Broadband Integrated Noise Measurement System for New Generations of Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications and Radars

毫米波技术有可能给无线通信、雷达和成像系统带来革命性的变化。无线数据流量预计将在未来20年内增长10,000倍。高精度的雷达和成像系统在工业、自动驾驶汽车、医药、安防等领域都是必备的。因此，解决方案是在频率上向上移动，进入一种未使用的非传统频谱，即毫米波，在那里可以获得巨大的带宽。 这种系统需要先进的噪声测量，以便设计具有更高灵敏度、高动态范围和最佳信噪比(所需带宽和调制技术的函数)的高效收发机。 该项目是利用集成电路技术实现毫米波噪声测量的一种新方法。该项目将利用我们的研究团队在毫米波电路和系统设计方面的强大专业知识，以及与长期合作、经验丰富的工业合作伙伴Focus微波公司的合作，Focus微波公司是加拿大微波/毫米波领域的知名公司，是负载拉动、谐波负载拉动和噪声测量解决方案的世界领先企业。 研究工作将致力于设计新的宽带毫米波噪声测量系统架构，使用集成平面技术制造原型(使用创新的毫米波组件，如多端口干涉仪)，以及测试台的具体性能测量。 这一项目将产生的新知识以及与这项工作的不同阶段有关的高素质人员的培训，必将有助于提高加拿大在这一高技术部门的全球竞争力。

The millimeter-wave (mm-wave) technology has the potential to revolutionize wireless communications, radar and imaging systems. Wireless data traffic is projected to increase 10,000 times within the next 20 years. Radar and imaging systems with high accuracy are mandatory for industry, self-driving cars, medicine, security, and so on. Therefore, the solution is to move up in frequency, into an unused non-traditional spectrum, the mm-waves, where enormous bandwidths are available. Advanced noise measurements are required for such systems in order to design efficient transceivers having increased sensitivity, high dynamic range, and the optimum signal to noise ratio (function of the required bandwidth and modulation techniques). The proposed project is a novel implementation of mm-wave noise measurements using integrated circuit technologies. The project will take advantage of our research team's strong expertise in both mm-wave circuit and system design and collaboration with a long-date, experienced, industrial partner, Focus Microwaves, a well-established Canadian company in the microwave/mm-wave domain, a world leader in load-pull, harmonic load-pull, and noise measurement solutions. Research efforts will be oriented towards the design of new broadband mm-wave noise measurement system architectures, prototype fabrication using integrated planar technologies (employing innovative mm-wave components, such as multi-port interferometers), and specific performance measurements of test benches. The new knowledge that will emerge from this project and the training of highly qualified personnel associated to the different stages of this work will certainly contribute to enhance Canada's global competitiveness in this high-technology sector.