Project Details
Projekt
Flexible Electronic-Photonic Integrated Circuit Sensor Platform II [EPIC-Sense II]
Applicants
Professor Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Kissinger; Professor Dr.-Ing. Robert Weigel; Professor Dr.-Ing. Lars Zimmermann
Subject Area
Communication Technology and Networks, High-Frequency Technology and Photonic Systems, Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Information Technology
Electronic Semiconductors, Components and Circuits, Integrated Systems, Sensor Technology, Theoretical Electrical Engineering
Electronic Semiconductors, Components and Circuits, Integrated Systems, Sensor Technology, Theoretical Electrical Engineering
Term
from 2018 to 2023
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 403154513
This proposal aims to explore a scalable, two-stage electronic-photonic MIMO radar system in the millimeter-wave range. In phase I of SPP 2111, the coherent optical distribution of the local oscillator signal was already addressed as well as the broadband integration of an electronic-photonic FMCW radar front-end. The vision for Phase II of SPP 2111 is the extension of a monolithically integrated electronic-photonic FMCW radar system by a new frequency-division multiplexing approach, which is realized by a new additional optical data-bus transmitting a high data rate coding scheme. With the help of this additional coding, a large amount of coherent 2x2 radar modules can be differentiated, while concentrating the computationally intensive coding in a central node. Especially for the electro-optical interfaces, intensive research into new technologies of optical modulation methods and components is necessary in order to meet the challenging bandwidth requirements.The EPIC-Sense II research project includes the following core scientific innovations: 1. Research of a broadband, two-stage FMCW MIMO sensor system in the D-band2. Monolithic integration of the interdisciplinary electronic-photonic system concept3. implementation of a two-stage frequency-division multiplexing scheme exploiting an additional high-speed optical data bus4. Investigation of interconnect and assembly techniques for optical networking of distributed, scalable electronic-photonic sensor nodes5. Integration of novel innovative circuit concepts to significantly extend the currently limited bandwidth of Silicon-based Mach-Zehnder modulators6. Research and proliferation of germanium-based electro-absorption modulators and integration into the SG25H5-EPIC technology platform
DFG Programme
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