WF03

Millimetre-Wave Technologies
for 5G Mobile Networks and

Short-Range Communications
WF03
L. Dussopt, F. Gianesello
CEA-LETI, STMicroelectronics
Laurent.dussopt@cea.fr, frederic.gianesello@st.com
5G mobile communications above 6 GHz:
timelines, key technologies and recent R&D
M. Nekovee
Samsung R&D, UK
m.nekovee@samsung.com
WF03 Millimetre-Wave Technologies for 5G Mobile Networks and Short-Range

Slide 1
Communications
EMF user exposure due to
mobile terminals in V-band
Anda R. Guraliuc1, M. Zhadobov1, R. Sauleau1, L. Marnat2, L. Dussopt2
1Institute
of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes
Rennes, France
2FrenchAlternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission

Grenoble, France
maxim.zhadobov@univ-rennes1.fr
Overview & Objectives
www.miwaves.eu
Evaluation of the user’s exposure to mmW frequencies for

1. Real case scenarios 2. Different antenna positions
Front position Edge position
Phone call Browsing
Correlation of near-field exposure parameters to recommended safety limits

A.R. Guraliuc, M. Zhadobov, R. Sauleau, L. Marnat, L. Dussopt, “Millimeter-wave exposure from mobile terminals”
2 2015 European Conf. on Networks and Commun. (EuCNC 2015), Paris, France, pp. 82-85, June 29-July 2, 2015.
mmW interaction with the human body
mm Waves
At 60 GHz, normal incidence, the power
transmission coefficient is around 60% and
increases with the frequency.
Shallow penetration depth of mmWs in the skin

Penetration depth is shallow induce SAR levels significantly higher than those
(@ 60 GHz δ ≈ 0.5 mm) at microwaves for identical IPD values
(e.g. 100 W/kg for IPD = 1 mW/cm2).
Absorption in the superficial
layers Clothing impacts the absorption in the body
(textile may increase the transmission, while an
air gap between clothing and skin may reduce it).
Primary biological targets
are skin and cornea
M. Zhadobov, N. Chahat, R. Sauleau, C. Le Quement, Y. Le Dréan, “Millimeter-wave interactions with the human body: state of knowledge and recent advances”
3 International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, 3, pp. 237-247, 2011.
Exposure guidelines and standards

Safety guidelines are set for Incident Power Density (IPD)
Absorption is superficial
& far-field region.
Power Averaging
Frequency Public
Organization density Surface Time Safety factor
(GHz) exposure
(mW/cm2) (cm2) (min)
5 20 Occupational
Occupational
100 1
ICNIRP [1] 10-300 68/f1.05
1 20
General
20 1
5 20
Occupational FS = 5 or 10
100 1
CENELEC [2] 2-300 68/f1.05
1 20
General General
20 1
30 - 300 10 100
2.524/f0.47
3 - 96 Occupational 200(f/3)0.2 1
IEEE [3], [4] > 96 400 1
1 100 25.24/f0.47
30 - 100 General
20 1
f – frequency in GHz
[1] ICNIRP: “Guidelines for limiting exposure to time-varying electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz)”, Health Phys., vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 494-522, 1998.
[2] EN 50413 – 2008, “Basic standard on measurement and calculation procedures for human exposure to electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields (0 Hz – 300 GHz)”.
[3] IEEE Standard for safety levels with respect to human exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz, ISBN 0-7381-4835-0 SS95389, Apr. 2006.
4 [4] IEEE Standard for safety levels with respect to human exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz, ISBN 978-0-7381-6207-2 STD96039, Feb. 2010.
Exposure limits - Considerations
is the surface area of a cube with edge dimension 1.8 cm (related
20 cm2 to the human eye) used to establish exposure limits.
is the surface area of the cornea used to establish localized

1 cm2 exposure limits.
Spatial
Limits averaged over 1cm2 should not exceed 20 times the values averaged over 20cm2.
is the surface area of human face / hand.

100 cm2
is less restrictive than ICNIRP.
safety limits rely on temperature increase in the eye and the potential adverse
health effects caused by this increase.
Temperature threshold in the eye ≈ 41°C, over which cataract formation may
Temperature appear. It corresponds to a temperature increase of 3-4°C.
e.g. SAR@2.45GHz=10W/kg ∆T=4°C T < 41°C.
Skin exposure at mmWs at the recommended limits (i.e. 1mW/cm2 and

5mW/cm2 for an average surface of 20 cm2) will increase its temperature by less
than 0.7°C.
[1] A. Guraliuc, M. Zhadobov, and R. Sauleau, “Dosimetric aspects related to the human body exposure to mm Waves”, MiWaveS project – Deliverable D1.3, Dec. 2014.
Available online: http://www.miwaves.eu/MiWaveS_D1.3_v1.0.pdf
[2] ICNIRP: “Guidelines for limiting exposure to time-varying electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz)”, Health Phys., vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 494-522, 1998.
[3] IEEE Standard for safety levels with respect to human exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz, ISBN 0-7381-4835-0 SS95389, Apr. 2006.
5 [4] EN 50413 – 2008, “Basic standard on measurement and calculation procedures for human exposure to electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields (0 Hz – 300 GHz)”.
Human body modeling - Plane wave exposure

Plane waves TM
TE
[1] N. Pavselj, D. Miklavcic, “Resistive heating and electropermeabilization of skin

tissue during in vivo electroporation: A coupled nonlinear finite element model”,
Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 54, pp. 2294-2302, 2011.
[2] S.I. Alekseev, M.C. Ziskin, “Human skin permittivity determined by millimeter
wave reflection measurements”, Bioelectromagn., vol. 28, pp. 331-339, 2007.
[3] T. Wu, T.S. Rappaport,, C.M. Collins, “Safe for generations to come”, IEEE
Microw. Mag., vol 16. no. 2, pp. 65-84, Mar. 2015.
[4] S. Gabriel, R.W. Lau, C. Gabriel, “The dielectric properties of biological tissues: II.
Measurements in the frequency range 10 Hz to 20 GHz”, Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 41,
pp. 2251-2269, 1996.
[5] M. Zhadobov, C. Leduc, A. Guraliuc, N. Chahat, R. Sauleau, Chapter 5 “Antenna /
human body interactions in the 60 GHz band: state of knowledge and recent
advances”, State-of-the-art in Body-Centric Wireless Communications and
Associated Applications, IET.
9
Human body modeling - Power density
( )⋅e
PD0 - power density at the skin surface (z = 0)
PD ( z ) = PD0 ⋅ e −2 z /δ = IPD ⋅ 1 − Γ −2 z / δ
2
Γ - power reflection coefficient
2
δ - penetration depth
Normal
Skin can be modeled as a
incidence
homogenous layer
TM TE
Oblique
incidence
M. Zhadobov, C. Leduc, A. Guraliuc, N. Chahat, R. Sauleau, Chapter 5: “Antenna / human body interactions in the 60 GHz band: state of knowledge and recent
10 advances”, State-of-the-art in Body-Centric Wireless Communications and Associated Applications, IET.
Antenna module
Realized gain [dB] @ 60GHz

Ant1 Ant2
10 8.97 8.82
Head effect
Geometrical head model: open

source CAD file with skin-
equivalent properties
(ε*_60GHz=7.98-j·10.93)
Impact of the human body

on the antenna performance
11
Antenna in phone call mode

Front
Absorbed
Module Input power Peak-SAR Peak-IPDeq
power
position mW W/kg mW/cm2
mW
Front 0.084 9.69×10-8 3.99x10-9
10
Edge 0.133 3×10-7 1.24x10-8
<< ICNIRP recommended BRs

