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: $ 4.81万
• 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: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=751609
• 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“人类”设备（电话、平板电脑等）数量的增加，对高速宽带移动的连接的需求正在呈指数级增长，以及“物”（即：“物联网”）。到2022年，估计将有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塞的较低频率移动到毫米波（mm波）频率，其频率比大多数当前无线应用高30-100倍。这是技术上的一个惊人的转变--也带来了一个巨大的问题。 高性能的毫米波天线工作在如此宽的频率范围内，现在需要大量的消费大众市场，这在成本方面带来了巨大的性能挑战。需要新的颠覆性技术来实现支持这些数十亿美元产业的廉价消费天线，同时在具有挑战性的毫米波领域保持高性能。“聚合物天线”非常适合这些新兴的消费市场，原因有两个：1）它们在这些非常高的频率下可以胜过传统的金属天线; 2）使用塑料成型技术大量制造它们可以很便宜。 塑料已经彻底改变了大多数行业，也可能彻底改变毫米波天线。这项研究计划将进一步推进萨斯喀彻温大学开发的“聚合物基谐振器天线（PRA）技术”。 PRA天线技术与新兴的毫米波应用尤其相关，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。将开发和优化新型器件，以展示不同的性能特征和制造优势，使用新型材料和基于聚合物的微加工方法。