SBIR Phase I: iD3: Intelligent, Invisible Electronic ID Tags

这项小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力将是一种创新的、广泛适用的唯一ID技术的演示，该技术将物理对象与数字世界联系起来。拟议中的技术可以帮助防止假冒，并为制造商提供有关产品在供应和分销链中的移动的信息。阻碍唯一ID标签广泛使用的主要限制是，由于安全性、尺寸或成本的原因，许多关键产品和组件很难或不可能使用现有技术进行标签。这些约束极大地限制了应用程序的空间。在这个第一阶段项目中开发的标签原型将通过展示第一个远程可访问的微观电子封装来推进无线电子领域。这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将进一步开发一种新型微型光学无线集成电路（owic）。具体来说，这个项目将专注于开发一个专门设计用于唯一ID标签的新OWiC。该标签将全光通信和电源系统与低功耗集成电路结合在一个有效不可见的封装中，太小而无法用肉眼分辨。该项目将解决以下技术挑战：1)制造具有完整功能的微型无线标签，2)大规模制造，3)使用标签。这些障碍都将在本项目中通过低功耗集成电路设计、并行全光刻纳米制造技术和新的标签放置方法来解决。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will be the demonstration of an innovative, broadly applicable unique ID technology to link physical objects to the digital world. The proposed technology could help prevent counterfeits, as well as providing a manufacturer information on the product's movement in the supply and distribution chains. The key limitation preventing broad use of unique ID tags is that many key products and components are difficult or impossible to label with existing technologies due to either security, size, or cost. These constraints dramatically limit the space of applications. The tag prototype developed in this Phase I project will advance the field of wireless electronics by demonstrating the first remotely accessible microscopic electronic package.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will further the development of a new class of microscopic Optical Wireless Integrated Circuits (OWiCs). Specifically, this project will be focusing on developing a new OWiC specifically designed for use as a unique ID tag. The tag combines an all optical communication and power system with low-power integrated circuits in an effectively invisible package, too small to be resolved by the naked eye. This project will address the following technical challenges: 1) making a tiny wireless tag with complete functionality, 2) manufacturing at scale, and 3) using the tag. Each of these hurdles will be addressed in this project with low-power integrated circuit design, parallel all-lithographic nanofabrication techniques, and new methods for placement of tags.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.