(1 mW/cm2 over 20cm2; 20 mW/cm2 over 1 cm2)
Edge
- Maximum SAR occurs on the user’s ear helix.
- Lower exposure is noticed for “Front” case than “Edge” case (“Front”:
the antenna radiates towards the base station).
- Exposure levels are significantly lower compared to the
recommended limits.
A.R. Guraliuc, M. Zhadobov, R. Sauleau, L. Marnat, L. Dussopt, “Millimeter-wave exposure from mobile terminals”, 2015 European Conf. on Networks and Commun.
12 (EuCNC 2015), Paris, France, pp. 82-85, June 29-July 2, 2015.
Thank You!
Cost effective mmW systems
leveraging silicon technology
and digital manufacturing
C. Luxey, F. Gianesello, A. Bisognin, D. Titz,
J. Costa, C. Fernandez, C. del Rio Bocio
EpoC, University Nice-Sophia Antipolis

Cyril.luxey@unice.fr
WF03 Millimetre-Wave Technologies for 5G Mobile Networks and Short-Range Slide 2

Communications of 53
Introduction
• Rapid growth of wireless data drives the development of new technologies:

- 5G
- Wireless backhaul developments in V/E Bands
• Availability of high performance and cost effective antenna is key
• To address this need, fundamental enablers lie in manufacturing

technologies able to handle complex 3D-Shapes while providing fast and low-
cost prototyping as well as the ability to support medium-volume production
• This presentation illustrates how 3D-Printing and digital manufacturing

technologies might help to develop innovative and cost-effective antenna
solutions in order to address new business challenges

Outline
• Context and Motivation

• Antenna-Solution
• 3D-Printed Lens
• 3D-Printed Horns
• 3D-Printed Reflectors
• Future Work
• Conclusion

Context & Motivation

• Following the growth of mobile devices, global mobile data traffic has exceeded 4200
Petabytes/month in 2nd Q 2015
Source : Ericsson mobility report June 2015

• Peak data rates of 5G will be close to 10 Gbit/s
• Cell-edge data rates should be 100 Mbit/s
• In order to address consumer demand, the development of high-speed, low-cost and low-
power wireless technologies is a key challenge for our industry
• Many current 5G researches are dealing with new RF/mmW radio technologies for
access in order to increase peak data rates, but do we really need new radio
g for access?
technologies
ADSL2+
Under deployment
VDSL2 Wired
Under deployment Broadband
FTTH / FTTB
LTE Advanced Cellular
802.11n
Under deployment
802.11ac
Wireless
connectivity
802.11ad (WiGig)
Under deployment
E Band backhaul
Under deployment R&D

120 GH
GHz
200 GHz
GH
5 Mb/s 30 Mb/s
Mb/ 100 Mb/s 150 Mb/s
Mb 300 Mb/s 433 Mb
Mb/s 867 Mb/s 1.3 G
Gb/s 3.39 Gb/s 6.77 Gb/s 7 Gb/
Gb/s 10 Gb
Gb/s 40 Gb
Gb/s


• Today average fixed broadband connection speed in Europe is 4.6 Mb/s, which is far
lower to the Gb/s experience that WiFi can deliver today …
• The situation is not better for mobile average connection speed which is in Europe ~4 Mb/s
Akamai State of the Internet Report Q2 2014
• While 100 Mb/s & 1Gb/s wireless technologies are today available in a cost-effective
manner (e.g. 802.11ac & LTE), we are not able to deliver those data rates to the user: this
is the challenge that 5G has to address.

• Small cells will play a key role in order to increase the network
capacity
• Considering the deployment of those small cells, backhaul

connection is an issue (civil works cost) : wireless backhaul is here
mandatory.
• Since high data rates (1 Gb/s in full duplex) are required at low-
cost in backhaul solutions, 60 GHz & 70-80GHz wireless solutions
are strongly considered today.


• Wireless Backhaul System at 60 & 80GHz
• The global power consumption of commercially available backhaul systems is
mainly dominated by the Digital Base Band (especially for high order modulation
scheme).

• Low Power OOK mmW Transceivers
• From the other side, academic research focused its effort on the design of wide
bandwidth and low power wireless system at mmW.
Freq. Max. Output Data Rate DC power (Tx+Rx)
Ref.
(GHz) Power (dBm) (Gbps) (mW)
NTU 57-64 5 3.3 286

KAIST 47-67 5 10.7 67
STARC 125-145 -9 10 98.4
NTU KAIST Toshiba (STARC)
60GHz 60GHz 135GHz

Jri Lee et al, A Low-Power Low-Cost Fully- Chul Woo Byeon et al, A 67-mW 10.7-Gb/s
Integrated 60-GHz Transceiver System 60-GHz OOK CMOS Transceiver for Short- Minoru Fujishima et al, 98 mW 10 Gbps
With OOK Modulation and On-Board Range Wireless Communications, MTT, Wireless Transceiver Chipset With D-Band
Antenna Assembly, JSSC, 2010. 2013 CMOS Circuits, JSSC, 2013
• What about a wide bandwidth wireless system beyond 100GHz leveraging

silicon technologies ?
• Leveraging the performance of state-of-the-art silicon transceivers operating at 60

& 120GHz, the following specifications could be targeted.
Existing 57-66GHz Backhaul Systems: 116-142GHz Wireless System:
• Max Output power (at antenna port): ~10 dBm • Max Output power (at antenna port): ~5 dBm
• Modulation scheme /sensitivity: • Modulation scheme /sensitivity:
• QPSK / -62 dBm • OOK / -45 dBm
• Data rates: • Data rate: 10 Gbps

• 100 Mbps • DC power*: 185 mW (Rx+Tx)
• 300 Mbps
• 1000 Mbps *(power consumption including analog interface)
• DC power: 700mW (+5W from DBB)

• 60/120GHz High Gain Antenna Spec.
• Since the output power level is limited, the transmission range of the system
mainly depends on the antenna gain.
• From a first demo, a 25 dBi antenna gain has been targeted to achieve at
least 10m and validate the B55 IC developed by Stanford.

• Low Cost Antenna Challenge
• In order to meet the antenna gain required, the quasi-optical solution for the
antenna is the preferred approach.
• Low cost high gain mmW antenna solution is a key enabler in order to support the
development of cost effective wireless PtP solutions.
60GHz BiCMOS IC SMPM connector V/E-band antenna

Peraso PRS2152, PRS2153 60GHz coax. PCB connector Elva-1 fronthaul/backhaul
antennas
~ 30cm
> 35 dBi
̱ 5$ (>100 000 parts) ̱ 15$ ̱ 200/1500$

• Wireless mmW links are technically feasible but the challenge is here more on
integration in order to propose a real breakthrough on the cost of the proposed
solution. This is mandatory to deploy denser networks .
Today ~25000 $ Tomorrow ~1500 $ ?
• This is where silicon technologies as well as 3D-Printing technologies can play a major
role

• Wireless Communications beyond 100GHz
• There is an opportunity to leverage the 116-142GHz band where silicon
technologies still exhibit suitable performance.
• Leveraging III-V technologies, NTT has already demonstrated a 10 Gbps wireless
system in the 116-134GHz band over a range higher than 1 km.
10 Gbps Wireless System in the
Available frequency bands beyond 100GHz (US) 116-134 band (NTT)
48 dBi cassegrain antenna
(30cm diameter)
Transmission range > 1km

Source: FCC
Source: NTT, 2012
• The next step consists in developing an integrated solution leveraging silicon

technologies and associated packaging one.
Development of a high gain and cost-effective antenna solution

fulfilling the following specifications.
Targeted Performance Summary (antenna

side)Specifications
Application Small cells Datacenter
116-142GHz 116-142GHz
Freq. 57-66GHz (15%)
(20%) (20%)
S11 < -10 dB < -10 dB < -10 dB
Gain ~30 dBi ~35 dBi > 25 dBi

Antenna-Solution
• The lens-antenna approach enables antenna gain in the order of 25dBi while using
a low complexity source-antenna.
Gain vs. antenna size
Reflector
Lens
Antenna array
on PCB

