In order to improve the bandwidth of the conventional sub-harmonic mixer, a broad-band, high intermediate frequency（IF） sub-harmonic mixer for W-band applications is proposed. Replacing the open and short stubs that...In order to improve the bandwidth of the conventional sub-harmonic mixer, a broad-band, high intermediate frequency（IF） sub-harmonic mixer for W-band applications is proposed. Replacing the open and short stubs that are used in the convertional sub-harmonic mixer with a broad-band band-pass filter and a low-pass filter, respectively, a wide operating frequency band is achieved. Furthermore, without the use of the edge-coupled band-pass filter at radio frequency（RF） port, the proposed structure can be realized by common hybrid microwave integrated circuit technology at W- band. The measured results show that the proposed subharmonic mixer can operate from 80 to 107.5 GHz for RF frequency and support up to 18 GHz for the IF bandwidth. Also, the measured results show that the single-sideband conversion loss is less than 13. 7 dB over the available RF frequency band, while the minimum conversion loss is about 9 dB at an RF of 92. 5 GHz and an 1F of 3 GHz. Thus, a large operating bandwidth performance at W-band can be achieved by the orooosed mixer.展开更多
High-Q notch cavities combined with a low-order E-plane fin-line filter are used for designing a sharp-rejection band-pass filter （BPF） at W-band. Based on the conventional E-plane fin-line structure, an E-plane ext...High-Q notch cavities combined with a low-order E-plane fin-line filter are used for designing a sharp-rejection band-pass filter （BPF） at W-band. Based on the conventional E-plane fin-line structure, an E-plane extended cavity is implemented to enhance the suppression at unwanted frequency points near the passband. The passband performance is not disturbed and the whole structure remains simple to be assembled. To extend the suppression bandwidth, two separated notch cavities are designed and arranged at the input and output ends of the fin-line filter, respectively. A prototype BPF is fabricated and measured. Experimental results show that the minimum insertion loss is 2.7 dB over a passband of 1 GHz. The suppression is about 85 dB near 91.7 GHz, which is 2.2 GHz lower than the center frequency. Experimental results agree well with simulation.展开更多
Based on the combination of a staggered double vane slow wave structure （SWS） and round electron beam, a 200-W W-band traveling-wave tube （TWT） amplifier is studied in this paper. The main advantages of round beam...Based on the combination of a staggered double vane slow wave structure （SWS） and round electron beam, a 200-W W-band traveling-wave tube （TWT） amplifier is studied in this paper. The main advantages of round beam operation over the sheet beam is that the round beam can be formed more easily and the focus requirement can be dramatically reduced. It operates in the fundamental mode at the first spatial harmonic. The geometric parameters are optimized and a transition structure for the slow wave circuit is designed which can well match the signal that enters into and goes out from the tube. Then a TWT model is established and the particle-in-cell （PIC） simulation results show that the tube can provide over 200-W output power in a frequency range of 88 GHz-103 GHz with a maximum power of 289 W at 95 GHz, on the assumption that the input power is 0.1 W and the beam power is 5.155 kW. The corresponding conversion efficiency and gain at 95 GHz are expected to be 5.6% and 34.6 dB, respectively. Such amplifiers can potentially be used in high power microwave-power-modules （MPM） and for other portable applications.展开更多
We report a new design of resonant cavity for a W-band electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR)spectrometer.An improved coupling-adjusting mechanism,which is robust,compact,and suits with both solenoid-type and split-pair...We report a new design of resonant cavity for a W-band electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR)spectrometer.An improved coupling-adjusting mechanism,which is robust,compact,and suits with both solenoid-type and split-pair magnets,is utilized on the cavity,and thus enables both continuous-wave(CW)and pulsed EPR experiments.It is achieved by a tiny metal cylinder in the iris.The coupling coefficient can be varied from 0.2 to 17.9.Furthermore,two pistons at each end of the cavity allow for adjustment of the resonant frequency.A horizontal TE_(011) geometry also makes the cavity compatible with the two frequently used types of magnets.The coupling-varying ability has been demonstrated by reflection coefficient(S_(11))measurement.CW and pulsed EPR experiments have been conducted.The performance data indicates a prospect of wide applications of the cavity in fields of physics,chemistry and biology.展开更多
A rectangular waveguide band-stop filter using electromagnetic crystals (EMXT) surface as the top and bottom walls is presented in this letter. The EMXT surface has a band gap that can prevent electromagnetic wave fro...A rectangular waveguide band-stop filter using electromagnetic crystals (EMXT) surface as the top and bottom walls is presented in this letter. The EMXT surface has a band gap that can prevent electromagnetic wave from propagating along the waveguide. Dispersion properties of the waveguide filter are analyzed using an approximated lumped-element circuit model. A W-band prototype based on the proposed waveguide filter is designed and characterized. The experimental results show a rejection band centered at 97 GHz and a rejection level of 16 dB.展开更多
