DocumentCode
3097005
Title
Unlicensed 60-GHz millimeter wave for multi-gigabit wireless communications
Author
Ho, Keang-Po ; Emami, Sohrab ; Gilbert, Jeffrey M.
Author_Institution
Silicon Image, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
9-11 July 2012
Firstpage
141
Lastpage
142
Abstract
Using the unlicensed 60-GHz millimeter-wave band, an antenna array driven by CMOS circuitry enables low-cost multi-gigabit broadband wireless transmission. The CMOS transceiver can consistently achieve data rates up to 3.8 Gb/s for video area network operation. Using beam-search techniques, the antenna arrays steer the beam to avoid line-of-sight blockage.
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; beam steering; broadband antennas; broadband networks; microwave photonics; millimetre wave antenna arrays; optical transceivers; radio transceivers; video communication; CMOS circuitry; CMOS transceiver; antenna array; beam-search techniques; bit rate 3.8 Gbit/s; data rates; frequency 60 GHz; line-of-sight blockage; low-cost multigigabit broadband wireless transmission; multigigabit wireless communications; unlicensed millimeter wave; video area network; Antenna arrays; Arrays; CMOS integrated circuits; Receivers; Transceivers; Transmitting antennas; Wireless communication;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1526-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHOSST.2012.6280869
Filename
6280869
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