Wireless Data Transmission Now Up To 30 Gbps - ROHM & Osaka University

Semiconductor manufacturer ROHM in collaboration with Osaka University has developed something which will be the future of wireless communication. Utilising <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terahertz_radiation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Terahertz Radiation</a> frequency (100GHz-10THz) the data transmission speed is expected to hit 30 Gbps using the new chip developed. Those using LTE connection may get speeds of 300 Mbps but the new chip developed has already hit 1.5 Gbps which is 5 times faster than current generation LTE devices.

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The Terahertz frequency was chosen to reduce the complexity of various modulation schemes required to increase the data transmission rate in a limited bandwidth and also reducing the power consumption. This micro antenna is quite a small unit of 1.5mm x 3.0mm but still not small enough to fit into any of the smart devices like phones and tablets. This is for the first time that Terahertz frequency is being used in a semiconductor device of such a small size for data transmission. This chip is also expected to play the role as a single chip oscillator element for two way data transmission between devices. The production of this chip is also very cheap at just US $1.30 per module.

With the development of more than full HD content (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4K_resolution" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">4K Resolution</a>), the capacity of content has increased and now there's a need for faster wireless communication where this new technology developed by ROHM will be implemented in future transmission of data. This Terahertz frequency has the property of being reflected my metals which makes it ideal for security checking at airports, inspection of quality of medicines and various other applications.

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