The picture above shows a fully self-contained radar sensor for robust human presence detection. The sensor is based on a complex CMOS radar sensor IC containing all necessary functions for the system to operate:
1. RF front-end components (LNA, Filters, etc)
2. High-speed sampling ADC
3. Power management
4. Clock-generation and oscillators
5. Processing and memory
The goal and scope for M.Sc. projects related to this system is to evaluate current implementations and investigate possible new alternative solutions that can further reduce power consumption (still maintaining similar performance) or improve performance. Example projects could be:
1. Design, fabrication and characterization of 27 MHz micropower crystal oscillator
2. UWB LNA and down-conversion mixer for 6.0 - 8.5 GHz band
3. On-chip CMOS LDO
If some of these topics seems interesting, contact Dag T. Wisland (dagwis@ifi.uio.no), and we can set up a dedicated meeting to discuss possible projects in detail.
Relevant background for projects can be found here:
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8106658