New-Tech Europe | March 2016 | Digital edition

ackaging implementation; compliance testing, FCC Part 15B and Part 15C. and About The Writer: Peiju Chiang product marketing manager for SiBEAM, Inc., overseeing the company’s 60 GHz wireless solutions. Mr. Chiang’s responsibilities include overall business strategy and product management of semiconductor products which feature leading standards such as IEEE 802.11ad and WirelessHD®. During his time at SiBEAM, he has been instrumental in driving the adoption of WirelessHD® technology in mobile and consumer electronics markets. Mr. Chiang is a seasoned professional with over twelve yearsof experience in thewireless semiconductor industry. Prior to joining SiBEAM, Mr. Chiang held various product marketing and system engineering positions at Silicon Image and Realtek Semiconductors. is

will your product have? Any wireless design requires careful placement of the RF circuit within the system. 60GHz adds additional challenges due to the properties of short millimeter waves. In small form factors such as smartphones, heat dissipation and thermal management will add complexity as well. Budget. Depending on throughput, distance, form factor, and placement, different wireless components and system level implementation will impact the final cost. Conclusion With the 2.4GHz and 5GHz ISM bands approaching capacity saturation, the unlicensed portion of the millimeter- wave band offers a much-needed piece of open spectrum where wireless devices can enjoy new dimensions in capacity and access. Standards are already in place to define both indoor Wi-Fi service and outdoor long-haul links for point-to-point links as well as "last block" mobile access. Millimeter- wave technologies also show promise for use as ultra-short-range "wireless connectors" which eliminate the durability, EMI and industrial design

issues associated with traditional mechanical connectors. Advanced CMOS technologies are making it possible to unlock the potential of all these applications of the unlicensed 60GHz frequency spectrum in an economical manner. SiBEAM is one of the few companies in the world that has mass-produced millimeter-wave ICs in high-volume CMOS fabs on multiple process nodes for over a decade. Part of the company’s success can be attributed to its proven closed-loop design for production process where the device's production test vectors are created using inputs from collected data from the CMOS processes used. During production tests, the results produced by these highly-accurate test vectors are then used as feedback by designers to fine-tune the design for optimal yield and performance. The methodology can be migrated between process nodes at different manufacturing foundries. SiBEAM provides support through every phase of design, manufacturing, test and deployment including: RF design, thermal management planning;

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