The Hardware Foundation of 6G: The NEW-6G Approach

Emilio Calvanese Strinati, Michael Peeters, Cesar Roda Neve, Manil Dev Gomony, Andreia Cathelin, Mauro Renato Boldi, Mark Ingels, Aritra Banerjee, Pascal Chevalier, Bartek Kozicki, Didier Belot

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Abstract

The design of future 6th Generation (6G) wireless connect-compute-control networks requires new approaches for the design of hardware, new materials and hybridization processes new technological solutions, to create a sustainable foundation for the effective operation of innovative services and use cases. In this context, the New-6G initiative focuses on solutions that capitalize on the latest advances in high-performance semiconductor technologies, integrated circuits, digital components, and wide bandwidth radio frequencies. Based on the applications and use cases, we propose two main loci that will have the largest impact: the challenges and opportunities of baseband processing on the one hand and material enablers and related device and circuit challenges on the other hand. For this second part, BiCMOS, FD-SOI, GaN and InP are highlighted as especially of interest. BiCMOS and FD-SOI have already demonstrated their possible application up to 200GHz. While BiCMOS could be potentially used at higher frequencies, III-V (GaN, InP) alternatives when integrated with CMOS could propose cost-effective solution to address higher-power and higher-efficiency sub-THz 6G applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications and 6G Summit, EuCNC/6G Summit 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages423-428
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-6654-9871-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jul 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event2022 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC & 6G Summit - Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Duration: 7 Jun 202210 Jun 2022
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/9815454/proceeding

Conference

Conference2022 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC & 6G Summit
Abbreviated titleEuCNC
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityGrenoble
Period7/06/2210/06/22
Internet address

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors kindly acknowledge contributions from all relevant colleagues from their respective departments at CEA-LETI, IMEC, STMicroelectronics, Soitec, Nokia Bell Labs and Telecom Italia. We also would like to highlight that this work has been partly funded by the European Commission through the H2020 projects Hexa-X (Grant Agreement no. 101015956) and COREnect (Grant Agreement no. 956830).

Keywords

  • 5G
  • 6G
  • AI
  • BiCMOS
  • FD-SOI
  • GaN
  • hardware
  • InP
  • microelectronics

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