Targeting Next-Generation Millimetre-wave Wireless Systems

“无线”和“数据交换”是密切相关的概念，在很大程度上涉及到我们的日常生活。没有人能想象没有无线的生活。然而，这一趋势伴随着数据消费的指数增长。加拿大无线电信协会表示，加拿大拥有全球第二大4G/LTE网络，用户超过3000万，其中约73%拥有智能手机，加拿大无线市场部门收入是电信总收入的最大组成部分。此外，“数据消费在2014-2015年增长了44%，预计从2016年到2021年，移动的数据流量将增长5倍。”* 为了有效地应对上述挑战，专业人士正在扩展毫米波（mm波）频段，特别是通过即将实施的第五代（5G），预计将于2020年开始。事实上，即使作为5G一部分的具体技术/标准尚未最终确定，但人们普遍认为毫米波频段将实现更宽的带宽和更高的数据速率。* 然而，数据交换并不局限于5G技术和相关的智能设备，而是指毫米波无线应用。事实上，在毫米波无线市场中出现了一个相对较新的参与者，即毫米波识别（MMID），它是众所周知的射频识别（RFID）的对应物。事实上，MMID系统具有几个独特的特性，例如重量轻，尺寸小，精度高，分辨率高，以及编码大量数据位的潜力，使其成为高效和安全跟踪和识别的理想选择。* 然而，正如几份技术文件所强调的那样，上述技术提出了与性能有关的关键问题。事实上，由于工作频率范围（毫米波），这些特征涉及电路和天线设计中的增强解决方案，以解决与高传播损耗、昂贵的半导体和封装技术、缺乏铸造模型、不必要的辐射和耦合效应、缺乏较高频率下的增益/功率等相关的问题。* 为了确保设计的一致性并满足上述技术标准和目标，需要为设计人员提供可靠的计算机辅助设计（CAD）工具，并提高系统性能。本提案的目的是提出高性能电路设计，提高有源器件建模/表征和电路分析能力，量化/最小化电磁效应（多径，寄生耦合），以及增强下一代毫米波无线系统的天线阵列性能。

“Wireless” and “data exchange” are closely related concepts that are largely involved in our daily lives. None can even imagine life without wireless. However, this trend comes with an exponential growth of data consumption. As stated by the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, with the second greatest number of 4G/LTE networks in the world and over 30 million subscribers, from which around 73% have smartphones, Canadian wireless market sector revenues are the largest component of total telecommunications revenues. Furthermore, “data consumption increased by 44% in 2014-2015, and mobile data traffic is expected to grow fivefold from 2016 to 2021.” ***To effectively address the above challenges, professional are privileging millimetre-wave (mm-wave) frequency bands, particularly through the imminent implementation of the 5th generation (5G), expected to begin in 2020. In fact, even if the specific technologies/standards that will be part of the 5G have yet to be finalized, there is a broad consensus that mm-wave bands will enable wider bandwidths and higher data rates. ***Yet, data exchange is not restricted to 5G technology and related smart-devices while referring to mm-wave wireless applications. In fact, a relatively new player is emerging in the mm-wave wireless market namely, the MilliMetre-wave IDentification (MMID), a counterpart of the well-known Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID). In fact, MMID systems have several unique characteristics such as light weight, small size, high accuracy, and fine resolution as well as the potential of encoding a larger number of data bits, making them ideal for efficient and secure tracking and identification. ***However, as highlighted in several technical papers, the above technologies raise critical issues related to performance. In fact, because of the operating frequency range (mm-waves), such features involve enhanced solutions in both circuit and antenna designs to address issues related to high propagation loss, expensive semiconductor and packaging technologies, lack of foundry models, unwanted radiation and coupling effects, lack of gain/power at higher frequencies, to name a few. ***To assure consistent design and meet the above technology standards and objectives, designers need to be provided with reliable computer-aided design (CAD) tools and improving system performance. The aim of the present proposal is to propose high-performing circuit designs, improve active device modeling/characterization and circuit analysis capabilities, quantify/minimize electromagnetic effects (multipath, parasitic coupling ), as well as enhance antenna array performance for next-generation mm-wave wireless systems.******************