I-Corps: Fully Integrated. Multi-Standard and Tunable Radios

I-Corps：完全集成。

• 批准号: 2231904
• 负责人: Alyssa Apsel
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-01 至 2023-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2231904&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Fully; Integrated.; Multi; Standard

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of a technology that has potential applications in integrated circuits for the internet of things (IoT) as well as for military use. The applictions seeks to enable the design of a full radiofrequency transceiver (or components) that can be tuned across a wide frequency range to meet multiple wireless standards with a single reconfigurable design. This transceiver has the potential to reduce costs and increase markets. The proposed commercialization effort represents an opportunity to increase the reach of wireless technologies broadly while bolstering US growth in this crucial area.This I-Corps project is based on the development of a widely tunable and reconfigurable “on-chip” radio integrated circuit. The innovation that makes this possible is a novel tunable resonant element that can be fabricated on-chip. Wideband radio components that can accommodate a range of carrier frequencies do not enable high performance since they sacrifice gain, sensitivity, linearity, noise, and power efficiency to achieve functionality. Existing tunable narrowband solutions make similar tradeoffs due to the lack of a tunable inductive element that can be easily and cheaply integrated into a commercial process. The proposed technology may be used to construct tunable amplifiers, oscillators, and other basic analog components that are used in commercial radios. This team proposes to explore the market for reconfigurable radio frequency integrated circuits while developing a prototype system demonstrator for a full transceiver.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.

该 I-Corps 项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发一种在物联网 (IoT) 和军事用途的集成电路中具有潜在应用的技术。这些应用旨在实现完整的设计。射频提出的收发器（或组件）可以在很宽的频率范围内进行调谐，以通过单个可重新配置的设计满足多种无线标准。该收发器具有降低成本和扩大市场的潜力，这代表了扩大无线通信范围的机会。广泛的无线技术，同时促进美国在这一关键领域的发展。该 I-Corps 项目基于广泛可调和可重新配置的“片上”无线电集成电路的开发，使这成为可能的创新是一种新颖的可调谐谐振元件。可以在片上制造的宽带无线电组件无法实现高性能，因为它们牺牲了增益、灵敏度、线性度、噪声和功率效率来实现类似的功能。该团队提出，由于缺乏可以轻松且廉价地集成到商业流程中的可调谐电感元件，因此需要进行权衡。探索可重构射频集成电路市场，同时开发全收发器原型系统演示器。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的评估进行评估，认为值得支持。智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。