Design and assessment of carbon-nanotube-based remote links to nanodevices

We use 3D FEM simulation to study realistic designs of electrically-short carbon-nanotube-based antennas and their application to wireless on-chip communication. We first expose the simulation technique we use. We then describe a feasible planar dipole antenna made of carbon nanotubes aligned over a quartz substrate and our preliminary fabrication results. We extensively study the various parameters involved in its design. From this study, an appropriate design is selected and studied in an antenna-to-antenna transmission link.