Metal-Coated Flexible Dielectric Waveguides for Millimeter-Wave Multi-Lane Wireline Communications

Metal-coated flexible dielectric waveguides are implemented for potential deployment in millimeter-wave wireline communication applications. Although bare-dielectric waveguides show excellent loss performance (1~2 dB/meter) at millimeter-wavelengths, they are sensitive to the surrounding environment...

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Published in2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI) pp. 1537 - 1538
Main Authors Mirzaee, Milad, Kim, Yanghyo
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 04.12.2021
Subjects
Dielectric waveguide
Dielectrics
high-speed wireline communication
metal-coated waveguide
Millimeter wave measurements
Millimeter wave propagation
Scattering parameters
Surface waves
Transceivers
Waveguide theory
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Summary:Metal-coated flexible dielectric waveguides are implemented for potential deployment in millimeter-wave wireline communication applications. Although bare-dielectric waveguides show excellent loss performance (1~2 dB/meter) at millimeter-wavelengths, they are sensitive to the surrounding environment and not suitable for bundling multiple channels together. In order to solve the field confinement issue while ensuring the waveguide is still flexible, 3-microns of copper is coated onto the surface of a circular Polystyrene waveguide. The measured S-parameters of the implemented waveguide display less than 4 dB of discrepancy from theoretical study. Finally, the waveguide is paired with a 60 GHz transceiver module to demonstrate the feasibility of high-speed data communication.
DOI:10.1109/APS/URSI47566.2021.9704671