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This paper will highlight three mm-wave integrated circuit systems appropriate for communication and imaging. The first chip is an efficient transmitter for the realization of a mm-wave system using digital modulation and spatial quadrature power combining. The second system is a prototype 260 GHz short range chip-to-chip communication system in CMOS using on-chip antennas. The final system is a 3D imager with a 90 GHz carrier and 25-parsec pulse width, potentially applicable for HCI (gesture recognition) and medical imaging. These systems represent new application domains for mm-wave electronics where the high volume/low cost of silicon technology can be exploited to realize new functionalities and data rates, addressing important hurdles in the expansion of our communication networks and opening up the ability to see objects in a completely new way using 3D mm-wave imaging.
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Niknejad, A.M. et al. (2014). mm-Wave Silicon: Smarter, Faster, and Cheaper Communication and Imaging. In: Baschirotto, A., Makinwa, K., Harpe, P. (eds) Frequency References, Power Management for SoC, and Smart Wireless Interfaces. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01080-9_16
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