NSF award 2630163 · Northeastern University

ASCENT: Heterogeneously Integrated and AI-Empowered Millimeter-Wave Wide-Bandgap Transmitter Array towards Energy- and Spectrum-Efficient Next-G Communications

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in 559 days · The award ends on 31 December 2027.

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Award number: 2630163
Period of support: 15 Mar 2026 – 31 Dec 2027
Amount: $1,500,000
Awardee: Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Program: ASCENT-Address-Chalg-Eng-Teams
Directorate: ENG

Abstract

Due to the advent of data-intensive applications and rapid growth of communication networks, the energy consumption of wireless ecosystem has been ever-increasing. Currently, the total electricity consumption of all communication networks in the world is estimated to be a few thousand terawatt-hours per year, and this number is projected to be multiplied in the coming decades. Nevertheless, the millimeter-wave (mmW)…

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