MILLIMETER WAVE CMOS ENGINES FOR WAVEGUIDE FABRICS
First Claim
1. A millimeter wave (mm-wave) package, comprising:
- a substrate;
complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) mm-wave modulation circuitry operably coupled to the substrate, the mm-wave modulation circuitry to modulate a first baseband signal onto a first mm-wave carrier signal to provide a first signal;
CMOS mm-wave demodulation circuitry operably coupled to the substrate, the mm-wave demodulation circuitry to demodulate a second baseband signal from a second mm-wave carrier signal;
CMOS clock data recovery circuitry operably coupled to the substrate and communicably coupled to the CMOS mm-wave demodulation circuitry, the clock data recovery circuitry to recover timing information from the second baseband signal;
CMOS mm-wave transmitter circuitry to;
receive the first signal from the CMOS mm-wave modulation circuitry; and
provide the first signal to a first mm-wave waveguide member;
CMOS mm-wave receiver circuitry.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for communicating between rack mounted devices disposed in the same or different racks separated by distances of less than a meter to a few tens of meters. The system includes a CMOS first mm-wave engine that includes mm-wave transceiver circuitry, mm-wave MODEM circuitry, power distribution and control circuitry, and a mm-wave waveguide connector. The CMOS first mm-wave engine communicably couples to a CMOS second mm-wave engine that also includes mm-wave transceiver circuitry, mm-wave MODEM circuitry, power distribution and control circuitry, and a mm-wave waveguide connector. In some implementations, at least a portion of the mm-wave transceiver circuitry may be fabricated using III-V semiconductor manufacturing methods. The use of mm-wave communication techniques beneficially improves data integrity and increases achievable datarates, and reduces power costs.
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25 Claims
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1. A millimeter wave (mm-wave) package, comprising:
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a substrate; complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) mm-wave modulation circuitry operably coupled to the substrate, the mm-wave modulation circuitry to modulate a first baseband signal onto a first mm-wave carrier signal to provide a first signal; CMOS mm-wave demodulation circuitry operably coupled to the substrate, the mm-wave demodulation circuitry to demodulate a second baseband signal from a second mm-wave carrier signal; CMOS clock data recovery circuitry operably coupled to the substrate and communicably coupled to the CMOS mm-wave demodulation circuitry, the clock data recovery circuitry to recover timing information from the second baseband signal; CMOS mm-wave transmitter circuitry to; receive the first signal from the CMOS mm-wave modulation circuitry; and provide the first signal to a first mm-wave waveguide member; CMOS mm-wave receiver circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of communicating via millimeter wave (mm-wave) signals using a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) mm-wave package, the method comprising:
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modulating, via CMOS mm-wave modulation circuitry, a first baseband signal onto a first mm-wave carrier signal to provide a first signal; transmitting, via CMOS mm-wave transmitter circuitry coupled to the CMOS mm-wave modulation circuitry, the first signal to a first mm-wave waveguide via a first mm-wave waveguide connector operably coupled to the CMOS mm-wave transmitter circuitry; receiving a second signal including a second baseband signal modulated onto a second mm-wave carrier signal via CMOS mm-wave receiver circuitry; demodulating, via CMOS mm-wave demodulation circuitry, the second baseband signal from the second mm-wave carrier signal; and synchronizing the received second signal to at least one timing signal via CMOS clock data recovery circuitry operably coupled to the substrate and communicably coupled to the CMOS mm-wave demodulation circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for communicating via millimeter wave (mm-wave) signals using a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) mm-wave package, the system comprising:
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CMOS means for modulating a first baseband signal onto a first mm-wave carrier signal to provide a first signal; CMOS means for transmitting the first signal to a first mm-wave waveguide via an operably coupled first mm-wave waveguide connector; CMOS means for receiving a second signal including a second baseband signal modulated onto a second mm-wave carrier signal; CMOS means for demodulating the second baseband signal from the second mm-wave carrier signal; and CMOS means for synchronizing at least one timing signal to the received second signal.
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