A superheterodyne 300 GHz wireless link for ultra-fast terahertz communication systems release_geqkwjqlcrcqtlko7sc5zlqszy

by Iulia Dan, Guillaume Ducournau, Shintaro Hisatake, Pascal Szriftgiser, Ralf-Peter Braun, Ingmar Kallfass

Published in International journal of microwave and wireless technologies by Cambridge University Press (CUP).

2020   p1-10

Abstract

A superheterodyne transmission scheme is adopted and analyzed in a 300 GHz wireless point-to-point link. This was realized using two different intermediate frequency (IF) systems. The first uses fast digital synthesis which provides an IF signal centered around a carrier frequency of 10 GHz. The second involves the usage of commercially available mixers, which work as direct up- and down-converters, to generate the IF input and output. The radio frequency components are based on millimeterwave monolithic integrated circuits at a center frequency of 300 GHz. Transmission experiments over distances up to 10 m are carried out. Data rates of up to 60 Gbps using the first IF option and up to 24 Gbps using the second IF option are achieved. Modulation formats up to 32QAM are successfully transmitted. The linearity of this link and of its components is analyzed in detail. Two local oscillators (LOs), a photonics-based source and a commercially available electronic source are employed and compared. This work validates the concept of superheterodyne architecture for integration in a beyond-5G network, supplying important guidelines that have to be taken into account in the design steps of a future wireless system.
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