W. Hirt

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

W. Hirt is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Hirt has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. Hirt's work include Ultra-Wideband Communications Technology (17 papers), Antenna Design and Analysis (11 papers) and Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design (8 papers). W. Hirt is often cited by papers focused on Ultra-Wideband Communications Technology (17 papers), Antenna Design and Analysis (11 papers) and Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design (8 papers). W. Hirt collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Canada. W. Hirt's co-authors include D. Porcino, James L. Massey, W. Schott, R. Hermann, Roy D. Cideciyan, H. Jäckel, Frank Ellinger, Evangelos Eleftheriou, S. Pasupathy and F. Gfeller and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and IEEE Communications Magazine.

In The Last Decade

W. Hirt

36 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Ultra-wideband radio technology: Potential and challenges ahead

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Hirt Switzerland	18	1.5k	500	460	336	252	37	1.8k
Hajime Suzuki Australia	18	1.7k 1.1×	702 1.4×	377 0.8×	141 0.4×	35 0.1×	116	2.0k
Song Lin United States	16	1.0k 0.7×	256 0.5×	244 0.5×	142 0.4×	423 1.7×	53	1.4k
A.N. D’Andrea Italy	19	2.2k 1.5×	945 1.9×	504 1.1×	179 0.5×	53 0.2×	41	2.5k
Bin‐Jie Hu China	26	1.9k 1.3×	364 0.7×	1.3k 2.8×	102 0.3×	190 0.8×	154	2.4k
Vincenzo Lottici Italy	18	1.5k 1.0×	723 1.4×	353 0.8×	149 0.4×	30 0.1×	107	1.6k
Ian Oppermann Finland	21	1.7k 1.1×	583 1.2×	620 1.3×	401 1.2×	82 0.3×	95	1.9k
Stephen G. Wilson United States	22	2.2k 1.5×	1.4k 2.8×	334 0.7×	53 0.2×	66 0.3×	110	2.4k
J. K. Holmes United States	11	686 0.5×	536 1.1×	268 0.6×	60 0.2×	74 0.3×	49	1.0k
Roland Best United States	6	1.1k 0.7×	200 0.4×	78 0.2×	396 1.2×	132 0.5×	9	1.3k
D.P. Taylor New Zealand	27	2.4k 1.6×	1.5k 2.9×	278 0.6×	62 0.2×	60 0.2×	217	2.6k

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Hirt, W., et al.. (2009). A Spectrum-Shaping Output Stage for IR-UWB Transmitters. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 57(6). 1470–1478. 4 indexed citations

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Hamann, Hendrik F., M. Iyengar, W. Hirt, et al.. (2009). Uncovering energy-efficiency opportunities in data centers. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 53(3). 10:1–10:12. 38 indexed citations

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Hirt, W., et al.. (2009). A Low-Power Baseband ASIC for an Energy-Collection IR-UWB Receiver. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 44(6). 1721–1733. 7 indexed citations

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Hirt, W.. (2007). The European UWB Radio Regulatory and Standards Framework: Overview and Implications. 733–738. 22 indexed citations

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Ellinger, Frank, et al.. (2006). A robust front-end architecture for low-power UWB radio transceivers. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 54(4). 1713–1723. 14 indexed citations

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Hirt, W., et al.. (2006). ML Receiver for Pulsed UWB Signals and Partial Channel State Information. 180–185. 14 indexed citations

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Hirt, W., et al.. (2006). Overview and Implications of the Emerging Global UWB Radio Regulatory Framework. 581–586. 5 indexed citations

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Hirt, W., et al.. (2005). Impact of the FCC Average- and Peak Power Constraints on the Power of UWB Radio Signals. 7 indexed citations

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Hirt, W., et al.. (2004). Performance of binary antipodal signaling over indoor UWB MIMO channel. 4. 2872–2878. 41 indexed citations

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Ellinger, Frank, et al.. (2004). A low supply voltage SiGe LNA for ultra-wideband frontends. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. 14(10). 469–471. 78 indexed citations

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Hirt, W., et al.. (2004). Robust noncoherent receiver exploiting UWB channel properties. 156–160. 108 indexed citations

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Hirt, W.. (2003). Ultra-wideband radio technology: overview and future research. Computer Communications. 26(1). 46–52. 57 indexed citations

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Gfeller, F., et al.. (2002). Wireless infrared transmission: How to reach all office space. 3. 1535–1539. 19 indexed citations

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Gfeller, F. & W. Hirt. (2002). Advanced infrared (AIr): physical layer for reliable transmission and medium access. 77–84. 18 indexed citations

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Eleftheriou, Evangelos & W. Hirt. (2002). Noise-predictive maximum-likelihood (NPML) detection for the magnetic recording channel. 1. 556–560. 18 indexed citations

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Gfeller, F. & W. Hirt. (1998). A robust wireless infrared system with channel reciprocity. IEEE Communications Magazine. 36(12). 100–106. 20 indexed citations

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Hirt, W. & James L. Massey. (1988). Capacity of the discrete-time Gaussian channel with intersymbol interference. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 34(3). 38–38. 159 indexed citations

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Balmain, K.G. & W. Hirt. (1983). Dielectric Surface Discharges: Effectsof Combined Low-Energy and High-Energy Incident Electrons. IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation. EI-18(5). 498–503. 8 indexed citations

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Hirt, W. & S. Pasupathy. (1981). Suboptimal reception of binary CPSK signals. IEE Proceedings F Communications, Radar and Signal Processing. 128(3). 125–134. 10 indexed citations

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Hirt, W. & S. Pasupathy. (1981). Continuous Phase Chirp (CPC) Signals for Binary Data Communication--Part II: Noncoherent Detection. IRE Transactions on Communications Systems. 29(6). 848–858. 7 indexed citations

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