Distributed on-package millimeter-wave radio

    公开(公告)号:US10326211B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-18

    申请号:US15453327

    申请日:2017-03-08

    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to phased array antenna systems or packages and techniques of making and using the systems and packages. A phased array antenna package may include a distributed phased array antenna comprising (1) a plurality of antenna sub-arrays, which may each include a plurality of antennas, (2) a plurality of Radio Frequency Dies (RFDs), each of the RFDs located proximate and electrically coupled by a trace of a plurality of traces to a corresponding antenna sub-array of the plurality of antenna sub-arrays, and (3) wherein each trace of the plurality of traces configured to electrically couple an antenna of the plurality of antennas to the RFD located proximate the antenna, wherein each trace of the plurality of traces is configured to transmit millimeter wave (mm-wave) radio signals, and wherein the plurality of traces are each of a substantially uniform length.

    Single-package phased array module with interleaved sub-arrays

    公开(公告)号:US10263346B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-16

    申请号:US15197531

    申请日:2016-06-29

    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a single-package communications device that includes an antenna module with a plurality of independently selectable arrays of antenna elements. The antenna elements of the different arrays may send and/or receive data signals over different ranges of signal angles. The communications device may further include a switch module to separately activate the individual arrays. In some embodiments, a radio frequency (RF) communications module may be included in the package of the communications device. In some embodiments, the RF communications module may be configured to communicate over a millimeter-wave (mm-wave) network using the plurality of arrays of antenna elements.

    Millimeter wave CMOS engines for waveguide fabrics

    公开(公告)号:US10211970B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-19

    申请号:US15475827

    申请日:2017-03-31

    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for communicating between rack mounted devices disposed in the same or different racks separated by distances of less than a meter to a few tens of meters. The system includes a CMOS first mm-wave engine that includes mm-wave transceiver circuitry, mm-wave MODEM circuitry, power distribution and control circuitry, and a mm-wave waveguide connector. The CMOS first mm-wave engine communicably couples to a CMOS second mm-wave engine that also includes mm-wave transceiver circuitry, mm-wave MODEM circuitry, power distribution and control circuitry, and a mm-wave waveguide connector. In some implementations, at least a portion of the mm-wave transceiver circuitry may be fabricated using III-V semiconductor manufacturing methods. The use of mm-wave communication techniques beneficially improves data integrity and increases achievable datarates, and reduces power costs.

    Integration of millimeter wave antennas on microelectronic substrates

    公开(公告)号:US10147997B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-04

    申请号:US15445618

    申请日:2017-02-28

    Abstract: A high performance antenna incorporated on a microelectronic substrate by forming low-loss dielectric material structures in the microelectronic substrates and forming the antenna on the low-loss dielectric material structures. The low-loss dielectric material structures may be fabricated by forming a cavity in a build-up layer of the microelectronic substrate and filling the cavity with a low-loss dielectric material.

    MILLIMETER WAVE FABRIC NETWORK OVER DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES

    公开(公告)号:US20180191049A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-05

    申请号:US15394990

    申请日:2016-12-30

    Abstract: Radio frequency (RF) data transfer between components in rack mounted systems is facilitated through the use of dielectric waveguides and millimeter Wave (mm-Wave) transceivers. A signal generator provides one or more data signals to a serializer/deserializer (SERDES) which serializes a plurality of parallel data signals to produce a single, serialized, signal containing data from each of the input signals to the SERDES. A mm-Wave die upconverts the serialized signal to a mm-Wave signal and a mm-Wave launcher launches the signal into the dielectric waveguide. At the receiving end the process is reversed such that the mm-Wave signal is first downconverted and passed through a SERDES to provide the original one or more signals to a recipient signal generator. Some or all of the components may be formed directly in the semiconductor package.

    Integrated voltage regulators with magnetically enhanced inductors

    公开(公告)号:US09921640B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-20

    申请号:US13631092

    申请日:2012-09-28

    Abstract: Magnetically enhanced inductors integrated with microelectronic devices at chip-level. In embodiments, magnetically enhanced inductors include a through substrate vias (TSVs) with fill metal to carry an electrical current proximate to a magnetic layer disposed on a substrate through which the TSV passes. In certain magnetically enhanced inductor embodiments, a TSV fill metal is disposed within a magnetic material lining the TSV. In certain magnetically enhanced inductor embodiments, a magnetically enhanced inductor includes a plurality of interconnected TSVs disposed proximate to a magnetic material layer on a side of a substrate. In embodiments, voltage regulation circuitry disposed on a first side of a substrate is integrated with one or more magnetically enhanced inductors utilizing a TSV passing through the substrate. In further embodiments, integrated circuitry on a same substrate as the magnetically enhanced inductor, or on another substrate stacked thereon, completes the VR and/or is powered by the VR circuitry.

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