23Gbps 9.4pJ/bit 80/100GHz band CMOS transceiver with on-board antenna for short-range communication

Abstract

Fully integrated 80GHz-band and 100GHz-band transceiver ICs using 65nm CMOS technology and on-board antennas for high-speed/short-range wireless communication system are demonstrated. To realize higher speed and lower power consumption than those of a 60GHz-band standard application such as IEEE802.11ad, a simple transceiver architecture with non-coherent amplitude shift keying (ASK) modulation method using W-band (75-110GHz) is adopted. The aggregate 80/100GHz-band transceiver modules demonstrate 23Gbps over 10mm wirelessly with power consumption of 216mW. The developed transceiver modules achieve the highest speed of wireless communications above 60GHz-band and show a potential for future applications of 100Gbps high-speed short-range communications.