Mm-wave fully integrated phased array receiver and transmitter with on-chip antennas

A mm-wave loopback method comprising the steps of:

• providing an integrated receiver transmitter system on one or more substrates including an integral phased array antenna system, said integrated receiver transmitter system comprising at least one of a phased array mm-wave device having:
• a single silicon substrate;
• mm-wave circuitry comprising at least a selected one of:
• a transmitter section comprising:
• a mm-wave transmitter integrated onto said substrate, said transmitter configured to transmit a mm-wave signal;
• and
• a first phased array antenna system integrated onto said substrate, said first phased array antenna system electrically coupled to said mm-wave transmitter, said first phased array antenna system including two or more antenna elements;
• and
• a receiver section comprising:
• a mm-wave receiver integrated onto said substrate, said receiver configured to receive a mm-wave signal;
• and
• a second phased array antenna system integrated onto said substrate, said second array antenna system electrically coupled to said mm-wave receiver, said second phased array antenna system including two or more antenna elements;
• and
• one or more dielectric lenses operatively coupled to at least a selected one of said first phased array antenna system and said second phased array antenna system to improve the transmission or the reception of mm-waves from or by the respective phased array antenna system;
• wherein all of the mm-wave circuitry is integrated onto said substrate, thereby eliminating a need to couple mm-wave signals off said substrate;
• coupling a transmitter signal from a transmitter output to a receiver input;
• and
• testing the integrated receiver transmitter system on one or more substrates by varying a baseband input to the transmitter and observing a baseband receiver output.