Publications

Journal Articles

  • 2023: Rene Celis-Cordova, Jacob J. Gose, Abigail F. Brown, AnnahMarie G. Behn, Matthew Huebner, Ethan
    M. Williams, Yang Xiang, Jonathan D. Chisum, Alexei O. Orlov, Gregory L. Snider, “Measurements of variable
    capacitance using single port radio frequency reflectometry,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. vol. 94, pp. 084703 (2023).
    DOI:10.1063/5.0146064 
  • 2023: H. Aquino, D. Connelly, A. Orlov, J. Chisum, G. Bernstein, W. Porod, “Short-Wavelength Spin-Wave
    Transducer Using the Transmission of Spin-Waves Across Two Magnetic Films,” in IEEE Trans. Magnetics
    (pre-print), May 2023.
    DOI:10.1109/TMAG.2023.3276200
  • 2023: W. Wang†, N. Estes†, N. Garcia†, M. Roddy∗, A. Bolstad, J. Chisum, “Beamforming Phased-array-fed
    Lenses with >0.5λ-spaced Elements,” in IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 2208-2223, Jan. 2023.
    DOI:10.1109/TAP.2023.3240085
  • 2022: N. Estes†, X. Kang, X. Meng, R. Bandlin, A. Chopra, J. N. Laneman, B. Hochwald, J. Chisum, “A 0.71 mW
    Antenna-coupled On-Off-Key Receiver for Gbps Millimeter-wave Wireless Communications,” in IEEE Trans.
    Microw. Theory Techn., Dec 5, 2022.
    DOI:10.1109/TMTT.2022.3222424
  • 2022: K. Gao, X. Meng, J. N. Laneman, J. Chisum, R. Bendlin, A. Chopra, B. Hochwald, “A Training-Based
    Mutual Information Lower Bound for Large-Scale Systems,” in IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 70, no. 8, pp. 5151-
    5163, Aug. 2022.
    DOI:10.1109/TCOMM.2022.3182747
  • 2022: N. Garcia†, J. Chisum, “Compound GRIN Fanbeam Lens Antenna with Wideband Wide-angle Beam-
    scanning,” in IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 7501-7512, Jun 2022.
    10.1109/TAP.2022.3182420
  • 2022: M. Robbins†, D. Connelly†, and J. Chisum, “Modeling Thick Metal in Forward Volume Spin Wave
    Transducers”, in IEEE Microw. Wireless Comp. Lett., vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 684-687, June 2022.
    DOI:10.1109/LMWC.2022.3165512
  • 2022: N. Garcia†, W. Wang†, J. Chisum, “Feed Corrective Lenslets for Enhanced Beamscan in Lens Antenna
    Systems,” Opt. Express, v.30, pp.13047-13058, Apr 2022.
    DOI:10.1364/OE.449130
  • 2022: M. Filmer, M. Huebner, T. Zirkle, X. Jehl, M. Sanquer, J. Chisum, A. Orlov, G. Snider, “Gate reflectom-
    etry of single-electron box arrays using calibrated low temperature matching networks,” in Nature Sci. Rep.
    v.12, pp.3098, Feb. 23, 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06727-1
  • 2022: N. Kleber, J. Chisum, B. Hochwald, J. Laneman, “Three-Dimensional RF Sensor Networks for Widespread
    Spectrum Monitoring,” in IEEE Trans. Cogn. Commun. Netw. vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 763-777, June 2022.
    DOI:10.1109/TCCN.2022.3140770 

