Demonstration of Inter-Chip RF Data Transmission Using On-Chip Antennas in Silicon Photonics

Radi, Bahaa; Dhillon, Ajaypal Singh; Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile

doi:10.1109/lpt.2020.2991118

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“…For example, the silicon photonic technologies are cost-effective than standard silicon technologies. Moreover, these technologies have higher resistivity than silicon technologies which is promising for the AoC design [175]. One such 15 GHz monopole AoC has been designed in [175] in commercial silicon photonic process.…”

Section: E Performance Enhancement Methods For the Silicon Photonicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, these technologies have higher resistivity than silicon technologies which is promising for the AoC design [175]. One such 15 GHz monopole AoC has been designed in [175] in commercial silicon photonic process. Its functionality is also demonstrated for inter-chip RF data transmission.…”

Section: E Performance Enhancement Methods For the Silicon Photonicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Performance-Issues-Mitigation-Techniques for On-Chip-Antennas – Recent Developments in RF, MM-Wave, and Thz Bands With Future Directions

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Section: E Performance Enhancement Methods For the Silicon Photonicsmentioning

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Section: E Performance Enhancement Methods For the Silicon Photonicsmentioning

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“…We previously demonstrated a proof of concept with a 15 GHz on-chip antenna design in SiPh [21], and we also conducted simulation of planar antennas for intra-chip communication [22] and inter/intra-chip communication [23]. In contrast to [21], this work not only achieves three times the data transmission capacity (from 650 Mb/s to 4 Gb/s), but also demonstrates intra-chip communication. Additionally, it investigates three different antenna topologies, each of which is more compact than previously demonstrated.…”

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confidence: 95%

Silicon Photonics for Inter/Intra-Chip Wireless Communication Using RF On-Chip Antennas

Dhillon,

Melanson,

Liboiron-Ladouceur

2024

IEEE Photonics J.

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This study experimentally demonstrates both interchip and intra-chip RF transmission for short-range microwave communication using on-chip antennas, implemented on a silicon photonic platform. The unification of antenna with photonic integrated circuits (PICs) reduces system loss for high data rate communication by eliminating parasitics. We designed, fabricated, and measured two antenna topologies (blade and triangular) for intra-chip communication and one (meander antenna) for both inter-chip as well as intra-chip communication. The three on-chip antenna topologies have resonance at 15.7 GHz, 13.2 GHz, and 12.6 GHz, and maximum transmission coefficient (S21) value above -30 dB for all antennas. Their operation is further validated by low return loss value (S11 ≤ -20 dB), indicating strong impedance matching with minimal power reflection. The intra-chip RF data transmission has been confirmed with bit-error-rate (BER) measurements of below 10 -9 up to a data rate of 4 Gbps. We have also performed inter-chip communication between two on-chip antennas separated by a distance of upto 18 mm and accomplished 4 Gbps transmission with BER < 10 -9 . Our findings indicate that on-chip antennas integrated onto silicon photonic chips provides a seamless conversion between electrical and optical signals. This integration enables various on-chip RF wireless applications such as chip-to-chip and off-chip communication, along with wireless sensing off-chip. Furthermore, the incorporation of an integrated antenna facilitates the realization of integrated RF photodetector-antenna emitters on a silicon photonic chip, thereby significantly reducing size, weight, area, and power requirements. Index Terms-Antenna on-chip (AoC), blade antenna, inter-chip and intra-chip wireless communication, integrated microwave photonics (IMWP), meander antenna, monopole antenna, radio frequency photonics (RF Photonics), silicon photonics (SiPh), triangular antenna.

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“…Wireless communication system deployment in highly reflective and complex propagation environments, such as in a metal enclosure or a compact box environment, is extremely challenging [1,2]. Near-field MIMO for high-data-rate communication is important for applications, such as wireless chip-to-chip communications and wireless network-on-chip (WNoC) [2][3][4][5][6][7]. Traditionally, near-field communication was used for short-range, low-rate, and power-constraint applications using magnetically coupled loop antennas [8].…”

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Compact MIMO System Performances in Metallic Enclosures

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In this work, we present a 2 × 2 near-field multi-input multiple-output (MIMO) prototype for bit-error-rate (BER) and error vector magnitude (EVM) measurements in a metal enclosure. The near-field MIMO prototype was developed using software-defined-radios (SDRs) for over-the-air transmission of QPSK modulated baseband waveforms. We checked the near-field MIMO BER and EVM measurements in three different scenarios in a highly reflecting metal enclosure environment. In the first scenario, the line-of-sight (LOS) communication link was investigated when the mode stirrer was stationary. In the stationary channel conditions, near-field MIMO BER and EVM measurements are performed. In the second scenario, BER and EVM measurements were performed in dynamic channel conditions when the mode stirrer was set to move continuously. In the third scenario, LOS communication near-field MIMO BER and EVM measurements were performed in stationary channel conditions but now in the presence of MIMO interference. In three different scenarios, near-field MIMO BER and EVM measurements were investigated at different Tx USRP gain values and in the presence of varying levels of MIMO interference.

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Demonstration of Inter-Chip RF Data Transmission Using On-Chip Antennas in Silicon Photonics

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

Performance-Issues-Mitigation-Techniques for On-Chip-Antennas – Recent Developments in RF, MM-Wave, and Thz Bands With Future Directions

Performance-Issues-Mitigation-Techniques for On-Chip-Antennas – Recent Developments in RF, MM-Wave, and Thz Bands With Future Directions

Silicon Photonics for Inter/Intra-Chip Wireless Communication Using RF On-Chip Antennas

Compact MIMO System Performances in Metallic Enclosures

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