Antenna-Solution
• Specifications
• In order to keep the system in a compact size, a co-design of
the source antenna with the lens is mandatory.
Lens directivity vs. Source directivity Elliptical Lens Cross-section
Plastic
Source

Antenna-Solution
• Low Loss HDI PCB technology
• A 60GHz planar antenna source has been developed using a cost-effective
PCB technology.
• Subtractive manufacturing process
• Design rules: 80 µm (line width) ൈ 80 µm (space between lines)
1+2 PCB Buildup Panasonic Megtron 6 materials

Antenna-Solution
• 2ൈ2 array of Linear Aperture Coupled Patch antennas in order to achieve
the required directivity (̱12/13 dBi).
• Wide operation bandwidth using a thick core substrate (400µm).
Photography of the PCB-module

Antenna-Solution
Gain in the broadside direction Normalized Gain in the H plane at

60GHz
Frequency (GHz)

Antenna-Solution
• Semi-additive manufacturing process
– Design rules: 50 µm (line width) ൈ 50 µm (space between lines)
• Flip-chip assembly enables:
– Low profile, limited impact of the IC on the antenna performance.
– Low interconnection loss.
• Multilayer substrates with built-in LACP antenna.
Antenna-in-Package assembly scheme BGA modules in strip format
BGA module
Fit in automated assembly machines

Antenna-Solution
• 1+2+1 BGA Buildup

• A thick core substrate provide a wide operation bandwidth of the LACP antenna.
Cross-section view of the buildup*
*ߝ௥ (core) = ߝ௥ (ppg) = 3.4

Antenna-Solution
• For measurements, we used a dedicated probe-fed antenna setup for S11 and 3D
radiation pattern up to 140 GHz.
D. Titz et al, “Development of a Millimeter-Wave Measurement Setup and Dedicated Techniques to

Characterize the Matching and Radiation Performance of Probe-Fed Antennas”, IEEE Antennas and
Propagation Magazine, vol. 54, pp. 188-203, 2012.
A. Bisognin et al.,” Probe-fed measurement system for F-band antennas”, EuCAP 2014.

Antenna-Solution
• A 2ൈ2 array of LACP antennas is integrated inside a 7ൈ7mm² BGA.
Manufactured BGA module

Antenna-Solution
Matching (S11) Smith Chart

0
-10
dB(S(1,1))
S (dB)
-20
11
-30
freq (90.00GHz to 140.0GHz) freq (90.00GHz to 140.0GHz)

-40
90 100 110 120 130 140 150
Freq (90…140GHz)
freq, GHz
Measurements Simulation

Antenna-Solution
Realized Gain in the broadside Realized Gain in the H plane at 130GHz

direction

3D-Printed Lens
• Various materials have already been explored for lenses at mmW like Teflon,
Polyethylene, Quartz, Rexolite, etc.
• But main drawbacks of those materials: cost and manufacturing complexity.
Quartz lens at Rexolite lens at Polyethylene at

Teflon at 77GHz
86GHz 77GHz 110GHz
Alexey Artemenko et al, “Experimental

Characterization of E-Band Two-Dimensional A. Karttunen, et al, "Using Optimized Eccentricity H. Gulan et al, "Lens Coupled Aki Karttunen, "Extended Hemispherical
Electronically Beam-Steerable Integrated Lens Rexolite Lens For Electrical Beam Steering With Broadband Slot Antenna for W- Integrated Lens Antenna with Feeds on a
Antennas”, AWPL, 2013. Integrated Aperture Coupled Patch Array, Progress Band Imaging Applications", Spherical Surface", EuCAP, 2013.
In Electromagnetics Research B, 2012. APSURSI, 2013.
• In order to lower the manufacturing cost, we could think to evaluate 3D-

printing technologies using consumer grade plastic material.
3D-Printed Lens
• For low to medium-volume fabrications, 3D-Printing can eliminate the need for tool
production and therefore decrease costs, lead times and associated labor.
Michael Graham, A Look at 3D Printing as a Production Technology, October 5, 2015,

http://3dprinting.com/
• Can we leverage 3D-Printing technology to develop innovative and cost effective mmW
antennas ?
3D-Printed Lens
• Fuse Deposition Modeling: layer-by-layer fabrication process.
• Plastic material: ABS-M30
• Layer thickness: 178µm
Stratasys FDM technology

Fabricated lens
Fabr
source: en.wikipedia.org
Source: www.stratasysdirect.com
ߝ௥ and ߜ of the ABS-M30 at 60GHz, 120 GHz ?

3D-Printed Lens
Complex Permittivity Measurements
Fabry-Perot Open Resonator at 60GHz Non-resonant waveguide method at 120GHz
J. R. Costa, et al,
Source: IST/IT lab “Compact Beam-Steerable Lens Antenna for 60-GHz
Wireless Communications”, TAP, 2009.
IST/IT ESA/ESTEC Our meas. Teflon

Fabry-Perot Open Quasi-optical meas. Waveguide
Method NA
resonator setup method
Freq. 60GHz 137.5GHz 110-125GHz NA
ߝ௥ 2.48 2.48 2.49 2
ߜ 0.009 0.008 0.01 0.0002

3D-Printed Lens
• 30dBi Lens for Backhaul at 60GHz
• In order to lower the dielectric loss, we designed a chopped lens.

• Fast optimization using ILASH software tool (GO/PO).

3D-Printed Lens
Chopped Lens Profile
ܾ = 52mm
ͻͲι ݀= 30mm
‫ = ܮ‬33mm
ܿ ൌ38mm
‫ =ܯ‬19 mm

3D-Printed Lens
• A first 8cm diameter plastic lens was manufactured and measured

leveraging a NF-FF transformation method.
Co-pol NF Gain in the boresight direction
Fabricated Lens on the 30
supporting structure from
28
the 3D-printer
Gain (dBi)
26
24
Meas (Co-pol) at 60cm
22 Inter. Pol (order 3)
Inter. Pol (order 3) - 1
Inter. Pol (order 3) + 1
20
50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66
Frequency (GHz)

3D-Printed Lens
• This 4cm diameter lens is an homothety of the 60GHz 8cm
diameter lens.
Fabricated 120GHzLens Profile of the 120GHz lens

3D-Printed Lens
Co-Polarized Realized Gain (dBi) in the

boresight direction Matching (Measured S11)
30
28
26 26 GHz (20%)
24
Gain (dBi)
S11 (dB)
22
Meas
20 Interpolated meas. values (order 4) + 1.2 dB
Interpolated meas. values (order 4) - 1.2 dB
18
Interpolated meas. values (order 4)
16 Simu. In the direction (phi, theta)=(180°, 91°)
Simu. In the direction (phi, theta)=(180°, 90°)
14
90 100 110 120 130 140
Frequency (GHz)

3D-Printed Lens
• A full elliptical lens made of Teflon and of 25mm diameter achieves the
same level of antenna gain (~28dBi).
Co-Polarized Realized Gain (dBi) in the
Lens Profile broadside direction

3D-Printed Lens
• 3D Printed Plastic vs. Teflon Lenses

Teflon Lens 3D Printed Lens
Manufacturing time ~1 day ~9 hours
Manufacturing
High Low
cost/complexity
Material cost High Low
Lens diameter 25 mm 40 mm

3D-Printed Lens
• Microstrip line loss (organic BGA technology):
0.24 dB/mm at 130GHz

3D-Printed Horns
• Total efficiency of the 60 & 120GHz sources in BGA and PCB are ̱50%.
• Enhance the illumination efficiency ?
• We evaluated a 3D-printing technology (Swissto12) for the fabrication of a plastic
metallized horn antenna (designed by Prof. Carlos del-Río from University of
Navarre).
• However, a wide bandwidth and low loss PCB-waveguide transition is still required.

