Angel García García, Juan Pablo Pascual Gutiérrez. |
| Description: | Design and experimental testing of prototypes for new low-noise receiver systems for space applications, in the terrestrial and satellite segments.
Goals: Development of new receiver and transmitter systems, for satellite and terrestrial communications, in the radio frequency and microwave bands. In receivers, the main objective is the design and experimental validation of prototypes of radio communications front-ends, including the subsystems connected to the antennas, and low noise amplifiers with new semiconductor technologies, such as Gallium Nitride (GaN), to achieve robust receivers against high-power interferences, with improvements in relation to current Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) receivers. In transmitters, the main objective is the design of higher efficiency power amplifiers for mobile communications systems, improving energy consumption compared to current systems.  |
| Funding: | Funded by Consejería de Industria, Empleo, Innovación y Comercio (Cantabria Government)
This entity has received co-financed funds from European Regional Development Fund through FEDER 2021-2027 Operational Program of Cantabria, through the line of subsidies “Aids for research projects with high industrial potential of excellence technological agents for industrial competitiveness: TCNIC”. File number reference: 2023/TCN/005 Government of Cantabria Program: Research projects with high industrial potential of excellence technological agents for industrial competitiveness (TCNIC) |
| Starting date: | 09-08-2023 | Deadline date: | 08-08-2026 |
| Title: | Microwave polarization modulators based on graphene |
| Principal Investigator: | Beatriz Aja Abelán |
| Researchers: | Eduardo Artal, Luisa de la Fuente, Juan Pablo Pascual |
| Description: | Design and tests of electromagnetic waves polarization modulators, based on graphene grids over dielectric substrates, for frequencies in the range from 10 to 100 GHz. |
| Funding: | Agencia Estatal de investigación. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. Referencia: AYA2017-92153-EXP |
| Starting date: | 1-11-2018 | Deadline date: | 31-10-2020 |
| Title: | Technical assistance in electromagnetic design of RD Projects 705 PowerGuide and 735 RF Modules |
| Principal Investigator: | Angel Mediavilla |
| Researchers: | Antonio Tazón |
| Description: | This Project is centered on the electromagnetic design and prototypes manufacturing for waveguide structures able to transmit high power rates, in continuous wave and pulsed regimes. In addition to design, a technical support is provided for temperature and vibration experimental qualifications of all subsystems. |
| Funding: | AWGE Technologies SL |
| Starting date: | 2-7-2018 | Deadline date: | 30-6-2021 |
| Starting date: | 18-6-2018 | Deadline date: | 17-1-2019 |
| Title: | Millimeter wave KID detectors and amplifiers for CMB observations |
| Principal Investigator: | Luisa de la Fuente, Beatriz Aja Abelán |
| Researchers: | Eduardo Artal |
| Description: | Design and development of multipixel receivers at 90 and 60 GHz, based on Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs), in order to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization. Very low noise cryogenic amplifiers development for the readout of KIDs and for bands W and D, from 75 to 170 GHz, for radio astronomy instruments in future space missions. |
| Funding: | Agencia Estatal de Investigación. Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad. (ESP2017-83921-C2-2-R) y FEDER - Unión Europea
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| Starting date: | 1-1-2018 | Deadline date: | 31-12-2019 |
| Title: | Transceptores ágiles y energéticamente eficientes para la nueva radio 5G |
| Principal Investigator: | José Angel García García |
| Researchers: | Angel Mediavilla Sánchez, Antonio Tazón Puente, Francisco Javier Ortega González (UPM), Tomás Fernández Ibáñez, José María Zamanillo Sainz de la Maza, Alicia Casanueva López, Juan Pablo Pascual Gutierrez |
| Description: | Design of RF power transmitting structures, highly efficient, flexible and intelligent, capable of manipulating 5G signals of high bandwidth and with power ratios of peak to high average power. Design of analog predistorters, active antennas for power amplification, DC / DC converters for the manipulation of fast envelopes and implementation of antenna array in transmission with high efficiency and spatial selectivity in linearization for future mMIMO systems. |
| Funding: | Agencia Estatal de Investigación. Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad. (TEC2017-83343-C4-1-R) y FEDER - Unión Europea
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| Starting date: | 1-1-2018 | Deadline date: | 31-12-2020 |
| Title: | Contrat D'Encadrement Scientifique et Pedagogique d'Une These de Doctorat Cifre |
| Principal Investigator: | Ángel Mediavilla Sánchez |
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| Description: | The goal is the development of an integrated digital receiver feed to be used in X-band satellite communications. |
| Funding: | Callisto |
| Starting date: | 2017 | Deadline date: | 2020 |
| Title: | Sistema AMIGOS: Revisión del diseño, fabricación de un prototipo y soporte técnico para la fabricación de cinco unidades |
| Principal Investigator: | Ángel Mediavilla Sánchez |
| Researchers: | Antonio Tazón Puente |
| Description: | The development and manufacturing of a prototype of a millimeter-wave microwave interrogator is the main goal of this project. The manufacturing of 5 units of this device will be supervised. |
| Funding: | Indra Sistemas S.A. |
| Starting date: | 2017 | Deadline date: | 2020 |