设计和建模特拉赫兹收发器用于芯片内部和芯片间通信在无线网络上芯片架构中的无线网络
Biswash Paudel1, Xue Jun Li1, Boon-Chong Seet1
1Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|May 25, 2024
概括
无线芯片上的网络 (Wireless Network-on-Chips,简称WNoC) 利用特拉赫兹 (THz) 波来实现高效的芯片内部通信,克服传统有线网络的局限性. 模拟显示,齐格扎格天线为这些高频芯片对芯片链接提供了卓越的性能.
科学领域:
- 电气工程和计算机科学
- 电磁与通讯 电磁与通讯
背景情况:
- 越来越多的计算能力需求挑战了传统的多核处理器扩展.
- 有线网络在芯片上通信时面临带宽和功耗的限制.
- 芯片上的系统 (SoC) 集成需要先进的通信解决方案.
研究的目的:
- 探索无线网络在芯片 (WNoCs) 使用特拉赫兹 (THz) 波用于芯片内部和芯片间的通信.
- 在芯片环境中研究THz天线的可行性和性能.
- 分析电磁场行为,并为WNoC系统链接预算.
主要方法:
- 使用安赛斯高频结构模拟器 (HFSS) 进行全波电磁场分析.
- 模拟的双极和齐克扎克天线用于芯片级THz波通信.
- 进行了传输系数表征,路径损失分析和电场分布研究.
主要成果:
- 达到446GHz和462.5GHz的共振频率,传输系数为-28dB和-33至-41dB.
- 经过验证的输电功率可行性,确保能耗低于1 pJ/bit.
- 与用于芯片内部通信的双极天线相比,齐格扎克天线显示出更高的电场大小.
结论:
- 使用THz波的WNoC是高性能芯片内部通信的可行解决方案.
- 天线设计显著影响信号传播和效率,而齐格扎格天线显示出有前途.
- 传输依赖于地面平面反射,这种现象通过电场分布分析得到证实.
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