A 60-GHz Millimeter-Wave Triangular Monopole Antenna Fabricated Using 0.18-m m CMOS Technology

Author

Kuo, P.-C. ; Hsu, S.-S. ; Lin, C.-C. ; Hsu, C.Y. ; Chuang, H.-R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan

fYear

2008

fDate

18-20 June 2008

Firstpage

237

Lastpage

237

Abstract

This paper presents a 60-GHz millimeter-wave RFIC-on-chip triangular monopole antenna fabricated with TSMC 0.18-mum CMOS process. A planar triangular-monopole structure fed by the CPW microstrip line is adopted to design the on-chip antenna. The measured VSWR is less than two from 50 to 65 GHz. The simulated H-plane radiation pattern is nearly omni-directional, and the simulated antenna efficiency is approximately 12% due to the loss of the CMOS substrate. The measured maximum antenna gain is about -9.4 dB.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; coplanar waveguides; microstrip lines; millimetre wave antennas; millimetre wave integrated circuits; monopole antennas; planar antennas; CMOS technology; CPW microstrip line; H-plane radiation pattern; TSMC; frequency 60 GHz; millimeter-wave RFIC-on-chip triangular monopole antenna fabrication; planar triangular-monopole structure feed; size 0.18 mum; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Coplanar waveguides; Gain measurement; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Computing Information and Control, 2008. ICICIC '08. 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dalian, Liaoning

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3161-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3161-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICIC.2008.6

Filename

4603426