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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2009
Sorin P. Voinigescu, Toronto, CA;
Alexandre Timonov, Toronto, CA;
Sean T. Nicolson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Adrian Nachman, Toronto, CA;
Ekaterina Laskin, Toronto, CA;
George V. Elefthriades, Toronto, CA;
Sorin P. Voinigescu, Toronto, CA;
Alexandre Timonov, Toronto, CA;
Sean T. Nicolson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Adrian Nachman, Toronto, CA;
Ekaterina Laskin, Toronto, CA;
George V. Elefthriades, Toronto, CA;
Other;
Abstract
A system-on-chip (SOC) transceiver is provided. The transceiver is configured to operate in excess of 100 GHz and comprising the following components. A quadrature oscillator is configured to generate a fundamental frequency and a second harmonic frequency and comprises at least a pair of high frequency outputs at said second harmonic frequency. At least the second harmonic frequency exceeds 100 GHz. A transmission output is coupled to one of the high frequency outputs for transmitting an output signal at the second harmonic frequency. A transmission signal transformer is coupled to the other one of the high frequency outputs and configured to generate a differential oscillator signal at the second harmonic frequency. A radio frequency input receives radio frequency signals at the transceiver from an antenna. A radio frequency signal transformer coupled to the radio frequency input is configured to generate a differential radio frequency signal at the radio frequency. A mixer is configure to compare the differential radio frequency signal with the differential oscillator signal and output the comparison as an intermediate frequency signal.