A frequency-agile retrodirective tag for large-scale sub-terahertz data backscattering
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Backscattering is a promising power-efficient communication technique providing sustainable wireless links with a low carbon footprint. This approach is a critical enabler for dense IoT networks, which are forecast to grow to 41 billion by 2025. However, existing backscatter designs are limited to the sub-6 GHz bands or narrowband operation in the millimeter-wave regime; therefore, they fail to concurrently support many interference-free low-power users. Enabling a frequency-agile wideband backscatter design in the sub-terahertz offers a two-pronged advantage for densely deployed backscatter networks: spatial reuse enabled by directionality and frequency multiplexing enabled by the large available bandwidth. We present the first sub-THz backscatter architecture that operates above 100 GHz. Our design relies on a detailed understanding of reciprocity in leaky-wave devices and offers a realistic joint localization and communication protocol for sub-THz backscatter networks.
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Kludze, A., Kono, J., Mittleman, D. M., & Ghasempour, Y. (2024). A frequency-agile retrodirective tag for large-scale sub-terahertz data backscattering. Nature Communications, 15(1), 8756. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53035-5