Two communication systems at W-band are introduced, including the system design, the modulation scheme, etc. TV delivery system delivers picture of quality meeting grade 4.5 over 8 km （no rain）. Digital communicatio...Two communication systems at W-band are introduced, including the system design, the modulation scheme, etc. TV delivery system delivers picture of quality meeting grade 4.5 over 8 km （no rain）. Digital communication system is capable of operating at data rates up to 8.448 Mb/s beyond 10 km under a BER of 10^-6 （clear）.展开更多
This paper experimentally demonstrates a distributed photonics-based W-band integrated sensing and communication(ISAC) system, in which radar sensing can aid the communication links in alignment and data rate estimati...This paper experimentally demonstrates a distributed photonics-based W-band integrated sensing and communication(ISAC) system, in which radar sensing can aid the communication links in alignment and data rate estimation. As a proof-of-concept, the ISAC system locates the users, guides the alignment, and sets a communication link with the estimated highest data rate. A peak net data rate of 68.6 Gbit/s and a target sensing with a less-than-1-cm error and a sub-2-cm resolution have been tested over a 10-km fiber and a 1.15-m free space transmission in the photonics-based W-band ISAC system. The achievable net data rates of the users at different locations estimated by sensing are experimentally verified.展开更多
In this work,we proposed and experimentally demonstrated a novel probabilistic shaping(PS)64-ary quadrature amplitude modulation(QAM)orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM)with low-density parity-check(LDPC)-...In this work,we proposed and experimentally demonstrated a novel probabilistic shaping(PS)64-ary quadrature amplitude modulation(QAM)orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM)with low-density parity-check(LDPC)-coded modulation in a W-band radio-over-fiber(RoF)system using envelope detection.The proposed PS scheme has the advantages of no complex multiplication and division operations and low hardware implementation complexity.In our experiments,the two-stage bit weight distribution matching-based PS-64QAM OFDM signals with a rate of 28.13 Gb/s transmission over 4 m wireless+45-km standard single-mode fiber transmission can be achieved.The system performance is investigated under one LDPC code rate(3/4)and two PS parameter values(k=3 and 9).The experimental results show that the receiver power sensitivity and the system fiber nonlinear effect tolerance can be significantly improved compared with uniformly distributed OFDM signals.展开更多
In this paper,a W-band broadband vialess microstrip(MS)-to-MS vertical transition in multilayer liquid crystal polymer(LCP)substrate is presented,which consists of two MS lines in the top layer,a common ground plane a...In this paper,a W-band broadband vialess microstrip(MS)-to-MS vertical transition in multilayer liquid crystal polymer(LCP)substrate is presented,which consists of two MS lines in the top layer,a common ground plane and slotline resonators in the second layer,and a close-loop transmission-line in the third layer.To increase the passband of the vialess vertical transition,an H-shaped slotline resonator is introduced,which greatly improves the impedance performance of the slotline resonator,and the full-wave simulated results indicate that insertion loss(IL)is less than 2 dB and return loss(RL)is better than 10 dB at W-band.To verify this design,the broadband vertical transition is fabricated and measured.The measured results indicate that a broadband vertical transition with RL better than 10 dB and IL less than 5.67 dB can be obtained in the frequency range from 70.00 GHz to 104.09 GHz.Due to the fabrication error in the preparation process,the measured results are deteriorated compared to the simulated results,and the investigation indicates that the deviation is caused by the thickness error of the LCP substrate.展开更多
We experimentally built a W-band photonics-aided millimeter-wave radio-over-fiber transmission system and demonstrated the delivery of up to 8192-ary quadrature amplitude modulation[QAM] signal.Discrete multitone sign...We experimentally built a W-band photonics-aided millimeter-wave radio-over-fiber transmission system and demonstrated the delivery of up to 8192-ary quadrature amplitude modulation[QAM] signal.Discrete multitone signals are converted into 1-bit data streams through delta-sigma modulation and then modulated onto a 76.2 GHz carrier.An envelope detector is used at the receiver side for direct detection.The results prove that our proposed system can support 2048QAM and 8192QAM transmission while meeting the hard decision forward error correction threshold of 3.8×10^(-3)and the soft decision forward error correction threshold of 4.2×10^(-2),respectively.We believe this cost-effective scheme is a promising candidate for future high-order QAM millimeter-wave downlink transmission.展开更多
