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

SBIR 第一阶段：iD3：智能、隐形电子 ID 标签

• 批准号: 2014984
• 负责人: Alejandro Cortese
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: OWIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-05-15 至 2021-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2014984&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; iD3; Intelligent; Invisible

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.

该小型企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力将展示一种创新的、广泛适用的独特 ID 技术，将物理对象连接到数字世界。拟议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流动的信息。阻止广泛使用独特 ID 标签的关键限制是，由于安全性、尺寸或成本，许多关键产品和组件很难或不可能用现有技术进行标记。这些限制极大地限制了应用程序的空间。该第一阶段项目开发的标签原型将通过展示第一个可远程访问的微型电子封装来推动无线电子领域的发展。该小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将进一步开发新型微型光学无线集成电路（OWiC）。具体来说，该项目将重点开发一种专门设计用作唯一 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实际上不可见的封装中，该封装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，以及3）使用标签。 这些障碍中的每一个都将在该项目中通过低功耗集成电路设计、并行全光刻纳米加工技术和放置标签的新方法来解决。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。