Outstanding low noise testbed for research on millimeterwave and THz communication system concepts of the future

Friedrich-Alexander Universität erlangen - n<s:1> rnberg （FAU）和大Erlangen-Nuremberg地区的合作研究机构，如Fraunhofer研究所IIS和IISB，构成了欧洲领先的电子研究中心之一。FAU的电子工程研究所（LTE）和微波与光子学研究所（LHFT）是该协会在微电子和微波领域的核心成员，它们构成了通信技术的支柱。LTE和LHFT拥有共同的基础设施，其成员中有许多优秀的高级和下一代研究人员以及大约90名博士生。该应用程序是在主要仪器计划的框架内进行的，其目的是为FAU的这些核心研究活动扩展基础设施。更具体地说，我们希望在先进的测量能力的帮助下，刺激和鼓励下一代通信领域的科学研究，并在FAU开展这一领域的世界级研究。该申请是为“研究未来毫米波和太赫兹通信系统概念的杰出低噪声试验台”提供资金。提议的主要研究仪器包括一个创新的低噪声光电微波信号发生器，其噪声超过目前的水平100倍。该仪器平台配备了噪声优化的正交频率上下转换器，目前市场上还没有这种转换器。这些是80 GHz带宽设备，用于不同的频段，最高可达500 GHz。该装置还具有一个数字任意波形发生器和一个示波器，用于生成和采样80 GHz带宽的基带信号。因此，这是一个具有突出特点的仪器平台。它可以作为整个传输路径上超高数据速率系统和子系统的分析仪部署，并将提供全新质量标准的结果。LTE和LHFT在上述领域拥有丰富的经验和世界级的专业知识。他们的研究路线图包括以知识为导向的基础研究，包括新颖的系统概念，创新的收发器架构及其微电子集成和子系统，以及创新的3d打印设备，毫米波和太赫兹系统的封装和互连技术。基于对一系列关键通信系统方面的广泛视角，我们的目标是开发新技术，频段和功能，并积极追求通信技术领域的颠覆性创新。这种要求的主要研究仪器是我们未来研究工作的关键，因为系统的特性明显超过了最先进的水平，只能通过其独特的测量能力进行实验验证。

The Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the cooperating research institutes in the greater Erlangen-Nuremberg area like the Fraunhofer institutes IIS and IISB form one of the leading European electronics research center. The Institute for Electronics Engineering (LTE) and the Institute of Microwaves and Photonics (LHFT) at FAU, who are making this submission for funding, are core members of this association in the fields of microelectronics and microwaves, which form the backbone of communications technology. LTE and LHFT share a joint infrastructure and among their members are many outstanding senior and next generation researchers and around 90 PhD students. This application is made within the framework of the major instrumentation initiative, and its aim is to expand the infrastructure for these core research activities at FAU. More specifically, we wish to stimulate and encourage scientific investigation in the field of next generation communications with the aid of advanced measurement capabilities and carry out worldclass research in this field at FAU.This application is for funding for an “Outstanding low noise testbed for research on millimeter-wave and THz communication system concepts of the future”. The proposed major research instrumentation consists of an innovative low-noise optoelectronical microwave signal generator that exceeds the state of the art in terms of noise by a factor of 100. The instrument platform is equipped with noise-optimized quadrature frequency up- and down-converters that are not yet available on the market. These are 80-GHz bandwidth devices for different frequency bands up to 500 GHz. The installation also features a digital arbitrary waveform generator and an oscilloscope for generating and sampling the baseband signals with 80 GHz bandwidth. As such, this is an instrument platform with outstanding characteristics. It can be deployed as an analyzer for ultra-high data rate systems and subsystems along the entire transmission path and it will deliver results of an entirely new quality standard. LTE and LHFT have extensive experience and worldclass expertise in the above-mentioned fields. Their research roadmap encompass knowledge-oriented fundamental research into novel system concepts, innovative transceiver architectures and their microelectronic integration and subsystems, as well as innovative 3D-printed devices, packaging and interconnect technologies for millimeter wave and THz systems. Based on the broad perspective on a range of critical communication system aspects, we aim to develop new technologies, frequency bands and functionalities and actively pursue disruptive innovation in the field of communications technology. This requested major research instrumentation is key to our prospective research endeavors, given that systems whose characteristics clearly exceed the state of the art, can only be verified experimentally with its unique measurement capabilities.