MM-WAVE WAVEGUIDE PHYSICAL LAYER INTERCONNECT FOR AUTOMOTIVE AND INDUSTRIAL NETWORKS

摘要

A networking system (20) includes a transmitter (44), a waveguide (32) and a receiver (48), The transmitter is configured to generate a millimeter- wave signal carrying data. The waveguide is transmissive at millimeter-wave frequencies and is configured to receive the millimeter-wave signal from the transmitter, and to guide the millimeter-wave signal from the transmitter to a downstream location by having a dielectric constant that varies over a transversal cross-section of the waveguide in accordance with a predefined profile. The receiver is configured to receive the millimeter-wave signal guided by the waveguide, and to extract the data carried by the received millimeter- wave signal.