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

太赫兹（THz）测量设施是由纽约大学、科罗拉多大学博尔德分校、内布拉斯加大学林肯分校和佛罗里达国际大学合作建立的，是一个实验室，用于支持在无线电频谱的最高范围内对设备、电路、材料和无线电传播信道进行基本测量。虽然今天的蜂窝电话和wi-fi网络工作频率低于100ghz，但通过移动到尚未开发的sub-THz和THz频段（从100到500ghz的频率），有很大的希望获得更快的下载速度和大量新的无线应用。这项核磁共振拨款提供了在这些新频率下探索无线组件和系统的设施。该补助金支持三个测量领域：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连续频率范围内的计量和校准。该设施的一个独特概念是借出设备，各机构可以借用太赫兹元件进行无线通信、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，以及基于层状材料（如石墨烯）的下一代电子产品，将使用RFIC探针站在太赫兹波段进行测量。该设施将对通信、材料和设备的未来产生广泛的影响。在这个未开发的频率范围内，创建新的校准和计量方法对于在整个美国研究界进行准确和可重复的测量至关重要。使用RFIC探测站的纳米技术设备的研究将释放传感、通信和计算方面的新能力，这可能对社会产生变革性的影响。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，他们将设计未来6G、7G及以上的高速无线网络。使用此设施的学生将获得有关这些新频段的知识。太赫兹测量设施将建立一个强大的网站，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成果的存储库。网站链接为https://engineering.nyu.edu/THzLAB，并将定期维护和更新。流行的模拟器、测量研究、校准结果、学生和合作者活动、赞助商和供应商活动、设备用户笔记以及K-12外展活动将被放置在网站上。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 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.