Greenerwave SAS is a French deeptech start-up based in Paris. It is a spin-off of the Langevin Institute, an academic laboratory belonging to the CNRS and the ESPCI Paris engineering school.
Greenerwave was created in 2016 by Geoffroy Lerosey, CNRS researcher and Mathias Fink, Professor at ESPCI Paris, following their pioneering research demonstrating the possibility of transposing the concept of wavefront shaping, originally developed in the context of optics to control light in complex media, to the microwave domain using electronically tunable metasurfaces and ad hoc algorithms. GNW has developed electronically tunable metasurfaces using the know-how gained from years of research at the highest level in the field of 5G millimeter waves and metasurfaces, and the algorithms needed to control the waves using these metasurfaces. GNW is also developing the hardware needed to fabricate, control, and use these metasurfaces, from routing electronic components on the metasurfaces themselves, to designing FPGA-based control board microcontrollers to reconfigure these surfaces at slower or faster speeds.
The company designs, develops, manufactures and characterizes electronically reconfigurable metasurfaces ranging from some 100 MHz to 100 GHz usable for IoT and RFID in the lower end of the spectrum and smart antennas and radars for higher frequencies. Intellectual property is protected by a robust portfolio of 12 families of patents.
What is your organization’s role in the project? What unique contribution does it bring to the team?
GNW develops transmitter and receiver antennas covering the Q and V bands in the project. The antennas are designed based on new innovative technology using reconfigurable intelligent surfaces controlled through software. The technology provided by Greenerwave not only meets the specifications requirements of the antenna but also it is energy sober and cost efficient. It can be tuned to many applications (5/6G NTN, LEO, MEO, GEO).
Why is this project important for your organization?
The project allows GNW to deliver a PoC of the antenna from one side and deploy it in field trial with the consortium partners from another side. It is a unique opportunity for the consortium to test such a technology in these bands.