3D-Printed Horns
• Corrugated Horn is 3D-Printed out of plastic polymer and subsequently metal plated
with copper (+ protected for oxidation with gold) nearly 90% of efficiency
8mm
20mm

3D-Printed Reflectors
• For higher gains (> 35 dBi), the reflector antenna solution could be envisioned
(leveraging 3D-printing plastic metallized technologies).
Reflector/Lens antenna gain vs. diameter Reflector/Lens antenna gain vs. diameter at
60GHz
Overall size: 13ൈ13ൈ3.8cm3








Future Work
• Improve “PCB Source + Lens” combination for 30 dBi at 60 GHz
• Design a wideband microstrip-to-waveguide transition for horn use
• Evaluate PE material to improve Lens efficiency
• Investigate 3D-Printed low-cost antenna and source solutions for the 200-
300 GHz band
• Investigate 3D-Printed waveguide-fed novel antenna solution to improve

efficiency and form factor

Conclusion
• HDI organic packaging technology validated up to 140 GHz with

a predictive design flow.
• 3D-Printing technology has emerged has a promising solution
achieving excellent results in V-band and D-band up to 140 GHz
Those results enable cost-effective industrial high gain antenna
solution beyond 100GHz.
• We are still looking for the limit of 3D-Printing technology

• What about 3D-Printed antennas beyond 200 GHz ?

Perspectives
1. Increase the gain ? Reflectors
2. Increase the efficiency ? Horn source
3. Increase the bandwidth ? Si-Photonics solution

Thank you for your attention

Reconfigurable millimeter-wave transmitarray
antennas for backhaul applications
L. Dussopt
CEA-LETI
laurent.dussopt@cea.fr

Agenda
• Introduction
– Principles, applications
• Passive transmit-arrays (fixed beam)
– Examples at 60 GHz and 70/80 GHz
• Switched-beam transmit-arrays
– Examples at 60 GHz
• Reconfigurable transmit-arrays
– Examples at 10 GHz and 30 GHz

Introduction – mmWave applications
P2P communications Mobile access in future

(backhaul/fronthaul) networks (5G)
Satellite communications Radar systems Imaging and security

(automotive, industry)
Transmit-array antennas
Principle:
Free-space feed from a focal source.
The signal is collected on one side,
phase-shifted, and re-radiated on the other side.
Reconfigurability at focal source level or lens level.
Characteristics:
High-directivity antennas,
Wideband performance, Focal
Source
Good efficiency,
Excellent polarization properties (linear or circular),
Standard PCB technologies (planar or conformable).
Antenna Antenna
Phase-
array Array
Shifters

Modeling and simulation (1/2)
Full-wave EM simulation of the entire structure: for validation only!
Separate EM simulations:
• Unit-cell(s): S-parameters, radiation patterns
D
• Focal source(s): radiation patterns
, ,
, focal distance F
, focal source

Modeling and simulation (2/2)
Full-wave EM simulation of the entire structure: for validation only!
Separate EM simulations:
• Unit-cell(s): S-parameters, radiation patterns
• Focal source(s): radiation patterns
Analytic calculation of the full structure properties
Optimization of the cell distribution
Radiation patterns
Power budget

Passive transmit-arrays (fixed beam)
60-GHz Circularly-Polarized Transmit-Arrays

Patch-based unit-cells, sequential rotations for CP
Unit cells:
• Insertion losses : 0.44 dB at 60 GHz
• 3-dB bandwidth : 7.8 GHz (13%)
Unit-cell limits
0
Reflection, Transmission (dB)
-5
-10
-15 0° 90°
-20
-25 Return loss (S11)

Insertion loss (S21)
-30
50 55 60 65 70
Frequency (GHz) 180° 270°


Cell 0° Cell 90° Cell 180° Cell 270° 50×50 mm
60-GHz Circularly-Polarized Transmit-Arrays
Patch-based unit-cells, sequential rotations for CP
Array performances:
• Max. Gain: 23 dBi (50x50 mm aperture)
• 1-dB bandwidth : >12 GHz (18.7%)
• Axial Ratio (1 dB): 9.9 GHz (16.3%)
Simulation Measurement
Axial Ratio (dB)
Gain (dBi)
Gain (dBi)
Gain (dBi)

60-GHz Linearly-Polarized Transmit-Arrays M3: Antenna

Via-less unit-cells, 3 metal layers
381 um (0.015”)
3 unit-cells to achieve 7 phase states (2.8 bits) M2: GP
76 um (0.003”)
254 um (0.010”)
M1: Antenna
Unit-cell “b”
Patch Patch π/2
3π/4 π/4
π X0
Coupling slot Coupling slot
Slots
Periodic boundaries conditions
Patch Patch
Coupling slot Coupling slot Slots -π/4
-3π/4
Patch Patch -π/2 Unit-cell “c”
(a) (b) (c)

60-GHz Linearly-Polarized Transmit-Arrays

Via-less unit-cells, 3 metal layers
3 unit-cells to achieve 7 phase states (2.8 bits)
Insertion losses: < 1 dB


Ø100-mm lens, focal distance 55 mm
Focal source: 10-dBi horn


Max. Gain: 33 dBi at 64 GHz (45% aperture efficiency)
3-dB bandwidth: ~15%
Measurement
Gain (dBi)


Radiation pattern synthesis: fan beam
H-Plane E-Plane

E-band Linearly-Polarized Transmit-Arrays

71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz: total 19% relative bandwidth
Ø100-mm lens, focal source: 10-dBi horn
Several designs: lower band, upper band, dual band
36 40
34 Simulation
30
32
20
Gain (dBi)
30
Gain (dBi)
28 10
26
0
24
-10
22
20 -20
65 70 75 80 85 90 -90 -60 -30 0 30 60 90
Frequency (GHz) Angle (degrees)

Pre-industrial prototype
Linear polarization, compliance ETSI-class 2 radiation mask
Circular array (Ø 100 mm 40 cells)
Gain 32.5 dBi, 1-dB bandwidth 15.4%
Aperture efficiency 42.7%
Radome
Source
Pre-Industrial prototype Transmit array

Courtesy of Radiall.

Switched-beam transmit-arrays
Beam-switching functionality can be implemented at the focal source
Similarly to dielectric lenses, the beam can be steered by moving the focal
source in the focal plane.
Active focal array:
The switching circuit can be embedded with the focal sources and with other active
circuits (amplifiers, TRx) in a compact module: power efficiency, low cost.
Schemes more complex than simple switching can be implemented: multi-beam,
phase-shifting
Limited steering range: aberration if the focal
source is too far from the lens focal point.
Applications:
Long-range radar
Beam alignment in P2P communications

V-band Circularly-Polarized Transmit-Arrays
Switched focal sources
Focal array: 5-elements array integrated on HR-silicon
40x40 mm2 array, Meas. Gain = 20 dBi
Beam-switching: ±25°
Bandwidth (3-dB): 15.9%
30
Port 1
20 Port 2
Port 3
10 Port 4
Gain (dBi)
Port 5
Focal array -10
-20
-30
-90 -60 -30 0 30 60 90
Angle (deg.)

V-band Linearly-Polarized Transmit-Arrays
Passive discrete lens (Ø100 mm)
5-elements focal source array on LCP with MMIC switches
Focal array
Principle Front Back
Work done in collaboration with VTT.

