Design of a reconfigurable 60-GHz on-chip CMOS-SOI pattern-diversity antenna

Author

Nair, S.S.V. ; Dussopt, Laurent ; Siligaris, Alexandre

Author_Institution

CEA-LETI, Grenoble, France

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

2825

Lastpage

2828

Abstract

A radiation pattern switchable parasitic array antenna on CMOS-SOI (Silicon-on-Insulator) technology at 60 GHz is studied. The 3-element reconfigurable array along with the NMOS transistor switches are fabricated on 130-nm CMOS technology occupying a mere 1.2×2.65 mm² chip size and giving a simulated gain up to 5.5 dBi with beam switching at ±56°. The fully integrated antenna provides a low-cost diversity solution for the emerging gigabytes per second (GBps) short-range communication systems in the 60 GHz band.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; MOSFET; antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; millimetre wave integrated circuits; silicon-on-insulator; 3-element reconfigurable array; NMOS transistor switches; beam switching; frequency 60 GHz; gigabytes per second; integrated antenna; low-cost diversity solution; radiation pattern switchable parasitic array antenna; reconfigurable CMOS-SOI pattern-diversity antenna design; short-range communication systems; silicon-on-insulator technology; size 130 nm; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Load modeling; Loaded antennas; CMOS; SOI; integrated antenna; millimeter wave antenna; reconfigurable antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546815