Icon Media Holdings Inc (ICNM)

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5G Wireless and Beyond: From Evolution to Revolution

"Another big challenge in the field of 5G is making affordable phased-arrays for 5G applications, both at 28 GHz and at 60 GHz. These arrays of antennas are capable of steering signals in a desired direction by shifting the phase of the signal emitted from each radiating element and providing constructive/destructive interference. Electrical engineering professor Gabriel Rebeiz’s presentation at the 5G Forum highlighted his group’s recent progress in this area. Using commercial techniques, namely the integration of SiGe with antennas on a multi-layer printed circuit board, Rebeiz and his team have built affordable, high-performance phased-arrays that operate at record-setting data rates (Gbps communication links) without calibration, achieving 50 dBm EIRP at 30 GHz."

"Keynote presenter Mark Pierpoint, Vice President and General Manager of Internet Infrastructure Solutions for Keysight Technologies, acknowledged that phased arrays have great potential and included in his own presentation data plots from Rebeiz’s students’ work in developing steering beams." Pierpoint noted, however, that “there’s a lot more work to do, particularly in knowing how to operate them. We believe that the combination of new research and applications is going to solve these problems. We’re into some really rich times over the next decade, I believe.”

http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/5g_wireless_and_beyond_from_evolution_to_revolution


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