GEDC Researchers Achieve 15Gbps Wireless Transmission Speeds

In a world first, a 15-Gigabit-per-second, CMOS-FR4 based wireless interface has been developed by Prof. Joy Laskar and Dr. Stephane Pinel

Dr. Stephane Pinel is working with Prof. Joy Laskar and students to establish new records in wireless data rate transmission over short distances.

ATLANTA — Researchers at the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC) recently established a new world record for the highest data rate transmitted wirelessly at 60GHz, enhancing their previous record established in May 2006.

The new benchmarks were achieved and demonstrated at the Technology Square Research Building on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

GEDC researchers achieved a peak data transfer rate of 15 Gigabit/s at a distance of 1 meter, 10 Gigabit/s at a distance of 2 meters and 5 Gigabit/s at a distance of 5 meters.

The research efforts, led by Dr. Stephane Pinel and Prof. Joy Laskar, have been focused on the development of CMOS fully integrated 60GHz multi-gigabit radio chips, co-designed with an innovative, low-cost, organic FR4-based 3D integrated module technology.

A special emphasis has been put on the implementation of the SM (SISO-MIMO) radio concept, enabling ultra-high data throughput, as well as backward compatibility with WLAN 802.11 systems.