Design, Simulation, and Fabrication of an On-Chip Antenna Fabricated Using Silicon Micromachining for Broad-Band Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communications

Author

Sedaghat-Pisheh, Hojr ; Shahabadi, Mahmoud ; Mohajerzadeh, Shamsodin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tehran Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1446

Lastpage

1448

Abstract

Design, simulation, and fabrication of a broadband coplanar-waveguide (CPW)-fed on-chip antenna is presented. The antenna is of slot type and has the shape of a bow-tie with rounded truncation. The antenna is designed for unlicensed 60 GHz band, i.e., 58-64 GHz for millimeter-wave (mm-wave) communications. To maximize the radiation efficiency of the antenna, the authors have used bulk micromachining method for low-resistivity silicon. Simulation results of the antenna using 3D finite integral techniques are presented

Keywords

coplanar waveguides; micromachining; millimetre wave antennas; wireless channels; 3D finite integral technique; 58 to 64 GHz; broad-band wireless communications; broadband coplanar-waveguide; low-resistivity silicon; millimeter-wave antennas; millimeter-wave wireless communications; on-chip antenna; silicon micromachining; slot type antenna; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; Fabrication; Integral equations; Micromachining; Millimeter wave technology; Shape; Silicon; Slot antennas; Wireless communication; Broadband communications; Micromachining; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter-wave antennas; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-6-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2006.281329

Filename

4058109