On the Design of Low-Cost 60-GHz Radios for Multigigabit-per-Second Transmission over Short Distances [Topics in Radio Communications]

Author

Smulders, Peter ; Yang, Haibing ; Akkermans, Iwan

Author_Institution

Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven

Volume

45

Issue

12

fYear

2007

fDate

12/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

44

Lastpage

51

Abstract

This article reviews, discusses, and proposes crucial 60-GHz radio design options. First, it discusses the choice of integrated circuit technology for the radio frequency (RF) part and presents the status quo concerning standardization. Then, it describes the 60-GHz channel-propagation characteristics and proposes antenna solutions, as well as the architecture of the RF part, including a channelization scheme and frequency synthesizer architecture. With regard to the baseband part, we discuss the use of multicarrier modulation and compare it to single-carrier modulation. Finally, we demonstrate the consequences of the various design options as judged from link-budget calculations.

Keywords

millimetre wave antennas; millimetre wave integrated circuits; radiocommunication; antenna solutions; channel-propagation characteristics; frequency 60 GHz; frequency synthesizer architecture; integrated circuit technology; link-budget calculations; multicarrier modulation; multigigabit-per-second transmission; radio design options; radio frequency part; single-carrier modulation; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Bandwidth; Directive antennas; Fabrication; Fading; Large-scale systems; Radio communication; Radio transmitters; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2007.4395364

Filename

4395364