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Ullrich R. Pfeiffer

Ullrich R. Pfeiffer

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
57
Citations
11829
World Ranking
1983
National Ranking
59

Overview

Ullrich R. Pfeiffer is affiliated with the University of Wuppertal in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and physics, with a specialization in electrical and electronic engineering. Their research primarily focuses on terahertz technology and applications, radio frequency integrated circuit design, microwave engineering and waveguides, photonic and optical devices, superconducting and THz device technology, millimeter-wave propagation and modeling, and semiconductor materials and devices.

The scientist has published numerous papers in respected venues, often collaborating with a number of frequent co-authors. The main publication venues include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
  • IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
  • Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves
  • IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • IEEE Access

Frequent co-authors in Pfeiffer's body of work encompass:

  • Janusz Grzyb
  • Robin Zatta
  • Pedro Rodríguez-Vázquez
  • Philipp Hillger
  • Marcel Andree

Recent papers illustrate Pfeiffer's active presence in terahertz and microwave research. Notable publications include:

  • A QPSK 110-Gb/s Polarization-Diversity MIMO Wireless Link With a 220-255 GHz Tunable LO in a SiGe HBT Technology (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
  • THz Systems Exploiting Photonics and Communications Technologies (2022), published in IEEE Journal of Microwaves
  • Toward Mobile Integrated Electronic Systems at THz Frequencies (2020), published in Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves
  • InP-Based THz Beam Steering Leaky-Wave Antenna (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
  • A Broadband 300 GHz Power Amplifier in a 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS Technology for Communication Applications (2022), published in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Their research is situated at the intersection of electrical engineering and physics, with subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, nuclear and high energy physics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and spectroscopy. Pfeiffer's main fields of study underscore a substantial contribution to engineering, especially in electrical and electronic engineering, supported by a significant presence in physics and astronomy-related disciplines.

Overall, the researcher's work spans multiple high-technology topics connected to terahertz frequencies, integrated circuit design, and specialized device technologies, marking an interdisciplinary engagement across microwave, photonic, and semiconductor domains.

Best Publications

  • A 0.65 THz Focal-Plane Array in a Quarter-Micron CMOS Process Technology

    E. Ojefors;U.R. Pfeiffer;A. Lisauskas;H.G. Roskos

  • A 1 k-Pixel Video Camera for 0.7–1.1 Terahertz Imaging Applications in 65-nm CMOS

    R. Al Hadi;H. Sherry;J. Grzyb;Yan Zhao

  • A Silicon 60-GHz Receiver and Transmitter Chipset for Broadband Communications

    S.K. Reynolds;B.A. Floyd;U.R. Pfeiffer;T. Beukema

  • Rational design of high-responsivity detectors of terahertz radiation based on distributed self-mixing in silicon field-effect transistors

    Alvydas Lisauskas;Ullrich Pfeiffer;Erik Öjefors;Peter Haring Bolìvar

  • SiGe bipolar transceiver circuits operating at 60 GHz

    B.A. Floyd;S.K. Reynolds;U.R. Pfeiffer;T. Zwick

  • Terahertz Imaging and Sensing Applications With Silicon-Based Technologies

    Philipp Hillger;Janusz Grzyb;Ritesh Jain;Ullrich R. Pfeiffer

  • The ATLAS Level-1 Calorimeter Trigger

    R Achenbach;P Adragna;V Andrei;P Apostologlou

  • A silicon 60GHz receiver and transmitter chipset for broadband communications

    B. Floyd;S. Reynolds;U. Pfeifer;T. Beukema

  • Apparatus and methods for constructing antennas us

    Gaucher Brian Paul;Liu Duixian;Pfeiffer Ullrich Richard Rudolf;Zwick Thomas Martin

  • A chip-scale packaging technology for 60-GHz wireless chipsets

    U.R. Pfeiffer;J. Grzyb;Duixian Liu;B. Gaucher

  • Active 220- and 325-GHz Frequency Multiplier Chains in an SiGe HBT Technology

    E Öjefors;B Heinemann;U R Pfeiffer

  • A 20 dBm Fully-Integrated 60 GHz SiGe Power Amplifier With Automatic Level Control

    U.R. Pfeiffer;D. Goren

  • A 16-QAM 100-Gb/s 1-M Wireless Link With an EVM of 17% at 230 GHz in an SiGe Technology

    Pedro Rodriguez-Vazquez;Janusz Grzyb;Bernd Heinemann;Ullrich R. Pfeiffer

  • 60GHz transceiver circuits in SiGe bipolar technology

    S. Reynolds;B. Floyd;U. Pfeiffer;T. Zwick

  • A Fully Integrated 240-GHz Direct-Conversion Quadrature Transmitter and Receiver Chipset in SiGe Technology

    Neelanjan Sarmah;Janusz Grzyb;Konstantin Statnikov;Stefan Malz

  • Subharmonic 220- and 320-GHz SiGe HBT Receiver Front-Ends

    E. Ojefors;B. Heinemann;U. R. Pfeiffer

  • A 20dBm Fully-Integrated 60GHz SiGe Power Amplifier with Automatic Level Control

    U.R. Pfeiffer

  • A 288-GHz Lens-Integrated Balanced Triple-Push Source in a 65-nm CMOS Technology

    Janusz Grzyb;Yan Zhao;U. R. Pfeiffer

  • A 820GHz SiGe chipset for terahertz active imaging applications

    Erik Ojefors;Janus Grzyb;Yan Zhao;Bernd Heinemann

  • Terahertz heterodyne detection with silicon field-effect transistors

    Diana Glaab;Sebastian Boppel;Alvydas Lisauskas;Ullrich Pfeiffer

  • A 1kpixel CMOS camera chip for 25fps real-time terahertz imaging applications

    Hani Sherry;Janusz Grzyb;Yan Zhao;Richard Al Hadi

Frequent Co-Authors

Janusz Grzyb
Janusz Grzyb Indie Semiconductor
Bernd Heinemann
Bernd Heinemann Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics
Thomas Zwick
Thomas Zwick Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Brian P. Gaucher
Brian P. Gaucher IBM (United States)
Brian Floyd
Brian Floyd North Carolina State University
Scott K. Reynolds
Scott K. Reynolds IBM (United States)
Duixian Liu
Duixian Liu IBM (United States)
Hartmut G. Roskos
Hartmut G. Roskos Goethe University Frankfurt
Patrick Mounaix
Patrick Mounaix University of Bordeaux
Andreia Cathelin
Andreia Cathelin STMicroelectronics (Switzerland)

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