Project Grant 2528956
- This $275,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the University of Nebraska in exploring new methods of radio-frequency transmission and reception using novel electromagnetic wavefronts with spin and angular momentum. The research aims to develop enabling technologies based on electromagnetic solutions to increase data rates in wireless communication systems without increasing spectral bandwidth demand. Key activities...
- This $200,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to develop advanced analog circuits and systems for dense, in-situ spectrum monitoring. The key products and services to be delivered include: (1) Ultra-efficient, single-shot analog cross-correlators capable of rapidly computing cross-correlations between input signals and template waveforms. This enables low-latency spectrum sensing...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $380,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to the Regents of the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The grant period runs from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2028. The project aims to develop wideband, ultra-linear transceiver circuits capable of dynamically accessing new spectrum between 7-24 GHz, which will be required for the next generation "6G" wireless...
- This $275,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of a prototype transceiver integrated circuit with wide frequency flexibility. The goal is to create a tunable and programmable radio frequency (RF) transceiver that can achieve the benefits of both hardware-tuned and software-defined radio approaches, addressing limitations in existing software-defined radio technologies....
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $595,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Regents of the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) for the development of "3D Heterogeneous-Integrated RFICs for the Next-Generation Phased Array". The project aims to develop new techniques for implementing true 3D-integrated Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs) as a foundational building block for future high-frequency wideband wireless...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) provides $550,000 over 5 years to Florida A&M University (FAMU) to develop a reconfigurable real-time radio frequency (RF) analog co-processor in a compact, low-cost form factor. The project aims to: Design an RF analog co-processor that can perform configurable mathematical operations directly on electromagnetic waveforms, reducing computational load in digital signal processing. Develop a film with tunable...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), aims to develop innovative microelectronic hardware solutions for future wireless communication systems. The $380,000 award to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will fund research into high dynamic-range software-defined radio front-ends capable of mitigating various types of radio interference in congested spectrum environments. The 3-year project...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $1,500,000 to the University of Central Florida (UCF) to develop an energy- and spectrum-efficient millimeter-wave (mmW) transmitter array system for next-generation wireless communications. The key objectives are to: 1) Utilize heterogeneous integration and advanced packaging to embed high-power wide-bandgap...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $360,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop semiconductor technologies for electrically controlled collimation of electromagnetic waves in the sub-terahertz (sub-THz) frequency bands. This 4-year "ASCENT" project aims to create new device fabrication, large-scale heterogeneous integration, and robust beam-alignment system architectures to achieve high-precision...
- This three-year, $1,199,824 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), will support the development of a "RADIORTML" platform at Northeastern University. RADIORTML aims to demonstrate the feasibility of automatically optimizing radio frequency integrated circuits in real-time through machine learning techniques implemented directly on...
This $255,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will develop alternative solutions to address the growing demand for high-power radio frequency (RF) transceiver front-ends capable of operating over multiple frequency bands used in 5G/6G cellular wireless communications. The project aims to create a single transmitter that can operate over the entire 1805-2155 MHz frequency range, which would significantly reduce the size, cost, complexity, and capital investment required for cellular base stations. The proposed solutions will involve new hardware design and machine learning algorithms to achieve the performance and efficiency targets without incurring prohibitive energy efficiency penalties. This project will also train an engineering workforce to address these multidisciplinary challenges.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $255.0k | 8/18/25 |