DocumentCode
2147372
Title
High-efficiency elliptical-slot silicon RFIC antenna with quartz superstrate
Author
Edwards, Jennifer M. ; Rebeiz, Gabriel M. ; Titz, Diane ; Ferrero, Fabien ; Luxey, Cyril
Author_Institution
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
8-14 July 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
This paper presents a W-band on-chip elliptical slot antenna fabricated in the IBM CMOS8RF (0.13 μm) process. Improved antenna efficiency is achieved using a 400 μm quartz superstrate, which increases antenna gain from -5.7 dB to 0.5 dB. The superstrate-loaded antenna has a measured impedance bandwidth of 3.9% and an estimated efficiency of 26%.
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; electric impedance; microwave antennas; quartz; radiofrequency integrated circuits; slot antennas; IBM CMOS8RF; W-band on-chip elliptical slot antenna; antenna efficiency; antenna gain; gain -5.7 dB; gain 0.5 dB; high-efficiency elliptical-slot silicon RFIC antenna; measured impedance bandwidth; quartz superstrate; size 0.18 mum; superstrate-loaded antenna; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Gain; Gain measurement; Semiconductor device measurement; Silicon; Transmission line measurements;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location
Chicago, IL
ISSN
1522-3965
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0461-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APS.2012.6348816
Filename
6348816
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