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

Informazioni relative al progetto

SMARTWAVE

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 952088

DOI

10.3030/952088

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 18 Maggio 2020

Data di avvio 1 Settembre 2020

Data di completamento 30 Aprile 2023

Finanziato da

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Costo totale

€ 1 888 550,00

Contributo UE

€ 1 888 550,00

Coordinato da

THALES
France

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

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2021-09-01 al 2023-04-30

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

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.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

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.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

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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