An integrated multi-port driven radiating source

Author

Bowers, Steven M. ; Hajimiri, Ali

Author_Institution

California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

2-7 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A multi-port driven (MPD) antenna allows for the removal of RF blocks for impedance matching, power combining, and power delivery by enabling efficient radiation at the fundamental frequency from several output stages driving the antenna. A radiating source utilizing an 8-phase ring oscillator and eight power amplifiers to drive the MPD antenna at 161.4 GHz with a total radiated power of -2 dBm and a single element EIRP of 4.6 dBm is demonstrated in silicon with single lobe radiation patterns closely matching simulation.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; millimetre wave antennas; millimetre wave power amplifiers; -phase ring oscillator; MPD antenna; RF blocks; frequency 161.4 GHz; impedance matching; integrated multi-port driven radiating source; multiport driven antenna; power amplifiers; power combining; power delivery; single element EIRP; single lobe radiation patterns; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Frequency measurement; Oscillators; Power generation; Semiconductor device measurement; Antenna radiation patterns; Antennas; BiCMOS; Integrated Antenna; Millimeter wave integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest (IMS), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6177-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697521

Filename

6697521