Bandwidth (3-dB): 14%
Phi = 90° Simulations
30
20
Gain (dBi)
G a in (d B i)
10
-10
-20
-50 0 50
θ (deg) Work done in collaboration with VTT.
Bandwidth (3-dB): 14% Measurements
AUT Gain Plan H AUT Gain Plan H
0 0
beam 101 beam 101
beam 102
-5 beam 102
beam 103
beam 103 -5
Magnitude (dBi)
beam 104
-10 beam 104 beam 105
beam 105
Magnitude (dBi)
-10
-15
-20
-15
-25
-20
-30 -15 0 15
θ (deg)
-35
-40
-90 -75 -60 -45 -30 -15 0 15 30 45 60 75 90
θ (deg)
Work done in collaboration with VTT.
Perspective: beam-switching/beamforming using an active focal
array
Focal source : Transceiver module with 2x4 antennas phased array.
Improved coverage, lower gain ripple. Coverage
Single beam
at a time
Discrete lens
Focal array More uniform coverage using

multiple simultaneous beams
(gain variation < 3 dB)
Active focal array

(8 elements)

Reconfigurable transmit-arrays
Reconfigurable transmitarrays enable wide scan angle and complex
beam synthesis
Fixed (passive) focal source
Reconfigurable transmitarray panel
Many demonstrations at 5 to 40 GHz using
varactor diodes, PIN diodes, MEMS.
Few demonstrations above 40 GHz using
ferroelectric materials or liquid crystals.
Applications: Focal
Short-range radar Source
Point-to-MultiPoint communications
Wireless mobile access
SATCOM
Antenna Antenna
Phase-
array Array
Shifters

Continuous or discrete phase-shifters? How many phase states?
Aperture efficiency:
limited number of phase states enable
low quantization losses.
Trade-off: phase-accuracy vs losses
Impact on side-lobe levels
80 Theoretical results for an array of 20x20

Aperture efficiency (%)
Perfect
70 3 bits
elements and a 10 dBi focal source
60 2 bits
1 bit
50 Phase quant. Perfect 3 bits 2 bits 1 bit
40
Quant. Loss (dB) 0 0.2 0.8 3.5
30
SLL (dB) 25.0 25.0 24.4 20.2
20
10
0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2
F/D
10-GHz 1-bit linearly-polarized unit-cell
2 substrates, 4 metal layers
1-bit phase shifter (0/180°) realized with 2 PIN diodes
Single bias line
Active patch Cross section
Active patch Bias line
Passive patch
Ground plane
Passive patch

2 substrates, 4 metal layers
1-bit phase shifter (0/180°) realized with 2 PIN diodes
Single bias line
Active patch Cross section
Active patch Bias line

Diode 1
Passive patch
Diode 2
Ground plane
Passive patch

Waveguide characterization
Insertion loss: 1.8 dB at 9.8 GHz
3-dB bandwidth: 1.47 GHz (14.7%)
0° state 0 180° state

0
-5 S21 -5 S21
Magnitude (dB)
Magnitude (dB)
-10 -10
-15 -15
S11
-20 -20
S11
-25 -25
Measure Measure
.
HFSS PBC -30 HFSS PBC
-30 HFSS WG HFSS WG
-35 -35
8 9 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 8 9 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5
Frequency (GHz) Frequency (GHz)

10-GHz transmitarray
Array 20×20 cells
Horn 10 dBi
E-Plane
Biasing and logic circuit

Total efficiency: 53%
Gain: 22.7 dBi, aperture efficiency: 16%
3-dB bandwidth: 15.6%
25 25
Simulation
20 20
Measure
15
Magnitude (dBi)
Magnitude (dBi)
15
10
5 10
0 5
-5 0
-10 Simul.
-5
-15 Measure
-20 -10
-90 -75 -60 -45 -30 -15 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 8 8.5 9 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12
θ (deg) Frequency (GHz)

Beamsteering: ±70° in E- and H-planes
25
20 H Plane
15
Magnitude (dBi)
10
5
-5
-10
-15
-20
-90 -75 -60 -45 -30 -15 0 15 30 45 60 75 90
θ (deg)

Beam synthesis: flat-top beam
15 15
Radiation
10 mask 10
5
Magnitude (dBi)
0° 180° 5
Magnitude (dBi)
0 0
-5 -5
-10 -10
Simulation Simulation
-15 -15
Measurement Measurement
-20 -20
-90 -60 -30 0 30 60 90 -90 -60 -30 0 30 60 90
Angle (deg.) Angle (deg.)

Unit-cell: 1-bit phase-shifting, similar
design as in X-band.

Unit-cells insertion loss: 1.09-1.29 dB at 29 GHz (meas.).
3-dB bandwidth: 27-30.2 GHz (11%)
0 0 0 0
-5 -1 -5 -1
-2 -2
-10 -10
-3 -3
Magnitude (dB)
Magnitude (dB)
-15 -4 -15 -4
-20 -5 -20 -5
-25 -6 -25 -6
S11 measurement S11 measurement
S21 measurement -7 -7
-30 -30 S21 measurement
S22 measurement S22 measurement
S11 sim. waveguide -8 S11 sim. waveguide -8
-35 S21 sim. waveguide -35 S21 sim. waveguide
0° S22 sim. waveguide -9 180° S22 sim. waveguide -9
-40 -10 -40 -10
26 26.5 27 27.5 28 28.5 29 29.5 30 30.5 31 26 26.5 27 27.5 28 28.5 29 29.5 30 30.5 31
Frequency (GHz) Frequency (GHz)

20x20 elements transmitarray (400 unit-cells).
10-dBi focal source (horn)

20x20 elements transmitarray (400 unit-cells).
10-dBi focal source (horn)
Sequential rotation of LP unit-cells
Switchable circular polarization (left/right)
Switchable linear polarization (H/V)
Sequential rotation
of LP unit-cells
Active patches

Gain: 20.8 dBi (broadside)
3-dB bandwidth: 15%, 3-dB AR bandwidth: 18%
Efficiency: 58%

Beamsteering: ±60° in every azimuth plane (5-dB scan loss at 60°)
Polarization switching : LHCP/RHCP
LHCP configuration RHCP configuration

Magnitude (dB)
Magnitude (dB)

30-GHz multi-source transmitarray
Focal distance reduction using multiple focal sources
F -50%
36
60
72
Planar focal array

Focal distance reduction using multiple focal sources
SIW slot array: 2x2 sub-arrays of 2x2 slots
Each sub-array: ~8 dBi gain, 50° beamwidth


Magnitude (dB)

Beamsteering ±40°
Magnitude (dB)

Perspective: mmWave base-station applications and self-backhauling
Medium antenna gain (20-30 dBi) and Rad. Power (40-60 dBm EIRP)
Beamsteering capability over a wide angular sector
Spatial multiplexing, Multi-User
Hybrid architectures (digital + analog beamforming)
AP

Conclusion
Transmitarray antennas: competitive and cost-effective solutions
for mmWave transmissions in 5G
Efficiency, bandwidth, polarization quality, light weight
State-of-the-art demonstrations from 10 to 90 GHz
Passive antennas: mature solutions with on-going industrial transfer
Beam-switching antennas with active focal arrays for Point-to-Point or
Point-to-MultiPoint links
Reconfigurable transmitarrays for beam-steering or beamforming in
mmWave small cells with self-backhauling.

References
H. Kaouach, L. Dussopt, J. Lantéri, T. Koleck, R. Sauleau., "Wideband low-loss linear and circular polarization transmit-
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A. Clemente, L. Dussopt, R. Sauleau, P. Potier, P. Pouliguen, "Wideband 400-element Electronically Reconfigurable
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Acknowledgement:
Collaboration Prof. R. Sauleau (univ. of Rennes, IETR)
PhD students & postdocs: H. Kaouach, A. Clemente, L. Di Palma, J. Zevallos, J. Lanteri, A. Moknache.
This work was partially supported by the French Ministry of Defense (DGA), the French Space Agency and the European
Union (FP7-MiWaveS project).

