- Invited paper - high speed data communications based on W-band automotive radar MMIC

A new W-band transceiver circuit design is introduced for wireless high speed data transmission applications that relies entirely on commercially available 77 GHz automotive radar MMIC (monolithic millimeterwave integrated circuits) and thinfilm ceramics. The advantage of this approach is twofold. Firstly, already well established technology can be utilized for a new field of applications. Secondly, the resulting higher production volume due to deeper market penetration lowers the MMIC cost and therefore benefits likewise the automotive as well as the telecommunications market. A study of geographically correlated link-ranges shows that 779 m-2.4 km can be achieved depending on the required link availability. A super heterodyne transceiver design using a quasi PSK modulation is proposed. Measured results of two passive system components are presented exemplarily.