On-chip wireless interconnection with integrated antennas

Author

Kihong Kim ; Hyun Yoon ; O, K.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

10-13 Dec. 2000

Firstpage

485

Lastpage

488

Abstract

The feasibility of integrated antennas for a wireless clock distribution system is investigated. A wide range of linear, meander, zigzag dipole, and loop antennas on 10 and 20 /spl Omega/-cm silicon and SOS substrates has been experimentally evaluated. A 2-mm long, 30-/spl mu/m wide, 30-degree zigzag dipole antenna pair on a 20 /spl Omega/-cm silicon substrate has -56 dB of transmission gain near 18 GHz. A loop-zigzag pair shows similar gain. The loop antenna with a compact size and an isotropic radiation pattern is ideal for a transmitter antenna.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; antenna radiation patterns; clocks; dipole antennas; integrated circuit interconnections; loop antennas; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; -56 dB; 10 ohmcm; 18 GHz; 2 mm; 20 ohmcm; 30 micron; SOS substrates; isotropic radiation pattern; linear antennas; loop antennas; meander antennas; on-chip wireless interconnection; transmission gain; transmitter antenna; wireless clock distribution system; zigzag dipole antennas; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Clocks; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Probes; Receiving antennas; Silicon; Testing; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electron Devices Meeting, 2000. IEDM '00. Technical Digest. International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6438-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEDM.2000.904361

Filename

904361