Description du projet
Un coup de pouce pour la conception à l’échelle industrielle de minuscules systèmes sans fil intelligents
L’ère de l’internet des objets (IdO) accroît le besoin de petits dispositifs haute fréquence réglables pour les communications sans fil, les systèmes radar et le traitement des données. Le projet SMARTWAY, financé par l’UE, entend répondre à ces exigences en développant de nouvelles architectures qui réduisent la consommation d’énergie tout en améliorant la vitesse et la miniaturisation. SMARTWAY s’appuiera sur des matériaux 2D, des métamatériaux et des nanotubes de carbone pour créer des capteurs radar adaptés aux applications IdO à des ondes millimétriques et à des fréquences térahertz. Les activités du projet devraient contribuer à surmonter les limitations de performance des antennes et de sélectivité des fréquences qui entravent actuellement la pénétration du marché. Il développera en outre deux démonstrateurs proposant des solutions compatibles avec l’industrie.
Objectif
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 will
lead 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 virtual
existence”. In today’s wireless applications, radar sensors play one of the major roles. Due to the increased need for higher sensitivity
and 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 material
classification, monitoring vital signals, and all the IoT application that need micro-motion detection. The market penetration for these
sensors is now hampered by (i) the limited antenna performance (mainly for the 300GHz case) and (ii) the frequency selectivity and
tunability (mainly for the 60GHz case). SMARTWAY proposes novel architectures based on new paradigms that exhibit a significant
decrease in energy consumption while improving on speed/performance and miniaturization. The disruptive nature of the targeted
approach relies on a progress towards the wafer-scale integration of two-dimensional (2D) materials, metamaterials (MMs), and
carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into radar sensor suitable for IoT sensing applications at both millimetre-waves (i.e. 24–60GHz) and THz
frequencies (i.e. 240–300GHz). The final outcomes of the project will be two demonstrators, apt to provide industry compatible
solutions for radar sensor technologies. For the first time, the nanotechnological paradigms “2D materials” and “CNTs” will be
harmonized with the MM concept, thus producing brand-new designs of large-scale complete systems with emphasis on
compatibility and integration of different materials/technologies.
Champ scientifique
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetinternet of things
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialstwo-dimensional nanostructures
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradar
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemshome automation
Mots‑clés
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme
Régime de financement
HORIZON-EIC - HORIZON EIC GrantsCoordinateur
92190 MEUDON
France