U-Helix: On-chip short conical antenna

Author

Nenzi, P. ; Varlamava, V. ; Marzano, F.S. ; Palma, Francis ; Balucani, Marco

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. di Roma “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

1289

Lastpage

1293

Abstract

The aggressive scaling of the CMOS technology and the convergence of CMOS and MEMS technologies along the “More Than Moore” axis of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors, paves the way to the realization of millimeter-waves front-end circuits with integrated three-dimensional antennas. In this work we present a short conical helical antenna built applying MEMS micro-fabrication techniques whose dimensions can scale down to 100 μm (for operation in the THz region) and that can be integrated on silicon chips for communication and imaging purpose. Antenna design rules and methodology, electromagnetic characteristics and actual measurement are presented.

Keywords

conical antennas; helical antennas; microfabrication; micromechanical devices; CMOS technology; International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors; MEMS microfabrication technique; MEMS technology; U-helix; antenna design rules; communication purpose; electromagnetic characteristics; imaging purpose; integrated three-dimensional antennas; millimeter-wave front-end circuits; on-chip short-conical helical antenna; silicon chips; Antenna measurements; Helical antennas; Silicon; Substrates; Wires; MEMS; Terahertz; conical helix; integrated circuits; millimeter wave;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546487