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Wideband Beamforming With Rainbow Beam Training Using Reconfigurable True-Time-Delay Arrays for Millimeter-Wave Wireless [Feature]
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine IEEE Circuits Syst. Mag. Circuits and Systems Magazine, IEEE. 22(4):6-25 Jan, 2022
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Wireless communication
Millimeter wave communication
Three-dimensional displays
Array signal processing
Signal processing algorithms
Delays
Arrays
Reconfigurable networks
Language
ISSN
1531-636X
1558-0830
Abstract
The decadal research in integrated true-time-delay arrays have seen organic growth enabling realization of wideband beamformers for large arrays with wide aperture widths. This article introduces highly reconfigurable delay elements implementable at analog or digital baseband that enables multiple Spatial Signal Processing (SSP) functions including wideband beamforming, wideband interference cancellation, and fast beam training. Details of the beam-training algorithm, system design considerations, system architecture and circuits with large delay range-to-resolution ratios are presented leveraging integrated delay compensation techniques. The article lays out the framework for true-time-delay based arrays in next-generation network infrastructure supporting 3D beam training in planar arrays, low latency massive multiple access, and emerging wireless communications standards.