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- Title
Direct Digital RF Transceiver Technology for Millimeter‐Wave DBF Systems.
- Authors
Suematsu, Noriharu
- Abstract
Digital RF technology has been developed and has been applied to below 6 GHz wireless applications. By replacing the IC die consumptive RF/analog circuit blocks by digital signal processor and circuit, digital rich/small transceivers can be realized. Since the foundation of this technology is based on the Nyquist theory, the operational frequency of the circuit has been limited by the Nyquist frequency (=1/2 of sampling clock frequency). As a result, the maximum operational RF frequency of existing digital RF technology was below 6 GHz. In this paper, a new direct digital RF technology that utilizes the higher‐order Nyquist zones is introduced. This technology enables handling RF signal in beyond Nyquist frequency range which means over 6 GHz range. The results of fabricated 26/28 GHz‐band transmitter/receiver are reviewed. Since the transceiver architecture with the proposed technologies does not require an RF local oscillator and up/down converters, it is suitable for microwave/millimeter‐wave multi‐antenna systems such as next generation satellite on‐board digital beam forming and Beyond 5G fully digital Massive multiple‐input multiple‐output systems. Key Points: Proposed direct digital RF transceiver technology utilizes the higher‐order Nyquist zones and mmW signal can be handled directlyDirect digital RF technology brings compact/digital rich mmW transceivers and will realize large scale digital beam forming antennas for mmW applications
- Subjects
MIMO systems; DIGITAL signal processing; NYQUIST frequency; DIRECTIONAL antennas; BEAM steering; DIGITAL technology; ANALOG circuits; DIGITAL electronics
- Publication
Radio Science, 2024, Vol 59, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
0048-6604
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1029/2023RS007802