Single-element and phased-array transceiver chipsets for 60-ghz Gb/s communications

• Published in: IEEE communications magazine Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 120 - 131
• Main Authors: Valdes-Garcia, Alberto, Zhan, Jing-Hong Conan, Nicolson, Sean, Floyd, Brian, Reynolds, Scott, Natarajan, Arun, Kam, Dong, Liu, Duixian, Lai, Jie-Wei, Huang, Yen-Lin Oscar, Chen, Ping-Yu, Tsai, Ming-Da
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01-04-2011; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Active filters; Arrays; Chips (electronics); Frequency modulation; Links; Receivers; Silicon germanides; Tradeoffs; Transceivers; Transmitters
• ISSN: 0163-6804; 1558-1896
• DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2011.5741156

This article summarizes the development of mature and highly integrated SiGe BiCMOS ICs for gigabit-per-second communications according to the requirements of the IEEE 802.15.3c and 802.11.ad-draft standards. A single-element transceiver chipset for point-to-point communications is described with emphasis on a feature-rich yet compact 60-GHz receiver. Next, a 16-element phased-array transceiver chipset for non-line-of-sight communications is described, with emphasis on a new power-efficient phased-array transmitter. Examples of gigabit-per-second line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight link experiments are provided, and system-level implementation trade-offs are discussed.