IUCRC Phase I Georgia Institute of Technology: Electronic-Photonic Integrated Circuits for Aerospace (EPICA)

IUCRC 第一阶段佐治亚理工学院：航空航天电子光子集成电路（EPICA）

基本信息

批准号：
2052808
负责人：
Stephen Ralph
金额：
$ 100万
依托单位：
Georgia Tech Research Corporation
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2021-06-01 至 2026-05-31
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2052808&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
IUCRC Phase Georgia Institute Technology

项目摘要

As mankind continues to expand a wide range of activities into space to support essential communications, climate monitoring, research and exploration, it is imperative to establish the viability and safety of key enabling integrated electronics and photonic technologies for operation in harsh environments. Integrated photonics enable systems with unmatched power efficiency, longevity and capability thus improving everything from internet availability and reliability around the planet to improving environmental sensing and enhanced security by enabling robust DoD systems. The objective of Electronic-Photonic Integrated Circuits for Aerospace (EPICA) is to enable the use of increasingly sophisticated electronics and photonics in communications and sensing applications for space-borne and aerospace platforms. The diverse team of component, systems and aerospace researchers will collaborate to advance knowledge of associated environmental considerations, and craft specific components and architectures to meet the unique reliability and performance requirements.EPICA’s objective is to enable the next wave of communications and sensing technologies for aerospace and space-borne platforms. The focus is on investigating the reliability of these devices and systems operating in extreme environments such as space. The project has three major thrusts: i) Assessment, understanding, and development of robust integrated photonic hardware for reliable operation under radiation and temperature extremes; ii) Development of components and architectures using system-level methods and tools to extract maximum advantage of integrated photonic systems for aerospace platforms; iii) Definition of flight hardware and mission architectures for subsequent flight demonstration. A three-university team, comprised of Georgia Tech, The University of Central Florida and Vanderbilt University, with complementary expertise and facilities, will apply both analytical and experimental capabilities to this project. Georgia Tech researchers will define key performance parameters for aerospace systems and develop architectures and components to meet these requirements. These circuits will be fabricated on a variety of integration platforms. The Georgia Tech team will also define and assess the impact of flight requirements including packaging and mission specific environments. The team will work directly with the Vanderbilt team in the design and assessment of components and will collaborate with the CREOL team on architecture and component design.EPICA will advance US-based capabilities in the design and manufacture of robust integrated electronics and photonics, enabling reliable internet access around the planet and creating new environmental sensing capabilities. The EPICA team is also actively creating a diverse workforce that includes a mentoring program designed to increase the success of students from underrepresented groups in areas of advanced photonics, electronics and optical sciences. Each site will engage professional societies and have active Bridge Programs to support and transition underrepresented students from the baccalaureate level to graduate school.A project repository for data, code, results, IAB meeting summaries and publications will be digitally archived. Each site will maintain their own local storage and Georgia Tech will manage a comprehensive cloud storage site accessible to the project partners. The repository will be maintained continuously from the first year and for three years after conclusion of the award.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.

随着人类继续将活动扩展到基本的沟通，必须建立安全性的电子设备和刺激性的光子技术。通过启用强大的DOD系统来启用和启用电子通道的目标（EPICA），是在通信和传感器中使用越来越复杂的电子设备和光子脉的使用。系统和航空航天研究人员将协作以促进相关的EnvicironMediders，以及CRA FT特定的组件和体系结构，以满足独特的可靠性和绩效要求。 E项目具有三个主要的推力：I）在辐射极端的稳健光子光子硬件的发展；佛罗里达州和范德比尔特大学的专业知识和设施的能力是佐治亚州的航空航天系统。特定的特定环境。光子学，使互联网可靠，创造了新的环境感应能力。从学士学位级别上支持和过渡的计划。数据，代码，结果，IAB会议摘要和出版物的项目存储库将在每个站点上保持当地存储和佐治亚理工学院。向项目合作伙伴致敬。。