Conferences

Refereed

  • 2024: Himanshu Sharma†, Xiangbo Meng, Nicholas Laneman, Ralf Bendlin, Bertrand Hochwald, Jonathan
    Chisum, “Digitally-modulated OOK Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Massively-scalable Gbps Trans-
    mitters,” presented at the 2024 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder CO, Jan 12, 2024. www.
    usnc-ursi-archive.org/nrsm/2024/papers/1223.pdf
  • 2024: Benjamin Davis†, J. Chisum, “Compact, Low-Dispersion, Metalo-Dielectric Gradient-Index Lenses
    with Additive Manufacturing,” presented at the 2024 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder
    CO, Jan 12, 2024. www.usnc-ursi-archive.org/nrsm/2024/papers/1219.pdf
  • 2023: W. Wang and J. Chisum, ”Geometric Optics with Uniform Asymptotic Physical Optics for Ray Tracing
    of Compound GRIN Lens Systems,” 2023 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, San Diego, CA,
    USA, 2023, pp. 603-606.
    DOI: 10.1109/IMS37964.2023.10187995.
  • 2023: Wei Wang, Philip Lambert, Jonathan Chisum, “High-frequency Limits for 3D-Printed Gradient-index
    (GRIN) Lens Antennas,” 2023 IEEE Intl. Ant. Propag. Symp. & USNC-URSI NRSM, Portland OR USA, July 2023.
    https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.14863
  • 2022: X. Meng, N. Estes†, J. N. Laneman, J. Chisum, R. Bendlin and B. M. Hochwald, “Spectral Efficiency with
    One-Bit Transmitters under Out-of-Band Power Constraints,” 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference,
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2022, pp. 1067-1072.
    DOI:10.1109/GLOBECOM48099.2022.10001057
  • 2022: D. Connelly†, M. Robbins†, Jonathan Chisum, “Chip-scale Beamforming with Magnetostatic Spin-
    wave Transducer Arrays,” 2022 IEEE Intl. Ant. Propag. Symp. & USNC-URSI NRSM, Denver CO USA, July
    2022, pp.269-270.
    DOI:10.1109/AP-S/USNC-URSI47032.2022.9886052
  • 2022: W. Wang†, J. Huang†, H. Ouassal‡, Jonathan Chisum, “Inverse GRIN Lens Design Using Artificial
    Neural Network and Geometrical Optics,” 2022 IEEE Intl. Ant. Propag. Symp. & USNC-URSI NRSM, Denver
    CO USA, July 2022.
    DOI:10.1109/AP-S/USNC-URSI47032.2022.9887332
  • 2022: J. Huang†, C. Coverstone†, Jonathan Chisum, “Low-dispersion Metasurfaces for Wideband Gradient-
    index (GRIN) Media up to Ka-band,” 2022 IEEE Intl. Ant. Propag. Symp. & USNC-URSI NRSM, Denver CO
    USA, July 2022.
    DOI:10.23919/USNC-URSI52669.2022.9887514
  • 2022: H. Ouassal‡, J. Chisum, D. Galanos, C. Dietlein, W. Diehl, “Distributed Arrays in Multipath Channels,”
    2022 IEEE Intl. Ant. Propag. Symp. & USNC-URSI NRSM, Denver CO USA, July 2022.
    DOI:10.23919/USNC-URSI52669.2022.9887506
  • 2022: W. Wang† and J. Chisum, “Hybrid Geometrical Optics and Uniform Asymptotic Physical Optics for
    Rapid and Accurate Practical GRIN Lens Design,” presented at 2022 IEEE MTT-S Intl. Microw. Symp., Denver
    CO USA.
    DOI:10.1109/IMS37962.2022.9865499
  • 2022: M. Robbins†, D. Connelly†, and J. Chisum, “Modeling Thick Metal in Forward Volume Spin Wave
    Transducers,” presented at 2022 IEEE MTT-S Intl. Microw. Symp., Denver CO USA.
  • N. Garcia and J. Chisum, “Compound GRIN Lens Fanbeam Antenna for Wide-angle Scanning," to be presented at the IEEE Ant. Propag. Symp. and USNC URSI, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, Dec 2021.
  • N. Estes and J. Chisum, “A 10MHz-1GHz Mitigated Shunt Capacitance Hybrid LNA for Use in a Ka-Band Envelope
    Detector Baseband Output,” presented at the 2021 USNC URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder
