A 64-Element 28-GHz Phased-Array Transceiver With 52-dBm EIRP and 8-12-Gb/s 5G Link at 300 Meters Without Any Calibration

• Published in: IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques Vol. 66; no. 12; pp. 5796 - 5811
• Main Authors: Kibaroglu, Kerim, Sayginer, Mustafa, Phelps, Thomas, Rebeiz, Gabriel M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.12.2018; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: 28 GHz; 5G mobile communication; Amplitudes; Antenna arrays; Bandwidths; Base station; beamforming; Calibration; Chip formation; Chips (electronics); Circuit boards; communication link; Effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP); error vector magnitude (EVM); fifth generation (5G); Ka-band; Measuring instruments; mm-wave; Patch antennas; Phase error; phased array; Phased arrays; printed circuit board (PCB); Printed circuits; Quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM); receiver; Sidelobes; SiGe; Silicon germanium; stacked-patch antenna; Transceivers; transmitter; Waveforms

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