A 60-GHz on-chip antenna using standard 0.18μm CMOS technology

Author

Ning Wang ; Peng Gao ; Kai Kang

Author_Institution

Res. Inst. of Electron. Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

fYear

2014

fDate

12-15 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

1347

Lastpage

1349

Abstract

This paper presents a 60GHz planar on-chip antenna fabricated with a standard 0.18-μm CMOS process. The antenna has a U-shaped radiating patch, which is fed by a 50-Ω coplanar waveguide (CPW). It has a compact size of 1.5mm × 1.5mm × 0.26mm. The simulation work is optimized by using an FEM-based 3-D commercial EM software Ansoft HFSS. Simulated results shows that the on-chip antenna has a good impedance from 55GHz to 64GHz and nearly omni-directional radiation patterns and stable gain are also achieved. Measuring experiment has also been conducted to verify the antenna´s performance. Measured results matches well with the simulation, which shows that it has a good impedance matching across 55-64GHz and it can be integrated in CMOS circuits for future wireless network.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; antenna radiation patterns; coplanar waveguides; finite element analysis; impedance matching; microstrip antennas; planar antennas; Ansoft HFSS; CMOS circuit; CMOS technology; CPW; FEM-based 3-D commercial EM software; U-shaped radiating patch; coplanar waveguide; finite element method; frequency 55 GHz to 64 GHz; impedance matching; omnidirectional radiation pattern; planar on-chip antenna; resistance 50 ohm; size 0.18 mum; wireless network; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Standards; System-on-chip; 60 GHz; U shape; antenna; on chip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Packaging Technology (ICEPT), 2014 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEPT.2014.6922898

Filename

6922898