MRI: Development of a Terahertz Measurement Facility for Wireless Communications, Electronics and Materials

太赫兹（THz）测量设施是纽约大学、位于博尔德的科罗拉多大学、内布拉斯加大学林肯分校和佛罗里达国际大学之间的合作项目，是一个支持在无线电频谱最高处对设备、电路、材料和无线电传播信道进行基本测量的实验室。虽然今天的蜂窝电话和wi-fi网络的工作频率低于100 GHz，但通过向未开发的sub-THz和THz频段（频率从100 GHz到500 GHz）移动，可以实现更高的下载速度和大量新的无线应用。 这项MRI赠款提供了一个设施，以探索这些新频率的无线组件和系统。该资助支持三个测量领域：a）射频集成电路（RFIC）测量，B）无线电传播和信道建模，以及c）在75 GHz至500 GHz的连续频率范围内的计量和校准。该设施的一个独特概念是设备的贷款，机构可以借用THz组件进行无线通信，传播和传感的远程现场测量。不断发展的半导体和集成电路，以及基于分层材料的下一代电子产品（例如，石墨烯），将使用RFIC探针台在THz波段进行测量。该设施将对通信、材料和设备的未来产生广泛的影响。创建新的校准和计量方法对于整个美国研究界在这个尚未充分探索的频率范围内进行准确和可重复的测量至关重要。使用RFIC探针台对纳米技术设备的研究将释放出传感、通信和计算方面的新能力，这些能力可能对社会产生变革性影响。无线电传播测量系统为工业界、学术界和国际标准机构的研究人员提供了重要的知识，他们将为6 G、7 G及更高版本设计未来的高速无线网络。使用该设施的学生将获得这些新频段的知识。THz测量设施将提供一个强大的网站，用于解释可用设备，学习如何使用该设施的教程，以及测量结果，计量方法和最新研究结果的存储库。网站链接是https://engineering.nyu.edu/THzLAB，并将定期维护和更新。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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 Terahertz (THz) Measurement Facility, a collaboration between New York University, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and Florida International University, is a laboratory to support basic measurements of devices, circuits, materials, and radio propagation channels at the highest reaches of the radio spectrum. While today’s cellular telephones and wi-fi networks operate at frequencies below 100 GHz, there is great promise for greater download speeds and vast new wireless applications by moving up to the underexplored sub-THz and THz frequency bands – frequencies from 100 to 500 GHz. This MRI grant provides a facility to explore wireless components and systems at these new frequencies. This grant supports three areas of measurement: a) Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) measurements, b) radio propagation and channel modeling, and c) metrology and calibration, over the contiguous frequency range of 75 GHz to 500 GHz. A unique concept of this facility is the loan of equipment, where institutions may borrow THz components to conduct remote field measurements for wireless communications, propagation, and sensing. Evolving semiconductors and integrated circuits, as well as the next-generation electronics based on layered materials (e.g., graphene), will be measured at THz bands using the RFIC probe station. This facility will have a broad impact on the future of communications, materials, and devices. The creation of new calibration and metrology approaches are vital for accurate and repeatable measurements throughout the US research community in this underexplored range of frequencies. The study of nanotechnology devices using the RFIC probe station will unleash new capabilities in sensing, communications, and computing that may have a transformative impact on society. The radio propagation measurement systems offer vital knowledge for researchers in industry, academia and international standard bodies who will design future high-speed wireless networks for 6G, 7G and beyond. Students using this facility will gain knowledge at these new frequency bands. The THz Measurement Facility will host a robust website for the explanation of available equipment, tutorials for learning how to use the facility, and a repository of measurement results, metrology approaches, and recent research results. The website link is https://engineering.nyu.edu/THzLAB and will be maintained and updated regularly. Popular simulators, measurement studies, calibration results, student and collaborator activities, sponsor and vendor activities, equipment user notes, and K-12 outreach events will be placed on the website.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.