    CO (virtual), Jan, 2021.
    https://www.usnc-ursi-archive.org/nrsm/2021/Proceedings/pdfs/0000226.pdf
  • H. Aquino, D. Connelly, A. Orlov, J. Chisum, G. H. Bernstein and W. Porod, "Using Coplanar Waveguides as Spin-Wave Sources with Improved Bandwidth," 2020 Device Research Conference (DRC), Columbus, OH, USA, 2020, pp. 1-2, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9135163, DOI: 10.1109/DRC50226.2020.9135163
  • H. Aquino, D. Connelly, A. Papp, A. Orlov, J. Chisum, G. H. Bernstein, W. Porod, "Towards a Chip-Scale Millimeter-Wave Spectrum/Signal Analyzer Using Spin-Wave Diffraction and Interference," 2020 IEEE Silicon Nanoelectronics Workshop (SNW), Honolulu, HI, USA, 2020, pp. 127-128, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9131613/, DOI: 10.1109/SNW50361.2020.9131613.
  • N. Garcia and J. Chisum, “Wide-angle Beam-scanning with Squinted Feed Elements,” in Proc. of 2020 IEEE
    Ant. Propag. Symp. and USNC URSI, Montreal, CA, Jul 2020.
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9321642
  • K. Gao, J. N. Laneman, N. J. Estes, J. Chisum, and B. Hochwald, “Channel Estimation with One-Bit Transceivers in a Rayleigh Environment,” in Proc. 2019 IEEE Globecom Workshop, Waikoloa, HI, USA, Dec. 9-13, 2019.
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9024647
    DOI:10.1109/GCWkshps45667.2019.9024647
  • K. Gao, J. N. Laneman, N. J. Estes, J. Chisum, and B. Hochwald, “Training for Channel Estimation in Nonlinear Multi-Antenna Transceivers,” presented at 2019 IEEE Info. Theory and Appl. Workshop, Feb. 2019. Available: arXiv:1912.06924 [cs.IT]
  • N. Estes and J. Chisum, “Increased Power Handling of Vanadium Dioxide T/R Switches Using a Resonant Topology,” in Proc. 2019 IEEE MTT-S Intl. Microw. Symp. (IMS), Boston MA, Jun. 2-7, 2019.
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8701088
    DOI:10.1109/MWSYM.2019.8701088
  • D. Connelly, G. Csaba, G. Bernstein, A. Orlov, J. Chisum, and W. Porod, “Towards a simulation framework for coupled microwave and micromagnetic structures,” in Proc. of 2019 Intl. Workshop Comp. Nanotechn., pp.85-86, Chicago IL, May 20-24, 2019.
    http://in4.iue.tuwien.ac.at/pdfs/iwce/iwcn2_2019/IWCN_2019_085-086.pdf
  • David J. Benirschke, Abbas Termos, Nikolaus Kleber, David Connellyy, Bertrand Hochwald, Jonathan Chisum, Scott S. Howard, “Realization of a plug-and-play, low SWAP-C, MIR imaging system utilizing a commercially available low-cost VOx microbolometer array for enabling imaging applications,” Proc. SPIE 10795, Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications XV, 107950D, Oct. 9 2018.
    https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/10795/2325588/Realization-of-a-plug-and-play-10.1117/12.2325588.full
    DOI:10.1117/12.2325588
  • Erica Messinger, Kathleen L. Melde, Jonathan Chisum, Julio Urbina, Jing Wang, Stephen E. Ralph, “Different strategies for preparing students to tackle the RF engineering challenges of tomorrow – a Panel Discussion,” in Proc. 2018 ASEE Annu. Conf. & Expo., Salt Lake City UT, June 27, 2018.
    https://peer.asee.org/30334
  • W. Bai and J. Chisum, “A Compact, Wide Field-of-View Gradient-index Lens Antenna for Millimeter-wave MIMO on Mobile Devices,” in Proc. 86th IEEE Veh. Technol. Conf., Fall 2017, Toronto, Canada, Sep 24-27, 2017.
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8288369
    DOI:10.1109/VTCFall.2017.8288369
  • N. Garcia, W. Bai, T. Twahirwa, D. Connelly, J. Chisum, “Silicon Micromachined High-contrast Artificial Dielectrics for Millimeter-wave Transformation Optics Antennas” in Proc. 2017 IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag., San Diego, CA, Jul 9-14, 2017, pp. 1971-1972.
