A 50 Gbps 134 GHz 16 QAM 3 m Dielectric Waveguide Transceiver System Implemented in 22nm CMOS

A 134 GHz 16 QAM fully-packaged transceiver system for dielectric waveguides with >12 GHz of RF bandwidth built in 22nm CMOS achieves a measured EVM of -19.8 dB (~5x10-6 BER) at a reach of 3 meters at a 50 Gbps data rate at a total power consumption of 494 mW from a 1.0 V supply. It achieves a FoM of 3.3 pJ/bit/m with the highest reported data rate at a distance greater than 2 m to date.