Programmable threshold sensing in wireless devices using Ising dynamics
摘要
Ising machines—comprising dissipatively coupled nodes capable of emulating the behaviour of ferromagnetic spins—can form analogue computing engines that surpass the sequential processing constraints of von Neumann architectures. However, the incorporation of Ising dynamics into radio-frequency wireless technologies remains limited, especially in terms of their potential to enhance wireless sensing capabilities. Here we report a passive wireless sensor that uses Ising dynamics to accurately implement threshold sensing. The device correlates the occurrence of violations in a sensed parameter with transitions in the coupling state of two parametric oscillators acting as Ising spins. As a result, the accuracy of the device is unaffected by distortions in its input and output signals due to multipath and is less prone to clutter caused by co-site interference. We illustrate the potential of the approach in temperature threshold sensing using a microfabricated lithium niobate microelectromechanical temperature sensor to couple two radio-frequency parametric oscillators, and show that such a system allows the sensor threshold to be wirelessly reprogrammed.