II-NEW: Probe Station to Characterize Body Area Network Sensor ICs for Cyber Physical Systems Applications

II-新：用于表征网络物理系统应用的人体局域网传感器 IC 的探针台

• 批准号: 1628961
• 负责人: Debasis Dawn
• 金额: $ 36.29万
• 依托单位: North Dakota State University Fargo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-01 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1628961&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: II; NEW; Probe; Station; Characterize

This research infrastructure will enable North Dakota State University (NDSU) to pursue a wide area of research topics: System-on-Chip (SoC) integrated silicon-based CMOS/Silicon-Germanium (SiGe) Radio Frequency (RF) and millimeter-wave Integrated Circuits (ICs) for high data rate (Gb/s) wireless body/personal area network (WBAN, WPAN) communication involving humans and computers, communication radar and sensors for detection applications ranging from hand-held scanners for bio-medical imaging to portable/wearable weapon scanners for military applications, asynchronous logic circuits for ultra-low power computer chips, extreme environment ICs for use in outer space and high temperature power electronic applications, side-channel attack resistant ICs, RF nanotechnology, and developing sub-millimeter wave and Terahertz frequency ICs. These research topics are very crucial and play a significant role in bolstering the leading position of the United States in research and development related to wireless communication, information technology, and IC design, which will strengthen our country's defense and security. State-of-the-Art research instrumentation is essential. This instrumentation will enable precise characterization of devices and circuits to understand their behavior in order to be able to successfully design new classes of ultra-low-power BAN sensors ICs that are adaptable to dynamic changes based on body movements or environmental changes for Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) applications. This will further significantly aid faculty and students to conduct fundamental research, which will directly benefit the research community from the tests and analysis enabled by the probe station equipment.In addition to facilitating cutting-edge research, this probe station will provide a variety of undergraduate and graduate students the ability to be trained on state-of-the-art industry-standard equipment, affording them a tremendous competitive advantage in the job market. The system offer broad opportunities for general Electromagnetics, Computer Communication Networks, Biomedical Engineering, and Material Characterization Research.

这一研究基础设施将使北达科他州州立大学（NDSU）能够开展广泛的研究课题：用于高数据速率（Gb/s）无线身体/个人区域网络的片上系统（SoC）集成硅基CMOS/硅锗（SiGe）射频（RF）和毫米波集成电路（IC）（WBAN，WPAN）通信，用于从用于生物医学成像的手持式扫描仪到用于军事应用的便携式/可穿戴武器扫描仪的检测应用的通信雷达和传感器，这些芯片包括用于超低功耗计算机芯片的异步逻辑电路、用于外太空和高温电力电子应用的极端环境IC、抗侧信道攻击IC、RF纳米技术以及开发亚毫米波和太赫兹频率IC。这些研究课题非常关键，对于巩固美国在无线通信、信息技术和IC设计相关研发方面的领先地位，从而加强我国的国防和安全，具有重要作用。最先进的研究仪器是必不可少的。该仪器将能够精确表征设备和电路，以了解其行为，从而能够成功设计新型超低功耗BAN传感器IC，这些IC可适应基于身体运动或网络物理系统（CPS）应用环境变化的动态变化。这将进一步大大帮助教师和学生进行基础研究，这将直接受益于探针台设备所实现的测试和分析的研究界。除了促进尖端研究，这个探针台将提供各种本科生和研究生的能力，接受最先进的行业标准设备的培训，使他们在就业市场上具有巨大的竞争优势。该系统为一般电磁学、计算机通信网络、生物医学工程和材料表征研究提供了广阔的机会。