SBIR Phase I: Wireless Infrastructure Technology

这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将评估一种能够满足未来移动的无线信息系统需求的技术。移动的网络解决方案物理层设计人员面临的根本挑战是提高速度、精度和能效。Athena的专有算术技术使工程师能够快速开发高性能半导体，与现有技术相比，性能可提高10倍，功耗可降低10倍。第一阶段研究将通过开发一种定位于天线和后端数字处理器之间的基础设施技术，评估将这种算术技术应用于移动的无线系统的机会。该项目的目标是证明这种基础设施技术可以在250 mW的低功耗封装中达到或超过行业性能标准。 该公司将能够为无线通信市场快速开发高性能、高精度、低功耗的解决方案。具体应用包括在汽车中的使用，其中信息、音频、导航和其他服务将被链接。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will evaluate a technology capable of meeting the demands of future mobile wireless information systems. The fundamental challenge facing designers of the physical layer of mobile networking solutions is to improve speed, precision, and power efficiency. Athena's proprietary arithmetic technology, which enables engineers to rapidly develop high performance semiconductors, can provide up to 10 times higher performance or up to 10 times less power compared to existing technologies. The Phase I study will evaluate opportunities to apply this arithmetic technology to mobile wireless systems by developing an infrastructure technology targeted for placement between the antenna and the back-end digital processor. The goal of the project is to demonstrate that this infrastructure technology can meet or exceed the industry performance standards in a 250mW, low-power package. The company will be able to rapidly develop high performance, high accuracy, low power solutions for the wireless communications market. Specific applications include use in automobiles where information, audio, navigation, and other services will be linked.