Integrated W-band GaAs MMIC Modules for Multi-Gigabit Wireless Communication Systems
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Dyadyuk, V.; Stokes, L.; Shen, M.
- Source
- 2008 Global Symposium on Millimeter Waves Millimeter Waves, 2008. GSMM 2008. Global Symposium on. :25-28 Apr, 2008
- Subject
- Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Photonics and Electrooptics
Gallium arsenide
MMICs
Wireless communication
Bandwidth
Transceivers
Radio frequency
Phase noise
Frequency conversion
CMOS technology
Silicon germanium
- Language
70-90 GHz integrated receive and transmit modules with sub-harmonic frequency translation were developed using a GaAs MMIC chip set. These have a reported -3 dB bandwidth above 9 GHz and 6 GHz respectively for the down-converter and up-converter. With a common 39.25 GHz LO frequency, the modules are well suited for the RF transceivers of full-duplex wireless communication systems operating in both 71-76 and 81-86 GHz bands using the lower or upper side-band conversion in each chosen (receive or transmit) direction.