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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
59
Citations
11839
World Ranking
1785
National Ranking
709

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electrical engineering
  • Optics

His primary scientific interests are in Electrical engineering, Optoelectronics, Electronic engineering, Phase and Insertion loss. Electrode and Figure of merit is closely connected to X band in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Electrical engineering. His Optoelectronics research includes themes of Capacitance, Capacitive sensing, Microwave and Capacitor.

He interconnects Microstrip antenna and Antenna in the investigation of issues within Electronic engineering. His studies deal with areas such as Antenna array and Nonlinear system as well as Phase. His Amplifier research integrates issues from Power and Power dividers and directional couplers.

His most cited work include:

  • Active integrated antennas (394 citations)
  • Realization of high tunability barium strontium titanate thin films by rf magnetron sputtering (286 citations)
  • A new phase-shifterless beam-scanning technique using arrays of coupled oscillators (281 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Optoelectronics, Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Optics and Amplifier. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Phase shift module, High-electron-mobility transistor, Thin film and Capacitor. His Electrical engineering study combines topics in areas such as Power, Waveguide and X band.

His Electronic engineering study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Antenna, Phase-locked loop, Broadband and Power dividers and directional couplers. His research integrates issues of MESFET, Antenna array and Pulse generator in his study of Optics. His Amplifier research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Slot antenna, Bandwidth and Impedance matching.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Optoelectronics (41.85%)
  • Electrical engineering (32.61%)
  • Electronic engineering (27.72%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2004-2021)?

  • Optoelectronics (41.85%)
  • Resonator (8.15%)
  • Capacitor (15.76%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Robert A. York spends much of his time researching Optoelectronics, Resonator, Capacitor, Electrical engineering and Dielectric. His work deals with themes such as Electronic engineering, dBm and Voltage, which intersect with Optoelectronics. The various areas that Robert A. York examines in his Electronic engineering study include Duplexer and Filter bank.

The study incorporates disciplines such as High-κ dielectric, Molecular beam epitaxy, Electrode and Thin film in addition to Capacitor. High-electron-mobility transistor, Monolithic microwave integrated circuit, Amplifier, Phase shift module and RF power amplifier are among the areas of Electrical engineering where Robert A. York concentrates his study. The concepts of his Dielectric study are interwoven with issues in Capacitance, Periscope antenna, Electrical connection and Antenna.

Between 2004 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Modeling the capacitive nonlinearity in thin-film BST varactors (93 citations)
  • Low-loss tunable capacitors fabricated directly on gold bottom electrodes (58 citations)
  • dc electric field tunable bulk acoustic wave solidly mounted resonator using SrTiO3 (44 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electrical engineering
  • Optics

Robert A. York mainly investigates Optoelectronics, Electrical engineering, Dielectric, Capacitor and Microwave. Optoelectronics is closely attributed to Electrode in his research. His studies link Gallium nitride with Electrical engineering.

His research in Capacitor intersects with topics in Molecular beam epitaxy and Coplanar waveguide. While the research belongs to areas of Microwave, Robert A. York spends his time largely on the problem of Dielectric loss, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Conductor. His Ferroelectricity study incorporates themes from High-κ dielectric, Varicap, Temperature coefficient, Capacitive sensing and Electronic engineering.

Best Publications

  • High-isolation BST-MEMS switches

    Yu Liu;T.R. Taylor;J.S. Speck;R.A. York

  • A new phase-shifterless beam-scanning technique using arrays of coupled oscillators

    P. Liao;R.A. York

  • Active integrated antennas

    K. Chang;R.A. York;P.S. Hall;T. Itoh

  • Nonlinear analysis of phase relationships in quasi-optical oscillator arrays

    R.A. York

  • Phase noise in coupled oscillators: theory and experiment

    Heng-Chia Chang;Xudong Cao;U.K. Mishra;R.A. York

  • Quasi-optical power combining using mutually synchronized oscillator arrays

    R.A. York;R.C. Compton

  • Realization of high tunability barium strontium titanate thin films by rf magnetron sputtering

    P. Padmini;T. R. Taylor;M. J. Lefevre;A. S. Nagra

  • Injection- and phase-locking techniques for beam control [antenna arrays]

    R.A. York;T. Itoh

  • Distributed analog phase shifters with low insertion loss

    A.S. Nagra;R.A. York

  • A new high performance phase shifter using Ba/sub x/Sr/sub 1-x/TiO 3 thin films

    B. Acikel;T.R. Taylor;P.J. Hansen;J.S. Speck

  • Impact of thermal strain on the dielectric constant of sputtered barium strontium titanate thin films

    T. R. Taylor;P. J. Hansen;B. Acikel;N. Pervez

  • Quasi-optical and spatial power combining

    M.P. DeLisio;R.A. York

  • Monolithic Ka-band phase shifter using voltage tunable BaSrTiO/sub 3/ parallel plate capacitors

    E.G. Erker;A.S. Nagra;Yu Liu;P. Periaswamy

  • Active and quasi - optical arrays for solid - state power combining

    Robert A. York;Zoya B. Popovic

  • A 120-W X-band spatially combined solid-state amplifier

    Nai-Shuo Cheng;Pengcheng Jia;D.B. Rensch;R.A. York

  • FDTD analysis of wave propagation in nonlinear absorbing and gain media

    A.S. Nagra;R.A. York

  • Oscillator array dynamics with broadband N-port coupling networks

    R.A. York;P. Liao;J.J. Lynch

  • Phase noise in externally injection-locked oscillator arrays

    Heng-Chia Chang;Xudong Cao;M.J. Vaughan;U.K. Mishra

  • Modeling the capacitive nonlinearity in thin-film BST varactors

    D.R. Chase;Lee-Yin Chen;R.A. York

  • BaSrTiO/sub 3/ interdigitated capacitors for distributed phase shifter applications

    Yu Liu;A.S. Nagra;E.G. Erker;P. Periaswamy

Frequent Co-Authors

Umesh K. Mishra
Umesh K. Mishra University of California, Santa Barbara
James S. Speck
James S. Speck University of California, Santa Barbara
Susanne Stemmer
Susanne Stemmer University of California, Santa Barbara
David B. Rutledge
David B. Rutledge California Institute of Technology
Stacia Keller
Stacia Keller University of California, Santa Barbara
S. K. Streiffer
S. K. Streiffer Argonne National Laboratory
Mark J. W. Rodwell
Mark J. W. Rodwell University of California, Santa Barbara
Zoya Popovic
Zoya Popovic University of Colorado Boulder

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