Title :
Si/SiGe HBT active integrated antenna on high resistivity silicon substrate
Author :
Kaleja, M.M. ; Grubl, A. ; Sinnesbichler, F.X. ; Olbrich, G.R. ; Strohm, K.M. ; Luy, J.-F. ; Biebl, E.M.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Munchen, Germany
Abstract :
The first active integrated K-band antenna on a high resistivity silicon substrate employing Si/SiGe HBTs is presented. Microstrip structures represent the resonating and radiating circuits. Large and small signal modeling was performed to compare the different methods. Several antennas were built and characterized to show the feasibility of this novel approach.
Keywords :
Active antennas; Bipolar integrated circuits; Elemental semiconductors; Flip-chip devices; Ge-Si alloys; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Integrated circuit modeling; Microstrip antennas; Millimetre wave integrated circuits; Silicon; Si; Si-SiGe; Si/SiGe HBT active integrated antenna; VBIC model; active integrated K-band antenna; flip-chip interconnection; high resistivity silicon substrate; large signal modeling; microstrip structures; mm-wave frequency; radiating circuits; resonating circuits; small signal modeling; Conductivity; Fabrication; Germanium silicon alloys; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Millimeter wave technology; Millimeter wave transistors; Power system modeling; Radio frequency; Silicon germanium; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5687-X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2000.862353