Mm-wave fully integrated phased array receiver and transmitter with on-chip antennas
First Claim
1. A phased array mm-wave device, comprising:
- a single silicon substrate;
mm-wave circuitry comprising at least a selected one of;
a transmitter section comprising;
a mm-wave transmitter integrated onto said substrate, said transmitter configured to transmit a mm-wave signal; and
a first phased array antenna system integrated onto said substrate, said first phased array antenna system electrically coupled to said mm-wave transmitter, said first phased array antenna system including two or more antenna elements;
anda receiver section comprising;
a mm-wave receiver integrated onto said substrate, said receiver configured to receive a mm-wave signal; and
a second phased array antenna system integrated onto said substrate, said second array antenna system electrically coupled to said mm-wave receiver, said second phased array antenna system including two or more antenna elements;
andone or more dielectric lenses operatively coupled to at least a selected one of said first phased array antenna system and said second phased array antenna system to improve the transmission or the reception of mm-waves from or by the respective phased array antenna system;
wherein all of the mm-wave circuitry is integrated onto said substrate, thereby eliminating a need to couple mm-wave signals off said substrate.
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Abstract
A phased array mm-wave device includes a substrate, a mm-wave transmitter integrated onto the substrate configured to transmit a mm-wave signal and/or a mm-wave receiver integrated onto the substrate and configured to receive a mm-wave signal. The mm-wave device also includes a phased array antenna system integrated onto the substrate and including two or more antenna elements. The phased array mm-wave device also includes one or more dielectric lenses. A distributed mm-wave distributed combining tree circuit includes at least two pairs of differential transconductors with regenerative degeneration and accepts at least two differential input signals. Two mm-wave loopback methods measure the phased array antenna patterns and the performance of an integrated receiver transmitter system.
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30 Claims
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1. A phased array mm-wave device, comprising:
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a single silicon substrate; mm-wave circuitry comprising at least a selected one of; a transmitter section comprising; a mm-wave transmitter integrated onto said substrate, said transmitter configured to transmit a mm-wave signal; and a first phased array antenna system integrated onto said substrate, said first phased array antenna system electrically coupled to said mm-wave transmitter, said first phased array antenna system including two or more antenna elements; and a receiver section comprising; a mm-wave receiver integrated onto said substrate, said receiver configured to receive a mm-wave signal; and a second phased array antenna system integrated onto said substrate, said second array antenna system electrically coupled to said mm-wave receiver, said second phased array antenna system including two or more antenna elements; and one or more dielectric lenses operatively coupled to at least a selected one of said first phased array antenna system and said second phased array antenna system to improve the transmission or the reception of mm-waves from or by the respective phased array antenna system; wherein all of the mm-wave circuitry is integrated onto said substrate, thereby eliminating a need to couple mm-wave signals off said substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A mm-wave loopback method comprising the steps of:
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providing an integrated receiver transmitter system on one or more substrates including an integral phased array antenna system, said integrated receiver transmitter system comprising at least one of a phased array mm-wave device having; a single silicon substrate; mm-wave circuitry comprising at least a selected one of; a transmitter section comprising; a mm-wave transmitter integrated onto said substrate, said transmitter configured to transmit a mm-wave signal; and a first phased array antenna system integrated onto said substrate, said first phased array antenna system electrically coupled to said mm-wave transmitter, said first phased array antenna system including two or more antenna elements; and a receiver section comprising; a mm-wave receiver integrated onto said substrate, said receiver configured to receive a mm-wave signal; and a second phased array antenna system integrated onto said substrate, said second array antenna system electrically coupled to said mm-wave receiver, said second phased array antenna system including two or more antenna elements; and one or more dielectric lenses operatively coupled to at least a selected one of said first phased array antenna system and said second phased array antenna system to improve the transmission or the reception of mm-waves from or by the respective phased array antenna system; wherein all of the mm-wave circuitry is integrated onto said substrate, thereby eliminating a need to couple mm-wave signals off said substrate; coupling a transmitter signal from a transmitter output to a receiver input; and testing the integrated receiver transmitter system on one or more substrates by varying a baseband input to the transmitter and observing a baseband receiver output. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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