A 24-GHz Transmitter with an On-Chip Antenna in 130-nm CMOS

Author

Cao, Changhua ; Ding, Yanping ; Yang, Xiuge ; Lin, Jau, Jr. ; Verma, Ashok K. ; Lin, Jenshan ; Martin, Frederick ; O, Kenneth K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL

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0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

148

Lastpage

149

Abstract

A transmitter with an on-chip dipole antenna operating in the 24-GHz ISM band was fabricated in 130-nm CMOS. It provides 8-dBm output power and 7.7% rms EVM while consuming 100-mW power. An integer-N synthesizer consuming 36-mW power is also integrated. The signal transmitted by the chip has been picked up 95 m away using a horn antenna. This work demonstrates that communication between a base station and an integrated circuit with on-chip antenna over a distance of 100 m is possible

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; dipole antennas; frequency synthesizers; horn antennas; integrated circuit design; microwave integrated circuits; nanotechnology; radio transmitters; 100 mW; 130 nm; 24 GHz; 36 mW; 95 m; CMOS technology; ISM band; dipole antenna; horn antenna; integer-N synthesizer; on-chip antenna; transmitter system; Antenna measurements; Dipole antennas; Driver circuits; Gain measurement; Inductors; Radio transmitters; Semiconductor device measurement; Synthesizers; Transmitting antennas; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Circuits, 2006. Digest of Technical Papers. 2006 Symposium on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0006-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705353

Filename

1705353