SBIR Phase I: iD3: Intelligent, Invisible Electronic ID Tags

SBIR 第一阶段：iD3：智能、隐形电子 ID 标签

• 批准号: 2014984
• 负责人: Alejandro Cortese
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: OWIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-05-15 至 2021-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2014984&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; iD3; Intelligent; Invisible

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will be the demonstration of an innovative, broadly applicable unique ID technology to link physical objects to the digital world. The proposed technology could help prevent counterfeits, as well as providing a manufacturer information on the product's movement in the supply and distribution chains. The key limitation preventing broad use of unique ID tags is that many key products and components are difficult or impossible to label with existing technologies due to either security, size, or cost. These constraints dramatically limit the space of applications. The tag prototype developed in this Phase I project will advance the field of wireless electronics by demonstrating the first remotely accessible microscopic electronic package.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will further the development of a new class of microscopic Optical Wireless Integrated Circuits (OWiCs). Specifically, this project will be focusing on developing a new OWiC specifically designed for use as a unique ID tag. The tag combines an all optical communication and power system with low-power integrated circuits in an effectively invisible package, too small to be resolved by the naked eye. This project will address the following technical challenges: 1) making a tiny wireless tag with complete functionality, 2) manufacturing at scale, and 3) using the tag. Each of these hurdles will be addressed in this project with low-power integrated circuit design, parallel all-lithographic nanofabrication techniques, and new methods for placement of tags.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力将是一种创新，广泛适用的独特ID技术，可将物理对象与数字世界联系起来。拟议的技术可以帮助防止假冒物，并提供有关产品在供应和配电链中运动的制造商信息。阻止广泛使用唯一ID标签的关键限制是，由于安全性，尺寸或成本，许多关键产品和组件很难或不可能用现有技术标记。这些限制极大地限制了应用程序的空间。在本阶段I项目中开发的标签原型将通过展示第一个远程访问的微观电子软件包来推动无线电子产品领域。这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目将进一步开发新的微观光学光学无线集成电路（OWICS）。具体来说，该项目将重点放在开发专门设计的新的OWIC上，该OWIC专门用作唯一的ID标签。该标签将所有光学通信和电源系统与低功率集成电路结合在一起，在有效的无形包装中，太小，无法用肉眼解决。该项目将解决以下技术挑战：1）制作具有完整功能的微小无线标签，2）规模制造； 3）使用标签。 这些障碍将在该项目中以低功率集成电路设计，平行的全面刻度纳米化技术以及用于放置标签的新方法来解决。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估审查审查的标准来通过评估来通过评估来获得支持的。