Energy Efficient, Beamforming Antenna-IC Integration Solutions for Future 100+GHz Telecommunication Systems
Research Project, 2021
– 2023
Purpose and goal: The goal of this project is to develop Antenna-Beamforming-IC integration solutions for frequencies above 100GHz that simultaneously overcome the major problems of energy consumption of mm-Wave electronics and the difficulties of implementing built-in intelligent functionalities due to small physical size and element spacing in antenna arrays.
Expected results and effects: Objective 1: Establish a multi-disciplinary design flow and methodology for 100GHz Antenna-Beamforming-IC integration solutions for the targeted future applications. Objective 2: Design an Intelligent 2D-Beamstearing Focal-Plane-Array system, employing the developed integration solutions, for Ericsson’s backhauling antenna at W-band. A part of this design, i.e. a compact multi-PA spatially-combined waveguide module with contactless IC transitions, is intended as a power boost product for Gotmic. Objective 3: Experimentally demonstrate that the proposed solutions.
Participants
Marianna Ivashina (contact)
Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks
Artem Vilenskiy
Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks
Collaborations
Ericsson
Stockholm, Sweden
Gotmic AB
Göteborg, Sweden
Funding
VINNOVA
Project ID: 2021-01337
Funding Chalmers participation during 2021–2023
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Sustainable development
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