隨著科技的高速發展，人工智慧，高頻傳輸等應用也隨之快速擴張，而相比於無線電通訊，紅外線無線光通訊(IR-OWC)在目前雖然並不普及，但其可以輕易使用到THz的頻寬，並且其豐富的自由頻普及可重複利用現有的高速光纖網路技術，因此被認為是未來通訊方式的可用方法，IR-OWC通常採用指向性波束進行資料傳輸，而波束須根據特定服務區內的用戶位置做動態轉向設定，因此高性能的光束控制技術對於OWC系統具有重要意義。
本論文開發出一種具有μs控制響應和Gb/s傳輸資料速率的波束整合控制器，波束控制器由高速電子陣列開關構成，可以將光束切換指定位置，並利用PCB板進一步設計出波束整合控制器和高速SFP訊號收發模組，成功執行具有1μs的轉向速率和~1Gb/s資料傳輸速率(~2.488Gb/s離線速率)的全雙工及時IR-OWC系統。

High-volume applications such as VR/AR/XR and artificial intelligence (AI) are quickly developed. This pushes the demand for more transmission bandwidth. Infrared optical wireless communication (IR-OWC) is especially advantageous for the ultra-high-speed applications because it has abundant free spectrum and is capable of directly re-using the mature fiber-optic communication technologies. IR-OWC commonly applies directional beams for signal transmission. In order to serve users within specific areas, the beams must be dynamically steered to different positions according to where the users are. High performance beam-steering technologies are therefore significant for the OWC systems.
In this thesis, an integrated beam-steerer capable of μs steering response and Gb/s transmission data rate is developed. The beam-steerer is built by a high-speed electronic switch array, which directs the signals towards corresponding spatial positions and beam directions. Since the electronic switch can be configured fast, rapid beam-steering is performed. Dedicated printed circuit boards (PCBs) are further designed to integrate the beam-steerer and the high-speed SFP signal transceiver modules. Full-duplex real-time IR-OWC system with 1 μs steering rate and ~1 Gb/s data rate (~2.488Gb/s offline rate) is successfully performed.

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