Design, simulation and measurement of a 120GHz on-chip antenna in 45nm CMOS for high-speed short-range wireless connectors

Author

Deferm, Noel ; Reynaert, Patrick

Author_Institution

ESAT/MICAS, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Volume

01

fYear

2013

fDate

23-25 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

645

Lastpage

648

Abstract

In this paper an on-chip antenna solution for high-speed millimeter wave wireless integrated transceivers in CMOS is presented. Accurate design and analysis of the complete 3D antenna structure has lead to an efficiency as high as 69% and an input bandwidth of 48GHz. A peak antenna gain of 4.4dBi is also achieved. The bondwire dipole is fabricated on a 45nm CMOS chip as part of a fully integrated 120GHz wireless communication front end. Measurements of the E-plane and H-plane radiation pattern are in good agreement with the simulation results.

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; antenna radiation patterns; dipole antennas; integrated circuit design; millimetre wave antennas; radio transceivers; CMOS; CMOS chip fabrication; E-plane radiation pattern; H-plane radiation pattern; bandwidth 48 GHz; bondwire dipole; complete 3D antenna structure; efficiency 69 percent; frequency 120 GHz; fully-integrated wireless communication front end; high-speed millimeter wave wireless integrated transceivers; high-speed short-range wireless connectors; on-chip antenna; peak antenna gain; size 45 nm; Antennas; Bandwidth; Chirp; CMOS; Millimeter-wave; on-chip antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas & Propagation (ISAP), 2013 Proceedings of the International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-7-5641-4279-7

Type

conf

Filename

6717542