Recent Advances in Millimeter-Wave NRD-Guide Circuits

Tsukasa YONEYAMA  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics   Vol.E92-C    No.9    pp.1106-1110
Publication Date: 2009/09/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1353
DOI: 10.1587/transele.E92.C.1106
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section INVITED PAPER (Special Section on Recent Progress in Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Technologies and Their Applications)
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Keyword: 
millimeter waves,  NRD-guide,  mmNRD-circuits,  ASK modulator,  BPSK modulator,  BPSK demodulator,  Costas loop,  linear polarized MIMO,  uncompressed HDTV,  

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Summary: 
Though millimeter wave applications have attracted much attention in recent years, they have not yet been put to practical use. The major reason for the failure may be a large transmission loss peculiar to the short wavelength. In order to overcome the inconvenience, it may be promising to introduce the technology of millimeter-wave NRD-guide circuits. In this technology, not only NRD-guide but also Gunn diodes and Schottky diodes play the important role in high bit-rate millimeter-wave applications. A variety of practical millimeter wave wireless systems have been proposed and fabricated. Performances and applications of them are discussed in detail as well.