一个紧的SiGe D频段功率放大器,用于可扩展的光子支持的分相天线阵列
Reinier Broucke1, Nishant Singh2, Michiel Van Osta2
1Department of Information Technology, IDLab, Ghent University - imec, 9052, Ghent, Belgium. Reinier.Broucke@ugent.be.
Scientific reports
|November 23, 2023
概括
这项研究引入了一种用于140 GHz无线通信的新型光电子相位天线阵列. 一个紧的-功率放大器 (PA) 芯片可以实现高速度数据速率高达45 Gbps.
科学领域:
- 电气工程 电气工程
- 无线通信系统无线通信系统
- 天线阵列技术天线阵列技术
背景情况:
- 对于高速无线数据链路的需求不断增长,需要在100GHz以上运行.
- 阶段式天线阵列对于可转向的无线系统至关重要.
- 在高频率的阶段阵列中集成主动电子带来了显著的空间限制.
研究的目的:
- 为140 GHz运行提出一个可扩展的光电子相位天线阵列概念.
- 详细介绍一个发射器系统架构,用于大规模的2D可转向相位阵列.
- 为此应用设计和测量一个紧的功率放大器 (PA) 芯片.
主要方法:
- 开发一种新的可扩展的光电子相式天线阵列概念.
- 为2D可转向相位阵列设计发射器系统架构的设计.
- 一个紧的- (SiGe) 功率放大器 (PA) 芯片的制造和测量.
主要成果:
- 拟议的系统可实现大规模的,宽带的,在140GHz的2D可转向的分相天线阵列.
- 一个紧的SiGe PA芯片在135 GHz实现了20 dB的增强.
- 该音箱提供14.6dBm的输出功率,并支持在540μm × 550μm的足迹内高达45 Gbps的数据速率.
结论:
- 开发的SiGe PA是报告中最快,最强大的D频段放大器之一.
- 它的紧足迹与密集相位阵列集成兼容.
- 光电子相位阵列概念促进了140GHz的高速无线通信.
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