The University of Glasgow is leading a European Commission-funded project to develop a novel form of ultra-fast wireless data transfer.
Attracting 4million euros (£3.1m) in support from the EC's Horizon 2020 initiative, the iBROW project brings together universities and private sector companies from the UK, France, Germany and Portugal.
They will explore the potential of resonant tunneling diode (RTD) technology to create ultra-broadband wireless communications that can keep up with the increasing capacity of broadband.
Dr Edward Wasige, senior lecturer in Electronic and Nanoscale Engineering at the University of Glasgow, said: " RTDs are pure solid-state electronic devices operating at room temperature with reported working frequencies exceeding 1 THz. They have the potential to create wireless broadband systems at frequencies where other electronic semiconductor devices cannot be used, and could allow wireless data transfer rates of up to 100 Gbps in the long term."
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