Patent ID: 8599958

Claim:
An ultra-high-bandwidth low-power-consumption wireless communication system, comprising: a Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) comprising a radio transmitter, operative to transmit millimeter-wave signals, the radio transmitter comprising a Power Amplifier (PA) operative to output the millimeter-wave signals at a low power level of between −10 dBm and 20 dBm allowing inclusion of the PA in the RFIC, and a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) and synthesizer operative to drive a mixer up-converting signals into the millimeter-wave signals, the VCO and synthesizer having a combined phase noise between a first level and a second level, wherein the first level is above −25 dBc integrated over frequency from 100 Hz to 10 MHz to allow inclusion of the VCO and synthesizer in the RFIC, and the second level is below −15 dBc to facilitate transmitting at 16-levels Quadrature-Amplitude-Modulation (16 QAM); a radio receiver configured to receive the millimeter-wave signals; and a first directional antenna and a second directional antenna separated by at least 100 meters of line of sight and directed towards each other, together having an aggregated gain of more than 60 dBi, the first directional antenna configured to transmit the millimeter-wave signals, and the second directional antenna configured to receive the millimeter-wave signals and feed the millimeter-wave signals to the radio receiver, and the aggregated gain is operative to concentrate the low power level of the PA; wherein the radio transmitter and the radio receiver are configured to form a millimeter-wave communication link at a bandwidth of at least 100 MHz and using 16 QAM, over distances of more than 100 meters, resulting in data transfer rate of at least 200 Mbps, while the RFIC, the first directional antenna, and the second directional antenna, are configured to keep power consumption of the radio transmitter under 2.5 W.