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Developing Millimeter Wave Transceiver

for Secure Wireless Communication

Principal Investigators

Neha Satak
Astrome Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Raghunath Das
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore AniaraSpaceCom LLC, Princeton

The Context

Every kind of wireless communication, such as the radio, cell phone, or satellite, uses specific
range of wavelengths or frequencies. Increases in the amount of information transmitted require the
use of higher frequencies. The millimeter-wave region of the electromagnetic spectrum is usually
considered to be the range of wavelengths from 10 millimeters (0.4 inches) to 1 millimeter (0.04
inches).This means millimeter waves are longer than infrared waves or X-rays, for example, but
shorter than radio waves or microwaves. The high frequency of millimeter waves as well as their
propagation characteristics makes them useful for a variety of applications including transmitting
large amounts of computer data, cellular communications, and radar.

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