CAREER: 3D Heterogeneous Integration for Power Reduction in Embedded Systems: Application to Wireless Image Sensing and Transport

职业：用于降低嵌入式系统功耗的 3D 异构集成：在无线图像传感和传输中的应用

• 批准号: 1054429
• 负责人: Saibal Mukhopadhyay
• 金额: $ 44.92万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-02-01 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1054429&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; 3D; Heterogeneous; Integration; Power

Wireless image/video communication networks are proliferating rapidly in applications like smart camera systems, military and civilian surveillance, green buildings, immersive computing, bio-telemetry, and autonomous robots/vehicles. Low-power embedded systems for multimedia sensing and communication are essential for their effective deployment. This research explores principles to minimize power dissipation of embedded systems for real-time imaging, high-volume multimedia processing, and wireless communication in time-varying noisy channel under Quality-of-Service (QoS) constraints. The heterogeneous integration of image sensor, memory, digital, and RF in a 3D-integrated circuit (IC) is explored to achieve this goal. The functional and physical interactions of components, algorithms, and environment in the 3D heterogeneous IC is investigated to create system design, physical analysis, and real-time control principles for power reduction. The principles are applied to design a low-power 3D wireless image sensor node for high-quality image/video communication network. The educational plan of the project includes creating a new undergraduate course, "Physics of Computation", a visual VLSI learning tool, and a "toy-sensor" chip design project for undergraduate courses; and fostering undergraduate research. This plan develops the pedagogical methods and tools for delivering an integrative learning of VLSI, instead of isolated skills in device, circuits, and systems, to next generation students. The outreach activities include engagement with the Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science program at Georgia Tech; recruiting under-represented students through the Facilitating Academic Careers in Engineering and Science for African-American students program; and participation in the First Lego League for the middle school students in the State of Georgia, hosted by ECE, Georgia Tech.

无线图像/视频通信网络在诸如智能相机系统、军事和民用监视、绿色建筑、沉浸式计算、生物遥测和自主机器人/车辆的应用中迅速激增。低功耗嵌入式多媒体传感和通信系统是其有效部署的关键。本研究探讨的原则，以减少功耗的嵌入式系统的实时成像，大容量的多媒体处理，并在时变噪声信道下的服务质量（QoS）的约束下的无线通信。为了实现这一目标，探索了图像传感器、存储器、数字和RF在3D集成电路（IC）中的异构集成。研究了3D异构IC中组件、算法和环境的功能和物理交互，以创建用于降低功耗的系统设计、物理分析和实时控制原则。 应用该原理设计了一个低功耗的3D无线图像传感器节点，用于高质量的图像/视频通信网络。该项目的教育计划包括创建一个新的本科课程，“计算物理学”，一个可视化的VLSI学习工具，和一个“玩具传感器”芯片设计项目的本科课程;和促进本科研究。该计划开发了教学方法和工具，为下一代学生提供VLSI的综合学习，而不是设备，电路和系统的孤立技能。外展活动包括参与格鲁吉亚理工学院的夏季工程/科学本科研究计划;通过促进非裔美国学生工程和科学学术职业计划招募代表性不足的学生;以及参加由欧洲经济委员会（ECE）、格鲁吉亚理工学院主办的第一届乐高联盟（First Lego League），该联盟面向中学生。格鲁吉亚州。