II-NEW: Probe Station to Characterize Body Area Network Sensor ICs for Cyber Physical Systems Applications

这一研究基础设施将使北达科他州立大学能够从事广泛的研究课题：用于高数据速率(GB/S)的系统芯片(SoC)集成硅基CMOS/硅锗(SiGe)射频(RF)和毫米波集成电路(IC)；涉及人和计算机的无线身体/个人局域网(WBAN、WPAN)通信；用于检测应用的通信雷达和传感器，从用于生物医学成像的手持式扫描仪到用于军事应用的便携式/可穿戴武器扫描仪；用于超低功耗计算机芯片的异步逻辑电路；用于外层空间和高温电力电子应用的极端环境IC，抗侧沟道攻击IC，RF纳米技术，以及开发亚毫米波和太赫兹频率IC。这些研究课题非常关键，对巩固美国在无线通信、信息技术和集成电路设计等方面的研发领先地位具有重要作用，将加强我国的国防和安全。最先进的研究仪器是必不可少的。这一仪器将使设备和电路能够精确地表征设备和电路，以了解它们的行为，以便能够成功地设计新型超低功耗BAN传感器IC，这些IC能够适应网络物理系统(CPS)应用中基于身体运动或环境变化的动态变化。这将进一步极大地帮助教职员工和学生进行基础研究，这将使研究界从探测站设备实现的测试和分析中直接受益。除了促进尖端研究，这个探测站还将为各种本科生和研究生提供接受最先进行业标准设备培训的能力，使他们在就业市场上获得巨大的竞争优势。该系统为普通电磁学、计算机通信网络、生物医学工程和材料表征研究提供了广阔的机会。

This research infrastructure will enable North Dakota State University (NDSU) to pursue a wide area of research topics: System-on-Chip (SoC) integrated silicon-based CMOS/Silicon-Germanium (SiGe) Radio Frequency (RF) and millimeter-wave Integrated Circuits (ICs) for high data rate (Gb/s) wireless body/personal area network (WBAN, WPAN) communication involving humans and computers, communication radar and sensors for detection applications ranging from hand-held scanners for bio-medical imaging to portable/wearable weapon scanners for military applications, asynchronous logic circuits for ultra-low power computer chips, extreme environment ICs for use in outer space and high temperature power electronic applications, side-channel attack resistant ICs, RF nanotechnology, and developing sub-millimeter wave and Terahertz frequency ICs. These research topics are very crucial and play a significant role in bolstering the leading position of the United States in research and development related to wireless communication, information technology, and IC design, which will strengthen our country's defense and security. State-of-the-Art research instrumentation is essential. This instrumentation will enable precise characterization of devices and circuits to understand their behavior in order to be able to successfully design new classes of ultra-low-power BAN sensors ICs that are adaptable to dynamic changes based on body movements or environmental changes for Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) applications. This will further significantly aid faculty and students to conduct fundamental research, which will directly benefit the research community from the tests and analysis enabled by the probe station equipment.In addition to facilitating cutting-edge research, this probe station will provide a variety of undergraduate and graduate students the ability to be trained on state-of-the-art industry-standard equipment, affording them a tremendous competitive advantage in the job market. The system offer broad opportunities for general Electromagnetics, Computer Communication Networks, Biomedical Engineering, and Material Characterization Research.