Compact size high gain AoC using rectangular AMC in CMOS for 60 GHz millimeter wave applications

Author

Barakat, Ayman ; Allam, A. ; Pokharel, Ramesh K. ; Elsadek, Hala ; El-Sayed, M. ; Yoshida, Kenta

Author_Institution

Egypt-Japan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Alexandria, Egypt

fYear

2013

fDate

2-7 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

This paper presents a compact size, high gain triangular Antenna-on-Chip (AoC), designed and fabricated using a 0.18 μm CMOS process and optimized over different cells´ configurations of rectangular artificial magnetic conductor (R-AMC). An AMC acts as a shield plane between the AoC and the lossy CMOS substrate. R-AMC shows better shielding characteristics than previously reported AMCs. Measurement results confirm the wide impedance bandwidth of the AoC.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; magnetic shielding; millimetre wave antennas; AoC; CMOS substrate; R-AMC; antenna-on-chip; compact size; frequency 60 GHz; millimeter wave applications; rectangular artificial magnetic conductor; shielding characteristics; size 0.18 mum; Antennas; Bandwidth; CMOS integrated circuits; Conductors; Gain; Substrates; Wireless communication; 60 GHz; Antenna-on-Chip (AoC); Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC); CMOS;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest (IMS), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6177-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697475

Filename

6697475