Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0453911
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$391,529.00
Summary
Microwave Antenna Testing Facility for Far-Field and Spherical Near-Field Measurements. The proposed facility is for testing broad-beam microwave antennas (1 GHz - 18 GHz), designed and developed by collaborators for several research and commercial projects. These antennas are important in telecommunications, defence and biomedical applications. While facilitating timely pattern measurements of antenna prototypes, it will open new opportunities in antenna experimentation. This facility will enha ....Microwave Antenna Testing Facility for Far-Field and Spherical Near-Field Measurements. The proposed facility is for testing broad-beam microwave antennas (1 GHz - 18 GHz), designed and developed by collaborators for several research and commercial projects. These antennas are important in telecommunications, defence and biomedical applications. While facilitating timely pattern measurements of antenna prototypes, it will open new opportunities in antenna experimentation. This facility will enhance collaborators' highly acclaimed theoretical research by providing experimental results for theory validation. Near-field patterns available from the facility will advance our knowledge on complicated antennas. This will generate researchers skilled in state-of-the art antenna measurements, and will help develop competitive Australian industries in this frontier technology.Read moreRead less
Radio Frequency Wireless Monitoring in Sleep Apnoea (Particularly for Paediatric Patients). Disease diagnosis, chronic disease monitoring and stress monitoring all are limited by diagnostic systems that are attached to patients by wires restricting the recording of such parameters to limited intervals in the clinician's office. The proposed system will enable patients to have a range of physiological parameters recorded without the attachment of wires. This will enable extensive periods of dia ....Radio Frequency Wireless Monitoring in Sleep Apnoea (Particularly for Paediatric Patients). Disease diagnosis, chronic disease monitoring and stress monitoring all are limited by diagnostic systems that are attached to patients by wires restricting the recording of such parameters to limited intervals in the clinician's office. The proposed system will enable patients to have a range of physiological parameters recorded without the attachment of wires. This will enable extensive periods of diagnostic data to be recorded to characterize respiratory, cardiac and other parameters during extended periods, and during normal daily activity. In addition the system can be used to monitor patients with chronic disease and detect trends in their disease.Read moreRead less
Photonic Antenna: Nested multi-band patch antenna and arrayed photonic interconnect. This project aims to investigate the design of a broadband ?photonic antenna? for airborne radar warning and electronic countermeasure systems. The project will investigate the development of a suite of printed antennas that cover bands in the range from 2-40 GHz realised on a single substrate. Nesting these antennas to reduce system size, and integration of this module with a custom optical modulator array and ....Photonic Antenna: Nested multi-band patch antenna and arrayed photonic interconnect. This project aims to investigate the design of a broadband ?photonic antenna? for airborne radar warning and electronic countermeasure systems. The project will investigate the development of a suite of printed antennas that cover bands in the range from 2-40 GHz realised on a single substrate. Nesting these antennas to reduce system size, and integration of this module with a custom optical modulator array and RF signal combiner will be investigated. The resulting broadband antenna suite with photonic interconnect will require minimal fabrication and packaging resources, and will thus be an economically viable photonic solution for practical defence systems.Read moreRead less
Investigation into improved wireless communication for rural and regional Australia. The project will improve the performance of wireless communications allowing better and more accessible communication throughout rural and regional Australia. This will enable a more efficient communications as it will reduce the requirements of cables.
