Prospects of the nanoelectronic element base of infosystems of autonomous aircraft

Prospects of the nanoelectronic element base of infosystems of autonomous aircraft

Nikolai I. Plyusnin
Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor, Federal State Military Educational Institution of Higher Education «Military Orders of Zhukov and Lenin Red Banner Academy of Communications named after Marshal of the Soviet Union S.M. Budyonny» of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Senior Research Scientist, 3, Tikhoretsky pr., Saint Petersburg, 194064, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Received April 18, 2023

Abstract
The ways of creating a nanoelectronic element base (NEB) of Autonomous Air Vehicle (AАV) with small dimensions and weight are analyzed. The autonomy of these devices predetermines the principles of building their information systems using artificial intelligence logic, significant memory resources, as well as functionally specialized and high-speed information processing methods. And the cost restrictions involve the use of practically debugged nano- and microtechnologies for optical devices and integrated circuits. In addition, the small volume and weight of AAV necessitate the miniaturization of their NEB. At the same time, the operation of the AAV in various extreme conditions with increased radiation and bursts of the electromagnetic field (for example, in space) is not ruled out. Under these conditions, the semiconductor elements of their electronics are likely to fail. Therefore, in NEB of AAV, it is expedient to switch to nanovacuum-channel transistors (NVCT), which do not have semiconductors (or their role is auxiliary). In NVKT, the nanochannel of electron transfer between the electrodes is replaced by a vacuum one, and the control is carried out by the voltage on the field electrode - the gate. At the same time, the nanoscale length of the gap between the emitter and the collector provides low voltages on the electrodes of the NVKT. In general, replacing a semiconductor with a vacuum can simplify and reduce the cost of transistor technology, make it more resistant to radiation and high-energy fields, and will allow to reach THz frequencies. And the creation of new types of NVKT (for example, using the control of the electron spin orientation) will increase the performance of AAV information transmission and processing tools.

Key words
Nanoelectronics, autonomous aircraft, information systems, artificial intelligence, nanotechnologies, microtechnologies, extreme conditions, miniaturization, THz frequencies, vacuum channel transistors.

DOI
10.31776/RTCJ.11303

Bibliographic description
Plyusnin, N.I. (2023). "Prospects of the nanoelectronic element base of infosystems of autonomous aircraft". Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 180-187, DOI: 10.31776/RTCJ.11303. (in Russian).

UDC identifier:
620.3:621.389:629.7

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