Hardware and System Design for
Wireless Fiber in the Millimeter-
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Data Traffic: Forecasts
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Smartphone traffic will exceed PC by 2020
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1. High power from relay to small cell (long distance)
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System Overview
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" 8-fold gain if used with polarization
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1. Link Budget for 100Gbps/ 400m/ 12Ó Form Factor
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2. Large baseline and signal/data distribution
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Acknowledgements
Group and Project Collaborators:
5 Professors Pierre Khuri-Yakub, U. Madhow, and Graham Creasy
5 Professors John Pauly, Tom Lee, David Leeson, Dr. Greig Scott, and
Dr. Yoon.
Funding:
5 Stanford System-X Alliance
5 DARPA (MEDS, YFA, and RAM programs)
5 NSF (GigaNets and CAREER)
5 NIH
5 Hellman Faculty Scholarship & SOE Terman Fellowship
5 STARnet SONIC Center
5 Google, Texas Instruments, Samsung, Anritsu, Qualcomm, LMTC
5 Chip Donations: ST Microelectronics & TSMC
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References
https://arbabianlab.stanford.edu/publications
27 ENGINEERING
300 GHz Fixed Wireless Links
Ingmar Kallfass
University of Stuttgart
ingmar.kallfass@ilh.uni-stuttgart.de

Slide 2
Communications
Outline
• Motivation of THz
Communication
• E-/G-/H-band Frontends
and Experiments
• 300 GHz Fixed Wireless Link
• Challenges and Outlook
IEMN THz Workshop

Slide 3
Communications
“THz“ Communication (0.1 – 1 THz)
A Wealth of (Potential) Applications
Fixed wireless links
WLAN
(p2p)
Home Theatre
Access
WPAN
Media Kiosk
Front-/Backhaul
Data Center
Data synch Smart Office
Intra-Machine
Board-to-board km
m
cm
Si ↔ SiGe ↔
GaAs, InP, GaN
Photonics (UTC, QCL, Si, ...) ↔
Slide 4
Communications
Fixed Wireless Links at ILH

E-band G-band H-band
71-76 & 81-86 GHz 208 – 272 GHz 275 – 325 GHz
1000
G-band link
E-band link
H-band link
atmospheric attenuation / dB/km
100
limit of frequency allocation
10
H2 O
H2O
1
43.4% RH
O2 heavy rain
O2 heavy fog
1 bar, 20°C
0,1
0 100 200 300 400
frequency / GHz
Slide 5
Communications
Fixed Wireless Link Experiments
Tx: UTC PD EVM: 21.6 % 32 GBd

32 GBd 8PSK
EVM: 26.3 % 32 GBd 32 GBd QPSK
20 GBd 16QAM @240 GHz @240 GHz
@240 GHz @ 40 m @ 850 m
@ 20 m Ptx = -4 dBm Ptx = -4 dBm
Ptx = -13.5 dBm Gant = 2 x 43 dBi Gant = 2 x 55 dBi
Gant = 2 x 43 dBi
40 m 850 m
Tx: GaN PA
32 GBd QPSK 3 GBd QPSK
@300 GHz @ 1 m @73.5 GHz @ 37 km
Ptx = -4 dBm Ptx = 29 dBm
Gant = 2 x 24 dBi Gant = 2 x 49 dBi
64 Gbit/s EVM: −9.65 dB
QPSK

Slide 6
Communications
Frequency Plan
LO
X-band
RF
n E-band n
G-band
I Q H-band Q I
A A
D D
IF
Zero-IF

Slide 7
Communications
Data Source
n n
I Q Q I
A A
D D
• Choice of AWG DAC

Modulation
format
• Filtering
• (Pre-Distortion) 20 GHz / 4x 65 GSa
13 GHz / 4x 65 GSa

Slide 8
Communications
Data Sink
n n
I Q Q I
A A
D D
• Synchronization
DSO ADC
• Equalization
• (Filtering)
20 GHz / 80 GSa
• De-Modulation (offline,
using VSA Software)
• EVM, SNR, ...
• BER (Matlab)
20 GHz / 4x 65 GSa
Slide 9
Communications
LO Generation
n n
I Q Q I
A A
D D
Synthesizer PLL-based
approx. -126 dBc/Hz DDS-based approx. -104 dBc/Hz
@ 100 kHz offset @ 100 kHz offset

Slide 10
Communications
Antennas
n n
I Q Q I
A A
D D
B2b + var. Attenuator Horn (+ collimating lens) Cassegrain parabolic

sensitivity meas. Short range < 100 m Long range (km)

Slide 11
Communications
Analog Transmit/Receive Frontend
n n
I Q Q I
A A
D D
• LO frequency multiplication
and buffer amplifiers
• RF Tx amplification
• RF Rx LNA
• IQ up- and down-conversion
• Fraunhofer IAF 100, 50 and
35 nm mHEMT process

Slide 12
Communications
Fraunhofer IAF 35 nm mHEMT Process
1.5 µm
fT = 515 GHz
fmax >1 THz
2.0 µm
Slide 13
THE TERAPAN PROJECT
Slide 14
The TERAPAN Project

http://www.terapan.de/
Terahertz Communication for Next Generation Wireless Personal Area Networks
• TERAPAN is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research

and Education (BMBF) in the frame of the VIP (Validating the
Innovative Potential) under grant number 03V0411.
• The authors thank Dr. Peter Meissner for his valuable input as the
Innovation Mentor of the TERAPAN project.
Slide 15
The TERAPAN Project
http://www.terapan.de/
35 nm GaAs mHEMT technology
with THz cutoff frequency
Fully integrated 300 GHz

transmitter & receiver MMICs
Compact high performance

waveguide modules
Mechanical beam-steering
of SISO link Ongoing:
4x4 channel electronic
beam-steering
Slide 16
300 GHz Rx/Tx MMIC Chip Set

• Transmitter Tx
• IQ up-conversion
• integrated LO tripler Tx MMIC Rx MMIC
• PA output stage IFI

IFQ
RF
300 GHz
IFI
IFQ
• Receiver Rx 3 3
• IQ down-conversion
LO LO
• integrated LO tripler 100 GHz 100 GHz
• LNA stage
LO Freq. Multiplier MMIC
• no IF amplification LO in
2 3 2 LO out
8.333 GHz 100 GHz
• Local Oscillator LO
• X-band input
• frequency multiplier-by-12 ( x2 x3 x2)

Slide 17
Communications
300 GHz Transmitter
resistive FET
2 x 7 µm
compressed two-stage two-stage single-stage

class-A cascode 90° 90° cascode cascode
2 x 20 µm 4 x 9 µm 4 x 9 µm 4 x 9 µm
0° 0°
LO 0° 0° 0° 0° RF
x3
90° 0° 90° 90°
0° 0°
90° 90°
TRLQ TRLI
IFQ IFI

Slide 18
Communications
300 GHz Receiver
resistive FET
2 x 7 µm
compressed two-stage four-stage

class-A cascode 90° 90° cascode
2 x 20 µm 4 x 9 µm 4 x 9 µm
0° 0°
LO 0° 0° RF
x3
90° 0°
0° 0°
90° 90°
TRLQ TRLI
IFQ IFI

Slide 19
Communications
300 GHz Transmit and Receive MMICs
Technology: Fraunhofer IAF 35 nm mHEMT
x3 LO buffer Mixer PA
LNA
0.75 x 3.25 mm2

Slide 20
Communications
300 GHz Transmit MMIC

@300 GHz RF: @ PIF 0 dBm
• 6 dB linear conversion gain • 270 – 314 GHz 3dB RF bandwidth
• 3.6 dBm saturated RF power • 290 – 310 GHz <1dB gain ripple
• -1 dBm OCP1dB
• 6 dBm LO power @100 GHz

Slide 21
Communications
300 GHz Receive MMIC
@-35 dBm PRF: @ PIF 0 dBm, fRF 300-330 GHz (USB)
• 11.4 dB linear conversion gain • gain control via cascode bias
• 6 dBm LO power @100 GHz
• 6.5 dB NF (stand-alone LNA)

Slide 22
Communications
W-Band Frequency Multiplier by Twelve
• 1.5 dBm output power

