Co-design of on-chip antennas and circuits for a UNII band monolithic transceiver

Author

Shamim, A. ; Arsalan, M. ; Roy, L. ; Salama, K.N.

Author_Institution

King Abdullah Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Saudi Arabia

fYear

2010

fDate

11-17 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

For the first time, a UNII band monolithic transceiver with two on-chip antennas has been demonstrated. The complete chip, sized 3 mm2, is the smallest reported for such a configuration. The antenna on the TX side performs double duty by providing the inductance to the VCO resonant tank. On the other hand, the RX side antenna has been conjugate matched to the LNA. Through a co-design strategy, the circuits have been placed inside the antennas to demonstrate an efficient use of the chip-space. Both antennas have been characterized for their radiation properties through a custom on-wafer measurement setup. Many layout challenges have been highlighted for such an integrated design.

Keywords

MMIC amplifiers; MMIC oscillators; integrated circuit design; low noise amplifiers; transceivers; voltage-controlled oscillators; LNA; RX side antenna; UNII band monolithic transceiver; VCO resonant tank; low noise amplifier; on-chip antenna codesign; on-wafer measurement setup; voltage-controlled oscillator; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Receiving antennas; System-on-a-chip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4967-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2010.5562066

Filename

5562066