Patent ID: 9520942
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: H04B,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A millimeter-wave waveguide communication system, comprising a clock component and at least two sets of millimeter-wave receiving and transmitting channels, wherein the clock component is configured to provide a synchronization carrier signal to sending ends and receiving ends of the at least two sets of millimeter-wave receiving and transmitting channels, respectively; and each set of millimeter-wave receiving and transmitting channels comprises: a transmitter component, a transmission waveguide, and a receiver component, wherein: wherein the clock component comprises: a global optical clock, configured to generate a synchronization optical clock signal, and to transmit synchronization optical clock signal to the sending ends and the receiving ends of the millimeter-wave waveguide communication system, respectively, over an optical fiber; a sending end optical detector, located at the sending ends of the millimeter-wave waveguide communication system, and configured to generate a synchronization carrier signal in a form of an electrical signal by using the synchronization optical clock signal, and to transmit the synchronization carrier signal to the transmitter component of the at least two sets of millimeter-wave receiving and transmitting channels; and a receiving, end optical detector, located at the receiving ends of the millimeter-wave waveguide communication system, and configured to generate a synchronization carrier signal in a form of an electrical signal by using the synchronization optical clock signal, and to transmit the synchronization carrier signal to the receiver component of the at least two sets of millimeter-wave receiving and transmitting channels.