Integrated active antennas on silicon

Author

Biebl, Erwin M.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Munchen, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

11-14 Aug 1997

Firstpage

279

Abstract

Integrated active antennas have been designed, fabricated, and used as low-cost front-ends for sensor and communication applications in the frequency bands around 61 and 76.5 GHz allocated for industrial and vehicular applications. The active antenna concept, i.e. the spatial integration of antenna and active element, results in minimization of the required chip size, high reproducibility, and, thus, low costs. The design of active millimeter wave antennas with respect to the impedance matching of antenna and active element as well as the radiation characteristics is discussed. The fabrication process on high resistivity silicon substrates is presented. Application of these front-ends in radar and communication systems is demonstrated

Keywords

IMPATT diodes; MIMIC; Schottky diodes; active antennas; dipole antennas; impedance matching; microstrip antennas; millimetre wave antennas; radar antennas; silicon; slot antennas; 61 to 76.5 GHz; EHF; Si; active MM-wave antennas; communication applications; fabrication process; high resistivity Si substrates; impedance matching; integrated active antennas; low-cost front-ends; radar systems; radiation characteristics; sensor applications; Communication industry; Costs; Fabrication; Impedance matching; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave radar; Radio spectrum management; Reproducibility of results; Silicon; Textile industry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 1997. Linking to the Next Century. Proceedings., 1997 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Natal

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4165-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBMOMO.1997.646862

Filename

646862