Integrated Microwave-Photonic Subsystems for Antenna Remoting Applications in Defence and Wireless Communications. Millimetre-wave frequency bands are being explored for defence applications that provide better surveillance and detection electronic warfare capabilities. Microwave-photonic systems which integrate microwave and millimetre-wave electronic warfare capabilities with broadband photonic networking have been widely recognised as one of the crucial technologies to the development of new ....Integrated Microwave-Photonic Subsystems for Antenna Remoting Applications in Defence and Wireless Communications. Millimetre-wave frequency bands are being explored for defence applications that provide better surveillance and detection electronic warfare capabilities. Microwave-photonic systems which integrate microwave and millimetre-wave electronic warfare capabilities with broadband photonic networking have been widely recognised as one of the crucial technologies to the development of new capabilities in current and next generation defence platforms. This project is focused on implementing advanced system integration approaches to the design, development and implementation of microwave-photonic sub-systems and resilient optical feeder network architectures. The outcomes of this project will also influence the development of broadband wireless access solutions.Read moreRead less
Printable Multi-Bit Radio Frequency Identification for Banknotes. This project will investigate inexpensive radio-frequency transponders on banknotes that enjoy all of the advantages of, and, indeed, operate in a manner somewhat similar to barcodes. Transponders of this type may potentially replace barcode technology, thereby allowing automated identification of individual banknotes at multiple points in transaction chains. The resulting efficiencies in banknote authentication and other applic ....Printable Multi-Bit Radio Frequency Identification for Banknotes. This project will investigate inexpensive radio-frequency transponders on banknotes that enjoy all of the advantages of, and, indeed, operate in a manner somewhat similar to barcodes. Transponders of this type may potentially replace barcode technology, thereby allowing automated identification of individual banknotes at multiple points in transaction chains. The resulting efficiencies in banknote authentication and other applications will generate a significant economic benefit for Australia. Additionally, the development of state-of-the-art transponders based on fundamental microwave- and antenna engineering prospectively gives Australia a cutting-edge advantage as a leading player in the fast-growing RFID market.Read moreRead less
Chipless RFID for Barcode Replacement. This project will investigate inexpensive radio-frequency transponders that enjoy all of the advantages of, and, indeed, operate in a manner somewhat similar to barcodes. Transponders of this type may potentially replace barcode technology, thereby allowing automated identification of individual items at multiple points in supply- and distribution chains. The resulting efficiencies in a host of logistic and other applications will generate a significant e ....Chipless RFID for Barcode Replacement. This project will investigate inexpensive radio-frequency transponders that enjoy all of the advantages of, and, indeed, operate in a manner somewhat similar to barcodes. Transponders of this type may potentially replace barcode technology, thereby allowing automated identification of individual items at multiple points in supply- and distribution chains. The resulting efficiencies in a host of logistic and other applications will generate a significant economic benefit for Australia. Additionally, the development of state-of-the-art transponders based on fundamental microwave- and antenna engineering prospectively gives Australia a cutting-edge advantage as a leading player in the fast-growing RFID market.Read moreRead less
Back-scatter based Radio Freqency IDentification (RFID) system capable of reading multiple chipless tags for regional and suburban libraries. Australia has the highest rate of library usage among the developed countries. However, only a few libraries in Australia use RFID based library management system. The main hindrance is the cost of the tag compared to the optical barcode. The project addresses the problem by offer a smart RFID reader which can read multiple chipless RFID tags. The results ....Back-scatter based Radio Freqency IDentification (RFID) system capable of reading multiple chipless tags for regional and suburban libraries. Australia has the highest rate of library usage among the developed countries. However, only a few libraries in Australia use RFID based library management system. The main hindrance is the cost of the tag compared to the optical barcode. The project addresses the problem by offer a smart RFID reader which can read multiple chipless RFID tags. The results of the project will bring Australia on a cutting edge technology and serving the community better with state-of-the-art RFID based library management system. Also export of the technology will put Australia in the forefront of the RFID applications.Read moreRead less
Smart Information Management of Partial Discharge in Switchyards using Smart Antennas. Currently no single robust technology for partial discharge (PD) detection, location and unique identification of faulty power apparatus is commercially available. The proposed method will bring a new technological breakthrough in the market for PD monitoring, management and prevention. On-line real time fault detection and monitoring system of expensive power installations will save significant revenue for po ....Smart Information Management of Partial Discharge in Switchyards using Smart Antennas. Currently no single robust technology for partial discharge (PD) detection, location and unique identification of faulty power apparatus is commercially available. The proposed method will bring a new technological breakthrough in the market for PD monitoring, management and prevention. On-line real time fault detection and monitoring system of expensive power installations will save significant revenue for power industries in Australia and worldwide. This real time monitoring system will also give Australia a leading edge technological advantage over overseas competitors. Read moreRead less