60-GHz CMOS 2 × 2 artificial-magnetic-conductor monopole on-chip antenna array for phased-array RF receiving system

Author

Yi Wu ; Chien-Chorng Chou ; Wen-Yi Ruan ; Chun-Han Yu ; Shih-Chiao Huang ; Huey-Ru Chuang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 July 2014

Firstpage

436

Lastpage

437

Abstract

This paper presents a 60-GHz CMOS 2 × 2 artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) monopole on-chip antenna array in 90-nm CMOS technology for phased-array RF receiving system. With the AMC structure, the radiation efficiency and power gain of the on-chip monopole antenna increases from 6% to 15% and from -9 to -5 dBi at 60 GHz, respectively. On-wafer beam steering measurement shows that the antenna-array main beam can scan to ±25° in the XZ plane. The chip size is 3.1 × 3.8 mm².

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; antenna phased arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; monopole antenna arrays; AMC monopole on-chip antenna array; CMOS technology; antenna-array main beam; artificial-magnetic-conductor monopole on-chip antenna array; frequency 60 GHz; on-chip monopole antenna; on-wafer beam steering measurement; phased-array RF receiving system; Antenna measurements; Arrays; CMOS integrated circuits; Phased arrays; Receiving antennas; System-on-chip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Memphis, TN

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3538-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2014.6904550

Filename

6904550