LOW WEIGHT SINGLE MM SHAFT DIELECTRIC WAVE GUIDE CONNECTING ARCHITECTURE IN AUTONOMOUS CARS

摘要

Embodiments include a sensor node, an active sensor node, and a vehicle with a communication system that includes sensor nodes. The sensor node includes a package substrate, a diplexer / combiner block on the package substrate, a transceiver communicatively coupled to the diplexer / combiner block, and a first mm-wave coupler connected to the diplexer - / combiner block is coupled. The sensor node may include a sensor communicatively coupled to the transceiver, wherein the sensor is communicatively coupled to the transceiver by an electrical cable and is positioned on the package substrate. The sensor node may include the sensor operating at a frequency band to communicate with an electronic control unit (ECU) communicatively coupled to the sensor node. The sensor node may include a filter communicatively coupled to the diplexer / combiner block and the transceiver communicatively coupled to the filter, the filter substantially removing frequencies from RF signals other than the frequency band of the sensor.