Systems and technologies for emerging wireless communications

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The past 35 years have seen a very rapid advancement in technology on many fronts. This was constantly driven by increasing needs and expanding markets for higher performance and higher-speed products, applications, and services that we have come to depend upon for convenience and enjoyment. Integrated circuits (ICs), very large scale integration (VLSI) technologies, and microelectronics have played a key role in this process by providing very sophisticated, and often complex, signal processing capabilities at reasonable cost. These technologies will continue to be at the core of the growth of future and emerging systems for a wide range of applications, such as information and communications technologies (ICT), health care and pharmaceutical, aerospace, automotive, and energy and environment. New and emerging technologies such as very advanced wireless communication systems, micro electromechanical systems (MEMS), and nanoelectronics will augment existing technologies in order to enable the envisioned microsystems of the future. The objective of this proposal is to advance the state-of-the-art of the radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) technology, which is at the heart of the wireless revolution we are all experiencing, and is expected to be for years to come. To achieve this, we will capitalize on new and emerging technologies, such as RF-MEMS and ultra-wideband (UWB) communications schemes. The latter transmit information as very weak signals over a wide frequency spectrum. This is known to have low probability of detection by unintended radio systems, and to have excellent multipath immunity and less susceptibility to interferences, thus improving the quality of service. Also, it has potential for very low-power consumption and wider bandwidth, thus can enable longer battery lives and faster wireless communications.