Micro-electro-mechanical Technologies and Tuneable Millimetre-wave Systems

该项目的目的是发展背景理论和微机电（MEM）为基础的单片制造技术，集成高度集成的三维波导与MEM系统。这些技术将用于设计、开发和制造可重构毫米波器件。该项目旨在将微机械加工和毫米波电路结合起来，以实现可重构的片上系统。这些技术提供了更小的尺寸、成本和功耗以及高功能性，这是传统毫米波技术无法单独实现的。该项目的计划成果对于满足当前和未来第四代和第五代（4G和5G）无线通信系统急剧增长的需求是必要的。

The project aims to develop background theory and microelectromechanical (MEM)-based techniques for monolithic fabrication that integrate highly miniaturised three-dimensional waveguides with MEM systems. These technologies shall be used to design, develop and fabricate reconfigurable millimetre-wave devices. The project aims to bring together micromachining and millimetre-wave circuits to enable the realisation of reconfigurable systems on chip. These technologies offer reduced size, cost and power consumption and high functionality, unachievable with conventional millimetre wave technology alone. The planned outcomes of the project are necessary to satisfy the sharply risen requirements for current and future fourth and fifth generation (4G and 5G) wireless communications systems.