An 80 Gbps QAM-16 PMF Link Using a 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS Process
Paper in proceeding, 2023

In this work a D-band (110 GHz - 170 GHz) polymer microwave fiber (PMF) link for high data rate communication is presented. The transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx) circuits are designed and fabricated in a commercial 130 nm silicon germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS process. The Tx has a peak output power of 5 dBm. The link has been tested over a 2 meter long PMF, demonstrating 80 Gbps using QAM-16 modulation, with a bit error rate (BER) of 8*10 −4 , and 48 Gbps using QPSK with a BER < 10 −12 . For a 4 meter long PMF, 24 Gbps using QPSK was demonstrated with a BER =7.7*10 −6.

High Datarate

D-band

SiGe

PMF

Author

Frida Strömbeck

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

Yu Yan

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

Herbert Zirath

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

0149645X (ISSN)

Vol. 2023-June 443-445
979-8-3503-4765-4 (ISBN)

2023 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2023
San Diego, USA,

Car2TERA

European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/824962), 2019-01-01 -- 2022-03-31.

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

Communication Systems

Nano Technology

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1109/IMS37964.2023.10188207

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