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: 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=714216
• 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“人”设备（手机、平板电脑等）和“物”（即“物联网”）的数量不断增加，对高速宽带移动连接的需求呈指数级增长。到2022年，预计将有300亿个设备连接。为了适应数十亿新的数据饥渴连接，下一代无线网络被迫从拥挤的低频率转向毫米波（mm-wave）频率，其频率比大多数当前无线应用高30-100倍。这是技术上的一次显著转变，同时也带来了一个巨大的问题。在这些宽频率范围内工作的高性能毫米波天线现在被大量消费大众市场所需要，这在成本方面带来了巨大的性能挑战。