Demonstrating 6G Leadership: JUMP ComSenTer 2022 Annual Review

Researchers and students in JUMP ComSenTer demonstrated their world-class achievements in THz and sub-THz communications at the fifth and final annual review on June 1-2 in Berkeley CA. Over 150 in-person and remote attendees participated, with lively Q&As, poster sessions, and in-person networking opportunities for students and industry. The Center's full-stack systems approach to a 6G ecosystem includes analysis and evaluation of various Massive MIMO, beamforming/steering/prediction, and phased array architectural optimizations for a range of complex system variables.

Center achievements include the world’s first fully packaged and electronically steerable single-beam and multi-beam phased arrays, new record D-band power amplifiers using different technologies (InP- SiGe-GaN-CMOS), and power consumption optimizations. Demos included a long range >100m end-to-end beamforming test at 140 GHz (collaboration with Samsung Dallas). Industry attendees also noted the high quality of students produced by the Center, many already hired by members.