High-receiving-sensitivity 70-GHz band MMIC transceiver: application of receiving-module-arrayed self-heterodyne technique

Author

Shoji, Yozo ; Ogawa, Hiroyo

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Lab., Inst. Administrative Agency, Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

6-11 June 2004

Firstpage

219

Abstract

The use of our proposed millimeter-wave self-heterodyne transmission technique is a simple and cost-effective way of solving frequency stability problems in constructing millimeter-wave access systems. However, there has been degradation in receiving sensitivity compared to conventional methods. We report how our newly developed 70-GHz-band transceiver using the millimeter-wave self-heterodyne transmission technique with a receiving module array can greatly improve the receiving sensitivity without affecting the signal reception beam pattern.

Keywords

MMIC; frequency stability; heterodyne detection; millimetre wave propagation; phase noise; sensitivity; transceivers; 70 GHz; MMIC transceiver; frequency stability problems; frequency-offset; millimeter-wave access systems; millimeter-wave transmission; phase-noise; receiving module array; receiving sensitivity; self-heterodyne transmission; signal reception beam pattern; Degradation; MMICs; Millimeter wave technology; Phased arrays; RF signals; Radio frequency; Transceivers; Transmitters; Wireless LAN; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2004 IEEE MTT-S International

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8331-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1335850

Filename

1335850