Descripción del proyecto
Dispositivos de comunicación diminutos y eficientes en materia de energía que utilizan ondas de espín
El proyecto MandMEMS, financiado con fondos europeos, propone el desarrollo de una nueva generación de dispositivos para la comunicación por radiofrecuencia y el procesamiento de señales de microondas. Sus investigadores combinarán la capacidad de ajuste de los sistemas magnónicos (que utilizan ondas de espín para procesar señales analógicas y digitales) con la velocidad de los sistemas microelectromecánicos en un chip. La tecnología de chip propuesta revolucionará la producción a escala de obleas de diferentes dispositivos y llevará los dispositivos de onda de espín a un nuevo nivel en términos de eficiencia energética, agilidad, reconfigurabilidad y huella de carbono.
Objetivo
The M&MEMS project aims at combining the tunability of magnonic systems with the power efficiency and the agility of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), thus empowering a new generation of devices for radio-frequency (RF) communication and microwave signal processing. The consortium brings together 7 EU research groups and 2 industrial partners with a broad range of leading expertise in the fields of magnonics, MEMS, material science and RF electronics. We will first optimize the individual magnonic and MEMS building blocks by simulations and experiments. Then MEMS actuator with permanent magnets will be integrated in standalone PCB demonstrators for the first time. Such M&MEMS chip, which have the capacity to disrupt the wafer-scale based hardware industries, will serve as the cornerstones of a new technology platform bringing spin-wave devices to a new level in terms of energy efficiency, agility, reconfigurability and footprint. Two analog RF electronic functions have been identified by our end-users: an agile-filter with potential application in the field of 5G communication and beyond (NOKIA) and a programmable phase shifter array, the building block of novel directional antenna (Thales). A dedicated Advisory Board (including Rohde & Schwarz and ST Microelectronics) will support the two end-users, having the mission to investigate other possible applications and eventually produce the Roadmap “Beyond M&MEMS”.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradio frequency
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksmobile network5G
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsignal processing
- natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicsmicroelectronics
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Convocatoria de propuestas
HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01
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