Title :
A 140 GHz multi-gigabits self-heterodyne transceiver for chip-to-chip communications
Author :
Foulon, Samuel ; Pruvost, Sebastien ; Pache, Denis ; Loyez, Christophe ; Rolland, Nathalie
Author_Institution :
TR&D Dept., STMicroelectron., Crolles, France
Abstract :
A 140GHz fully-integrated wireless chip-to-chip solution using a QPSK self-heterodyne topology is demonstrated for short range and low power communication. Implemented in 0.13μm SiGe:C BiCMOS technology, the Tx and Rx silicon area including dipole antennas is 0.31mm2. This transceiver achieves a data rate of 10Gbps at a free air distance of 0.6mm with a Error Vector Magnitude equal to 27 %.
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; ad hoc networks; carbon; dipole antennas; quadrature phase shift keying; radio transceivers; silicon; BiCMOS technology; QPSK self-heterodyne topology; SiGe:C; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; chip-to-chip communications; dipole antennas; distance 0.6 mm; error vector magnitude; free air distance; frequency 140 GHz; low power communication; multigigabits self-heterodyne transceiver; short range communication; silicon area; size 0.13 mum; size 0.31 mm; Communication systems; Computer architecture; Phase shift keying; Receivers; Silicon; Topology; Transceivers; Chip-to-chip communication; QPSK modulation; high data rate; millimeter waves; self-heterodyne;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2014 44th European
Conference_Location :
Rome
DOI :
10.1109/EuMC.2014.6986581