• 2.5 dB conversion gain
• 88 – 103 GHz bandwidth (15.7%)
• >30 dBc suppression
• no PN degradation beyond 20logn
Weber et.al. CSICS2011

Slide 23
Communications
Waveguide Packaging
• split-block Au-plated brass waveguide modules

• 50 µm Quartz waveguide-to-microstrip transitions
• integrated PCB voltage supply
W-Band x12
300 GHz Tx/Rx

Slide 24
Communications
Measurement Setup
Keysight AWG Keysight DSO

64 GSa/s, 20 GHz, 8bit 80 GSa/s, 20 GHz, 8bit
ARBITR. WAVEFORM GEN.

Tx Rx OSCILLOSCOPE
I I
300 GHz
Q Q
MPA MPA
100 GHz 100 GHz
12 12
8.33 GHz 8.33 GHz
SIGNAL GENERATOR SIGNAL GENERATOR
Slide 25
Tx/Rx Module Chain
LO in IFI/IFQ in
8.33 GHz 0-32 GHz
x12
WR-3
horn ant.
100 GHz WR-10 300 GHz

MPA att. Tx
DC
supplies

Slide 26
Communications
1 m SISO Link
80 GSa/s
WR10
RTO
power meter
DC supplies
Rx LO
@ 8.33 GHz
64 GSa/s
AWG
300 GHz
Rx
Tx LO
@ 8.33 GHz
300 GHz
Tx

Slide 27
Communications
Receiver Sensitivity
• 25 cm free-space (70 dB
FSPL) plus variable
attenuator
• QPSK 2 GBd
• Optimum Rx power: -
35.8 dBm

Slide 28
Communications
64 Gbit/s QPSK Transmission
• 1 m free-space distance 64 Gbit/s EVM: −9.65 dB

• QPSK 32 GBd
QPSK

Slide 29
Communications
CHALLENGES AND OUTLOOK
Slide 30
Challenges of THz Communication Systems
Directional Links
beam-steering for NLOS and
nomadic/mobile scenarios
Cost-efficient analog
frontends: MMIC
technology, packaging etc.
Multi-Gigabit Baseband DSP

Slide 31
Communications
Analog Frontend („Radio“) Imperfections
DC Supplies Clock of switched

Supply mode regulators
modulation
Phase IQ
noise imbalance
PLL ×n
Unwanted
LO leakage NF
harmonics
Linearity
fc = 300 GHz
Spurs and noise in the
radar or communication
signal
System level simulation incl. frontend imperfections

J. Antes, Dissertation, ILH 2015

Slide 32
Communications
Conclusions and Outlook

• We consider 300 GHz directional links a viable and scalable
option for providing Gigabit data rates in real-world wireless
communication systems
• Data rates of 100 Gbit/s will be achievable by low
complexity modulation formats (2-3 bit/s/Hz)
• Choice of technology (Si / III-V MMIC, Si / InP photonic) can
be matched to the most prospective application scenario
• Future developments should focus on
• Performance improvements of the analog Tx/Rx frontend
• Electronic beam-steering for mobile/nomadic applications
• Energy-efficient real-time digital signal processing at 100 Gbit/s
and beyond
• Low-cost, low-weight packaging technology
• Seamless network integration
Slide 33
Communications
• Thank you for your attention
Ingmar Kallfass
University of Stuttgart
Institute of Robust Power Semiconductor Systems
Pfaffenwaldring 47
D – 70569 Stuttgart
Tel.: +49 (0)711-685-68747
Fax: +49 (0)711-685-58747
E-Mail: ingmar.kallfass@ilh.uni-stuttgart.de
Slide 34
THz Point to point links for
back-hauling in future networks
G. Ducournau, M. Zaknoune, JF Lampin
IEMN, Lille University
guillaume.Ducournau@iemn.univ-lille1.fr

Communications of Ducournau
Outline
1. Towards THz frequencies: why?

2. Photomixing for THz generation using UTC-PD
3. Early demonstrators
4. State of the art
5. Towards 100 Gbit/s at mm/submm wave frequencies

Outline

4. State of the art

1. Towards THz frequencies

IP Trafic expected : -> 130 Ebyte per month in 2018…
Massive connected objects.
- Point to point, Line of Sight
1 THz
60 GHz LAN THz

LMDS
Satellite comms
WPAN
1 GHz
Radio comms
“We will use THz carrier frequencies by 2020”,

after T. S. Bird, Keynote talk at
Next P2P links Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, Melbourne,
Australia, December 2011.
Access for mobile networks 1 MHz
Marconi
[NASA]
Adapté de [P.J. Winzer; IEEE Proceedings] 1900 1940 1980 2020

Board to board coms.

Fibre optic compatible (1.55 µm).
Competitors
Optics: also available
FSO products
(Free Space optics,
0.4 / 0.78 µm)
(ex: Intellimax) ~ Gbit/s
60 GHz products THz for indoor: frequency re-use , small

cell size.
AireBeam G60-DP


Frequency re-use
Frequency can depend

on usages
Point to point
up to km
range

Back-hauling
Kiosk downloading
Link budget
200-320 GHz: good target for

km range
Contexte 8
Outline

4. State of the art

2. Photomixing for THz
P P
UTC-PD / Photoconducteur
F F
x bit/s
Laser 1, F1 1,55 µm THz

fB
Terahertz/sub-THz
P
Optical domain
fB = F2 - F1
x Hz
Photomixer
Laser 2, F2 Bruit millimétrique/THz
I=s.Popt
ASE
PTHz
Efficiency ηt =
V0 I 0 + Popt

P UTC-PD operation P
[T. Ishibashi et al., IEICE Trans.
Electron Vol. E-83C, 2000]
InGa InGa
As As
τa InP
InP InP
τt
Hole-limited
Structure InP/InGaAs
Absorption in p-doped zone(∼1018 cm-3)
e-: diffusion towards InP collector
Dynamics: τa, transit (τt), collector capacitance + loading (τRC) PRF=r (ω).I2 f3dB > 200 GHz

Barrière (AlInGaAs)
Couche
τa ∼ 0.2 ps absorbante
e-
τt ∼ 0.7 ps
p InGaAs
Contact (p) InP
Coll. InP 3 µm2
h+ (i) Sub-
100 nm Coll. Epitaxy (MBE): X. Wallart and C. Coinon
(n)
137 nm Technology: A. Beck and M. Zaknoune
To increase cut-off frequency:

• Short collector (137 nm)
• Small area (3 µm2)
• Pseudo-field in absorbing layer: 46 % ⇒ 60 % Indium

TEM horn antenna (TEM-HA)
• No radiation in the substrate

• No Si lens
• Pulse or CW (Non dispersive)
TEM-HA
CPW
10 µW @ Target
UTC-PD communication
20 µm frequencies (200-400 GHz)
UTC-PD + TEMHA : (No bias, passive hot spot)
Spatial separation of the 1.55 µm beam and the THz beam.

TEM horn antenna (TEM-HA)
• No radiation in the substrate

• No Si lens
• Pulse or CW (Non dispersive)
[L. Prissette et ,al. IEEE

Microwave and Wireless
Components Lett. 21, 49-
51, 2011.]
Linear scale


TEM-HA: S11< - 10 dB 100 GHz up to 1000 GHz:
Exemple in 220-325 GHz band
WR3 waveguide
Plane reflector ∆ν ~ 20 GHz (Air Cavity)
< -10 dB
In the whole
band
Without
reflector
Antenna With reflector

(l = 4,5 mm)

Outline

4. State of the art

3. Demonstrators
Roadmap: Tx development using advanced InGaAs/InP UTC-PD, componant up to system-level evaluation of
performances.
Fiber optic compatible / link with coherent networks.
• 2010: Simple ASK / 1.25 Gbit/s @ 200 GHz
• 2012: « Fiber» data rates in THz range:

• ASK 46 Gbit/s / 400 GHz
• 2013: Coherent-links for ultra-high efficiency at 200 GHz, combination of photonics
and electronics.
• 2014-2015: Vectorial schemes
• Towards 100 Gbit/s in THz?

