Title :
Self-steered silicon receiver array
Author :
Fusco, V.F. ; Chen, Q. ; Gamble, H.S. ; Armstrong, B.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Queen´s Univ., Belfast, UK
Abstract :
A monolithic integrated surface oriented Schottky barrier diode is described. The diode is integrated into a HRS substrate incorporated in a microstrip patch constructed over a patterned SiO/sub 2/ layer. The process technology developed is low cost. The resulting integrated diode is planar and has sensitivity of 1.8 mV/mW/cm/sup 2/ at 15 GHz. By using pairs of elements it is shown how a simple self-tracking receiver can be constructed in integrated all-silicon form.
Keywords :
Schottky diodes; elemental semiconductors; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; microwave detectors; receiving antennas; silicon; 15 GHz; HRS substrate; Si-SiO/sub 2/; microstrip patch; process technology; self-steered receiver array; self-tracking receiver; sensitivity; surface oriented Schottky barrier diode; Antenna measurements; Conductivity; Costs; Laboratories; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Rectennas; Schottky barriers; Schottky diodes; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, 2000. Digest of Papers. 2000 Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Garmisch, Germany
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6255-1
DOI :
10.1109/SMIC.2000.844290
