Simulating Photonic Bandgap Antennas on Silicon Substrate

Author

Haridas, Nakul ; Erdogan, Ahmet T. ; Walton, Anthony J. ; Arslan, Tughrul

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Electron., Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

fYear

2006

fDate

26-29 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

With the idea of having antennas on chip, this paper describes an implementation of a micro antenna fabricated on a silicon substrate in order to have uniformity in fabrication steps that will help bring down cost of manufacturing and efficiency of design. We have also looked into the field of photonic or electromagnetic bandgap (PBG/EBG) structures to increase the efficiency of the antenna by reducing the material loss and prevent surface waves to travel through the substrate.

Keywords

microstrip antennas; microwave photonics; photonic band gap; planar antennas; surface electromagnetic waves; PBG patch antennas; Si; antenna efficiency; electromagnetic bandgap structure; material loss; microantenna fabrication; photonic bandgap antennas; planar antenna; silicon substrate; surface waves; Conducting materials; Conductivity; Dielectric materials; Dielectric substrates; Fabrication; Frequency; Optical losses; Patch antennas; Photonic band gap; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas, Propagation & EM Theory, 2006. ISAPE '06. 7th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Guilin

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0162-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0163-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISAPE.2006.353391

Filename

4168080