Novel Bi-UWB on-Chip Antenna for Wireless NoC

Area of Science:

• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Antenna Theory

Background:

• On-chip communication is critical for high-performance computing.
• Traditional wired networks-on-chip (NoC) face latency and bandwidth limitations.
• Wireless networks-on-chip (WiNoC) offer a promising alternative to overcome these challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

• To design and characterize a novel on-chip fractal antenna for WiNoC applications.
• To improve on-chip quality of service (QoS) by mitigating interference.
• To enable efficient multi-channel allocation for on-chip core communications.

Main Methods:

• Design and electromagnetic characterization of a novel fractal antenna.
• Development of an algorithm for exclusive sub-channel assignment to antennas.
• Utilizing the antenna's dual wide bands (63-78 GHz and 101-157 GHz) for communication.

Main Results:

• The proposed fractal antenna exhibits two wide operational bands (B1: 63-78 GHz, B2: 101-157 GHz).
• Exclusive sub-channel assignment effectively disseminates interference, enhancing QoS.
• The developed algorithm successfully assigns optimal upload/download sub-channels.

Conclusions:

• The novel multi-band fractal antenna design is suitable for WiNoC.
• The integrated approach of antenna design and channel allocation algorithm significantly improves WiNoC performance.
• This solution addresses key challenges in on-chip communication, paving the way for faster and more efficient computing systems.