ELEX Best Paper Award in the year 2021

ELEX Best Paper Award in the year 2021 is presented to the following three papers:

 

"64QAM wireless link with 300 GHz InP-CMOS hybrid transceiver"

by Ibrahim Abdo,  Hiroshi Hamada, Hideyuki Nosaka, Atsushi Shirane, Kenichi Okada,
Vol.18, No.17, pp. 20210314 (2021)

 

"High-definition object detection technology based on AI inference scheme and its implementation"

by Hiroyuki Uzawa, Shuhei Yoshida, Yuukou Iinuma, Saki Hatta, Daisuke Kobayashi, Yuya Omori, Ken Nakamura, Shuichi Takada, Hassan Toorabally, Kimikazu Sano
Vol.18, No.22, pp. 20210323 (2021)

 

"Design of broadband high-gain GaN MMIC power amplifier based on reactive/resistive matching and feedback technique"

by Lin Peng, Jianqiang Chen, Zhihao Zhang, Yang Huang, Tong Wang, Gary Zhang,
Vol.18, No.19, pp. 20210313 (2021)

 

 


Past Award Winners

2020
"Lateral integration of VCSEL and amplifier with resonant wavelength detuning design"

by Shanting Hu, Masashi Takanohashi, Xiaodong Gu, Akihiro Matsutani, Fumio Koyama,
Vol.17, No.2, pp. 20190688 (2020)

 

"Hybrid antenna arrays with high angular resolution for 77 GHz automotive radars"

by Jiafei Zhao, Le Zou, Rongkun Jiang, Xuetian Wang, Hongmin Gao,
Vol.17, No.2, pp. 20190687 (2020)

 

"Characterization of cascaded forward Brillouin scattering seeded by backward stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers"

Neisei Hayashi, Yosuke Mizuno, Heeyoung Lee, Kentaro Nakamura, Sze Yun Set, Shinji Yamashita,
Vol.17, No.12, pp. 20200139 (2020)

 

2019
"InGaP/GaAsSb/InGaAsSb double heterojunction bipolar transistors with 703-GHz fmax and 5.4-V breakdown voltage"

by Takuya Hoshi, Norihide Kashio, Yuta Shiratori, Kenji Kurishima, Minoru Ida, Hideaki Matsuzaki,
Vol.16, No.3, pp. 20181125 (2019).

 

"Application of a two-dimensional Butler matrix antenna array for tile-based beamforming"

by Cheng-Hung Hsieh, Yi-Ting Lin, Hsaing-Chieh Jhan, Zuo-Min Tsai,
Vol.16, No.11, pp. 20190272 (2019).

 

"Wavelength-tunable sub-picosecond optical switch over entire C-band using nonlinear optical loop mirror"

Guohua by Ryoya Hirata, Toshihiko Hirooka, Masato Yoshida, Masataka Nakazawa,
Vol.16, No.23, pp. 20190664 (2019).


2018
"Demonstration of true-eigenmode propagation in few-mode fibers by selective LP mode excitation and near-field observation"

by Takuto Yamaguchi, Seiya Miura, and Yasuo Kokubun,
Vol. 15, No. 10, pp. 20180344 (2018)

 

"Silicon photonics based 1×2 wavelength selective switch using fold-back arrayed-waveguide gratings"

by Fumi Nakamura, Hideaki Asakura, Keijiro Suzuki, Ken Tanizawa, Minoru Ohtsuka, Nobuyuki Yokoyama, Kazuyuki Matsumaro, Miyoshi Seki, Keiji Koshino, Kazuhiro Ikeda, Shu Namiki, Hitoshi Kawashima, and Hiroyuki Tsuda,
Vol.15, No.14, pp. 20180532 (2018)

 

"Broadband high-efficiency Doherty power amplifier based on novel phase and impedance transform structure"

Guohua Liu, Zhiwei Zhang, and Zhiqun Cheng,
Vol.15, No.19, pp. 20180747 (2018)


2017
"K-band 100.8 mW beamforming SOC with 249.8 ± 22.8 pico-second group-delay in 0.13 µm CMOS"

by Ming-Ming Zhang, Hsien-Shun Wu and Ching-Kuang Tzuang,
Vol. 14, No. 5, pp.20170008 (2017).