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8073028
    DOI:10.1109/APUSNCURSINRSM.2017.8073028
  • J. Merritt IV, C. Dietlein, J. Chisum, “Collaborative and Responsive Sensors for Low-cost Spectrum Sensing and Geolocation,” in Proc. 9th NATO Mil. Sens. Symp. (SET-241), Quebec City, Canada, Jun 2, 2017.
    https://www.sto.nato.int/publications/STO%20Meeting%20Proceedings/STO-MP-SET-241/MP-SET-241-13-4.pdf
  • N. Kleber, A. Termos, G. Martinez, J. Merritty, B. Hochwald, J. Chisum, A.D. Striegel, J.N. Laneman, “Radio-Hound: A Pervasive Sensing Platform for Sub-6 GHz Dynamic Spectrum Monitoring”, Proc. of the 2017 IEEE Int. Symp. on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), Baltimore MD, pp. 1-2, Mar 6-9, 2017.
    http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7920764&isnumber=7920740
    DOI:10.1109/DySPAN.2017.7920764
  • K. Gao, N.J. Estesy, B. Hochwald, J. Chisum, J.N. Laneman, “Power-Performance Analysis of a Simple One-Bit Transceiver”, Proc. of the 2017 Inf. Theory and Appl. Workshop, San Diego CA, Feb. 12-17 2017.
    http://ita.ucsd.edu/workshop/17/files/paper/paper_108.pdf
  • N. Estes, J. Chisum, “Sub-surface Spatial Resolution of a Near-field Scanning Microwave Microscope,” in Proc. 2016 NAECON-OIS Conf., Dayton OH, Jul 2016, pp. 464-467.
    http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7856850/
    DOI: 10.1109/NAECON.2016.7856850
  • A. Bolstad, J. Vian, J. Chisum, Y. Suh, “An Array-based Compressed Sensing Receiver Architecture,” Proc. of the 2016 IEEE Int. Symp. on Phased Array Systems and Techn., Waltham, MA, Oct 18-21 2016.
    http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7832659/
    DOI:10.1109/ARRAY.2016.7832659
  • A. K. Bolstad, J. E. Vian, J. D. Chisum and Y. Suh, “Practical sub-Nyquist sampling via array-based compressed sensing receiver architecture,” Proc. of the 2016 IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM), Rio de Janerio, pp. 1-5, Jul 10-13 2016.
    http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7569669/
    DOI:10.1109/SAM.2016.7569669
  • J.D. Chisum, and Z. Popovic, “A Scanning Lock-in Vector Near-field Probe for Noise Limited Microwave Measurements,” presented at the 2010 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), IF414.9, Toronto, Canada, July 2010
  • Atif Imtiaz, T. Mitch Wallis, Sang H. Lim, Jonathan Chisum, Zoya Popovic, and Pavel Kabos, “Near-field antenna as a Scanning Microwave Probe for characterization of materials and devices,” Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010, Barcelona, Spain, pp.1-3, April 12-16 2010. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5505692/
  • J.D. Chisum, M. Ramirez, and Z. Popovic, “Planar Circuits for Non-contact Near-Field Microwave Probing,” IEEE MTT-S European Microwave Conference digest, pp. 802-805, Sept. 29 2009. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5295982/
  • C. Dietlein, J. Chisum, M. Ramirez, E. Grossman, and Z. Popovic, “Integrated microbolometer antenna characterization from 95–650 GHz,” MTT-S International Microwave Symposium digest, pp. 1165, June 2007. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4264036/
  • E.N. Grossman, C.R. Dietlein, J. Chisum, A. Luukanen, J.E. Bjarnason, E.R. Brown, “Spectral decomposition of ultrawideband terahertz imagery,” Proceedings of the SPIE, vol. 6548, pp. 654807-1-654807-8, April 09, 2007. http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1302144

