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CISC 2009. Annual IEEE, Date: 2009/10/11 - 2009/10/14, Location: NC, Greensboro

Publication date: 2009-10-01
ISSN: 978-1-4244-5260-6
Publisher: IEEE

Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, 2009

Author:

Wambacq, Piet
Raczkowski, Jakub ; Ramon, V ; Vasylchenko, Oleksandr ; Enayati, Amin ; Libois, M ; Borremans, J ; Scheir, K ; Bronckers, S ; Bourdoux, A ; Parvais, B ; Verbruggen, B ; Brebels, S ; Van Thillo, W ; Pavageau, C ; Nauwelaers, Bart ; Vandenbosch, Guy ; De Raedt, Walter ; Soens, C

Keywords:

Science & Technology, Technology, Engineering, Electrical & Electronic, Telecommunications, Engineering, CMOS, 60 GHz, mm-wave, phased arrays, DESIGN

Abstract:

To enable mass-market applications based on short-range wireless communication around 60 GHz at datarates above 1 Gbps, cheap implementation technologies are needed. The radios for these applications often use antenna arrays with beamforming to improve the link budget. This work discusses the state-of-the-art on CMOS beamforming architectures and describes the different parts of a wireless link that is built around a four-antenna array on a PCB that also contains 45nm digital CMOS receiver ICs with beamforming capabilities. ©2009 IEEE.