Integrated Quantum Dot Schottky Diodes for RECTENNA (Rectifying Antenna)

Author

Xu, H. ; Karmous, A. ; Morschbach, M. ; Kirfel, O. ; Spiessberger, S. ; Kasper, E.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Halbleitertechnik, Univ. Stuttgart, Stuttgart

fYear

2009

fDate

19-21 Jan. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper we will present our latest research results of integrated quantum dot Schottky diodes and integrated silicon antenna for RF applications. Both, the quantum dot Schottky diodes and the antenna are integrated on Si substrates forming a simple mm-wave detection system, the rectifying antenna (RECTENNA). Within this work a specific antenna design, 1-dimensional array (single line antenna), will be shown. First S-parameter measurement results up to 110 GHz are very promising for system application in the 80 GHz automotive radar frequency band.

Keywords

MIMIC; S-parameters; Schottky diodes; elemental semiconductors; germanium; millimetre wave antenna arrays; millimetre wave detectors; rectennas; semiconductor quantum dots; silicon; 1-dimensional array; 80 Gz band automotive radar frequency band application; Ge quantum dots; RECTENNA; RF application; S-parameter; Si-Ge; antenna design; frequency 76 GHz to 81 GHz; integrated quantum dot Schottky diode; integrated silicon antenna; rectifying antenna; silicon substrate; simple mm-wave detection system; single line antenna; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Frequency measurement; Quantum dots; Radar detection; Radio frequency; Rectennas; Scattering parameters; Schottky diodes; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, 2009. SiRF '09. IEEE Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3940-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2831-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMIC.2009.4770507

Filename

4770507