Systems and methods for high frequency parallel transmissions
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorRobert Hardacker
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Abstract
A plurality of high-frequency beam-forming RF antenna arrays are used to enable parallel data transmission at multi-Gigabit per second data rates. In one embodiment, the 60 GHz band is used for parallel transmission of data from an antenna array printed on the substrate or packaging of an integrated circuit.
Claims25
A transmitter comprising a plurality of antenna arrays each being comprised of a plurality of individual antennas, and wherein each of the plurality of individual antennas transmit radio frequency signals with a common phase and at a common frequency that is between approximately 57 GHz and 95 GHz, and wherein each of the plurality of antenna arrays is configured to transmit a plurality of different data streams in parallel with each other at said common frequency, wherein both of the plurality of individual antennas and the plurality of antenna arrays are arranged in particular physical patterns that impart beam-forming characteristics to minimize interference between the parallel plurality of different data streams.
A communication system comprising:
- a plurality of antenna arrays to transmit radio frequency signals with a common phase and at a frequency of between approximately 57 GHz and 95 GHz, wherein each of the plurality of antenna arrays is comprised of a plurality of individual antennas configured in a pattern that beam-form said signals, and wherein each of the plurality of antenna arrays transmits a plurality of different data streams in parallel with each other at said frequency, wherein both of the plurality of individual antennas and the plurality of antenna arrays are arranged in particular physical patterns that impart beam-forming characteristics that minimize interference between the parallel plurality of different data streams;
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- a plurality of receivers for receiving said radio frequency signals from the antenna array.
A method of communicating comprising:
- printing a plurality of antenna arrays on a substrate attached to a semiconductor portion of an integrated circuit, wherein each of the plurality of antenna arrays is comprised of a plurality of individual antennas, wherein both of the plurality of individual antennas and the plurality of antenna arrays are arranged in particular physical patterns;
- receiving an incoming data stream that has been divided into a plurality of different data streams corresponding to the plurality of individual antenna arrays;
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- transmitting radio frequency signals encoded with the plurality of different data streams from each of the plurality of antenna arrays in parallel with a common phase and at a frequency of between approximately 57 GHz and 95 GHz, wherein the particular physical patterns in which the plurality of individual antennas and the plurality of antenna arrays are arranged impart beam-forming characteristics that minimize interference between the parallel plurality of different data streams.
A method of communicating comprising:
- printing a plurality of antenna arrays on an integrated circuit packaging, wherein each of said plurality of antenna arrays is comprised of a plurality of individual antennas, wherein both of the plurality of individual antennas and the plurality of antenna arrays are arranged in particular physical patterns;
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- transmitting a plurality of different data streams from each of said plurality of antenna arrays in parallel with each other at a common phase and at a frequency of between approximately 57 GHz and 95 GHz, wherein the particular physical patterns in which the plurality of individual antennas and the plurality of antenna arrays are arranged impart beam-forming characteristics that minimize interference between the parallel plurality of different data streams.
A super-array printed on a substrate attached to a semiconductor portion of an integrated circuit, wherein the super-array comprises a plurality of individual beam-forming antenna arrays each of which comprises a plurality of antennas that generate directional radio frequency transmissions, wherein both the plurality of individual antennas and the plurality of antenna arrays are arranged in particular beam-forming physical patterns, wherein the super-array is to:
- receive an incoming data stream that has been divided into a plurality of different data streams corresponding to the plurality of individual beam-forming antenna arrays, wherein the plurality of different data streams comprise a plurality of radio frequency signals that have been encoded with data that is different from each of the other plurality of different data streams, and
- transmit directional radio frequency signals carrying the plurality of different data streams using each of the corresponding plurality of individual beam-forming antenna arrays, wherein the plurality of different data streams are transmitted in parallel, at a common phase and at a common frequency that is between approximately 57 GHz and 95 GHz, wherein the particular beam-forming physical patterns in which the plurality of individual antennas and the plurality of antenna arrays are arranged minimize interference between the parallel plurality of different data streams.
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