3. Simple case: ASK link
G. Ducournau, et al. Electronics
Letters, 46(19) :pp. 1349–1351, 2010.
• Simple modulation format (ASK)
• 2 modulated λ (Mach-Zehnder)
• BER « error-free »
10-9 / 10-11
• Power < µW
IET Premium award 2011
3. Ultra-wide band at 400 GHz
Optical modulation
Reference eye
LD2 (PRBS -> 46 Gbps) (22 Gbps)
Antenne THz
Laser
Diodes
LD 1 193.6 THz
MZM
LD 2 194 THz
Mixer
CL = 8 dB
3.2 nm (400 GHz) EDFA UTC-PD @ 400 GHz Amp.
Oscillos
0
cope
Optical monitoring (dBm)
-20 THz Cornet

WR2.2 WR5.1 30 dB
λ-meter ∼ 4 dB
-40 LD1
X12
-60
-80
193,4 193,6 193,8 194,0 194,2
Frequency (THz)
16.666 GHz
46 Gbit/s @ 400 GHz

3. Ultra-wide band at 400 GHz
G. Ducournau et al., “Ultra wide bandwidth …”, IEEE

Transactions on THz Science and Technology, 2014.
0
7.5 dB T.A.D.
Normalized THz channel (dB)
-3
-6 D.A.D.
22 Gbps
-9 Towards 40 Gbit/s
-12
∼ 7.5 dB distorsion
40 Gbps
∼ THz channel not symetric
-15
∼ Noise-limited
Bande requise pour ∼ …Challenging…
-18 40 Gbit/s
340 360 380 400 420 440 460

Frequency (GHz)
Transmission of fiber data rates (OC-768, 40 Gbit/s - 42,7 Gbit/s avec FEC) on THz carrier

3. Coherent schemes
Collab. Univ. OSAKA (T. Nagatsuma) Frequency comb driven by microwave reference
Bandwidth
Elec. Rx
Sensitivity
UTC-PD
Error free BER
< 1 µW à 5 Gbit/s
< 2 µW à 10 Gbit/s

3. Next steps
2010-2013 demonstrators
Heterodyne + Dét. enveloppe
Heterodyne + Dét. enveloppe

Dét. enveloppe
UTC-PD Tx can be qualified using electronic Rx
Ultra-wide bandwidth in THz
Very simple ASK format
Real-time only in ASK mode (phase noise of the laser sources)

Easy to reach multi-carrier in THz using
Sigle THz carrier, single polarization, directive photonic devices

3. Next steps
• Radio-astronomy services and earth observation: already working
• H2O lines!
• Sevaral sub-bands available, split in frequency in the > 275 GHz region
Free above 275 GHz
8 6 5/3 5/10/5 5 10 21/11 30
ASK?
x-PSK
QAM
300 350 400 450 500 550 600
Frequency (GHz)
Total ~ 120 GHz / 200 Gbit/s @ 2 bit/s/Hz

3. Next steps: coupling with fibers
Fiber networks
OPTICS
Multi λ, 2-Pol
Fopt~ 193 THz

THz
Data
λ1 Optical
QPSK Baseband
PIN-PD
Access
THz
λ2 networks
1-Pol
Pilot optical Mm-wave
line UTC-PD F1-F2
radio
THz-QPSK

3. Exemple: QAM-16 in THz
THz emission
Optical
fiber
THz Optical signal

25 m QAM-16 (reference)
32 Gbit/s
Detection
electronics
32 Gbit/s
detected I-eye
Signal processing

Outline

4. State of the art

4. State of the art

Data rate Distance Freq. Technology CDP
Multiplexing Modulation BER (Type) Ref. Year
(Gbit/s) (m) (GHz) (Tx/Rx) (Gbit/s.km)
200 0.5 100 Polarization (2 ch) PD / SHM QPSK 10-3 / off-line [31] - 2013
UTC + HEMTs /
10 1000 120 - ASK < 10-9 / real-time [9] 10 2012
HEMT
40nm CMOS
11 3 130 - ASK < 10-9 /real-time [58] 0.033 2015
(Tx/Rx)
75 0.02 200 Frequency (3 ch) UTC-PD / SHM QPSK 10-5 / off-line [29] - 2014
UTC-PD / HEMT Up to QAM-
100 20 237.5 Frequency (3 ch) 2.10-3 / off-line [32] - 2013
Rx 16
64 850 240 - mHEMT - MMIC QPSK 5.10-3 / off-line [61] - 2015
64 1 300 - MMIC (Tx/Rx) QPSK - / off-line [52] - 2015
40 10 300 - UTC-PD / SHM QPSK 10-4 / off-line [36] - 2015
48 0.5 300 Polarization (2 ch) UTC-PD / SBD ASK 10-10 / real-time [34] 0.024 2013
3 50 340 - SHM / SHM QAM-16 10-10 / real-time [65] 0.15 2014
32 0.5 385 - UTC-PD / SHM QPSK 10-5 / off-line [62] - 2015
46 2 400 - UTC-PD / SHM ASK 10-3 / off-line [30] - 2014

UTC-PD / SBD or
30 / 50 20 / 0.5 300 / 330 - ASK 10-9 / real-time [28] 0.6/0.025 2015
SHM
60 0.5 400 Frequency (4 ch) UTC-PD / SHM QPSK 10-3 / off-line [63] - 2015
Duobinary
2.5 3 625 - Multiplier / SBD < 10-9 /real-time [64] 0.0075 2011
(ASK)
4. State of the art (applicative)
Real ‘figure-of- THz com. systems demonstrated

merit’ is Product
1000 IEMN roadmap
TERALINKS roadmap
Data-rate.distance,
(Gbit/s.km) (2016-2020) (b) Spectrally efficient - Indoor
IEMN, 2015 [6] IAF, [9]
100
Data rate (Gbit/s)
(real-time perf.) Outdoor

IEMN, 2014, [5] (a) ASK Back-haul
10 [IEMN, 2014]
NTT, [7] NTT, [8]
Photonics, DSP
1 [IEMN, 2010] Photonics, real-time
Electronics, DSP
Electronics, real-time
0,1 Targets, real-time
0,01 0,1 1 10 100 1000

Distance (m)

Outline

4. State of the art

5. Towards 100 Gbit/s
ASK transmissions Coherent transmissions
… 100 Gbit/s @ 1 km
Multi-carrier
Pre-distorsion
Channel effects
P2P > 100 m
QPSK 385 GHz Advanced UTC-PD
32 Gbit/s, 20 cm
QAM-16
32 Gbit/s à 385 GHz, 25m
UWB à 400 GHz

Génération THz lasers Brillouin
1 Gbit/s à 200 GHz
UTC-PD pour THz
2008 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015

5. Towards 100 Gbit/s

Open challenges
Item Target Technology options
Multi-band (multi-carrier) system

Data rate 100 Gbit/s ~ 1 Tbit/s
Ultra-wideband optical modulators ‘system-level’
Integrated photodiode arrays Active devices
Link distance 1 km ~ 5 km
Use of amplifiers and integration
Circuits
Photonic integration
Efficiency -
(III-V photonics/Si photonics)
Low-loss waveguide/interconnect
Wide-band antenna Antennas
Wide-band passive devices
Key component -
(filter/coupler/diplexer)
(fix or reconfigurable)
New materials & devices
(metamaterial, graphene, plasma-wave, etc.)
Propagation model
Miscellaneous - Standardization Radio channel
Spectrum regulation
Robust system, in ‘real-life’ case, using III-V or Silicon photonic

devices (for integration level)

Acknowledgments
CPER PHOTONICS FOR SOCIETY (2016-2020)
Excelsior, FLUX
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