Project description DEENESFRITPL A boost for industrial-scale design of tiny smart wireless systems The Internet-of-Things (IoT) era is driving the need for small, tuneable high-frequency devices for wireless communications, radar systems and data processing. The EU-funded SMARTWAY project will address these demands by developing novel architectures that reduce energy consumption while improving speed and miniaturisation. SMARTWAY will leverage 2D materials, metamaterials and carbon nanotubes to create radar sensors suitable for IoT applications at millimetre-wave and terahertz frequencies. Project activities should help overcome limitations in antenna performance and frequency selectivity that currently hinder market penetration. Two demonstrators providing industry-compatible solutions will be developed. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective New communications and radar systems require small and tunable high-frequency devices, since their backbone is the Internet-of-Things (IoT). The need for ultrafast, low-energy-consumption information processing of an exponentially increasing data volume willlead to a global mobile traffic reaching 4394 EB by 2030, thus starting the 6G era (data rate up to 1 Tb/s) of an “ubiquitous virtualexistence”. In today’s wireless applications, radar sensors play one of the major roles. Due to the increased need for higher sensitivityand non-destructive inspection systems, the frequency of the radar sensors has reached up to 300GHz on silicon-based technologies.On the other side, 60GHz radar sensing is considered one of the main products for smart home, non-destructive materialclassification, monitoring vital signals, and all the IoT application that need micro-motion detection. The market penetration for thesesensors is now hampered by (i) the limited antenna performance (mainly for the 300GHz case) and (ii) the frequency selectivity andtunability (mainly for the 60GHz case). SMARTWAY proposes novel architectures based on new paradigms that exhibit a significantdecrease in energy consumption while improving on speed/performance and miniaturization. The disruptive nature of the targetedapproach relies on a progress towards the wafer-scale integration of two-dimensional (2D) materials, metamaterials (MMs), andcarbon nanotubes (CNTs) into radar sensor suitable for IoT sensing applications at both millimetre-waves (i.e. 24–60GHz) and THzfrequencies (i.e. 240–300GHz). The final outcomes of the project will be two demonstrators, apt to provide industry compatiblesolutions for radar sensor technologies. For the first time, the nanotechnological paradigms “2D materials” and “CNTs” will beharmonized with the MM concept, thus producing brand-new designs of large-scale complete systems with emphasis oncompatibility and integration of different materials/technologies. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetinternet of thingsengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialstwo-dimensional nanostructuresengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradarengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemshome automation Keywords Ultra-low power Digital nano component Green digital NEMS Nano digital Switch Nano Antenna Digital Nano T R Module Nano digil filtre Nanocharacterization CNT 2D nanomaterials Nano integratio Programme(s) HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme Topic(s) HORIZON-EIC-2022-TRANSITIONCHALLENGES-01 - EIC Transition Challenge: Green digital devices for the future Call for proposal HORIZON-EIC-2022-TRANSITION-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-EIC - HORIZON EIC Grants Coordinator THALES Net EU contribution € 884 565,00 Address 4 RUE DE LA VERRERIE 92190 MEUDON France See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Hauts-de-Seine Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 884 565,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all TAIPRO ENGINEERING SA Belgium Net EU contribution € 300 000,00 Address RUE DES ORMES 151 4800 Lambermont See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Région wallonne Prov. Liège Arr. Verviers — communes francophones Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 300 000,00 SILICON RADAR GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 600 025,00 Address IM TECHNOLOGIEPARK 1 15236 Frankfurt See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Brandenburg Brandenburg Oder-Spree Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 600 625,00 INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETAREDEZVOLTARE PENTRU MICROTEHNOLOGIE Romania Net EU contribution € 340 000,00 Address EROU IANCU NICOLAE STREET 32B 077190 Voluntari See on map Region Macroregiunea Trei Bucureşti-Ilfov Ilfov Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 340 000,00 IHP GMBH - LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE MICROELECTRONICS Germany Net EU contribution € 333 175,00 Address IM TECHNOLOGIEPARK 25 15236 Frankfurt Oder See on map Region Brandenburg Brandenburg Oder-Spree Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 333 175,00