Abstracts & Meetings

  • D. Connelly and J. Chisum, “High Radiation Efficiency Phase-change Material Antennas with Conductive Inclusions,” presented at the 2019 IEEE Ant. Propag. Symp. and USNC URSI.
  • N. Estes, N. Garcia and J. Chisum, “The Onset of Grating Lobes in Arrays of Electrically Large Apertures: A Study for Lenslet Arrays,” presented at the 2019 IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag.
  • D. Connelly and J. Chisum, “Concepts for VO2-Based Reconfigurable Distributed Microwave Circuits” presented at 2018 IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag., Boston, MA, Jul 8-13, 2018.
  • W. Bai, N. Garcia, J. Chisum, “Tradeoffs in Millimeter-wave Beam-steering Technologies,” presented at the 3rd NSF MMW RCN Workshop, Tuscon AZ, Jan. 18-19, 2018.
  • D. Connelly, J. Chisum, “Assessment of VO2 Phase-change Material for Programmable Microwave Circuits,” presented at the USNC-URSI Nat. Radio Science Mtg., Boulder CO, Jan. 5, 2018.
  • N. Estes, J. Chisum, “Vanadium Dioxide (VO2) Phase-change Switches for Highly Linear Front-ends,” presented at the USNC-URSI Nat. Radio Science Mtg., Boulder CO, Jan. 5, 2018.

Patents

Spinwaves

  • Sep 21, 2023: (Utility Patent pending) “Short-wavelength spin wave transducer,” #US 20230299451A1.
    https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230299451A1/en
  • Jul 11, 2022: (Provision Patent) “Spinwave beamforming,” Application #63/368,129.
  • Granted Apr 7, 2020: “Methods and Apparatus for Spin-Wave-Based Spectrum Analyzer”, #US 20170248640A1.
    https://patents.google.com/patent/US20170248640A1/

Lens antennas and arrays

  • Aug 30 2024: (Utility Patent Pending) “Compound lenses for improving beam-scan performance of reflector
    and lens antennas,” #US 18/820,988.
  • Jan 12, 2023: (Utility Patent Pending) “Lens Antenna Systems and Method,” #US 20230011824 A1. https:
    //patents.google.com/patent/US20230011824A1/en
  • Disclosed Sep 21, 2023: (Tech Disclosure) “Interleaved Switch Matrix for Low-complexity Phased-array-fed
    Lenses”
  • Published Jun 1, 2023: (Utility Patent Pending) “Sparse phased-array-fed focusing aperture antennas without
    grating lobes,” #US 20230170611A1. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230170611A1/en
  • Filed Sep 14, 2022: (Non-provisional Patent Application) “Passive Pre-amplified Millimeter-wave Detectors
    for Ultra-low-power Wireless Communications,” Application #: 18/467,212 (ref. Provision #63/375,553).
  • Filed Apr 15, 2022: (Utility Patent Pending) “Compound lenses for improving beam-scan performance of
    reflector and lens antennas,” Application #: 17/721,898.
  • Granted Nov 23, 2021: “High Contrast Gradient Index Lens Antennas,” #US 20200018874 A1.
    https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200018874A1
    Low-resolution, low-power radios
  • Granted May 30, 2023: “Ultra-low-power millimeter-wave to baseband receiver module for scalable massive
    mimo,” #US 11664840 B2.
    https://patents.google.com/patent/US11664840B2/en
  • Jan 5, 2023: “Low-resolution, low-power, radio frequency receiver,” #US 20230006871 A1. https://patents.
    google.com/patent/US20230006871A1/en
  • Granted Jun 9, 2022: “Ultra-low-power millimeter-wave to baseband receiver module for scalable massive
    mimo,” #US 20220182092 A1.
    https://patents.google.com/patent/US20220182092A1/
  • Granted April 12, 2022: “Low-power self-referenced receiver,” #US US11303347 B1. https://patents.google.
    com/patent/US11303347B1/
  • Granted Feb 1, 2022: “Local Oscillator Synchronization for Coherent Phased-Array,” #US 20220166458 A1.
    https://patents.google.com/patent/US20220166458A1/
  • Granted Sept 14 2021: “Low-resolution, low-power, radio frequency receiver”, #US 11121896 B1.
    https://patents.google.com/patent/US11121896B1/

Algorithms

  • Provision, Feb. 10 2023: “Method and apparatus for calibration of a dual-polarized system,” #US 63/484,278.
  • Granted Jul 30, 2019: “Methods and Apparatus for Array-based Compressed Sensing,” #US 20180083816 A1.
    https://patents.google.com/patent/US20180083816A1/