Next-Generation Wireless CMOS Circuits and Systems

无线通信继续经历着爆炸性的发展。预计到2022年，加拿大的移动数据流量将比2017年增长4倍。同期，加拿大的人均设备和连接数量将从6.5台增加到11.0台。因此，我们必须在不增加相关电子设备的成本、复杂性和功耗的情况下，满足对无线通信基础设施的需求。该项目探索集成电路和系统以满足这些需求。我们寻求将相对简单和模块化的模拟电路与适当的数字信号处理相结合的新电路技术，以实现具有最先进的低功耗的可变性能目标。可在CMOS中实现的电路和系统将允许它们与其他数字信号处理一起集成，从而降低成本和功耗。在先进的纳米级CMOS中制作电路和系统的原型将为研究生提供独特的培训，并增强这项工作的商业相关性和影响力。这项研究将由2名教员共同研究人员、5名研究生和来自合作伙伴公司ADI(ADI)的研究人员进行。ADI在该领域的研发方面处于世界领先地位，多年来，合作的多伦多办事处一直专注于无线基础设施的模拟电路和数据转换器，使他们成为该项目的完美合作伙伴。该项目为加拿大合作伙伴公司提供了出色的培训机会和增强的竞争力，所有这些都是为了追求加拿大日益依赖的无线通信设备的低成本和低功耗。

Wireless communication continues to undergo an explosion. Mobile data traffic in Canada is slated to increase 4-fold over 2017 levels by 2022. The number of devices and connections per capita in Canada will increase from 6.5 to 11.0 over that same time. The resulting demands on our wireless communication infrastructure must be satisfied without increasing the cost, complexity and power dissipation of the associated electronics. This project explores integrated electronic circuits and systems to meet these demands. We seek new circuit techniques that combine relatively simple and modular analog circuits in parallel, along with appropriate digital signal processing, to achieve variable performance targets with state-of-the-art low power consumption. Circuits and systems amenable to implementation in CMOS will permit their integration alongside other digital signal processing with attendant reductions in cost and power consumption. Prototyping the circuits and systems in advanced nanoscale CMOS will provide unique training for graduate students, and enhance the work's commercial relevance and impact. The research will be undertaken by 2 faculty co-investigators, 5 graduate students, and researchers from the partner company, Analog Devices Canada Inc. (ADI). ADI is a world leader in research and development in this area, and for several years the collaborating Toronto office has been focused specifically on analog circuits and data converters for wireless infrastructure, making them a perfect partner for the project. The project offers outstanding training opportunities and enhanced competitiveness for the Canadian partner company, all in pursuit of lower cost and lower power consumption for the wireless communication equipment upon which Canada increasingly relies.