Structural and Functional Integration of Wireless Transceiver over Megahertz through Terahertz

关于预期的第五代移动网络(5G)和物联网(IoT)部署，这项为期5年的Discovery Grant研究直接响应了创建和开发未来灵活的智能无线设备和系统的战略和全球愿景。它努力克服在开发智能移动和自主操作等下一代信息和通信技术(ICT)方面的核心挑战，重点是将三项基本无线功能合并为一个单一的收发机，即通信、传感和供电。这一整体整合将创造一个前所未有的无线系统，具有集中的无线电-雷达功能，可以直接和独特地相互作用，以解决该领域许多长期存在的问题。此外，嵌入式无线供电可能允许创建一个免维护系统。*申请人、他的学生和研究人员与他的同事和技术支持人员合作，准备从理论和实验上研究、开发和演示世界上第一个在兆赫到太赫兹的选定频率范围内具有多功能和异质结构的无线收发机。主要的研究目标是提出、研究和探索具有高度原创性的无线收发架构和技术，并提供无线功能和硬件结构的使能集成平台。具体地说，这项研究涉及以下概念和演示：(1)侧重于混合耦合机制和关键前端电路的异质多层技术；(2)具有八木拓扑和模式多样性的集成天线阵；(3)具有无线电-雷达联合作战的多端口干涉仪体系结构；(4)同时具有无线电通信和功率采集的多端口干涉仪技术；以及(5)具有数据通信、参数传感和能量采集集成方案的多层多端口多功能收发机。与传统的肖特基二极管不同，反向隧道二极管是为了展示极低功耗的多端口收发器而研究的。*作为世界上第一个此类研究，为无线社区提出了一种改变游戏规则的解决方案；从长远来看，其技术可以在许多不同的行业产生深远的影响和颠覆性的影响。加拿大迫切需要保持其信息和通信技术的领导地位，并通过探索和开发新技术来利用这一新兴领域，这不仅将扩大现有系统的覆盖范围，而且还将引发新的应用和推动新的市场。这一研究项目的成功发展对加拿大智能和更好的生活、监管政策、技术教育、经济增长和可持续未来具有重要的战略意义。

In connection with the prospective fifth generation of mobile networks (5G) and the Internet of Things (IoT) deployments, this 5-year Discovery Grant research responds directly to the strategic and global vision to create and develop future, flexible smart wireless devices and systems. It strives to overcome core challenges in developing the next generation of information and communication technologies (ICT), such as intelligent mobility and autonomous operation, by focusing on merging the three fundamental wireless functions into one single transceiver, namely communication, sensing and powering. This holistic integration will create an unprecedented wireless system with aggregated radio-radar functions that can directly and uniquely interplay in order to resolve many long-standing issues in the field. In addition, the embedded wireless powering may allow the creation of a maintenance-free system.*******The applicant, his students and research fellows in collaboration with his colleagues and technical support staff are poised to theoretically and experimentally investigate, develop and demonstrate the world's first wireless transceiver featuring multi-function and hetero-structure over select frequency ranges of megahertz through terahertz. The main research goals are to propose, study and explore highly original wireless transceiver architectures and technologies with the enabling integration platforms of wireless functions and hardware structures. Specifically, this research is concerned with the following concepts and demonstrations: (1) heterogeneous multilayer techniques with focus on hybrid coupling mechanisms and critical front-end circuits; (2) Integrated antenna arrays with Yagi topologies and mode diversities; (3) multiport interferometer architectures with joint radio-radar operations; (4) multiport interferometer techniques with simultaneous radio communication and power harvesting; and (5) multilayer multiport multi-function transceivers with the integrated scheme of data communication, parametric sensing and power harvesting. As opposed to conventional Schottky diodes, backward tunneling diodes are studied for demonstrating extremely low-power multi-port transceivers.*******As the first of its kind in the world, this research proposes a game-changing solution for the wireless community; in the long term, its technology can be far-reaching and disruptive in many different industries. There is an urgent need for Canada to sustain its ICT leadership and exploit this emerging field by exploring and developing new technologies, which will not only expand the reach of current systems but also trigger new applications and propel new markets. The successful development of this research project is strategically important for Canadian smart and better living, regulatory policy, technological education, economic growth, and sustainable future.**