 

"Design of broadband inverse class-F power amplifier based on resistive-reactive series of inverse continuous modes"

by Min Zhang, Zongxi Tang, Weimin Shi and Xin Cao,
Vol. 14, No. 14, pp.20170537 (2017).

 

"A low power, VLSI object recognition processor using Sparse FIND feature for 60 fps HDTV resolution video"

by Go Matsukawa, Taisuke Kodama, Yuri Nishizumi, Koichi Kajihara, Chikako Nakanishi, Shintaro Izumi, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Toshio Goto, Takeo Kato and Masahiko Yoshimoto,
Vol. 14, No. 15, pp.20170668 (2017).


2016
"A 12 to 24 GHz high efficiency fully integrated 0.18um CMOS power amplifier"

by Hamed Mosalam, Ahmed Allam, Hongting Jia, Adel Abdelrahman, Takana Kaho and Ramesh Pokharel,
Vol. 13, No. 14, pp.20160551 (2016).


2015
"A 529 GHz dynamic frequency divider in 130 nm InP HBT process"

by Munkyo Seo, John Hacker, Miguel Urteaga, Anders Skalare and Mark Rodwell,
Vol. 12, No. 3, pp.20141118 (2015).


2014
"Binocular range-sensor LSI with improved distance detection precision by coordinated pixel placement"

by Masatomo Kawano and Yutaka Arima,
Vol. 11, No.19, pp.20140747 (2014).


2013
"Low-power wireless on-chip microparticle manipulation with process variation compensation"

by Yasushi Kishiwada, Hirosuke Iwasaki, Shun Ueda, Yoshiaki Dei, Yusuke Miyawaki, and Toshimasa Matsuoka,
Vol. 10, No. 13, 20130407 (2013).


2012
"A Proper Security Analysis Method for CMOS Cryptographic Circuits"

by Yoshio Takahashi and Tsutomu Matsumoto,
Vol. 9, No. 6, pp.458-463 (2012).


2011
"Ring laser oscillation using silicon (111) mirrors fabricated by MEMS technology"

by Taichi Hashimoto, Kenichi Makimura, Asei Miyamoto, Kensuke Kanda, Takayuki Fujita and Kazusuke Maenaka,
Vol. 8, No. 24, pp.2068-2072 (2011).


2010
"Optical coherence tomography by all-optical MEMS fiber endoscope"

by Muneki Nakada, Changho Chong, Atsushi Morosawa, Keiji Isamoto, Takuya Suzuki, Hiroyuki Fujita and Hiroshi Toshiyoshi,
Vol.7, No.6, pp.428-433 (2010).


2009
"Novel multi-core fibers for mode division multiplexing: proposal and design principle"

by Yasuo Kokubun and Masanori Koshiba,
Vol.6, No.8, pp.522-528 (2009).


2008 "Polarization and frequency division multiplexed 1 Gsymbol/s,
64 QAM coherent optical transmission with 8.6 bit/s/Hz spectral efficiency over 160 km
"

by Hiroki Goto, Masato Yoshida, Tatsunori Omiya, Keisuke Kasai, and Masataka Nakazawa,
Vol.5, No.18, pp.776-781 (2008).


2007
"Depth profiles of strain in AlGaN/GaN heterostructures grown on Si characterized by electron backscatter diffraction technique"
by Teruki Ishido, Hisayoshi Matsuo, Takuma Katayama, Tetsuzo Ueda, Kaoru Inoue, and Daisuke Ueda, Vol.4, No.24, pp.775-781 (2007).


2006
"An optically clocked transistor array (OCTA) for 40- Gb/s, bidirectional serial-to-parallel conversion of asynchronous burst optical packets"
by R. Urata, R. Takahashi, T. Suemitsu, and H. Suzuki,
Vol.3, No.7, pp.129-135 (2006).


2005
"Planar lightwave circuit dispersion compensator using a compact arrowhead arrayed-waveguide grating"
by Takanori Suzuki, Kenichi Masuda, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Yukio Abe, Seiichi Kashimura, Hisato Uetsuka, and Hiroyuki Tsuda,
vol.2, No.23, pp.572-577 (2005).


2004
"Demonstration of 11dB fiber-to-fiber gain in a silicon Raman amplifier"
by Ozdal Boyraz and Bahram Jalali (University of California, Los Angeles),
vol.1, No.14, pp.429-434 (2004).