Research Article

System-on-Package MHMIC Milimeter-Wave Frequency Synthesizer for 60 GHz WPANs

Table 1

Summary of system specifications.

Specification typeSpecification value

Distance10 m
Bit Error Rate10−6
Antenna gain8 dBi (TX), 24 dBi (RX) [1]
Antenna parametersPerfect copolarization. Line of sight. Beam steering is assumed to achieve desired gain.
Channel modelRician fading channel based on [1, 2] used in Path Loss.
Transmit power27 dBi EIRP average, 27 dBm peak [3]
Receiver noise figure
(NF)
6 dB (2 dB worse than min. reported for 60 GHz applications [4])
Nominal bandwidth1.815 GHz (data + pilot tones)
PAPRa codingWorst case is assumed: with no PAPR-reducing coding

a Peak-to-average power ratio.