Novel Millimetre-Wave and Sub-THz Components for 5G Communications and Beyond

用于 5G 及其他通信的新型毫米波和亚太赫兹组件

• 批准号: 1937073
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Leeds
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1937073
• 关键词: Novel; Millimetre; Wave; Sub; THz

The project focuses on development of various novel millimetre-wave component at 28GHz for the fifth-generation (5G) mobile communications based on i.e. substrate-integrated waveguides (SIW) and 3D printing techniques. Furthermore, the project will also develop, based on the previously proposed technology, functional sub-terahertz (sub-THz) devices beyond 150GHz to serve as building blocks for beyond 5G communication, aiming at data rate beyond 100Gpbs and agile communication system, meaning that the sub-THz frontends is reconfigurable depending on the requirements of the end subscribers.3D printing and laser tooling techniques, supported by The EPSRC National Facility for Innovative Robotic Systems, are used to manufacture the prototypes, introducing state-of-the-art fabricating technologies for millimetre-wave and sub-THz components, especially beyond 150GHz. The fabricated prototypes will be characterised by using cutting-edge measurement facility at the Pollard Institute, University of Leeds, including 1.1THz Network Analyser.The novel microwave and millimetre-wave components, which will be investigated, are:- Flexible hollow SIW transmission line at 28GHz with biocompatible and biodegradable materials for wearable on-body communications.- Low-cost hollow SIW transmission line beyond 150GHz based on 3D-printing and subtractive laser manufacturing techniques.- Flexible reconfigurable antenna system at 28GHz for agile beam-steering subsystems.- Functional millimetre-wave devices at 28GHz based on the flexible hollow SIW structures.- Tuneable antenna subsystem beyond 150GHz for higher than 100Gbps for beyond 5G mobile and wireless communication systems.- Functional sub-THz devices beyond 150GHz based on 3D-printed hollow SIW structures.The main goal of the project is to developed the mentioned functional devices that can provide a long-term impact on various UK and international societies, i.e. communication technologies, internet-of-things (IoT) and etc. The outcomes of the project will also support the current EPSRC research projects (EP/N010523/1 and EP/N005686/1) by integrating the developed the millimetre-wave and sub-THz components to the robotic system, enabling high-speed and agile robotic communications.The research results generated from this project will also be published, aiming at high-ranked peer-review journals e.g. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Nature Communications and Nature Photonics, which will support the 2020-REF application for the Pollard Institute.

该项目专注于基于衬底集成波导(SIW)和3D打印技术的用于第五代(5G)移动通信的各种28 GHz新型毫米波组件的开发。此外，该项目还将基于之前提出的技术开发150 GHz以上的功能性亚太赫兹(SubTHz)设备，作为超5G通信的构建块，目标是超过100Gpbs的数据速率和灵活的通信系统，这意味着亚THz前端可以根据最终用户的需求进行重新配置。在EPSRC国家创新机器人系统设施的支持下，3D打印和激光模具技术被用于制造原型，引入了最先进的毫米波和亚THz组件制造技术，特别是150 GHz以上的组件。制造的原型将通过使用利兹大学波拉德研究所的尖端测量设备来表征，包括1.1太赫兹网络分析仪。将研究的新型微波和毫米波组件，-基于3D打印和减法激光制造技术的150 GHz以上的低成本空心SiW传输线。-28 GHz的灵活可重构天线系统，用于灵活的波束控制子系统。-基于柔性空心SiW结构的28 GHz功能性毫米波器件。-150 GHz以上的可调谐天线子系统，用于超过5G的移动和无线通信系统。-基于3D打印的空心SiW结构的150 GHz以上的功能亚THz器件。该项目的主要目标是开发上述的28 GHz功能毫米波器件能够对英国和国际社会产生长期影响的功能性设备，该项目的成果还将支持当前EPSRC的研究项目(EP/N010523/1和EP/N005686/1)，方法是将开发的毫米波和亚THz部件集成到机器人系统中，实现高速和灵活的机器人通信。该项目产生的研究成果也将发表，针对高排名的同行评议期刊，如IEEE微波理论与技术学报、自然通信和自然光子学，这将支持Pollard研究所的2020-REF申请。