Metamaterial based, radio frequency and millimetre wave phase shifters for future generation phased array antenna applications

Información del proyecto

SMARTWAVE

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 952088

DOI

10.3030/952088

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 18 Mayo 2020

Fecha de inicio 1 Septiembre 2020

Fecha de finalización 30 Abril 2023

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Coste total

€ 1 888 550,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 1 888 550,00

Coordinado por

THALES
France

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - SMARTWAVE (Metamaterial based, radio frequency and millimetre wave phase shifters for future generation phased array antenna applications)

Período documentado: 2021-09-01 hasta 2023-04-30

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

In the modern world everything goes wireless and everyone goes mobile. To sustain this trend, higher frequency, smaller,
more complex analogue electronics with beam steering capabilities are becoming ubiquitous. SMARTWAVE capitalizes on a
newly identified technology combination to reinvent, design, fabricate and commercialize the main building block of any
beam steering capable system, the phase shifter. A novel phase shifting mechanism based on reconfigurable metamaterials
promises to enable phase shifting technology with excellent performance characteristics, increased speed and reduced
power consumption.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

SMARTWAVE technology is easily implemented in existing semiconductor fabrication lines and is inherently compatible with
both III-V as well as Si and SiGe fabrication process. This ensures easy adoption of the novel idea into existing markets. To
prove this, SMARTWAVE aims at demonstrating the phase shifting prototype in both technological platforms building a III-V
based, K-band version to be included in a demonstrator phase array antenna for Satcomm and / or Radar applications as
well as an advanced radar chipset fabricated in SiGe BiCMOS technology operating at 120GHz.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

SMARTWAVE capitalizes on that technology and an agile consortium made of 1 large company, 3 SME’s with unique high
tech knowledge and an academic partner with extensive III-V fabrication experience in radar modules to provide a fast track
to commercialization from the design board all the way to Radar and Satcomm systems.

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