Sub-Project: High Performance Millimetre-Wave Integrated Circuits for Analogue Frontends of 60 GHz Wireless Communication Systems in Non-line-of-sight, High-Range, High-Rate Scenarios

Many of the new exciting application scenarios for 60 GHz wireless communication and data transfer targeted by the EASY-A consortium impose stringent performance requirements on the analogue frontend. This is the case for instance in high-definition video distribution in home theatre, passenger seats or professional (medical etc.) environments, where multi-Gigabit data rates have to be provided over several meters and under non-line-of-sight conditions.

Fraunhofer IAF employs its metamorphic HEMT technology for the design and realisation of the required high-performance 60 GHz frontend transceivers with a focus on:

High output power to achieve both high-range and high-rate transmission under non-line-of-sight conditions.
Low-noise receivers for increased system dynamic range.
High-linearity amplifiers and mixers for the adoption of the complex modulation schemes required in non-line-of-sight conditions.
On-chip integration of switch networks for single-antenna transceiver architectures as well as the addressing of several antennas for the realisation of spatial diversity concepts.
Worldwide useable systems require broadband analogue frontends covering the full allocated bandwidth from 57 to 66 GHz.
Making use of the advantageous combination of high-performance mHEMT-based frontends with SiGe-based transceiver components.
Multi-functional MMICs ranging from the combination of receive and transmit amplifiers to full single-chip transceivers, offering a cost-effective solution in high-performance, low-volume application scenarios.

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