High-Speed mm-Wave Data-Link Based on Hollow Plastic Cable and CMOS Transceiver

Author

Yanghyo Kim ; Lan Nan ; Cong, J. ; Chang, Mau-Chung Frank

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

23

Issue

12

fYear

2013

fDate

Dec. 2013

Firstpage

674

Lastpage

676

Abstract

A multi-Giga-bit/s (up to 6 Gbps) and energy-efficient (1 pJ/bit/m) data link is formed by using hollow plastic cable and CMOS transceivers for short distance (8 m) digital communications. The demonstrated link couples/de-couples 60 GHz carried digital signals with roughly 6 dB loss per coupling into/from a hollow plastic cable made of relatively low-loss (~1.5 dB/m) Teflon, which is widely used for various home appliances. The CMOS transceivers are designed and implemented in 65 nm Foundry CMOS to support the intended 60 GHz operation with 28 mW power consumption under a 1 V supply.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; digital communication; millimetre wave integrated circuits; radio transceivers; CMOS transceiver; digital signals; energy-efficient data link; frequency 60 GHz; high-speed mm-wave data-link; hollow plastic cable; loss 6 dB; multigiga-bit/s; power 28 mW; power consumption; short distance digital communications; voltage 1 V; Amplitude shift keying; Antenna measurements; CMOS integrated circuits; Communication cables; Loss measurement; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Plastics; Transceivers; Amplitude shift keying (ASK) modulation; RF-interconnect; hollow plastic waveguide; millimeter wave integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2013.2283862

Filename

6634274