STTR Phase I: Design and Implementation of New Wafer-Scale Millimeter-Wave Massive-MIMO Transceivers

这个小型企业技术转移(STTR)一期项目研究的是实施世界上第一个晶圆规模的100+单元毫米波大规模MIMO收发信机--S。该系统的一个本质属性是收发信链的资源共享，极大地节省了面积。该系统能够适应任何多天线方案，包括空间复用、空间分集(包括正交空时分组码、最大比合并和波束形成)。这将显著提高性能和降低功耗。该项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是，它改变了全球宽带多用户无线接入的格局，并帮助美国无线部门成为世界领先者。硅片规模的大规模MIMO基站将对新兴的多功能多天线无线通信产生巨大的影响，通过理论探索和电路和系统的开发。在新设备和新服务的技术创新的推动下，电信行业正在以极快的速度发生变化。这一STTR项目将为美国的这一创新做出贡献，为未来无线通信的研发方向提供一个前瞻性的展望。

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project studies the implementation of the world?s first wafer-scale 100+ element massive MIMO transceiver operating at millimeter-wave frequency. An essential attribute of this system is the resource sharing of transceiver chains, leading to great saving of area. The proposed system is capable of accommodating any multi-antenna scheme, including spatial multiplexing, spatial diversity (including orthogonal space time block codes, maximal-ratio combining, and beamforming). This will result in significant improvement of performance and reduction of power consumption.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is that it transforms the landscape of the broadband multi user wireless access across the globe and helps the U.S. wireless sector to be the leader of the world. The wafer-scale massive MIMO base stations will have tremendous impact on the emerging multi-function multi-antenna wireless communications by exploring theories and developing circuits and systems. The telecommunications sector is changing at warp speed, driven by technological innovation that results in new equipment and services. This STTR project will precisely contribute to this innovation in the United States by providing a foresight for the future direction of research and development in wireless communications.