A full W-band low noise amplifier （LNA） module is designed and fabricated. A broadband transition is introduced in this module. The proposed transition is designed, optimized based on the results from numerical simu...A full W-band low noise amplifier （LNA） module is designed and fabricated. A broadband transition is introduced in this module. The proposed transition is designed, optimized based on the results from numerical simulations. The results show that 1 dB bandwidth of the transition ranges from 61 to 117 GHz. For the purpose of verification, two transitions in back-to-back connection are measured. The results show that transmission loss is only about 0.9-1.7 dB. This transition is used to interface integrated circuits to waveguide components. The characteristic of the LNA module is measured after assembly. It exhibits a broad bandwidth of 75 to 110 GHz, and has a small signal gain above 21 dB. The noise figure is lower than 5.2 dB throughout the entire W-band （below 3 dB from 89 to 95 GHz） at room temperature. The proposed LNA module exhibits potential for millimeter wave applications due to its high small signal gain, low noise, and low DC power consumption.展开更多
A two-stage MMIC power amplifier has been realized by use of a l-μm InP double heterojunction bipolar transistor（DHBT）.The cascode structure,low-loss matching networks,and low-parasite cell units enhance the power ...A two-stage MMIC power amplifier has been realized by use of a l-μm InP double heterojunction bipolar transistor（DHBT）.The cascode structure,low-loss matching networks,and low-parasite cell units enhance the power gain.The optimum load impedance is determined from load-pull simulation.A coplanar waveguide transmission line is adopted for its ease of fabrication.The chip size is 1.5×1.7 mm^2 with the emitter area of 16×1μm×15μm in the output stage.Measurements show that small signal gain is more than 20 dB over 75.5-84.5 GHz and the saturated power is 16.9 dBm @ 79 GHz with gain of 15.2 dB.The high power gain makes it very suitable for medium power amplification.展开更多
We experimentally built a photonics-aided long-distance large-capacity millimeter-wave wireless transmission system and demonstrated a delivery of 40 Gbit/s W-band 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation(QAM)signal ove...We experimentally built a photonics-aided long-distance large-capacity millimeter-wave wireless transmission system and demonstrated a delivery of 40 Gbit/s W-band 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation(QAM)signal over 4600 m wireless distance at 88.5 GHz.Advanced offline digital signal processing algorithms are proposed and employed for signal recovery,which makes the bit-error ratio under 2.4×10^(−2).To the best of our knowledge,this is the first field-trial demonstration of>4 km W-band 16QAM signal transmission,and the result achieves a record-breaking product of wireless transmission capacity and distance,i.e.,184(Gbit/s)·km,for high-speed and long-distance W-band wireless communication.展开更多
基金Research Foundation of China ( No.9140A01020209JW0601)
文摘In order to improve the bandwidth of the conventional sub-harmonic mixer, a broad-band, high intermediate frequency（IF） sub-harmonic mixer for W-band applications is proposed. Replacing the open and short stubs that are used in the convertional sub-harmonic mixer with a broad-band band-pass filter and a low-pass filter, respectively, a wide operating frequency band is achieved. Furthermore, without the use of the edge-coupled band-pass filter at radio frequency（RF） port, the proposed structure can be realized by common hybrid microwave integrated circuit technology at W- band. The measured results show that the proposed subharmonic mixer can operate from 80 to 107.5 GHz for RF frequency and support up to 18 GHz for the IF bandwidth. Also, the measured results show that the single-sideband conversion loss is less than 13. 7 dB over the available RF frequency band, while the minimum conversion loss is about 9 dB at an RF of 92. 5 GHz and an 1F of 3 GHz. Thus, a large operating bandwidth performance at W-band can be achieved by the orooosed mixer.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60921063)
文摘High-Q notch cavities combined with a low-order E-plane fin-line filter are used for designing a sharp-rejection band-pass filter （BPF） at W-band. Based on the conventional E-plane fin-line structure, an E-plane extended cavity is implemented to enhance the suppression at unwanted frequency points near the passband. The passband performance is not disturbed and the whole structure remains simple to be assembled. To extend the suppression bandwidth, two separated notch cavities are designed and arranged at the input and output ends of the fin-line filter, respectively. A prototype BPF is fabricated and measured. Experimental results show that the minimum insertion loss is 2.7 dB over a passband of 1 GHz. The suppression is about 85 dB near 91.7 GHz, which is 2.2 GHz lower than the center frequency. Experimental results agree well with simulation.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 61125103)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60971038 and 60971031)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. ZYGX2009Z003)
