Millimeterwave Integrated Circuits and Arrays for 5G Wireless Front-Ends

用于 5G 无线前端的毫米波集成电路和阵列

• 批准号: RGPIN-2016-04784
• 负责人: Saavedra, Carlos
• 金额: $ 3.28万
• 依托单位: Queen's University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=663992
• 关键词: Millimeterwave; Integrated; Circuits; Arrays; 5G

The millimeter wave (mm-wave) spectrum will be an integral part of the technology strategy to deliver the Gbit/sec data rates to mobile handsets projected for fifth-generation (5G) mobile communications networks. The vision for 5G is that it will be a multi-tiered heterogeneous network containing femtocells and picocells operating in the mm-wave band nestled within a traditional macro-network of cells. Femtocells will provide coverage for small areas like one story of an office building and picocells to larger areas like city streets. For mm-wave links to be commercially viable, a solution is needed to mitigate multipath effects in indoor links and to minimize link disruptions when the line-of-sight (LOS) is broken between a transmitter and a receiver. The purpose of the proposed research is to increase the versatility and functionality of the radiating structure of mm-wave front-ends to provide robust, reliable, wireless coverage at mm-wave frequencies. To achieve these objectives we will custom-design mm-wave integrated circuits (MMICs) and digital assist to make antenna arrays that can infer information about their surroundings. The 'spatially aware arrays' as we will call them here, will have the ability to automatically radiate towards open spaces and to selectively listen in the direction where the strongest incident signals are arriving from. This research program will encompass MMIC design, microcontroller programming, antenna array design, and wave propagation measurements and students who will participate in this endeavour will receive thorough, hands-on, training on each one of these tasks. Every aspect of this research work directly maps to the activities of Canadian telecommunications companies ranging from those who design integrated circuits, to those who make network equipment, to network operators. But there are other sectors of Canadian economy that also stand to benefit such as automotive industry, which will be transformed in innumerable ways when self-driving vehicles enter the marketplace in the decade ahead.*****

毫米波（MM-WAVE）频谱将是技术策略不可或缺的一部分，即将GBIT/SEC数据速率交付给预测的第五代移动手机（5G）移动通信网络。 5G的愿景是，它将是一个多层的异质网络，该网络包含坐落在传统的细胞宏观网络中的MM波段中运行的femtocells和Picocells。 Femtocells将为一个小区域提供覆盖范围，例如一个办公大楼和Picocells的一个故事，并向城市街道等较大的地区提供覆盖范围。 为了使MM波链接在商业上可行，需要解决方案来减轻室内链接中的多径效应，并在发射器和接收器之间断开视线线（LOS）时最大程度地减少链接中断。 拟议的研究的目的是增加MM波前端辐射结构的多功能性和功能，以在MM波频率下提供可靠，可靠，无线的覆盖范围。 为了实现这些目标，我们将定制设计MM波集成电路（MMIC）和数字辅助，以制作可以推断其周围信息的天线阵列。 我们在这里称其为“空间意识到的阵列”，将能够自动辐射向开放空间，并在最强的事件信号到达的方向上有选择地聆听。 该研究计划将涵盖MMIC设计，微控制器编程，天线阵列设计以及波浪传播测量结果以及将参加这项努力的学生将接受彻底的，动手的，对这些任务的培训。 这项研究工作的各个方面都直接映射到加拿大电信公司的活动，从设计综合电路的人到制造网络设备的人到网络运营商。 但是，还有其他加拿大经济领域的其他部门也将受益，例如汽车行业，当自动驾驶汽车在未来的十年中进入市场时，这些行业将以无数的方式进行转变。***** *****