iBROW

About Project

Innovative ultra-BROadband ubiquitous Wireless communications through terahertz transceivers

iBROW aims at developing a novel, low-cost, energy-efficient and compact ultra-broadband short-range wireless communication transceiver, capable of addressing future network usage requirements. This will be pursued using Resonant Tunnelling Diode (RTD) devices which are the fastest pure solid-state electronic devices operating at room temperature, with reported working frequencies exceeding 1 THz. By developing a unified technology that can be integrated into both ends of the wireless link, namely consumer portable devices and fibre-optic supported base-stations, the project aims at increasing the RTD output power, optical detection efficiency and energy efficiency at target frequencies, enabling high-speed short-range wireless communications.

Acronym

iBROW

Responsible

Luís Manuel de Sousa Pessoa

Status

Closed

Start

January 1, 2015

End

January 30, 2018

Effective End

January 30, 2018

Global Budget

€3,995,128.00

Financing

€356,250.00

Members

Team Leaders

Luís Manuel Pessoa

I am a senior researcher at the Centre of Telecommunications and Multimedia of INESC TEC, where I am also the coordinator of the area of Optical and Electronic Technologies. I received the “Licenciatura” degree in 2006 and PhD degree in 2011, both in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. Currently I am responsible for the conception and management of R&D projects, coordination of research students and fostering the valorization of research results through new contracts with industry. I was previously involved in teaching of RF/microwave engineering and optical communications as an invited assistant professor at the University of Porto. I am author/co-author of more than 50 publications in international conferences and journals with peer-review, and 1 european patent. I have coordinated several research projects and participated in several EU research projects. My main research interests include coherent optical systems, radio-over-fibre, RF/microwave devices and antennas, and underwater wireless power/communications.

Team Members

Henrique Salgado

Maria Teresa Andrade

João Canas Ferreira

Vítor Grade Tavares

Luís Manuel Pessoa

Maria Inês Carvalho

Joana Santos Tavares

Associated Centres

Telecommunications and Multimedia

The Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM) welcomes close to 200 members, including at least 100 integrated researchers who carry out scientific work in the fields of communications, Artificial Intelligence, and computer science and engineering. The Centre’s activities cover several Research and Development (R&D) domains: Communications and Electronics Radio Frequency Technologies Optoelectronics Microelectronics Wireless Communication Networks Computer Perception Computer Vision applied to Medical Imaging Computer Vision applied to Digital Media Computer Audio applied to Music With multidisciplinary teams that include dozens of PhDs, CTM is strongly committed to both European and national research projects, as well as consultancy projects with industry.