Supporting Fast and Clear Video

Author

Takahashi, Hiroyuki ; Kosugi, Toshihiko ; Hirata, Akihiko ; Murata, Koichi

Volume

13

Issue

6

fYear

2012

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

64

Abstract

A 120-GHz-band 10-Gb/s wireless link using an InP-HEMT-based MMIC was introduced. This link is suitable for last-mile access of 10GbE, live-relay transmission for 4K cinema, and multiplexed HD videos. The transmitter and receiver MMICs were developed to extend the link distance while maintaining the capacity of 10 Gb/s. The 120-GHz wireless link using the MMICs successfully demonstrated wireless transmission of 10GbE over the link distance of over 5 km. We also designed QPSK modulator and demodulator MMICs to improve the spectral efficiency of the wireless link. Fabricated QPSK MMICs and modules performed 10-Gb/s transmission with the BER of 10-10 at the received power of -38.5 dBm. In the future, we hope to implement QPSK modules in the 120-GHz-band wireless link equipment. We would also like to advance the QPSK modulator and demodulator MMICs and modules to handle bit rates of up to 20 Gb/s.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MMIC; high electron mobility transistors; indium compounds; multimedia communication; quadrature phase shift keying; radio links; video communication; 4K cinema transmission; InP; InP-HEMT-based MMIC; QPSK demodulator MMIC; QPSK modulator MMIC; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; distance 5 km; frequency 120 GHz; multiplexed HD video transmission; receiver MMIC; transmitter MMIC; wireless link; Bandwidth; Communication networks; EPON; Ethernet; HDTV; IEEE 802.3 Standards; Motion pictures; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1527-3342

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MMM.2012.2205830

Filename

6305015