文摘Based on the combination of a staggered double vane slow wave structure （SWS） and round electron beam, a 200-W W-band traveling-wave tube （TWT） amplifier is studied in this paper. The main advantages of round beam operation over the sheet beam is that the round beam can be formed more easily and the focus requirement can be dramatically reduced. It operates in the fundamental mode at the first spatial harmonic. The geometric parameters are optimized and a transition structure for the slow wave circuit is designed which can well match the signal that enters into and goes out from the tube. Then a TWT model is established and the particle-in-cell （PIC） simulation results show that the tube can provide over 200-W output power in a frequency range of 88 GHz-103 GHz with a maximum power of 289 W at 95 GHz, on the assumption that the input power is 0.1 W and the beam power is 5.155 kW. The corresponding conversion efficiency and gain at 95 GHz are expected to be 5.6% and 34.6 dB, respectively. Such amplifiers can potentially be used in high power microwave-power-modules （MPM） and for other portable applications.
基金Project supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant Nos.XDC07000000 and GJJSTD20200001)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences for the support。
文摘We report a new design of resonant cavity for a W-band electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR)spectrometer.An improved coupling-adjusting mechanism,which is robust,compact,and suits with both solenoid-type and split-pair magnets,is utilized on the cavity,and thus enables both continuous-wave(CW)and pulsed EPR experiments.It is achieved by a tiny metal cylinder in the iris.The coupling coefficient can be varied from 0.2 to 17.9.Furthermore,two pistons at each end of the cavity allow for adjustment of the resonant frequency.A horizontal TE_(011) geometry also makes the cavity compatible with the two frequently used types of magnets.The coupling-varying ability has been demonstrated by reflection coefficient(S_(11))measurement.CW and pulsed EPR experiments have been conducted.The performance data indicates a prospect of wide applications of the cavity in fields of physics,chemistry and biology.
文摘A rectangular waveguide band-stop filter using electromagnetic crystals (EMXT) surface as the top and bottom walls is presented in this letter. The EMXT surface has a band gap that can prevent electromagnetic wave from propagating along the waveguide. Dispersion properties of the waveguide filter are analyzed using an approximated lumped-element circuit model. A W-band prototype based on the proposed waveguide filter is designed and characterized. The experimental results show a rejection band centered at 97 GHz and a rejection level of 16 dB.
文摘Two communication systems at W-band are introduced, including the system design, the modulation scheme, etc. TV delivery system delivers picture of quality meeting grade 4.5 over 8 km （no rain）. Digital communication system is capable of operating at data rates up to 8.448 Mb/s beyond 10 km under a BER of 10^-6 （clear）.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No.2022YFB2903600)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62235005,62171137,61925104,62031011,and 62071444)the Major Key Project PCL。
文摘This paper experimentally demonstrates a distributed photonics-based W-band integrated sensing and communication(ISAC) system, in which radar sensing can aid the communication links in alignment and data rate estimation. As a proof-of-concept, the ISAC system locates the users, guides the alignment, and sets a communication link with the estimated highest data rate. A peak net data rate of 68.6 Gbit/s and a target sensing with a less-than-1-cm error and a sub-2-cm resolution have been tested over a 10-km fiber and a 1.15-m free space transmission in the photonics-based W-band ISAC system. The achievable net data rates of the users at different locations estimated by sensing are experimentally verified.
基金supported by the Natural Science Research Startup Foundation of Recruiting Talents of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications(No.NY223144)。
文摘In this work,we proposed and experimentally demonstrated a novel probabilistic shaping(PS)64-ary quadrature amplitude modulation(QAM)orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM)with low-density parity-check(LDPC)-coded modulation in a W-band radio-over-fiber(RoF)system using envelope detection.The proposed PS scheme has the advantages of no complex multiplication and division operations and low hardware implementation complexity.In our experiments,the two-stage bit weight distribution matching-based PS-64QAM OFDM signals with a rate of 28.13 Gb/s transmission over 4 m wireless+45-km standard single-mode fiber transmission can be achieved.The system performance is investigated under one LDPC code rate(3/4)and two PS parameter values(k=3 and 9).The experimental results show that the receiver power sensitivity and the system fiber nonlinear effect tolerance can be significantly improved compared with uniformly distributed OFDM signals.
