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Dual-Polarized Antenna Arrays with CMOS Power Amplifiers for SiP Integration at W-Band

A Low-Cost Solution for Communication Systems with 100 Gbit/s Wireless Data Transmission
  • Malte Giese EMAIL logo , Sönke Vehring , Georg Böck and Arne F. Jacob
Published/Copyright: August 19, 2017
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Abstract

This paper presents requirements and front-end solutions for low-cost communication systems with data rates of 100 Gbit/s. Link budget analyses in different mass-market applications are conducted for that purpose. It proposes an implementation of the front-end as an active antenna array with support for beam steering and polarization multiplexing over the full W-band. The critical system components are investigated and presented. This applies to a transformer coupled power amplifier (PA) in 40 nm bulk CMOS. It shows saturated output power of more than 10 dBm and power-added-efficiency of more than 10 % over the full W-band. Furthermore, the performance of microstrip-to-waveguide transitions is shown exemplarily as an important part of the active antenna as it interfaces active circuitry and antenna in a polymer-and-metal process. The transition test design shows less than 0.9 dB insertion loss and more than 12 dB return loss for the differential transition over the full W-band.

Acknowledgements:

This work was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as a part of the priority programme SPP1655 “Wireless 100 Gb/s and beyond”.

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Received: 2017-3-3
Published Online: 2017-8-19
Published in Print: 2017-9-26

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