Title :
The impact of power grid to the performance of on-chip antennas
Author :
Seok, Eunyoung ; O, Kenneth K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA
Abstract :
The impact of realistic metal interference structures which can significantly modify the characteristics of on-chip antennas such as a power grid and data lines have been investigated primarily using EM simulations. The power grid reduces the antenna pair power gain, however, the gain reduction is tolerable. In the presence of a power grid, metal structures near an on-chip antenna have greatly reduced impact on antenna characteristics.
Keywords :
microstrip antennas; power supply circuits; EM simulations; antenna pair power gain; gain reduction; metal interference structures; on-chip antennas; performance; power grid; Antenna measurements; Clocks; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Impedance; Integrated circuit interconnections; Interference; Phase measurement; Power grids; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8883-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2005.1551372
