Targeting Next-Generation Millimetre-wave Wireless Systems

“无线”和“数据交换”是密切相关的概念，在我们的日常生活中有很大程度的涉及。甚至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。根据加拿大无线电信协会的说法，加拿大拥有全球第二多的4G/LTE网络和超过3000万用户，其中约73%拥有智能手机，加拿大无线市场部门的收入是电信总收入的最大组成部分。此外，“2014-2015年间，数据消费增长了44%，预计从2016-2021年间，移动数据流量将增长5倍。”为了有效应对上述挑战，专业人士正在享受毫米波(mm波)频段的特权，特别是即将实施预计将于2020年开始的第5代(5G)频段。事实上，即使将成为5G一部分的具体技术/标准尚未敲定，但人们已达成广泛共识，即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，毫米波无线市场上正在出现一个相对较新的参与者，即毫米波识别(MMID)，它是著名的射频识别(RFID)的对应物。事实上，MMID系统具有重量轻、体积小、精度高、分辨率高等几个独特的特点，以及对大量数据比特进行编码的潜力，使其成为高效和安全跟踪和识别的理想选择。然而，正如几篇技术论文中强调的那样，上述技术提出了与性能相关的关键问题。事实上，由于工作频率范围(毫米波)，这些功能包括电路和天线设计中的增强型解决方案，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、不想要的辐射和耦合效应、在较高频率下缺乏增益/功率等相关问题。为了确保设计的一致性和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的电路设计，改进有源器件建模/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.