Cutting the Cord at 60 GHz

Peter H. Putman

The 60 GHz EHF wireless band, long dormant, is finally coming alive as more companies announce chip sets and products for high-bandwidth wireless display and video connectivity. Signals in this band can link up at distances to 100 ft, using multiple antenna arrays and beam-steering on TX/RX chips. With four channels allocated worldwide from 57 to 64 GHz, it is now practical to consider high-bandwidth wireless display connections to “cut the cord” from mobile devices, set-top boxes, and laptops at ultrahigh-definition resolutions. High-speed data connections emulating the Universal Serial Bus can also be made at these frequencies.

Print ISSN
Electronic ISSN
2160-2492
Published
2017-07
Content type
Original Research
Keywords
60 GHz, Keyssa, Lattice, Peraso, Qualcomm, SiBEAM, SNAP, WiHD, WiGig, Wireless Gigabit
DOI
10.5594/JMI.2017.2698959