Structural and Functional Integration of Wireless Transceiver over Megahertz through Terahertz

兆赫兹至太赫兹无线收发器的结构和功能集成

• 批准号: RGPIN-2017-06938
• 负责人: Wu, Ke
• 金额: $ 5.76万
• 依托单位: École Polytechnique de Montréal
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=711542
• 关键词: Structural; Functional; Integration; Wireless; Transceiver

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.

与未来的第五代移动网络（5G）和物联网（IoT）部署相关，这项为期5年的探索基金研究直接响应了创建和开发未来灵活智能无线设备和系统的战略和全球愿景。该公司致力于将通信、传感、供电等三种基本无线功能融合到一个收发器中，以克服智能移动和自主操作等下一代信息通信技术（ICT）开发中的核心挑战。这种整体集成将创建一个具有聚合无线电雷达功能的前所未有的无线系统，可以直接和独特地相互作用，以解决该领域的许多长期问题。此外，所述嵌入式无线供电可允许创建免维护系统。