基金Supported by the Shaanxi Provincial Innovation Team Project(2020TD-019)Xi'an Sciences Plan Project(21XJZZ0075)。
文摘In this paper,a W-band broadband vialess microstrip(MS)-to-MS vertical transition in multilayer liquid crystal polymer(LCP)substrate is presented,which consists of two MS lines in the top layer,a common ground plane and slotline resonators in the second layer,and a close-loop transmission-line in the third layer.To increase the passband of the vialess vertical transition,an H-shaped slotline resonator is introduced,which greatly improves the impedance performance of the slotline resonator,and the full-wave simulated results indicate that insertion loss(IL)is less than 2 dB and return loss(RL)is better than 10 dB at W-band.To verify this design,the broadband vertical transition is fabricated and measured.The measured results indicate that a broadband vertical transition with RL better than 10 dB and IL less than 5.67 dB can be obtained in the frequency range from 70.00 GHz to 104.09 GHz.Due to the fabrication error in the preparation process,the measured results are deteriorated compared to the simulated results,and the investigation indicates that the deviation is caused by the thickness error of the LCP substrate.
基金partially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFB1801703)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62127802 and 61720106015)。
文摘We experimentally built a W-band photonics-aided millimeter-wave radio-over-fiber transmission system and demonstrated the delivery of up to 8192-ary quadrature amplitude modulation[QAM] signal.Discrete multitone signals are converted into 1-bit data streams through delta-sigma modulation and then modulated onto a 76.2 GHz carrier.An envelope detector is used at the receiver side for direct detection.The results prove that our proposed system can support 2048QAM and 8192QAM transmission while meeting the hard decision forward error correction threshold of 3.8×10^(-3)and the soft decision forward error correction threshold of 4.2×10^(-2),respectively.We believe this cost-effective scheme is a promising candidate for future high-order QAM millimeter-wave downlink transmission.
基金Project supported by the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61434006)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61401457)
文摘A full W-band low noise amplifier （LNA） module is designed and fabricated. A broadband transition is introduced in this module. The proposed transition is designed, optimized based on the results from numerical simulations. The results show that 1 dB bandwidth of the transition ranges from 61 to 117 GHz. For the purpose of verification, two transitions in back-to-back connection are measured. The results show that transmission loss is only about 0.9-1.7 dB. This transition is used to interface integrated circuits to waveguide components. The characteristic of the LNA module is measured after assembly. It exhibits a broad bandwidth of 75 to 110 GHz, and has a small signal gain above 21 dB. The noise figure is lower than 5.2 dB throughout the entire W-band （below 3 dB from 89 to 95 GHz） at room temperature. The proposed LNA module exhibits potential for millimeter wave applications due to its high small signal gain, low noise, and low DC power consumption.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2010CB327502)
文摘A two-stage MMIC power amplifier has been realized by use of a l-μm InP double heterojunction bipolar transistor（DHBT）.The cascode structure,low-loss matching networks,and low-parasite cell units enhance the power gain.The optimum load impedance is determined from load-pull simulation.A coplanar waveguide transmission line is adopted for its ease of fabrication.The chip size is 1.5×1.7 mm^2 with the emitter area of 16×1μm×15μm in the output stage.Measurements show that small signal gain is more than 20 dB over 75.5-84.5 GHz and the saturated power is 16.9 dBm @ 79 GHz with gain of 15.2 dB.The high power gain makes it very suitable for medium power amplification.
基金partially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFB1800905)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61935005,91938202,61720106015,61835002,62127802,and 61805043).
文摘We experimentally built a photonics-aided long-distance large-capacity millimeter-wave wireless transmission system and demonstrated a delivery of 40 Gbit/s W-band 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation(QAM)signal over 4600 m wireless distance at 88.5 GHz.Advanced offline digital signal processing algorithms are proposed and employed for signal recovery,which makes the bit-error ratio under 2.4×10^(−2).To the best of our knowledge,this is the first field-trial demonstration of>4 km W-band 16QAM signal transmission,and the result achieves a record-breaking product of wireless transmission capacity and distance,i.e.,184(Gbit/s)·km,for high-speed and long-distance W-band wireless communication.
