The First Millimeter-wave Point-to-Point Wireless Gigabit Ethernet Communication System at TMR&D

In this paper, a millimeter-wave pointto-point (PTP) Wireless Gigabit Ethernet Communication System is presented and the first been developed by TMR&D. A 60 GHz Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramics (LTCC) SystemOn-Package (SoP) Transceiver capable of gigabit data rate has been built and demonstrated with a size of 17.76 x 17.89 mm. A direct Amplitude-Shift Keying (ASK) modulation and demodulation scheme is adopted for the 60GHz-band transceiver. A BER of 1×10 for data rate of 1.25 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) on 2.2 GHz bandwidth at 1.4 km was demonstrated. This paper reports a new PTP link that has been installed at TMR&D site to demonstrate wireless gigabit operation and performance of its key components. The link will operate at the 57.65-63.35 GHz band incorporating TMR&D’s designed millimeter-wave LTCC SoP RF Transceiver module. This LTCC SoP RF Transceiver is suitable for short-range wireless networking systems, security camera TV, video conferencing, streaming video like HDTV (high definition television) and wireless downloading systems for small power application. Outdoor wireless link test shows that the transmission range of PTP system using the SoP Transceiver is 1.4 km. Key-Words: PTP link, Wireless gigabit, LTCC, SoP, RF Transceiver.