Wireless devices microfabricated in thick material layers

在厚材料层中微制造的无线设备

• 批准号: RGPIN-2018-06318
• 负责人: Klymyshyn, David
• 金额: $ 2.4万
• 依托单位: University of Saskatchewan
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=655743
• 关键词: Wireless; devices; microfabricated; thick; material

The demand for high speed broadband mobile connections is growing exponentially, due to increasing numbers of “human” devices (phones, tablets, etc.), and also “things” (ie: the “internet of things”). There will be an estimated 30 billion device connections by 2022. To accommodate the billions of new data hungry connections, next generation wireless networks are forced to move from congested lower frequencies to millimetre-wave (mm-wave) frequencies at up to 30-100 times higher in frequency than most current wireless applications. This is a phenomenal shift in technology - and creates a huge problem. High performance mm-wave antennas that operate over these wide frequency ranges, are now demanded for high-volume consumer mass markets, which provides tremendous performance challenges in the context of cost.******New disruptive technologies are required to realize cheap consumer antennas supporting these billion dollar industries, while maintaining high performance in the challenging mm-wave regime. “Polymer antennas” are perfect for these emerging consumer markets for 2 reasons: 1) they can outperform legacy metal antennas at these very high frequencies; and 2) they can be cheap to fabricate in high volumes using plastic molding techniques. Plastics have revolutionized most industries, and could also revolutionize mm-wave antennas.******This research program will further advance the “Polymer-based Resonator Antenna (PRA) technology” developed at the University of Saskatchewan. The PRA antenna technology is especially relevant for emerging mm-wave applications, for instance in 5G (next gen telecom), WiGig (60 GHz WiFi), augmented/virtual reality systems, automotive radar sensors, and autonomous vehicles. Novel devices will be developed and optimized to demonstrate different performance characteristics and fabrication advantages, using novel materials and a polymer-based microfabrication approach.***

由于越来越多的“人类”设备（手机，平板电脑等）以及“事物”（即：“物联网”），对高速宽带移动连接的需求呈指数增长。到2022年，估计将有300亿个设备连接。为了适应数十亿个新的饥饿连接，下一代无线网络被迫以高达30-100倍的频率从拥挤的较低频率转移到毫米波（mm波）的频率高达30-100倍的频率。这是技术的惊人转变 - 并创造了一个巨大的问题。现在需要在这些广泛的频率范围内运行的高性能MM波天线，对于高容量的消费者群众市场，在成本的背景下，这提供了巨大的性能挑战。******新型的破坏性技术需要实现支持这些数十亿美元工业的廉价消费者天线，同时在挑战MM-Wave Mm-Wave机构中维持高级绩效。 “聚合物天线”非常适合这些新兴的消费市场，原因有两个：1）它们可以在这些高频率下超越遗产金属天线； 2）他们可以使用塑料成型技术在高卷中制造便宜。塑料已经彻底改变了大多数行业，并且也可能彻底改变MM-Wave天线。******该研究计划将进一步推进萨斯喀彻温大学开发的“基于聚合物的共振天线（PRA）技术”。 PRA天线技术与新兴的MM波应用特别相关，例如5G（下一代电信），Wigig（60 GHz WiFi），增强/虚拟现实系统，汽车雷达传感器和自动驾驶汽车。新型设备将被开发和优化，以使用新型材料和基于聚合物的微分化方法来证明不同的性能特征和制造优势。***